Since David Grant laid Silloth-on-Solway golf course out in 1892 over the links land west of the docks it has been a key tourist attraction. Over the years the course has evolved, with contributions from two great classic designers Dr. Alister MacKenzie and Willie Park Junior. A number of blind holes still remain, architecturally incorrect in the modern era, but a source of uncertainty, surprise and occasional delight to successive generations of members and visitors. Some of the original sandy wastes remain as heroic hazards, but the course is mostly clad in mature dune flora that is ideal for presenting the great challenge of links golf.
Silloth-on-Solway, Cumbria is consistently voted amongst the top 100 golf courses by most golf publications.
Silloth-on-Solway Golf Club played host to the 2002 to 2007 R&A Regional Open Championship Qualifiers and in 2007 hosted the English Ladies Closed Amateur Strokeplay Championship. In 2009 the club also hosted the English Golf Union Mid-Amateur Championship for the Logan Trophy. In 2012 the Club staged the English Amateur Championship won by Harry Ellis.
