Pro-Am golf tournament celebrating the centenary of Great Salterns Golf Course, in conjunction with Southsea Golf Club, as part of the Portsmouth100 celebrations.
Great Salterns Golf Course is marking its centenary with a Pro-Am tournament on Tuesday 14 July, held in conjunction with Southsea Golf Club. It's a Pro-Am in the truest sense: invited professional and amateur competitors, both with ties to the course, team up to play. If you've spent any time on the greens around Portsmouth, you'll know the two clubs are closely linked, and this brings that connection right to the front.
The tournament is more than just a one-off day of golf, though. It's a key part of Portsmouth100, the year-long programme of events and activities running throughout 2026 to celebrate the city. The Pro-Am specifically marks the centenary of Great Salterns itself, which opened in July 1926 as the first municipal golf course in Hampshire. That municipal tag is the real story here — it was built for the public, not as a private club, so the course has spent the last hundred years open to anyone with a set of clubs and a bit of free time.
Because it's a centenary event, the Pro-Am draws in people who have a genuine connection to the place. The field is made up of invited professionals and amateurs associated with the course, so it's less about a random draw and more about the people who've actually played here over the years. It's a fitting way to mark a century of a course that's been open to the city from the start.
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You'll find the action at Great Salterns Golf Course on Burrfields Road in Portsmouth, with the tournament taking place on Tuesday 14 July. It's one of the many things happening across the city as part of Portsmouth100, so if you're following the celebrations, this is one of the bigger sporting dates in the calendar.
