Meet the Manager… Helen Swaby

Appleby is a remarkable course in Cumbria – and it has an equally remarkable manager...

Tell us a little bit about Appleby...
We’re a moorland course. We own the land but it’s common land so we have graziers who have the right to graze the common. We have sheep and horses roaming the course, which is unusual. However, all of the greens are surrounded by wires which protect them, but the animals make Appleby. It makes the golf course quirky and unusual. We have about 600 greenkeepers! There are no par 5s for men, only longish par 4s, but there are several unusual holes. The 15th is our signature hole. It’s called the Bell Hole. It has Hilton Beck that runs along the right and has a hidden green....
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