After proving popular in the likes of London and Dublin, a state-of-the-art indoor golf and shuffleboard bar is opening in Manchester later this year. Known as Pitch, the new putting spot will open in Goods Yard, located in the St John’s area of Manchester, joining the likes of Caravan, The Trading Route, Aviva Studios and Fenix.
Pitch Manchester will feature an entertainment space with late night DJs as well as 10 versatile Trackman golf simulator bays where you can practice your swing, alongside a custom club-fitting bay and shuffleboards. The Pitch experience aims to “change the way the sport is played”, making golf more diverse and accessible to all.
The indoor golf bar set to open this March will include high-tech simulator technology to “accurately recreate the experience of real golf” with a variety of formats and locations to ‘transport’ yourself to. Golfers, advanced or beginner, can aim for a whole in one at the likes of the Old Course at St Andrews Links or California’s Pebble Beach.
Plus, Pitch Manchester will also be the home of the second ‘TRENDYGOLF Concept Store’ in the country, stocking popular brands such as J Lindeberg, Hugo Boss, Manors, Malbon Golf, Ralph Lauren and G/FORE. And if you’re not a putting pro, Pitch Manchester will feature an academy space for beginner women golfers, in partnership with Adidas, which has proven successful in London with over 1,000 golfers to date.
Adding to the new Manchester space will also be a bar and kitchen, serving a range of tasty dishes and cocktails on an Asian-inspired ‘18 Greens’ menu. Dishes on the menu include Char siu buns, crispy duck spring rolls and chicken dumplings, to name a few.
Pitch co-founder and CEO Elliot Godfrey, said: “We’re very excited to open our first venue in Manchester at the start of 2025, giving Pitch a presence in one of the UK’s busiest cities and one with a special relationship with sport. When we began the process of expanding beyond London, Manchester was one of the first places we set our sights on, and it’s fitting to open our innovative concept somewhere that has always striven to be at the forefront of development and progress. Pitch venues are the perfect places for social gatherings, and it is a way of playing and engaging with the game that is open to everyone.”
Co-founder Chris Ingham added: “Enterprise City is the perfect setting for a Pitch venue and our new branch will become part of one of the UK’s best social and cultural hotspots when it opens. With a TRENDYGOLF Concept Store and no shortage of food and drink options, we envision this being a place where Mancunians can spend hours socialising, golfing and dining in style.”
Pitch Manchester is set to open its golf bar at Goods Yard in March 2025.