Hunstanton Golf Club

Hunstanton Golf Club
Club information
Hunstanton Golf Club is located in England
Hunstanton Golf Club
Location in England
Coordinates52°57′21″N 0°30′28″E / 52.955826°N 0.507903°E / 52.955826; 0.507903
LocationOld Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
Established1891
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Events hostedBrabazon Trophy,
British Ladies Amateur,
English Amateur,
Boys Amateur Championship
Websitehttp://www.hunstantongolfclub.com
Designed byJames Braid
Par72
Length6,741 yards (6,164 m)

Hunstanton Golf Club is an 18-hole members golf club in Norfolk, England which has hosted many of the leading amateur golf tournaments in Britain including the Brabazon Trophy and English Amateur.

History

The course was first designed in 1891 and was significantly altered in 1907 with the addition of 40 bunkers following designs by James Braid.[1] The club hosted its first senior amateur event hosting the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1914, and the English Ladies Open in 1922.[2] Following this the club hosted the English Amateur for the first time in 1931.[3]

Further changes were made to the course in 1950 with several of the holes being redesigned to their present format, most notably there were significant changes to the closing two holes.[1] Following this the course continued to host British amateur tournaments, it hosted the English Amateur again in 1960[3] and the Brabazon Trophy for the first time in 1966.[4] In total the club has hosted the Brabazon Trophy on five occasions[4] and the English Amateur on four occasions[3] as well as six Women's Amateur Championships and two Boys Amateur Championships.[5]

Scorecard

Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 4 5 4 3 4 4 3 5 5 37 4 4 4 4 3 5 3 4 4 35 72
SI Men's 15 7 1 17 5 9 13 11 3 10 2 16 6 18 8 14 4 12
White 73 342 534 445 171 425 336 167 509 514 3443 381 444 361 386 219 472 189 447 399 3298 6741
Yellow 72 324 523 425 155 422 299 152 489 480 3269 367 401 338 372 212 454 159 430 366 3099 6368
Par 4 5 4 3 5 4 3 5 5 38 4 5 4 4 3 5 3 5 4 37 75
SI Women's 15 7 3 17 9 5 13 1 11 8 16 10 4 14 2 18 6 12
Red 76 309 509 395 143 418 279 131 454 428 3066 357 389 322 343 208 442 130 409 355 2955 6021

Competitions hosted

English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship (Brabazon Trophy)

The club has hosted the English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship for the Brabazon Trophy on 5 occasions with the following results:

No Year Winner(s) Score
1 1966 EnglandPeter Townsend 282
2 1973 Roger Revell 294
3 1980 England Peter McEvoy
Northern Ireland Ronan Rafferty		 293 (tie)
4 1991 England Gary Evans
England Mark Pullan		 284 (tie)
5 2003 England Jon Lupton 287

English Amateur

The club has hosted the English Amateur on 4 occasions with the following results:

No Year Winner Runner-up Score
1 1931 Leonard Crawley Bill Sutton 1 hole
2 1951 Geoffrey Roberts H. Bennett 39th hole
3 1960 Doug Sewell Martin Christmas 41st hole
4 1995 Mark Foster Sam Jarman 6 & 5

The Womens Amateur Championship

The club has hosted The Womens Amateur Championship (formerly known as the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship) on six occasions, the results of which are as follows:

No Year Winner Country Score Runner-up
1 1914 Cecil Leitch  England 2 & 1 England Gladys Ravenscroft
2 1928 Manette le Blan  France 3 & 2 England Sylvia Marshall
3 1946 Jean Hetherington  England 1 up Republic of Ireland Philomena Garvey
4 1958 Jessie Valentine  Scotland 1 up England Elizabeth Price
5 1972 Mickey Walker  England 2 up France Claudine Clos-Rubin
6 2022 Jess Baker  England 4 & 3 Sweden Louise Rydqvist

Boys Amateur Championship

The club has twice hosted the Boys Amateur Championship with the following results:

No Year Champion Runner-up
1 1990 Michael Welch Matthew Ellis
2 2005 Bernhard Neumann Jordan Findlay

See also

List of golf courses in the United Kingdom

References

  1. ^ a b "Hunstanton Golf Club - Course". Hunstanton Golf Club. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. ^ "Hunstanton Golf Club - Course History". Hunstanton Golf Club. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "English Amateur - Winners". England Golf. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Brabazon Trophy - Winners". England Golf. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Boys Amateur Championship - Winners". Golftoday.co.uk. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 6 August 2014.