Royal St George's Golf Club

Royal St George's Golf Club

Clubhouse in 2007
Club information
Location Sandwich, Kent, England
Established 1887
Type private
Total holes 18
Tournaments hosted The Open Championship (14 times)
Website royalstgeorges.com
Designed by Dr. Laidlaw Purves
Par 70
Length 7,204 yards (6,587 m)[1]
Map showing the location of Royal St. George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England
The starters hut at the 1st hole

The Royal St George's Golf Club located in Sandwich, Kent, England is one of the premier golf clubs in the United Kingdom, and one of the courses on The Open Championship rotation. It has hosted 13 Open championships since 1894, when it became the first club outside Scotland to host the championship. Past champions include Darren Clarke, Ben Curtis, Greg Norman, Sandy Lyle, Bill Rogers, Bobby Locke, Reg Whitcombe, Henry Cotton, Walter Hagen (on two different occasions), Harry Vardon (on two different occasions), Jack White and John Henry Taylor. It has also hosted The Amateur Championship on 13 occasions.

The club was founded in 1887 in a setting of wild duneland. Many holes feature blind or partially blind shots, although the unfairness element has been reduced somewhat, after several 20th century modifications. The club's Challenge Trophy dates from 1888 and is one of the oldest trophies in golf; it has been contested annually except for war years. The course also possesses the deepest bunker in championship golf, located on its fourth hole.[2]

Author Ian Fleming used the Royal St. George's course under the name "Royal St. Marks" in his 1959 novel Goldfinger.

Royal St George's is situated on the same stretch of coastline as Royal Cinque Ports Club and neighbouring Prince's Golf Club, both former Open Championship venues.

The Open Championship

Royal St George's has hosted The Open Championship on 14 occasions since 1894.

  Year  WinnerScoreWinner's
share (£)
R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1894 England J.H. Taylor 1st8480818132630
1899 Jersey Harry Vardon 3rd7676817731030
1904 Scotland Jack White8075726929650
1911 Jersey Harry Vardon 5th74747580303 PO50
1922 United States Walter Hagen 1st7673797230075
1928 United States Walter Hagen 3rd75737272292100
1934 England Henry Cotton 1st67657279283100
1938 England Reg Whitcombe71717578295100
1949 South Africa Bobby Locke 1st69766870283 (−5)300
1981 United States Bill Rogers72666771276 (−4)25,000
1985 Scotland Sandy Lyle68717370282 (+2)65,000
1993 Australia Greg Norman 2nd66686964267 (−13)100,000
2003 United States Ben Curtis72727069283 (−1)700,000
2011 Northern Ireland Darren Clarke68686970 275 (−5)900,000

Scorecard

Royal St. George's Golf Club[1]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Championship 4424262394964161765734574103635 41224237945754549316142445635697204
Par 443443544 35 434454344 35 70
Medal 4113851954154161524904193733256 37121536144253343616141843733746630
Weekday 3993501804124061424643953663114 35120234042050743515039242932266340
Handicap 10616281814412 9715313117511

References

  1. 1 2 "Scorecard". Royal St. George's Golf Club. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  2. ↑ The World Atlas of Golf, second, revised edition, by Herbert Warren Wind, Charles Price, and Peter Thomson, London 1988, Mitchell Beazley publishers.

External links

Coordinates: 51°16′26″N 1°22′01″E / 51.274°N 1.367°E / 51.274; 1.367

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