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Royal St. George's Golf Club

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Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Royal St. George's Golf Club
Phone:
+44 1304 613090

Address:
Royal St. Georges Golf Club Guilford Road, Sandwich CT13 9PB, England

The Royal St George's Golf Club located in Sandwich, Kent, England, a golf club in the United Kingdom and one of the courses on The Open Championship rotation and is the only Open rota golf course to be located in Southern England. 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 , Harry Vardon , 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.Author Ian Fleming used the Royal St. George's course under the name Royal St. Marks in his 1959 novel Goldfinger.
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