Hunstanton Golf Club

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.

Hunstanton Golf Club

Location in England
Club information
Coordinates	52.955826°N 0.507903°E / 52.955826; 0.507903
Location	Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, England
Established	1891
Type	Private
Total holes	18
Events hosted	Brabazon Trophy, British Ladies Amateur, English Amateur, Boys Amateur Championship
Website	http://www.hunstantongolfclub.com
Designed by	James Braid
Par	72
Length	6,741 yards (6,164 m)

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	Peter Townsend	282
2	1973	Roger Revell	294
3	1980	Peter McEvoy Ronan Rafferty	293 (tie)
4	1991	Gary Evans Mark Pullan	284 (tie)
5	2003	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	Gladys Ravenscroft
2	1928	Manette le Blan	France	3 & 2	Sylvia Marshall
3	1946	Jean Hetherington	England	1 up	Philomena Garvey
4	1958	Jessie Valentine	Scotland	1 up	Elizabeth Price
5	1972	Mickey Walker	England	2 up	Claudine Clos-Rubin
6	2022	Jess Baker	England	4 & 3	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