Hunstanton Golf Club is an 18-hole members golf club in

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which has hosted many of the leading amateur golf tournaments in Britain including the

Brabazon Trophy The English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship for the Brabazon Trophy is the national amateur stroke play golf championship in England (although entry is open to overseas golfers). It has been played annually since 1947 and is organised ...

and

English Amateur The English Amateur is the national amateur match play golf championship of England. It has been played annually since 1925 (except for war years) and is organised by England Golf. The English Men's Amateur Championship is contested through tw ...

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. The club hosted its first senior amateur event hosting the

British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship The Women's Amateur Championship, previously known as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union. It is organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in 2017. Until the dawn of th ...

in 1914, and the English Ladies Open in 1922. Following this the club hosted the

for the first time in 1931. 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. Following this the course continued to host British amateur tournaments, it hosted the

again in 1960 and the

for the first time in 1966. In total the club has hosted the

on five occasions and the

on four occasions as well as six Women's Amateur Championships and two

Boys Amateur Championship The Boys Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. The competition is organised and run by The R&A. History The Boys Amateur Championship was first played at Royal Ascot in 1921. In 1921 boys had to ...

Scorecard

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

on 5 occasions with the following results:

English Amateur

The club has hosted the

on 4 occasions with the following results:

The Womens Amateur Championship

The club has hosted

The Womens Amateur Championship The Women's Amateur Championship, previously known as the Ladies' British Open Amateur Championship, was founded in 1893 by the Ladies' Golf Union. It is organised by The R&A, which merged with the Ladies' Golf Union in 2017. Until the dawn of the ...

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

Boys Amateur Championship

The club has twice hosted the

with the following results:

References

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External links

Hunstanton Golf Club
- official club website Sports venues in Norfolk Golf clubs and courses in Norfolk Hunstanton