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Hunstanton Golf Club is an 18-hole members golf club in
Norfolk Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the Nor ...
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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. The club hosted its first senior amateur event hosting the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1914, and the English Ladies Open in 1922. Following this the club hosted the English Amateur 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 English Amateur again in 1960 and the Brabazon Trophy for the first time in 1966. In total the club has hosted the Brabazon Trophy on five occasions and the English Amateur on four occasions as well as six Women's Amateur Championships and two Boys Amateur Championships.


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 Brabazon Trophy on 5 occasions with the following results:


English Amateur

The club has hosted the English Amateur 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 t ...
(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 Boys Amateur Championship with the following results:


See also

List of golf courses in the United Kingdom


References

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External links


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