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.
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.
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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: NoYearWinner(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: NoYearWinnerRunner-upScore 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 Women's Amateur Championship The club has hosted The Women's Amateur Championship (formerly known as the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship) on six occasions, the results of which are as follows: NoYearWinnerCountryScoreRunner-up 1 1914Cecil Leitch2 & 1 Gladys Ravenscroft 2 1928Manette le Blan3 & 2 Sylvia Marshall 3 1946Jean Hetherington1 up Philomena Garvey 4 1958Jessie Valentine1 up Elizabeth Price 5 1972Mickey Walker2 up Claudine Clos-Rubin 6 2022Jess Baker4 & 3 Louise Rydqvist
Boys Amateur Championship The club has twice hosted the Boys Amateur Championship with the following results: NoYearChampion Runner-up11990Michael WelchMatthew Ellis22005Bernhard NeumannJordan Findlay
See also List of golf courses in the United Kingdom
References
External links Hunstanton Golf Club - official club website