Golf courses · South East England
Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich
Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich is a golf course in the United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–6 h
- Nearest railway station
- Sandwich · 3.2 km
About
Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich is a golf course in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1906. Coordinates: 51.2911°, 1.3729°.
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Protected designations
- Site of Special Scientific Interest: Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes SSSI
- National Nature Reserve: SANDWICH & PEGWELL BAY
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Kent Downs
- Ramsar wetland: Thanet Coast & Sandwich Bay
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Prince's Golf Club is a links golf course located in Sandwich in Kent in southeast England. Prince's is immediately adjacent to the more famous Royal St George's golf club, and both clubs lie on the same stretch of coastline as nearby Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club. Prince's hosted the 1932 Open Championship.
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Background
History
Prince's was financed by Sir Harry Mallaby-Deeley, built and designed by Charles Hutchings, the 1902 Amateur Champion on land donated by the Earl of Guilford. It was completed late in 1906 as an 18-hole course, and was the first course designed to counter the significantly longer Haskell ball. Club captain A.J. Balfour, a former British Prime Minister, drove the first ball in the Founder's Vase in June 1907. The present-day 27-hole layout is the result of a 1950 re-design following war-time damage to the original course. World War II was very hard on Prince's, but Australian entrepreneur Sir Aynsley Bridgland intervened, engaging Sir Guy Campbell and John Morrison to re-design and restore…
Description
Prince's Golf Club hosted The Open Championship in 1932. {| class="wikitable" !rowspan=2|Year!!rowspan=2|Winner!!colspan=5|Score |- ! R1 !! R2 !! R3 !! R4 !! Total |- |1932 || Gene Sarazen <sup>1st</sup>||70||69||70||74||283 |}
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- Coordinates
- 51.2911, 1.3729
- County
- Kent
- District
- Dover
- Parish
- Worth
- Postcode
- CT13 9QB
- Parliamentary constituency
- Herne Bay and Sandwich
- Established
- 1906
- Nearest railway station
- Sandwich — 3.2 km
- Official site
- www.princesgolfclub.co.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7243737 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Prince's Golf Club (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: The new Prince's Golf clubhouse. - geograph.org.uk - 315936.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich?
- Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich is in Kent, South-East England, United Kingdom (postcode CT13 9QB), in the parish of Worth.
- When was Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich built?
- Built or established in 1906.
- Who owns Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich?
- Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich is owned by |operator =.
- Is Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich a protected site?
- Yes — Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich is part of the Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes SSSI Site of Special Scientific Interest and the SANDWICH & PEGWELL BAY National Nature Reserve.
- How do I get to Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich?
- The nearest railway station is Sandwich, about 3.2 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode CT13 9QB.