Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club

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Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club
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Clubhouse in 2008
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Location in Deal, Kent, England
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Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club (Kent)
Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club
Club information
Coordinates 51°14′22″N1°23′47″E / 51.2395°N 1.3965°E / 51.2395; 1.3965
Location Deal, England
Established1892, 133 years ago
1896 (second nine)
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Events hosted The Open Championship
The Amateur
Website royalcinqueports.com
Designed by Henry Hunter,
James Braid (1919),
Sir Guy Campbell and
Henry Cotton
(1946 restoration)
Par 71
Length7,245 yards (6,625 m)
Course rating 75

Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club is an 18-hole links golf course, in the town of Deal in Kent, in southeastern England. The course is often known simply as Deal.

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Founded 133 years ago in 1892, its name derives from Deal's membership of an ancient group of trading towns granted special privileges by the medieval English monarchs, known as the Cinque Ports. The course runs along the coast of Sandwich Bay, on the same stretch of coastline as Royal St George's Golf Club and Prince's Golf Club, adjacent to the north.

Royal Cinque Ports hosted The Open Championship in 1909 and 1920. Two more were scheduled for 1938 and 1949, but both were relocated when abnormally high tides inundated the course; both were held at nearby Royal St George's. Consequently, the club was removed from the Open Championship rota, but remains a final qualifying course (most recently in 2025). It has also continued to host various other tournaments including The Amateur Championship (1923, 1982, 2013) and, since 1925, it has hosted the Public Schools Championship every year.

Karen Stupples, winner of the 2004 Weetabix Women's British Open, is a member of Royal Cinque Ports.

Scorecard

Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club Scorecard, Black Tees [1]

HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar
14204103614
24344114024
35665124604
41513134854
56005142193
63564154764
74134165495
81693173944
94584184544
Out3,56736In3,80036
Total7,36772

The Open Championship

Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club, Deal has hosted The Open Championship twice. [2]

YearWinnerScore
R1R2R3R4Total
1909 Flag of England.svg J.H. Taylor 4th74737474295
1920 Flag of Scotland.svg George Duncan 80807172303

Notable members

See also

References

  1. "Course". Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club. 15 March 2025. Retrieved 15 March 2025.
  2. Sullivan, Paul (13 July 2022). "Some Classic Golf Courses Have Fallen Off the Open Schedule". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 July 2022.

51°14′22″N1°23′47″E / 51.2395°N 1.3965°E / 51.2395; 1.3965