Hunstanton Golf Club

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| location = Old Hunstanton, Norfolk, England

| establishment = 1891

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| tournaments = Brabazon Trophy,
British Ladies Amateur,
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Boys Amateur Championship

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| designer1 = James Braid

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.hunstantongolfclub.com/course/ |title=Hunstanton Golf Club - Course |publisher=Hunstanton Golf Club |accessdate=6 August 2014}} The club hosted its first senior amateur event hosting the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1914, and the English Ladies Open in 1922.{{cite web |url=http://www.hunstantongolfclub.com/course/history/ |title=Hunstanton Golf Club - Course History |publisher=Hunstanton Golf Club |accessdate=6 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715222953/http://www.hunstantongolfclub.com/course/history/ |archive-date=15 July 2011 |url-status=dead }} 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{{cite web|url=http://www.englandgolf.org/page.aspx?sitesectionid=833&sitesectiontitle=Previous+Winners&preview=1|title=English Amateur - Winners|publisher=England Golf|accessdate=3 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805013706/http://www.englandgolf.org/page.aspx?sitesectionid=833&sitesectiontitle=Previous+Winners&preview=1|archive-date=5 August 2016|url-status=dead}}

and the Brabazon Trophy for the first time in 1966.{{cite web|url=http://www.englandgolf.org/page.aspx?sitesectionid=827&sitesectiontitle=Previous+Winners|title=Brabazon Trophy - Winners|publisher=England Golf|accessdate=3 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810150440/http://www.englandgolf.org/page.aspx?sitesectionid=827&sitesectiontitle=Previous+Winners|archive-date=10 August 2014|url-status=dead}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.amateur-golf.com/records/Boys_Amateur_Championship.html|title=Boys Amateur Championship - Winners|publisher=Golftoday.co.uk|accessdate=6 August 2014|archive-date=12 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812070435/http://www.amateur-golf.com/records/Boys_Amateur_Championship.html|url-status=dead}}

Scorecard

{{par18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 37 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 72 }}

{{handicap18|name=Men's | 15| 7 | 1 | 17| 5 | 9 | 13| 11| 3 | 10| 2 | 16| 6 | 18| 8| 14| 4 | 12 }}

{{white18 |73 |342|534|445|171|425|336|167|509|514|3443|381|444|361|386|219|472|189|447|399|3298|6741}}

{{yellow18 |72 |324|523|425|155|422|299|152|489|480|3269|367|401|338|372|212|454|159|430|366|3099|6368}}

{{par18 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 75 }}

{{handicap18|name=Women's| 15| 7 | 3 | 17| 9 | 5 | 13| 1 | 11| 8 | 16| 10| 4 | 14| 2 | 18| 6 | 12 }}

{{red18 |76 |309|509|395|143|418|279|131|454|428|3066|357|389|322|343|208|442|130|409|355|2955|6021}}

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:

class=wikitable style="font-size: 95%;" !No!!Year!!Winner(s)!!Score
1	1966	{{flagicon\|ENG}}Peter Townsend	282
2	1973	Roger Revell	294
3	1980	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Peter McEvoy {{flagicon\|NIR}} Ronan Rafferty	293 (tie)
4	1991	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Gary Evans {{flagicon\|ENG}} Mark Pullan	284 (tie)
5	2003	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Jon Lupton	287

=English Amateur=

The club has hosted the English Amateur on 4 occasions with the following results:

class=wikitable style="font-size: 95%;" !No!!Year!!Winner!!Runner-up!!Score
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 Womens Amateur Championship=

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

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !No!!Year!!Winner!!Country!!Score!!Runner-up
1	1914	Cecil Leitch	{{ENG}}	align="center"\|2 & 1	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Gladys Ravenscroft
2	1928	Manette le Blan	{{FRA}}	align="center"\|3 & 2	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Sylvia Marshall
3	1946	Jean Hetherington	{{ENG}}	align="center"\|1 up	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Philomena Garvey
4	1958	Jessie Valentine	{{SCO}}	align="center"\|1 up	{{flagicon\|ENG}} Elizabeth Price
5	1972	Mickey Walker	{{ENG}}	align="center"\|2 up	{{flagicon\|FRA}} Claudine Clos-Rubin
6	2022	Jess Baker	{{ENG}}	align="center"\|4 & 3	{{flagicon\|SWE}} Louise Rydqvist