Royal St George’s

Published: 28 October 2010 Last updated: 18 September 2013

Sandwich, Kent

DESIGNER: Purves, 1887
YARDAGE: 7,204
PAR: 70

GREEN FEES: Until October 31 £140 per round, £180 per day. Nov 1-30, £90 per round, £130 for 36 holes. Dec-Feb 28, £70 a round, £110 for 36 holes.
CONTACT: 01304 613090, www.royalstgeorges.com
CLUB COMMENT: No significant changes.

Sandwich was the first English course to host The Open (in 1894) and it’s back next year. Possibly the quirkiest course on the rota, humps and hollows can throw a ball destined for the middle of the fairway into a bunker or the first cut of rough –so it isn’t as revered as some by the pros. If you like blind shots, enormous sand traps (and some devilish pot bunkers) and rollercoaster fairways, you will love it here. If you don’t, best stay away.

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