Royal Cinque Ports

Published: 27 October 2010 Last updated: 18 September 2013

Deal, Kent

DESIGNER: Braid, 1892
YARDAGE: 6,960
PAR: 72

GREEN FEES: Winter £60 week days, £70 weekends. Check website for deals.
CONTACT: 01304 374007, www.royalcinqueports.com
CLUB COMMENT: The 7th and 9th now in operation with continual improvement to the course.

Two world wars tried to wipe out Deal but it has bounced back both times and has never looked better than it does today. It has hosted two Opens and would have staged another in 1949 had the sea wall not been breached. Deal might not be as aesthetically pleasing as its neighbour Sandwich – only sandhills and wild grasses provide definition – and it may start with a modest par 4, but the turf is as tight and the challenge almost as fierce.

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