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Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich is a links golf course located in Sandwich in Kent in South East 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. It is notable for hosting the 1932 Open Championship. [1]
The 1932 Open Championship was the 67th Open Championship, held 8–10 June at Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich, England. Gene Sarazen won his only Open title, five strokes ahead of runner-up Macdonald Smith. [3] [4] [5] Sarazen led wire-to-wire to secure the fifth of his seven major championships.
The 9th Curtis Cup Match was played on 8 and 9 June 1956 at Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent, England. The British Isles won by 5 matches to 4, to win the Curtis Cup for the second time. [1] The United States won two of the three foursomes matches but the British Isles won four of the six singles to win by five matches to four. [2] [1] [3]
Royal Liverpool Golf Club hosted the event for the first time in 1897. Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club became the next course to host the event in 1909 . The course hosted a further championship in 1920 , but further attempts to host the Championship in 1938 and 1949 were thwarted by bad weather and the course was dropped from the rota. [ 9 ]
Royal St George's is situated on the same stretch of coastline as Royal Cinque Ports Club and neighbouring Prince's Golf Club, both former Open Championship venues.. The course has been involved in a research informed study undertaken by Dr Graham Earl since 2011, on behalf of Natural England and Canterbury Christ Church University.
Nordsee Golf Club, Sankt Peter-Ording, Nordfriesland [11] Netherlands. Domburgsche Golf Club, Domburg, Zeeland [1] Kennemer Golf Club, Zandvoort, North Holland [1] Noordwijkse Golf Club, Noordwijk, South Holland [1] Royal Haagsche Golf & Country Club, Wassenaar, South Holland [1] Zandvoortse Golf Club Sonderland, Zandvoort, North Holland [11]
There is a commemorative plaque at Prince's Golf Club, Sandwich by the 3rd tee on the Himalayas course which marks the spot where Lucas used his local knowledge of the course to make an emergency landing after his Spitfire was crippled over northern France during the war. A golf tournament for boys and girls aged 8–13 years, the "Laddie Lucas ...
The Astor Prince's Trophy was a women's 72-hole stroke play amateur golf tournament played at Prince's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent from 1961 to 1969. The event was dropped after 1969 because of a busy schedule. [1] The Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship was established in 1969 and both events were played that year.