Hunstanton Golf Club


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. The club hosted its first senior amateur event hosting the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1914, and the English Ladies Open in 1922. Following this the club hosted the English Amateur for the first time in 1931.
Further changes were made to the course in 1950 with serval 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
and the Brabazon Trophy for the first time in 1966. In total the club has hosted the Brabazon Trophy on five occasions and the English Amateur on four occasions as well as five British Ladies Amateur Golf Championships and two Boys Amateur Championships.

Scorecard

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:
NoYearWinnerScore
11966Peter Townsend282
21973Roger Revell294
31980 Peter McEvoy
Ronan Rafferty
293
41991 Gary Evans
Mark Pullan
284
52003 Jon Lupton287

English Amateur

The club has hosted the English Amateur on 4 occasions with the following results:
NoYearWinnerRunner-upScore
11931Leonard CrawleyBill Sutton1 hole
21951Geoffrey RobertsH. Bennett39th hole
31960Doug SewellMartin Christmas41st hole
41995Mark FosterSam Jarman6 & 5

The Womens Amateur Championship

The club has hosted The Womens Amateur Championship on five occasions, the results of which are as follows:
NoYearWinnerCountryScoreRunner-up
11914Cecil Leitch2 & 1 Gladys Ravenscroft
21928Nanette le Blan3 & 2 S. Marshall
31946Jean Hetherington1 up Philomena Garvey
41958Jessie Valentine1 up Elizabeth Price
51972Mickey Walker2 up Claudine Clos-Rubin

The tournament will return to Hunstanton in 2021.

Boys Amateur Championship

The club has twice hosted the Boys Amateur Championship with the following results:
NoYearChampionRunner-up
11990Michael WelchMatthew Ellis
22005Bernhard NeumannJordan Findlay