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Royal Cinque Ports
Sunday, February 17th, 2008 - 8:31 pm by admin
Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club is in the town of Deal in the County of Kent in Southern England. It was founded in 1892. The name derives from Deal’s membership of an ancient group of trading towns granted special privileges by the medieval English monarchs, the Cinque Ports. The club’s single eighteen hole golf course is a links which runs along the coast of Sandwich Bay.
The club hosted The Open Championship in 1909 and 1920. The next two Opens scheduled to be held there, which were in 1938 and 1948 both had to be relocated when abnormally high tides inundated the course, and consequently the club was removed from the Open Championship rota. It has continued to host various other tournaments including The Amateur Championship and since 1925, it has hosted the Public Schools Championship every year.
Karen Stupples, winner of the 2004 Weetabix Women’s British Open, is a member of Royal Cinque Ports.
