Press release issued on behalf of Visit Kent by Landmark Media International
(Canterbury, Kent – July 12, 2011) The Open returns to Kent and Royal St George’s Golf Club this week, the only venue in southern England for golf’s most prestigious major championship.
This is the 14th occasion the historic links at Sandwich has welcomed the Open – it was the first venue outside of Scotland to host an Open, in 1894 – placing Kent, known as The Garden of England, in the world golfing spotlight.
Royal St George’s Golf Club forms part of Kent’s ‘Regal Golf Coast,’ which includes Royal Cinque Ports (venue of the Open Championship in 1909 and 1920), Prince’s (the Open venue in 1932), Littlestone (a Final Qualifying course for the 2011 Open) and North Foreland.
Overall there are more than 100 golf courses in the county, which also features modern classics such as London Golf Club (a European Tour Destination and home of the 2009 European Open and where work will soon start on a five-star golf and spa hotel resort) and Chart Hills (designed by Sir Nick Faldo and ranked 82nd in Golf World Magazine’s Top 100 Courses in the UK and Ireland) plus landmark castle courses, including Leeds Castle.
