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11 Jun

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10 Jun

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01 May

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01 Apr

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01 Jun

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The original 3000-yard nine-hole course would be recognisable to modern day players; the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 5th holes resemble the current layout, whilst the 7th, 8th and 9th match the last three holes of today’s course.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The bogey...

01 Jun

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12 Nov

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25 Jun

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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The first competition, a monthly medal, was held on 25th June 1892 and won by Captain W H Eccles of Folkestone, handicap 14, who completed his round in 102 to return a net 88.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Later that year an extraordinary...

01 Mar

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12 Feb

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