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Burnham & Berrow Golf Club
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Burnham & Berrow Golf Club is located in Somerset
Burnham & Berrow Golf Club
Location in Somerset
Burnham & Berrow Golf Club is located in England
Burnham & Berrow Golf Club
Location in England
Coordinates51°15′07″N 3°00′10″W / 51.25194°N 3.00278°W / 51.25194; -3.00278Coordinates: 51°15′07″N 3°00′10″W / 51.25194°N 3.00278°W / 51.25194; -3.00278
LocationBurnham on Sea, Somerset, England
Established1891
TypePrivate
Total holes27
Events hostedBrabazon Trophy,
British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship,
English Amateur
Boys Amateur Championship
Jacques Léglise Trophy
West of England Open Amateur Championship
Websitehttp://burnhamandberrowgolfclub.co.uk
Championship
Designed byWilliam Herbert Fowler and Harry Colt
Par71
Length6,925 yards (6,332 m)
Channel
Designed byFred Hawtree
Par70
Length5,818 yards (5,320 m)

Burnham & Berrow Golf Club is a 27-hole members golf club in Somerset, England which has hosted many of the leading amateur golf tournaments in Britain, including the Brabazon Trophy and English Amateur.

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Somerset

Somerset

Somerset is a county in South West England which borders Gloucestershire and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east and Devon to the south-west. It is bounded to the north and west by the Severn Estuary and the Bristol Channel, its coastline facing southeastern Wales. Its traditional border with Gloucestershire is the River Avon. Somerset is currently formed of six council areas, of which two are unitary authorities, until the four second-tier district councils are merged on 1 April 2023, after which the county will comprise three unitary authorities. Its county town is Taunton.

England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea area of the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Brabazon Trophy

Brabazon Trophy

The English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship for the Brabazon Trophy is the national amateur stroke play golf championship in England. It has been played annually since 1947 and is organised by the England Golf.

English Amateur

English Amateur

The English Amateur is the national amateur match play golf championship of England. It has been played annually since 1925 and is organised by England Golf.

History

The club was first opened as Burnham Golf Club on a 9-hole layout designed by Charles Gibson, however the club was extended to an 18-hole layout by William Herbert Fowler by 1910 and was renamed to its current name of Burnham & Berrow Golf Club.[1] Even in its early years the course began to host high-level amateur tournaments hosting the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship in 1906.

In 1913 a further redesign of the course was made by Harry Colt which redesigned the course into much of the layout that currently still stands, the work on this redesign was completed in 1923.[1] Following the redesigns the club would go on to host the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship again in 1923 and 1938 and the 1930 English Amateur.[2]

The first professional at the club was John Henry Taylor, who would later go on to win 5 Open Championships and captain Great Britain at the 1933 Ryder Cup.

Following World War II the golf club struggled financially and was forced to sell some land and redesign several holes as a result. However, despite these difficulties it continued to attract some of Britain's top amateur competitions, including the 1956 Brabazon Trophy[3] and the English Amateur in 1952, 1963 and 1971.[2]

Having recovered financially, the 9-hole Channel course was designed by Fred Hawtree and built in 1977, bringing the total number of holes available to members up to the present-day number of 27.

In more recent years the championship course has continued to host several top amateur competitions. It has hosted the Brabazon Trophy a further 2 times in 1990 and 2006[3] and the English Amateur a further 2 times in 1981 and 2006.[2] The championship course has also hosted to 1999 Jacques Léglise Trophy and the 2011 Boys Amateur Championship (alongside Enmore Park Golf Club) at Junior level.

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Charles Gibson

Charles Gibson

Charles deWolf Gibson is an American broadcast television anchor, journalist and podcaster. Gibson was a host of Good Morning America from 1987 to 1998 and again from 1999 to 2006, and the anchor of World News with Charles Gibson from 2006 to 2009.

William Herbert Fowler

William Herbert Fowler

William Herbert Fowler, also known as Bill Fowler and Herbert Fowler, was an English amateur cricketer who played 26 first-class cricket matches during the 1880s, principally for Somerset County Cricket Club. He was an all-rounder who was best known for his big-hitting when batting. He was also a famous golf course architect, and designed Walton Heath Golf Club among many others in the United Kingdom and United States.

Harry Colt

Harry Colt

Henry Shapland "Harry" Colt was a golf course architect born in Highgate, England. He worked predominantly with Charles Alison, John Morrison, and Alister MacKenzie, in 1928 forming Colt, Alison & Morrison Ltd. He participated in the design or redesign of over 300 golf courses in all six inhabited continents, including those at Wentworth Club, Sunningdale, Muirfield, Royal Portrush, and Royal Liverpool.

English Amateur

English Amateur

The English Amateur is the national amateur match play golf championship of England. It has been played annually since 1925 and is organised by England Golf.

John Henry Taylor

John Henry Taylor

John Henry "J.H." Taylor was an English professional golfer and one of the pioneers of the modern game of golf. Taylor is considered to be one of the best golfers of all time. He was a significant golf course architect. Taylor helped to found the British PGA, the world's first, and became respected for his administrative work. He also wrote two notable golf books.

The Open Championship

The Open Championship

The Open Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is the oldest golf tournament in the world, and one of the most prestigious. Founded in 1860, it was originally held annually at Prestwick Golf Club in Scotland. Later the venue rotated between a select group of coastal links golf courses in the United Kingdom. It is organised by the R&A.

Ryder Cup

Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup is a biennial men's golf competition between teams from Europe and the United States. The competition is contested every two years with the venue alternating between courses in the United States and Europe. The Ryder Cup is named after the English businessman Samuel Ryder who donated the trophy. The event is jointly administered by the PGA of America and Ryder Cup Europe, the latter a joint venture of the PGA European Tour (60%), the PGA of Great Britain and Ireland (20%), and the PGAs of Europe (20%).

Brabazon Trophy

Brabazon Trophy

The English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship for the Brabazon Trophy is the national amateur stroke play golf championship in England. It has been played annually since 1947 and is organised by the England Golf.

Jacques Léglise Trophy

Jacques Léglise Trophy

The Jacques Léglise Trophy is an annual amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It was first played in 1977, as a one-day match before the Boys Amateur Championship, but since 1996 it has been played as a separate two-day match. The venue generally alternates between Great Britain and Ireland and the continent. From 1958 to 1966 a similar match was played between a combined England and Scotland team and the Continent of Europe.

Boys Amateur Championship

Boys Amateur Championship

The Boys Amateur Championship is a golf tournament which is held annually in the United Kingdom. The competition is organised and run by The R&A.

Enmore Park Golf Club

Enmore Park Golf Club

Enmore Park Golf Club is a golf club set within the Quantock hills, an area of outstanding natural beauty, and in the village of Enmore within the county of Somerset in England. It has a parkland course and has a total par of 71 over a medal tee yardage of 6411 yards.

Courses and scorecards

Championship course

The championship course is a full 18-hole links course and is the course on which all of the major competitions hosted by the club have been played. The scorecard for the championship course is as follows (all distances given in yards):

Championship Course
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Par 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 5 3 36 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 35 71
SI Men's 7 3 9 11 15 5 1 13 17 16 2 6 10 14 4 18 12 8
Blue 74 380 421 376 511 195 434 450 528 170 3465 395 438 401 558 192 469 362 200 445 3460 6925
White 73 380 393 376 495 158 398 450 490 170 3310 375 419 401 544 180 440 344 200 445 3348 6658
Yellow 72 369 386 350 485 146 390 444 465 155 3190 362 410 385 530 168 436 335 179 441 3246 6436
Par 5 4 4 5 3 4 5 5 3 38 4 4 4 5 3 4 4 3 4 36 74
SI Women's 15 2 6 14 10 4 12 8 18 9 3 7 1 16 11 5 13 17
Red 74 371 367 329 421 134 339 415 456 125 2957 320 377 331 474 120 324 314 140 387 2787 5744

Channel Course

The Channel Course is an 18-hole course with nine greens. Each hole has 2 separate tee positions, one of which is used on each loop of nine. The course is a 5,819-yard par-70 off the men's white tees and a 5,038-yard par-70 of the women's tees.

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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 3 occasions, with the following results:

No Year Winner(s) Score
1 1956 Stan Fox 292
2 1990 England Gary Evans
France Olivier Edmond
287 (tie)
3 2011 England Neil Raymond 287

English Amateur

The club has hosted the English Amateur on 6 occasions with the following results:

No Year Winner Runner-up Score
1 1930 Dale Bourn C. E. Hardman 3 & 2
2 1952 Bunny Millward Terry Shorrock 2 holes
3 1963 Michael Bonallack Alan Thirlwell 4 & 3
4 1971 Warren Humphreys John Davies 9 & 8
5 1981 David Blakeman A. K. Stubbs 3 & 1
6 2006 Ross McGowan Oliver Fisher 5 & 4

British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship

The club has hosted the British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship on 3 occasions, with the following results:

No Year Winner Runner-up Score
1 1906 England Alice Kennion England Bertha Thompson 4 & 3
2 1923 England Doris Chambers England Muriel Dodd Macbeth 2 holes
3 1938 Scotland Helen Holm England Elsie Corlett 4 & 3

Jacques Léglise Trophy

The club hosted the Jacques Léglise Trophy amateur boys' team golf competition between Great Britain and Ireland and the Continent of Europe in 1999 with Great Britain and Ireland winning 15 points to 9.

Boys Amateur Championship

Burnham & Berrow has twice hosted the Boys Amateur Championship, with the following results

No Year Co-host Champion Runner-up
1 1982 Mark Grieve Giles Hickman
2 2011 Enmore Park Golf Club Harrison Greenberry Patrick Kelly

West of England Open Amateur Championship

The club annually hosts the West of England Open Amateur Championship, which is traditionally played in September and attracts many of the top amateur golfers from the region. It is now a world-ranking event, and boasts several recognizable names on the famous trophy.

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Brabazon Trophy

Brabazon Trophy

The English Men's Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship for the Brabazon Trophy is the national amateur stroke play golf championship in England. It has been played annually since 1947 and is organised by the England Golf.

England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea area of the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.

Gary Evans (golfer)

Gary Evans (golfer)

Gary Evans is an English professional golfer.

France

France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. It also includes overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans, giving it one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. Its eighteen integral regions span a combined area of 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi) and had a total population of over 68 million as of January 2023. France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre; other major urban areas include Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Lille, Bordeaux, and Nice.

Olivier Edmond

Olivier Edmond

Olivier Edmond is a French professional golfer.

English Amateur

English Amateur

The English Amateur is the national amateur match play golf championship of England. It has been played annually since 1925 and is organised by England Golf.

Michael Bonallack

Michael Bonallack

Sir Michael Francis Bonallack, OBE is an English amateur golfer who was one of the leading administrators in world golf in the late 20th century.

Oliver Fisher

Oliver Fisher

Oliver James Fisher is an English professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He also played in the inaugural LIV Golf Invitational Series.

Alice Kennion

Alice Kennion

Alice Marion Kennion was an English amateur golfer. She was a surprise winner of the 1906 Womens Amateur Championship at Burnham & Berrow Golf Club. She was the first married woman to win the championship.

Bertha Thompson

Bertha Thompson

Bertha Mildred Thompson was an English amateur golfer. She won the 1905 Womens Amateur Championship at Royal Cromer and reached the final the following year. She reached the quarter-finals in 1900, 1909 and 1911. She was a regular player for England in international matches between 1899 and 1911, only missing the 1910 Women's Home Internationals, when she withdrew. The official Home Internationals started in 1905 and although she played in the event six times, she was only in the winning team once, in her final appearance in 1911.

Doris Chambers

Doris Chambers

Doris Elaine Chambers was an English amateur golfer. She won the Womens Amateur Championship in 1923, having been a semi-finalist in 1909. She also reached the semi-finals of the English Women's Amateur Championship in 1926. She represented England in the Women's Home Internationals nine times between 1906 and 1925. She was the British Curtis Cup captain in 1934, 1936 and 1948.

Muriel Dodd

Muriel Dodd

Muriel Dodd was an English amateur golfer. She held the British and Canadian titles in 1913.

Source: "Burnham & Berrow Golf Club", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 5th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnham_&_Berrow_Golf_Club.

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References
  1. ^ a b "Club History". Burnham & Berrow Golf Club. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  2. ^ a b c "English Amateur - Winners". England Golf. Archived from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Brabazon Trophy - Winners". England Golf. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014. Retrieved 3 August 2014.
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