Amateur Championship returns to Royal St George’s

Royal St George’s Golf Club, where Darren Clarke won the Open Championship in 2011, will host the Amateur Championship for the 14th time in 2017, with the qualifying stroke play rounds also being played at nearby Prince’s.

The Amateur Championship will return to the famous links at Sandwich for the first time since 2006 when Frenchman Julien Guerrier defeated Adam Gee from Leatherhead by 4&3 in the 36-hole final.

Among the winners of the championship at Royal St George’s are the great amateurs John Ball Junior, Freddie Tait and Harold Hilton.

Open champion Rory McIlroy is one of several champions and Ryder Cup team members who have played in the Amateur Championship over the years including Jack Nicklaus, Sir Nick Faldo, Darren Clarke, Padraig Harrington, Henrik Stenson, Louis Oosthuizen, Ernie Els, Colin Montgomerie and Jose Maria Olazabal, who won in 1984, and Sergio Garcia who won in 1998.

#southeast #national