Royal St George's Golf Club
Royal St George's Golf Club: William Laidlaw Purves (1887). Par 70, 7,204 yards. Collin Morikawa won the 2021 Open Championship here with 265 (−15).
Royal St George's Golf Club: William Laidlaw Purves (1887). Par 70, 7,204 yards. Collin Morikawa won the 2021 Open Championship here with 265 (−15).
Royal St George's Golf Club: William Laidlaw Purves (1887). Par 70, 7,204 yards. Collin Morikawa won the 2021 Open Championship here with 265 (−15).
Updated October 24, 2026
40 editions on the record, by event, newest first.
The R&A
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Open Championship Collin Morikawa | 265 (−15) | lowest winning score in this event · by 2 strokes |
| 2011 | Darren Clarke | 275 (−5) | by 3 strokes |
| 2003 | Ben Curtis | 283 (−1) | by 1 stroke |
| 1993 | Greg Norman | 267 (−13) | by 2 strokes |
| 1985 | Sandy Lyle | 282 (+2) | by 1 stroke |
| 1981 | Bill Rogers | 276 (−4) | by 4 strokes |
| 1949 | Bobby Locke | 283 (−5) | won in a playoff |
| 1938 | Reg Whitcombe | 295 (+15) | by 2 strokes |
| 1934 | Henry Cotton | 283 | by 5 strokes |
| 1928 | Walter Hagen | 292 | by 2 strokes |
| 1922 | Walter Hagen | 300 | by 1 stroke |
| 1911 | Harry Vardon | 303 | won in a playoff |
| 1904 | Jack White | 296 | by 1 stroke |
| 1899 | Harry Vardon | 310 | by 5 strokes |
| 1894 | John Henry Taylor | 326 | by 5 strokes |
European Tour / DP World Tour
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Seve Ballesteros | 278 (−2) | lowest winning score in this event · by 2 strokes |
| 1980 | Nick Faldo | 283 (+3) | by 1 stroke |
| 1977 | Manuel Piñero | 283 (+3) | by 3 strokes |
| 1976 | Neil Coles | 280 (E) | won in a playoff |
| 1975 | Arnold Palmer | 285 (+5) | by 2 strokes |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Tony Jacklin | 274 (ｰ6) | by 3 strokes · pre-European Tour |
The R&A
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ethan Fang | 1 up | |
| 2017 | Harry Ellis | 38 holes | |
| 2006 | Julien Guerrier | 4 & 3 | |
| 1997 | Craig Watson | 3 & 2 | |
| 1972 | Trevor Homer | 4 & 3 | |
| 1959 | Deane Beman | 3 & 2 | |
| 1948 | Frank Stranahan | 5 & 4 | |
| 1937 | Robert Sweeny Jr. | 3 & 2 | |
| 1929 | Cyril Tolley | 4 & 3 | |
| 1914 | James Jenkins | 3 & 2 | |
| 1908 | Edward Lassen | 7 & 6 | |
| 1904 | Walter Travis | 4 & 3 | |
| 1900 | Harold Hilton | 8 & 7 | |
| 1896 | Freddie Tait | 8 & 7 | |
| 1892 | John Ball | 3 & 1 |
USGA / The R&A
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | United States | 15-9 | |
| 1930 | United States | 10-2 |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Emily Kristine Pedersen | 3 & 1 | The R&A |
| Year | Champion | Score | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Great Britain & Ireland | 11-7 | USGA / The R&A |
In 1885 Dr William Laidlaw Purves of Royal Wimbledon spotted the duneland from St Clement's church in Sandwich and decided to build a course; it opened in 1887 named after England's patron saint.
After only seven years of play, Sandwich staged the 1894 Open, the first played outside Scotland; it has since hosted 15.
James Bond author Ian Fleming was a member; in Goldfinger he called the course "Royal St Marks", although the film's golf scenes were shot at Stoke Park.
Golf writer Bernard Darwin, who called Sandwich "my idea of heaven", was the club's president from 1952 to 1961.
The bunker cut into a huge dune on the 470-yard par-4 4th is described as the UK's tallest and deepest; the fairway beyond it is called the Elysian Fields.
The par-3 6th is named for a steep sandy dune, "scarred and seamed with black timbers" in Darwin's words; after the First World War the hole was re-oriented so golfers no longer play over its crown.
The 14th is called the Suez Canal because, Darwin wrote, "many a second shot has found a watery grave".
The flags carry the red cross of St George and the course has thatched-roof shelters.
The links looks over Pegwell Bay and the white cliffs around Ramsgate.
William Laidlaw Purves
Renovation
Source: Wikipedia infobox
The PGA Tour and DP World Tour weeks at this course since 2017.
| Year | Event | Winner | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Open Championship 15–18 July 2021 | Collin Morikawa | both |
| 2020 | The Open Championship 16–19 July 2020 | canceled · both |
Every value is shown as recorded in GNN's tour-course research (profiles, championship history, the tour's visits since 2017, stories, details and course changes, each with its sources). A value no source confirmed is left out; nothing is estimated. The light in the room is the sun's real position on the last day of a recorded visit.
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