Little Aston Golf Club
| Club information | |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 52°35′44.0″N 1°52′0.7″W / 52.595556°N 1.866861°W |
| Location |
Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, England |
| Established | 1908 |
| Type | Private |
| Total holes | 18 |
| Tournaments hosted |
English Amateur Brabazon Trophy British Ladies Amateur British Masters Jacques Léglise Trophy Schweppes PGA Close Championship Swallow-Penfold Tournament Daks Tournament Boys Amateur Championship Dunlop-Southport Tournament |
| Website | http://www.littleastongolf.co.uk |
| Designed by | Harry Vardon |
| Par | 72 |
| Length | 6813 |
| Course rating | 74 |
Little Aston Golf Club is an 18 hole members golf club located within the Little Aston Park Private Estate in Sutton Coldfield, England which has hosted a variety of leading professional and amateur tournaments including the Schweppes PGA Close Championship and the Brabazon Trophy.
As of August 2014 the golf course had been rated as the 43rd best golf course in England and the 99th best course in the British Isles by golf club review site Top 100 Golf Courses.
Little Aston Golf Club was founded in 1908 when Harry Vardon was commissioned to covert 136 acres of land into the golf course, the design commissioned by Harry Vardon remains largely unchanged to date. The land had previously formed part of the estate of Little Aston Hall.
Little Aston hosted its first significant tournament when it hosted the English Amateur in 1927 and hosted its first professional tournament at the 1951 Dunlop Tournament. Subsequently the club has gone on to host the Schweppes PGA Close Championship the forerunner to the European Tour's flagship event in 1962 and the Brabazon Trophy on 3 occasions from 1970 to 1994.
In more recent years the course has been lengthened with addition of several new championship tees in order to continue to remain a competitive challenge in light of the changes in distances achieved by modern player and equipment.
There is a single 18 hole course at Little Aston Golf Course which takes the form of a parkland course, from the championship tees the course measures 6,813 yards.
All distances given in yards
Little Aston first hosted the Boys Amateur Championship in 1994 and subsequently hosted the matchplay tournament again in 2008 with the following results:
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