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Shepherd Neame ’ s Zetland Arms at Kingsdown
Cathedral Cloisters
Sissinghurst ( Penny Tweedie )
Historic Canterbury
6th Hole at Royal Cinque Ports ( Chris Barnard )
Frost on the the 10th green of Royal Cinque Ports The 17th Hole of Royal Cinque Ports ( Chris Barnard )
The medieval town of Sandwich
will host The Open Championship in 2020 for the 15th time whilst Prince ’ s staged the tournament back in 1932 when it was won by the great Gene Sarazen .
The Lodge at Prince ’ s that boasts an array of suites and apartments offers golfers a great base when playing these regal set of courses . These magnificent layouts , all within three miles of each other , are flanked by the lesser- known gems of Littlestone and North Foreland , both championship courses and former Final Open Qualifying venues for The Open Championship . This quintet
64 GolfPlus JUNE 2018 of wondrously , challenging courses makes a golf trip to the corner of south east Kent both exhilarating and memorable . Complementing the golf in this part of Kent is a wide choice of cultural and historical attractions from cathedrals like Canterbury to castles such as Leeds ( reputedly ‘ the loveliest castle in the world ’), Dover and Hever .
True to its reputation as the Garden of Kent , stunning gardens abound , the most famous of which is probably Vita Sackville- West ’ s acres of gardens at Sissinghurst . With its extensive coastline Kent also offers plenty of sweeping beaches and cliff top walks whilst seafood culinary delights such as Dover Sole and Whitstable Oysters can be found in quirky cafes , traditional pubs and local Kent fusion restaurants . Indeed the county is rapidly developing a name for itself as a destination for gastronomy to go with its long-standing tradition of producing
Royal Cinque Ports , 2nd hole ( Kevin Murray ) low
local real ales and its growing reputation as a producer of fine wines . Kent is home to Shepherd Neame , Britain ’ s oldest brewery , and the Chapel Down Vineyard whose wines often compare favourably with similar ones produced in France . After golf , you can certainly eat and drink well in Kent . Royal Cinque Ports is the real deal and so is the rest of what Kent has to offer the visiting golfer .
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