Whenever the DP World Tour’s flagship event, the BMW PGA Championship, comes around, attention inevitably turns to the famous West Course at Wentworth, where the action takes place each year.
However, while that is a beloved and world-class layout, there is much more to Wentworth than the famous course alone.
In fact, there are three world-class 18-hole courses and a par-3 at the exclusive Surrey, England venue. Here are the details.
East Course
The East Course was the first at Wentworth to open
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Wentworth’s West Course may take center stage for the BMW PGA Championship, but it’s not the oldest course at Wentworth.
That honor belongs to the East Course, which opened in 1924, two years after the club was established.
Harry Colt designed the East Course, and in 1926, it hosted what became a piece of golf history.
Back then, an informal match between British and American pros was held on the East Course before that year’s Open.
One of those in attendance was businessman Samuel Ryder, and he proposed sponsoring a formal version of the match.
Two years later, the first edition of it was held in the US: the inaugural staging of the Ryder Cup.
There was another first for the East Course in 1932, when it was the venue for the inaugural Curtis Cup, while it has also been the venue for tournaments in the Rose Ladies Series.
The East course is set over 200 acres of heathland with undulating terrain and some beautiful and varied holes that require accuracy and creative shot-making.
West Course
The West Course hosts the BMW PGA Championship
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Two years after the East Course came another Colt-designed layout, the West Course, and through the years it became by far the most famous.
As well as being the permanent home of the BMW PGA Championship since 1984, it also hosted three editions of the tournament between 1972 and 1974.
While the East Course may have been where the Ryder Cup was inspired, the West Course hosted an edition, in 1953, where Team USA beat Team Great Britain by 6.5-5.5.
The West Course was also the permanent home of the HSBC World Match Play Championship between 1964 and 2007.
Another notable tournament it hosted was the Daks Tournament, which preceded the European Tour and was held at the West…
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