Chart Hills Golf Club is a championship golf club in England, located in Biddenden, Kent.

Chart Hills Golf Club
Clubhouse in 2009
Club information
Chart Hills Golf Club is located in England
Chart Hills Golf Club
Location in England
Chart Hills Golf Club is located in the United Kingdom
Chart Hills Golf Club
Location in the United Kingdom
Coordinates51°08′02″N 0°38′55″E / 51.1338°N 0.6487°E / 51.1338; 0.6487
LocationWeeks Lane
Biddenden, Kent, England
Established1993; 31 years ago (1993)
TypePrivate
Owned byRaymac Group
Total holes18
Websitecharthills.co.uk
Designed bySir Nick Faldo, Steve Smyers
Par72
Length7,132 yards (6,522 m)

History

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The golf course at Chart Hills was designed by English golf great Sir Nick Faldo and Steve Smyers. They created a big and attractive golf course, with acres of water and sand designed to challenge the very best of golfers. Smyers said: "You feel a great course, it thrills you and sometimes frightens you. But in the end, it will challenge the best in you." Opened 31 years ago in 1993, while Faldo was still an active player, it was his first design in Europe.

Chart Hills has regularly played host to a number of high-profile golf events. It is a European Tour Qualifying School venue and has hosted Ladies European Tour (LET) events, the Ladies English Open (200407) and Ford Golf Classic (1995).[1] In between in 2000, the club hosted the Kronenbourg 1664 Chart Hills Classic, a 54-hole LET event in late summer; Gina Marie Scott of New Zealand won in a playoff, over Isabella Maconi of Italy.[2]

Ownership

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Chart Hills was purchased by Paul Gibbons in 1999 through his Leaderboard company, which also owned several other golf venues.[3]

In 2016, rapidly expanding hotel group, Kings Resorts completed the take over of Chart Hills for an undisclosed fee.

In 2019, Chart Hills was bought by Raymac Group; after undertaking substantial renovations led by golf architect Steve Smyers and Nick Faldo, it reopened in 2021. [4]

References

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  1. ^ " Chart Hills - designed by Nick Faldo – Golf Today". Archived from the original on 9 November 2011. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ "Ladies European Tour: Chart Hills Classic". Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  3. ^ A passion for golf and a passion for business – The Times Online[dead link]
  4. ^ "Renovation Tour Complete Video". Chart Hills. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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