Ipswich Golf Club

Ipswich Golf Club from the air, July 2017

Ipswich Golf Club is a members club based in Ipswich, Suffolk. It maintains the Purdis Heath course.[1]

The club was founded in 1895 with its original course on common land, part of Rushmere Common. However it was not until 1928 that the Purdis Heath course was opened. The course was designed by James Braid.[2]

The course is 6,431 yards long with a par of 71.[3]

The club hosted the Ladies' British Open Amateur Stroke Play Championship twice, in 1973 when Anne Stant won with Mary Everard as runner up[4] and in 1987 when it was won by Linda Bayman with Jill Thornhill and Nicola Way as runners-up.[5]

  1. ^ "Home - Ipswich Golf Club". www.ipswichgolfclub.com. Ipswich Golf Club. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. ^ updated, Rob Smith last (18 June 2022). "Best Golf Courses In Suffolk". Golf Monthly Magazine. Future plc. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Ipswich (Purdis Heath)". National Club Golfer. National Club Golfer. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Title win for Mrs Stant". The Glasgow Herald. 1 September 1973. p. 2.
  5. ^ "Bayman at last". The Glasgow Herald. 29 August 1987. p. 22.