Wentworth Club

Wentworth Club is a privately owned golf club and health resort in Virginia Water, Surrey on the south western fringes of London, not far from Windsor Castle, founded in 1926.

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Virginia Water - Surrey - London - Windsor Castle

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Wentworth Club is best known for its associations with professional golf. It has three eighteen hole courses, including the famous Harry Colt-designed West Course, and one nine hole course. The visitor's green fee for the West Course for Summer 2005 is £260 (c. 480 U.S. dollars). A few years earlier, when it was £210, it was the highest in Europe according to the British Golf Industry Association. In 2004 the club was purchased by fashion industry entrepreneur Richard Caring for £130 million.

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The headquarters of the PGA European Tour are located at the club, and each year it hosts the BMW Championship and the HSBC World Matchplay Championship. It was the venue of the 1953 Ryder Cup.

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PGA European Tour - BMW Championship - HSBC World Matchplay Championship - Ryder Cup

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The club is adjacent to the Wentworth Estate, one of the most expensive private estates in the London suburbs, where many top golfers and other celebrities have homes. One of them is Ernie Els, who became the club's "world-wide touring professional" in 2005.

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