Wentworth Club

The Wentworth Club is a, was established in 1926, private golf club with recreation resort in Virginia Water, Surrey on the southwestern outskirts of London, near Windsor Castle.

The Wentworth Club owes its fame to the connection to the world of professional golf. It is home to three 18 -hole courses, including the famous West Course ( West Course ), and a 9- hole course. The green fee for the West Course is currently (summer 2006) 285 pounds and is among the highest in Europe. In 2004 the club was taken over by the fashion industrialist Richard Caring for £ 130 million.

The headquarters of the PGA European Tour is at home here and every year on the system, the BMW PGA Championship and by 2007 the HSBC World Match Play Championship organized. In 1953 the place was the venue for the Ryder Cup.

Compared to the Wentworth Club are the reasons Wentworth ( Wentworth Estate ) - one of the most expensive real estate in London suburbs and residence of many top golfers and other celebrities. One of them is Ernie Els, at the same time the world-wide touring professional of the club. As a recognized golf course designer Els has made ​​in winter 2005/ 06 the transformation of the West Course, this extended for about 280 meters and enriched by 30 bunkers.