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Little Aston Golf Club is an 18 hole members golf club in Sutton Coldfield, England which has hosted a variety of leading professional and amateur tournaments including the Schweppes PGA Close Championship and the Brabazon Trophy. As of August 2014 the golf course had been rated as the 43rd best golf course in England and the 99th best course in the British Isles by golf club review site Top 100 Golf Courses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Little Aston Golf Club' )〕 ==History== Little Aston Golf Club was founded in 1908 when Harry Vardon was commissioned to covert 136 acres of land into the golf course, the design commissioned by Harry Vardon remains largely unchanged to date.〔 The land had previously formed part of the estate of Little Aston Hall.〔 Little Aston hosted its first significant tournament when it hosted the English Amateur in 1927〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Previous Winners - English Amateur )〕 and hosted its first professional tournament at the 1951 Dunlop Tournament. Subsequently the club has gone on to host the Schweppes PGA Close Championship the forerunner to the European Tour's flagship event in 1962〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=BMW PGA Championship European Tour Past Winners and History )〕 and the Brabazon Trophy on 3 occasions from 1970 to 1994.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Previous Winners - Brabazon Trophy )〕 In more recent years the course has been lengthened with addition of several new championship tees in order to continue to remain a competitive challenge in light of the changes in distances achieved by modern player and equipment.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Little Aston Golf Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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