Hanbury Manor Marriott Hotel and Country Club - 14th Jan 2005

There can be few more golfing venues in Europe where old and new combines so successfully than at historic Hanbury Manor in Hertfordshire.

The magnificent <b>'old'</b> part is the site itself, which since the 19th century has been dominated by a Jacobean-style mansion and its wonderful grounds, which originally included a nine-hole parkland course designed by the legendary Harry Vardon.

The <b>'new'</b>'new' is the conversion of the estate into Hanbury Manor Golf and Country Club.

The hotel's restoration has given visitors an elegant five-star country house hotel with outstanding facilities whilst outside the land has been redesigned into an 18-hole championship-length golf course.

The course is unsurprisingly American-style, as its designer was Jack Nicklaus II. Nicklaus junior took the best of the original Vardon course, together with former meadowland to produce a new course that not only looks beautiful but plays superbly too.

Hanbury Manor has hosted a number of major professional events, including the Women's European Open in 1996 and the Men's European Tour's English Open from <b>1997</b> to <b>1999</b> won by <b> Per Ulrik Johannson, Lee Westwood </b> and <b> Darren Clarke </b> respectively.

Related Links

• http://www.hanbury-manor.com

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