Three championship links lie almost in a row on the east Kent coast, and between them they have staged eighteen Opens. Prince’s and Royal St George’s share the dunes of Sandwich Bay, and Royal Cinque Ports sits a few miles south at Deal. The distances are trivial; the calendar is not. Royal St George’s opens to visitors on Tuesdays and Wednesdays only and wants a handicap index of 18.4 or better. Deal takes visitors from Monday to Thursday with no handicap rule, though it can turn away anyone it judges not proficient. Prince’s sells tee times on every day of the week and asks for no handicap at all. Build the week around the two Royal clubs, slot Prince’s into the gaps, and a group can play all three in four days. This page compares fees, rules and logistics.
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| Course | Green fee from | What’s included | Getting there | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 1Royal St George’s Golf ClubChampionship links | £215Checked November 2026 · details | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 2Prince’s Golf Club27-hole links & lodge | £100Checked November 2026 · details | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide | ||
 3Royal Cinque Ports Golf ClubChampionship links | £150Checked November 2026 · details | Bookpackage via GolfbreaksRead the guide |
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Royal St George’s, with fifteen Opens from 1894 to Collin Morikawa’s in 2021. Bring proof of an 18.4 index, a jacket and tie for after 11:00, and an appetite for the included lunch.
Green fees & bookingPrince’s, open to visitors seven days a week with no handicap rule. Shore, Dunes and Himalayas give three different 18s, and the 38-bedroom Lodge stands at the club entrance.
Green fees & bookingRoyal Cinque Ports, whose inward half runs 3,800 yards. The 12th, 13th and 15th are all par fours of 460 yards or more, and the Halfway Hut by the 9th green is the place to refuel.
Green fees & bookingEach package names its rounds, nights and hotels, so you can see which of the courses above it includes before you ask for a quote.
7 nights B&B, 5 rounds
Rounds: Royal St George’s · Royal Cinque Ports · The Addington · Walton Heath · Sunningdale
Stay: 3 nights at The Bell Hotel in Sandwich, 4 at Macdonald Berystede near Ascot
Two Kent links that have hosted The Open, then the Surrey and Berkshire heathlands, with Heathrow and Gatwick both close at hand.
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Prince’s is the cheapest way onto these links and the only club that prices by day of the week: £100 midweek and £140 on Fridays this winter, then £180 midweek and £230 from Friday to Sunday between April and late October 2027. Royal Cinque Ports charges one Monday-to-Thursday rate, £150 until 10 December 2026 and £295 from April 2027. Royal St George’s is dearest at £430 for a summer 2027 round, but that fee buys lunch in the Dining Room. Its £235 rate for March, October and November 2027 is the better buy. All three take full payment up front, and Deal refunds nothing inside 14 days.
Gatwick is the nearer airport, about 1 hour 45 minutes by road to Sandwich Bay or Deal, while Heathrow takes around two and a half hours. Without a car, Southeastern’s high-speed trains from London St Pancras call at both Sandwich and Deal, and a short taxi ride covers the last leg to each club. Prince’s and Royal St George’s are neighbours on the Sandwich Bay road, and Royal Cinque Ports sits on Golf Road at the north end of Deal, heading the same way. The Lodge at Prince’s puts a bed beside one first tee; Deal’s seafront inns and Canterbury, about half an hour inland, are the other bases.
Prince’s plays all year on full greens, although from November to February its weekend times come only with the Lodge’s Winter Links Package. Royal St George’s has visitor dates from March to November 2027, with the top rate from April to September, and in August only Tuesdays remain. Royal Cinque Ports publishes rates for 1 April to 7 October 2027 but nothing yet for 11 December to the end of March, so ask its office about winter. Deal also hands its links to the Halford Hewitt schools foursomes each spring. This dry corner of Britain tends to keep summer turf firm.
Prince’s and Royal Cinque Ports both waive the certificate, although Prince’s warns that high handicappers may struggle in the wind and Deal reserves the right to refuse players it thinks are not proficient. Royal St George’s requires an index of 18.4 or lower and checks it at check-in.
Yes, if you plan around the visitor days. A four-ball might play Deal on Monday, Royal St George’s on Tuesday or Wednesday, Prince’s on the other, and Deal again or a second Prince’s pairing on Thursday. Prince’s is the only one of the three available at weekends.
Prince’s sells times through its online system and takes payment in full. Royal Cinque Ports books online, by phone on 01304 374007 or by email. At Royal St George’s, three- and four-balls use the visitor portal, while singles and pairs must email reception.
Both arrange caddies. Royal St George’s books them through its Caddiemaster but publishes no fee, and Deal finds local caddies through the professional’s shop. Prince’s offers no caddie service; it hires trolleys and keeps a small number of buggies that must be reserved.
Royal St George’s is the strictest: no hoodies, jeans or trainers on the course, and a jacket, collared shirt and tie in the clubhouse after 11:00. Royal Cinque Ports bans denim and wants knee-length socks with shorts. Prince’s asks for collared, sleeved shirts tucked in.