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The Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club is a 36-hole golf complex located in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The resort opened in 1890 as the Royal Johannesburg Golf Club, and merged with the Kensington Golf Club in 1998. It is part of the PGA Tour network of golf courses. The East Course has hosted the South African PGA Championship since 2005 and the Joburg Open since 2007, the biggest annual professional golf event in Africa; the 2012 field was the largest of the PGA European Tour season, with 2010 players.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Did You Know – Joburg Open )〕 It also has hosted the International Final Qualifier (Africa) for the Open Championship since 2009, the Sanlam Women's Amateur Golf Championships of South Africa in 2008, and the 5 Nations Commonwealth Tournament in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club )〕 ==History== Founded on 6 November 1890, members of the Johannesburg Golf Club first began playing "behind Hospital Hill", in an area that later became known as Clarendon Circle and Empire Road.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Review & Betting Guide for the Joburg Open )〕 The club did not settle here, moving four times in the next 19 years, before settling in 1909 on the land it still occupies today.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Johannesburg Golf Club, Linksfield North )〕 The Club helped create of the Transvaal Golf Union in 1908, and provided the first President of the South African Golf Union in 1910. In 1930, the Prince of Wales (who later became King Edward VIII), played the West Course. Six months later, he became the club's patron. In July 1931, King George V added the "Royal" prefix to the club’s name.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club )〕 Little is known about the original Kensington Golf Club that went out of business in 1918. The later version of Kensington hosted a number of significant South African tournaments and competitions, particularly in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Kensington merged with Royal Johannesburg in 1998.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club History )〕 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「Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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