Short Par Fours on the Kent Coast: Deal's 6th and Sandwich's 3rd

[JNC Lyon]

Both photos are from the 1953 Country Life Golf Calendar, edited by Bernard Darwin.

[Tom_Doak]

Does anyone know, is the old third green at Sandwich still there, or did they destroy it?

The hole was replaced in 1975, but the original was still being mowed [and used for a nursery, I think] when I first visited there in 1982.  I don't remember if they were still mowing it in the 90's when I last returned.

[Mark Chaplin]

If the flat area to the left of the sixth green is the seventh tee it shows how far back the new sixth green is at Deal. The extreme left edge of the green on the picture would be the start of the sea wall with all of the green under the sea wall.

[Adrian_Stiff]

Does anyone know, is the old third green at Sandwich still there, or did they destroy it?

The hole was replaced in 1975, but the original was still being mowed [and used for a nursery, I think] when I first visited there in 1982.  I don't remember if they were still mowing it in the 90's when I last returned.

The old blind 3rd green I also vaguely remember from the 1981 Open, if its the one to the right of the back tees on 4? I dont remember it more recently. Was 8 a par 3 and 11 a par 4 up to 1975, I had always imagined this change much further back in time.

[Andy Stamm]

Can we bring back the 12 and (it looks like) 20 foot flagsticks? Fantastic.