Wentworth Club is a privately owned golf and country club in Virginia Water, Surrey, on the south western edge of London. It was founded in 1922 as part of the Wentworth Estate, and Harry Colt designed its celebrated West Course, opened in 1926, alongside the East Course. The club also has the Edinburgh Course and a nine-hole executive course. It is the home of the headquarters of the PGA European Tour and each year hosts the tour's PGA Championship on the West Course, and it staged the 1953 Ryder Cup and the World Match Play Championship from 1964 to 2007. Since 2014 it has been owned by the Reignwood Group of Beijing.
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Wentworth Club is a privately owned golf club and country club in Virginia Water, Surrey, on the south western fringes of London, not far from Windsor Castle.
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Wentworth Club is a privately owned golf club and country club in Virginia Water, Surrey, on the south western fringes of London, not far from Windsor Castle.
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