Forest of Arden Hotel and Country Club
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The Forest of Arden Hotel & Country Club is a hotel
Hotel
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 and country club
Country club
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 complex in England
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. Operated my Marriott Hotels & Resorts
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, it is located 4 miles (6 km) to the east of Birmingham International Airport in Warwickshire
Warwickshire
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.

The Forest of Arden has two golf course
Golf course
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s, the Arden and the Aylesford, both of which were designed by Donald Steel
Donald Steel
Donald Maclennan Arklay Steel is a former golfer and is a noted golf course designer, as well as being a writer and journalist. Educated at Fettes College and Christ's College, he has designed a large number of golf courses or modifications to existing courses, mostly in the United Kingdom and...

, and a golf academy. The Arden is the championship course, and has been the venue for many prestigious tournaments, including European Tour
PGA European Tour
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 events, the British Masters on three occasions, and the English Open
English Open
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four times between 1993 and 1996.

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