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Royal County Down Golf Club

Coordinates: 54°13′05″N 5°53′02″W / 54.218°N 5.884°W / 54.218; -5.884
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Royal County Down Golf Club
Royal County Down in 2004
Club information
Royal County Down Golf Club is located in County Down
Royal County Down Golf Club
Location in Northern Ireland
Royal County Down Golf Club is located in Northern Ireland
Royal County Down Golf Club
Location in the United Kingdom
Royal County Down Golf Club is located in island of Ireland
Royal County Down Golf Club
Royal County Down Golf Club (island of Ireland)
Royal County Down Golf Club is located in the United Kingdom
Royal County Down Golf Club
Royal County Down Golf Club (the United Kingdom)
Coordinates54°13′05″N 5°53′02″W / 54.218°N 5.884°W / 54.218; -5.884
LocationNewcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland
Established1889, 135 years ago
Total holes36
Events hostedSenior British Open
The Amateur Championship
British Ladies Amateur
Curtis Cup
Walker Cup
Irish Open
Websiteroyalcountydown.org
Championship Links
Designed byOld Tom Morris;
George Combe;
Harry Vardon; Harry Colt
Par71
Length7,186 yards (6,571 m)
Course rating75.0
Slope rating142
Annesley Links
Par66
Length4,617 yards (4,222 m)

Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Northern Ireland, located in Newcastle, Newry, Mourne and Down. It opened on 23 March 1889 and is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland. It has two 18-hole links courses, the Championship Course and the Annesley Links.[1]

Significant tournaments

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Royal County Down has made outstanding contributions to Irish golf from the Club's beginnings, hosting many important tournaments, starting soon after it opened, and continuing to the present day. Notably, the Club in 2007 became just the second Irish venue, after Portmarnock, to host the Walker Cup. The Irish Open on the European Tour took place in late May in 2015, returning to Royal County Down after 76 years.[2] It previously hosted the event three times, all prior to World War II. The British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship were held on the course in June 2019.[3]

History

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Royal County Down Golf Club secured 2nd place in golfscape's World's Top 100 Golf Course ranking 2020.[4]

Golf Digest ranked it #1 on its World's 100 Greatest Courses list for 2024 .[5]

Scorecard

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The Championship Links[6]
Tee Rating/Slope 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Out 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 In Total
Blue 75.0 / 142 539 444 475 229 440 396 144 429 483 3579 196 442 525 446 212 468 337 433 548 3607 7186
White 74.0 / 131 523 424 475 215 429 369 135 424 427 3421 188 430 478 423 202 454 318 416 548 3457 6878
Yellow 73.0 / 126 503 387 455 202 419 355 125 414 427 3287 180 430 469 423 202 454 300 402 528 3388 6675
Par Men's 5 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 35 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 4 5 36 71
SI Men's 13 9 3 15 7 11 17 1 5 18 8 16 2 12 4 14 10 6
Red 77.0 / 148 483 344 423 159 395 338 113 405 429 3089 172 389 455 409 195 410 276 374 480 3160 6249
Par Ladies 5 4 5 3 4 4 3 5 5 38 3 4 5 5 3 5 4 4 5 38 76
SI Ladies 13 3 9 15 7 1 17 5 11 16 2 8 12 14 4 18 6 10

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Royal County Down Golf Course". Discover Northern Ireland. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 25 August 2007.
  2. ^ "Irish Open attracts bumper crowds". PGA European Tour. 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
  3. ^ "Harm makes history to win Ladies Amateur". R&A. 30 June 2018. Archived from the original on 1 August 2018. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  4. ^ "Top 100 Golf Courses in the World 🏅 2020 • golfscape™". Futuri Visio. 14 January 2020. Archived from the original on 27 January 2020. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. ^ "World's 100 Greatest Golf Courses 2024". 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Championship Links". Archived from the original on 28 September 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
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