# List of golf clubs granted Royal status

This is a list of golf clubs that have been granted permission to bear the appellation of "Royal", having been bestowed by a reigning monarch, such as from British, Spanish, Belgian, Nepalese, Dutch, or Swedish monarchs. To receive the honour of "Royal", the golf club would normally invite a member of the Royal family to be a patron or an honorary member, or they apply for the title, which is granted from the reigning monarch. In Britain, according to Scott Macpherson in his book Golf's Royal Clubs Honoured by the British Royal Family 1833–2013, the title of "Royal" officially was restricted to ”institutions of eminence, long standing and secure financial position, and devoted to national, charitable and scientific objects” by the British monarchy.
Not all golf clubs that have "Royal" in their title have Royal status, for instance, the Royal Tara Golf Club in Ireland gave itself the title because the golf club is near the Hill of Tara where the ancient Kings of Ireland once resided. The Royal Spring Golf Course in India is called Royal Springs because there are four natural water springs that were used back by Mughal emperors, hence it is said to be "Royal". The now-defunct Royal Links Golf Club in Las Vegas, USA, had no royal connections at all, it was built to acknowledge the traditions of the game. It featured holes inspired by 11 different Open Championship courses, including the Old Course at St Andrews, Royal Liverpool, Hoylake, Royal Lytham & St Annes and Royal Birkdale. The Royal Automobile Club is a Royal club but not a Royal Golf Club, because the Royal Club just happens to have a golf course. King Edward VII granted the Royal status to the Automobile Club.
In Denmark, the Royal Golf Club in Copenhagen, also appears to have given itself the title of Royal when there is no evidence of any royal connections. Likewise the similarly named Royal Copenhagen Golf Club's (Danish: Københavns Golf Klub) only connection with royalty is that the national park, which today includes the golf club, was established by the Danish King Christian V in the late 17th century, and King Frederik III's castle sits near the 16th hole. The course is also located in Kongens Lyngby, Danish for "the King's Heather Town". There is no evidence to show that the golf course has been granted a charter or similar document.
Not all Royal golf clubs own their own golf course, the Royal Perth Golfing Society -the world's earliest 'royal' club - play on the North Inch Golf Course, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews play on St Andrews Links, the Royal Montrose Mercantile Golf Club play on Montrose Links, and the Royal Epping Forest Golf Club play on Chingford Golf Course, which are all public golf courses.

## Golf clubs granted Royal status by the British Monarchy

    Denotes that the course is on the current Open Championship rota
    Denotes that the course has previously hosted The Open Championship, but is not on the current rota
| Monarch | Golf Club | Location | Country | Year established | Year Royal status granted |
| William IV | The Royal Perth Golfing Society & County and City Club | Perth | Scotland | 1824 | 1833 |
| William IV | Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (formerly The Royal Society of St. Andrews Golfers). | St Andrews | Scotland | 1745 | 1834 |
| Victoria | Royal Montrose Mercantile Golf Club (formerly Montrose Royal Albert Golf Club) | Montrose | Scotland | 1810 | 1845 |
| Victoria | Royal Blackheath Golf Club | Eltham | England | 1608 | 1845 |
| Victoria | Royal North Devon Golf Club | Westward Ho! | England | 1864 | 1867 |
| Victoria | Royal Liverpool Golf Club | Hoylake | England | 1869 | 1871 |
| Victoria | Royal Musselburgh Golf Club | Prestonpans | Scotland | 1774 | 1876 |
| Victoria | Royal Jersey Golf Club | Grouville | Jersey | 1878 | 1879 |
| Victoria | Royal Wimbledon Golf Club | Wimbledon | England | 1865 | 1882 |
| Victoria | Royal Isle of Wight Golf Club (1882–1961) | Isle of Wight | England | 1882 | 1883 |
| Victoria | Royal Montreal Golf Club | Île Bizard | Canada | 1873 | 1884 |
| Victoria | Royal Belfast Golf Club | Craigavad | Ireland now Northern Ireland | 1881 | 1885 |
| Victoria | Royal Ascot Golf Club | Ascot | England | 1887 | 1887 |
| Victoria | Royal Eastbourne Golf Club | Eastbourne | England | 1887 | 1887 |
| Victoria | Royal Malta Golf Club | Marsa | Malta | 1888 | 1888 |
| Victoria | Royal Cromer Golf Club | Cromer | England | 1888 | 1888 |
| Victoria | Royal Epping Forest Golf Club | Chingford | England | 1888 | 1888 |
| Victoria | Royal Guernsey Golf Club | L'Ancresse | Guernsey | 1890 | 1891 |
| Victoria | The Royal Dublin Golf Club | Dollymount | Ireland | 1885 | 1891 |
| Victoria | Royal Cornwall Golf Club (1889-1950s) | Bodmin | England | 1889 | 1891 |
| Victoria | Royal West Norfolk Golf Club | Brancaster | England | 1892 | 1892 |
| Victoria | Royal Portrush Golf Club | Portrush | Ireland now Northern Ireland | 1888 | 1892 |
| Victoria | Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club | Forest Row | England | 1888 | 1893 |
| Victoria | Royal Norwich Golf Club | Norwich | England | 1893 | 1893 |
| Victoria | Royal Eastbourne Ladies’ Golf Club (1893–1937) merged with Royal Eastbourne Golf Club in 1937 | Eastbourne | England | 1893 | 1893 |
| Victoria | Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club | Bury St Edmunds | England | 1893 | 1895 |
| Victoria | Royal Melbourne Golf Club | Black Rock | Australia | 1891 | 1895 |
| Victoria | The Royal Sydney Golf Club | Rose Bay | Australia | 1893 | 1897 |
| Victoria | Royal Hong Kong Golf Club (1889–1996) now Hong Kong Golf Club (1996-date) | Sheung Shui | Hong Kong now China | 1889 | 1897 |
| Edward VII | Royal Household Golf Club | Windsor Castle | England | 1901 | 1901 |
| Edward VII | Royal St George's Golf Club | Sandwich | England | 1887 | 1902 |
| Edward VII | Royal Aberdeen Golf Club | Bridge of Don | Scotland | 1780 | 1903 |
| Edward VII | Royal Dornoch Golf Club | Dornoch | Scotland | 1877 | 1906 |
| Edward VII | Royal County Down Golf Club | Newcastle | Ireland now Northern Ireland | 1889 | 1908 |
| Edward VII | Royal St David's Golf Club | Harlech | Wales | 1894 | 1908 |
| Edward VII | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club | Rest Bay | Wales | 1891 | 1909 |
| Edward VII | Royal Craggan Golf Club (1909–1939) | Mar Lodge | Scotland | 1909 | 1909 |
| Edward VII | Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club | Deal | England | 1892 | 1910 |
| Edward VII | Royal Curragh Golf Club (1910-1922 and 2013-date) | Curragh | Ireland | 1858 | 1910 |
| George V | Royal Cape Golf Club | Wynberg | South Africa | 1885 | 1910 |
| George V | Royal Calcutta Golf Club | Tollygunge | British India now India | 1829 | 1910 |
| George V | The Royal Ottawa Golf Club | Gatineau | Canada | 1891 | 1912 |
| George V | Royal Winchester Golf Club | Winchester | England | 1888 | 1913 |
| George V | Royal Queensland Golf Club | Eagle Farm | Australia | 1920 | 1921 |
| George V | Royal Adelaide Golf Club | Seaton | Australia | 1892 | 1923 |
| George V | Royal Port Alfred Golf Club | Port Alfred | South Africa | 1924 | 1924 |
| George V | Duff House Royal Golf Club | Banff | Scotland | 1909 | 1925 |
| George V | Royal Hobart Golf Club | Hobart | Australia | 1901 | 1926 |
| George V | Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club | Lytham St Annes | England | 1886 | 1926 |
| George V | Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club | Richmond | England | 1892 | 1926 |
| George V | Royal Tarlair Golf Club | Macduff | Scotland | 1925 | 1926 |
| George V | Royal Colombo Golf Club | Colombo | British Ceylon now Sri Lanka | 1897 | 1928 |
| George V | Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh | Barnton | Scotland | 1773 | 1929 |
| George V | Royal Harare Golf Club (formerly Royal Salisbury Golf Club) | Salisbury now Harare | Southern Rhodesia now Zimbabwe | 1898 | 1929 |
| George V | Royal Fremantle Golf Club | Fremantle | Australia | 1905 | 1930 |
| George V | Royal Colwood Golf Club | Victoria | Canada | 1913 | 1931 |
| George V | Royal Johannesburg & Kensington Golf Club | Johannesburg | South Africa | 1890 | 1931 |
| George V | Royal Durban Golf Club | Greyville | South Africa | 1892 | 1932 |
| George V | Royal Ashdown Forest Ladies Golf Club merged with Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club after WW2 | Forest Row | England | 1889 | 1932 |
| George V | Royal Canberra Golf Club | Yarralumla | Australia | 1926 | 1933 |
| George V | Royal Quebec Golf Club | Boischatel | Canada | 1874 | 1934 |
| George V | Royal Nairobi Golf Club | Nairobi | Kenya | 1906 | 1935 |
| George VI | Royal Perth Golf Club | South Perth | Australia | 1895 | 1937 |
| George VI | Royal Singapore Golf Club (1891–1962) merged with the Royal Island Club in 1962 now the Singapore Island Country Club (1962-date) | Singapore | Straits Settlements now Singapore | 1891 | 1938 |
| George VI | Royal Birkdale Golf Club | Southport | England | 1889 | 1951 |
| Elizabeth II |
| Elizabeth II | Royal Island Club (1952–1962) merged with the Royal Singapore Golf Club in 1962 now the Singapore Island Country Club (1962-date) | Singapore | Singapore | 1952 | 1952 |
| Elizabeth II | Royal Selangor Golf Club | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1893 | 1953 |
| Elizabeth II | Royal Troon Golf Club | Troon | Scotland | 1878 | 1978 |
| Elizabeth II | Royal Regina Golf Club | Regina | Canada | 1899 | 1999 |
| Elizabeth II | Royal Golf Club Mariánské Lázně | Mariánské Lázně | Czech Republic | 1905 | 2003 |
| Elizabeth II | Royal Wellington Golf Club | Heretaunga | New Zealand | 1895 | 2004 |
| Elizabeth II | Royal Mayfair Golf Club | Edmonton | Canada | 1921 | 2005 |
| Elizabeth II | Royal Auckland Golf Club | Papatoetoe | New Zealand | 1894 | 2010 |
| Elizabeth II | Royal Port Moresby Golf Club | Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | 1930 | 2012 |
| Elizabeth II | Royal Homburger Golf Club | Bad Homburg vor der Höhe | Germany | 1899 | 2013 |
| Not known | Royal Bombay Gymkhana Golf Club (1842–1947) | Bombay now Mumbai | British India now India | 1842 | Not known |
| Royal Western India Golf Club (1889-unknown) | Nashik | British India now India | 1889 | |
* Royal Colwood Golf Club clubhouse, Canada
* Royal Birkdale Golf Club clubhouse, England
* Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club clubhouse, England
* Royal Cromer Golf Club clubhouse, England
* Royal Liverpool Golf Club clubhouse, England
* Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club clubhouse, England
* Royal West Norfolk Golf Club clubhouse, England
* Royal Homburger Golf Club clubhouse, Germany
* The Royal Dublin Golf Club clubhouse, Republic of Ireland
* Royal Selangor Golf Club clubhouse, Malaysia
* Royal Musselburgh Golf Club clubhouse, Scotland
* The Royal Perth Golfing Society & County and City Club clubhouse, Scotland
* Royal Troon Golf Club clubhouse, Scotland
* Royal Colombo Golf Club clubhouse, Sri Lanka

## Golf clubs granted Royal status by the Spanish Monarchy

    Denotes that the course has previously hosted the Open de España
| Monarch | Golf Club | Location | Year established | Year Royal status granted |
| Alfonso XIII | Real Sociedad Hípica Española Club de Campo | San Sebastián de los Reyes | 1901 | 1909 |
| Alfonso XIII | Real Club de la Puerta de Hierro | Madrid | 1895 | 1912 |
| Alfonso XIII | Real Golf De Pedreña | Pedreña | 1928 | 1928 |
| Alfonso XIII | Real Club de Golf Cerdaña | Puigcerdà | 1929 | Not known |
| Alfonso XIII | Real Golf Club de Zarauz | Zarautz | 1916 | Not known |
| Alfonso XIII | Club Jarama R.A.C.E. (Real Automóvil Club de España) | Madrid | 1929 | Not known |
| Alfonso XIII | Real Club de Golf El Prat (formerly Golf Club de Pedrables) | Terrassa | 1954 | Not known |
| Juan Carlos | Real Club de Golf de Las Palmas | Las Palmas | 1891 | 1986 |
| Juan Carlos | Real Club de Golf de Tenerife | Tacoronte | 1896 | 1989 |
| Juan Carlos | Real Club de Golf Sotogrande | Sotogrande | 1964 | 1994 |
| Juan Carlos | Real Club de Golf Las Brisas | Marbella | 1968 | 1995 |
| Juan Carlos | Real Club de Golf de Sevilla | Alcalá de Guadaíra | 1991 | 2002 |
| Juan Carlos | Real Club de Golf de La Coruña | La Coruña | 1962 | 2007 |
| Juan Carlos | Real Club de Golf Guadalmina | San Pedro de Alcántara | 1959 | 2008 |
| Juan Carlos | Real Club Valderrama | Sotogrande | 1974 | 2014 |
| Juan Carlos | Real Club Pineda de Sevilla | Seville | 1939 | Not known |
| Felipe VI | Real Novo Sancti Petri Golf Club | Cádiz | 1990 | 2016 |
| Felipe VI | Real Golf La Manga Club | Cartagena | 1972 | 2017 |
| Felipe VI | Real Guadalhorce Club de Golf | Málaga | 1987 | 2017 |
| Felipe VI | Real Club La Moraleja | Alcobendas | 1973 | 2018 |
| Not known | Real Sociedad de Golf de Neguri | Getxo | 1911 | Not known |
| Not known | Real Club de Campo de Málaga | Málaga | 1926 | Not known |
| Not known | Real Club de Golf Madrid La Herrería | San Lorenzo de El Escorial | 1966 | Not known |
| Not known | Real Golf de Bendinat | Bendinat | 1986 | Not known |
| Not known | Real Nuevo Club Golf De San Sebastián Basozabal | Gipuzkoa | 1994 | Not known |

## Golf clubs granted Royal status by the Belgian Monarchy

With some exceptions, Belgian golf clubs automatically adopt the title of Royal after they have been in operation for 50 years.
    Denotes that the course has previously hosted the Belgian Open
| Monarch | Golf Club | Location | Year established | Year Royal status granted |
| Leopold II | Royal Ostend Golf Club (Dutch: Koninklijke Golf Club Oostende) | De Haan | 1903 | 1903 |
| Leopold II | Royal Golf Club of Belgium (Dutch: Koninklijke Golf Club van België French: Royal Golf Club de Belgique) | Tervuren | 1906 | 1906 |
| Albert | Royal Zoute Golf Club | Knokke-Heist | 1898 | 1925 |
| Leopold III | Royal Antwerp Golf Club | Kapellen | 1888 | 1938 |
| Leopold III | Royal Golf Club du Château Royal d'Ardenne (English: Royal Golf Club at the Royal Castle of Ardenne) | Ardennes | 1895 | 1945 |
| Baudouin | Royal Latem Golf Club | Sint-Martens-Latem | 1909 | 1959 |
| Baudouin | Royal Waterloo Golf Club | Lasne | 1923 | 1973 |
| Baudouin | Royal Golf Club des Fagnes | Spa | 1930 | 1980 |
| Baudouin | Royal Golf Club du Hainaut | Jurbise | 1933 | 1983 |
| Baudouin | Royal Golf Club du Sart Tilman | Angleur | 1939 | 1989 |
| Philippe | Royal Limburg Golf Club (Dutch: Koninklijke Limburg Golfclub) | Houthalen-Helchteren | 1966 | 2016 |
| Philippe | Royal Bercuit Golf Club | Grez-Doiceau | 1967 | 2017 |
| Philippe | Royal Keerbergen Golf Club | Keerbergen | 1968 | 2018 |
| Philippe | Royal Golf Club Oudenaarde | Wortegem-Petegem | 1971 | 2021 |
* Royal Golf Club of Belgium clubhouse
* Royal Waterloo Golf Club clubhouse
* Royal Zoute Golf Club clubhouse
* Royal Golf Club Oudenaarde clubhouse

## Golf clubs granted Royal status by other monarchies

    Denotes that the course has previously hosted the BTC Slovenian Open
    Denotes that the course has previously hosted the Volvo Open and the Scandinavian Enterprise Open
    Denotes that the course has previously hosted the KLM Dutch Open
    Denotes that the course has previously hosted the Royal Swazi Sun Open
| Monarch | Golf Club | Location | Country | Year established | Year Royal status granted |
| Not known | Royal Baghdad Golf Club (1920s-1958) (Arabic: نادي بغداد الملكي للجولف) | Baghdad | Kingdom of Iraq | 1920s | Not known |
| Chulalongkorn (Rama V) | Royal Bangkok Sports Club (golf section) (Thai: ราชกรีฑาสโมสร) | Bangkok | Thailand | 1906 | 1906 |
| Vajiravudh (Rama VI) | Royal Dusit Golf Club (Thai: สนามกอล์ฟรอยัลดุสิต) | Bangkok | Thailand | 1916 | 1916 |
| Princess Elizabeth | Royal Bled Golf Club (Slovene: Kraljevski Bled Golf Klub) | Lesce | Slovenia | 1937 | 2017 |
| Gustaf VI Adolf | Royal Drottningholm Golf Club (Swedish: Kungliga Drottningholms Golfklubb) | Drottningholm | Sweden | 1959 | 1959 |
| Beatrix | Royal Hague Golf & Country Club (Dutch: Koninklijke Haagsche Golf & Country Club) | Wassenaar | Netherlands | 1893 | 1993 |
| Mahendra | Royal Nepal Golf Club (Nepali: रोयल नेपाल गोल्फ क्लब) | Kathmandu | Nepal | 1917 | 1965 |
| Sobhuza II | Royal Swazi Spa Country Club | Mbabane | Swaziland | 1966 | 1966 |
| Charlotte | Grand-Ducal Golf-Club | Senningerberg | Luxembourg | 1936 | 1936 |
* The Royal Hague Golf & Country Club clubhouse, Netherlands
* Royal Bled Golf Club clubhouse, Slovenia