By Royal Decree
A total of 66 golf clubs have had ‘Royal’ status conferred on them by the British monarchy
AUSTRALIA
Royal Adelaide 1923 Royal Canberra 1933 Royal Fremantle 1930 Royal Hobart 1925 Royal Melbourne 1895 Royal Perth 1937
Royal Queensland 1921 Royal Sydney 1897
CANADA
Royal Colwood 1931 Royal Mayfair 2005 Royal Montreal 1884 Royal Ottawa 1912 Royal Quebec 1934 Royal Regina 1999
CHANNEL ISLANDS Royal Guernsey 1891 Royal Jersey 1879
CZECH REPUBLIC Royal Marianske Lazne Golf Club 2003
ENGLAND
Royal Ascot 1887
Royal Ashdown Forest 1893 Royal Birkdale 1951
Royal Blackheath 1857
Royal Cinque Ports 1910 Royal Cromer 1887
Royal Eastbourne 1887
Royal Epping Forest 1888 Royal Liverpool 1871
Royal Lytham & St Annes 1926 Royal Mid-Surrey 1926
Royal North Devon 1866 Royal Norwich 1893
Royal St George’s 1902
Royal West Norfolk 1892 Royal Wimbledon 1882
Royal Winchester 1913
Royal Worlington & Newmarket 1895
HONG KONG Hong Kong 1 1897
INDIA
Royal Calcutta 1912
KENYA
Royal Nairobi 1935
MALAYSIA Royal Selangor
2 1963
MALTA
Royal Malta 1888
NEW ZEALAND Royal Wellington 2004
NORTHERN IRELAND Royal Belfast 1885
Royal County Down 1908 Royal Portrush 1892
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND Royal Dublin 1891
The Curragh Golf Club 3 1910
SCOTLAND
Royal & Ancient Golf Club 1834 Duff House Royal Golf Club 1925 Royal Aberdeen 1903
Royal Burgess Golfing
Society 1929
Royal Dornoch 1906
Royal Montrose 1845
Royal Musselburgh 1876
Royal Perth Golfing Society 1833 Royal Tarlair 1926
Royal Troon 1978
SOUTH AFRICA Royal Cape 1910
Royal Durban 1932 Royal Johannesburg & Kensington 1931
Royal Port Alfred 1924
SINGAPORE Singapore Island Country Club 4 1952
SRI LANKA
Royal Colombo 1928
WALES
Royal Porthcawl 1909 Royal St David’s 1908
ZIMBABWE Royal Harare 1929