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Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

Golf club in Wales, United Kingdom

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

Golf club in Wales, United Kingdom

FieldValue
golf_facility_nameRoyal Porthcawl Golf Club
image[[File:Logo-Royal-Porthcawl-Golf-Club.jpg240px]]
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captionRoyal Porthcawl in 2008
pushpin_mapUnited Kingdom#UK Wales
pushpin_relief1
coordinates
locationPorthcawl, Wales, U.K.
establishment1895 (1891)
typePrivate
holes18
tournamentsSenior Open (2014, 2017, 2023)
The Amateur (7 times)
Walker Cup (1995)
Curtis Cup (1964)
British Masters (1961)
Welsh Golf Classic
University Golf Match
websiteroyalporthcawl.com
par172 (71 on 3 Senior Opens)
length17137 yd
rating176.4

The Amateur (7 times) Walker Cup (1995) Curtis Cup (1964) British Masters (1961) Welsh Golf Classic University Golf Match Royal Porthcawl Golf Club is a golf club in Wales in the United Kingdom, located north of Porthcawl and bordering the Bristol Channel.

The club has hosted many prestigious tournaments including The Amateur Championship on six occasions, the Walker Cup in 1995, the Curtis Cup in 1964, the British Masters in 1961, and European Tour event, the Welsh Golf Classic in the early 1980s. In March 2010, it hosted the University Golf Match between Oxford and Cambridge universities, with Oxford winning 9–6. The Senior Open Championship has been played here three times, in 2014, 2017, and 2023.

History

Royal Porthcawl Clubhouse

The club was founded in 1891 by a group of businessmen from Cardiff, with the first nine-hole golf course being laid out on Lock's Common by Charles Gibson the following year. In 1895, the club moved to its present location with the addition of a further nine-hole course. Shortly after that, the new course was extended to eighteen holes, with the original course later being abandoned. Royal status was conferred on the club by Edward VII in 1909.

The Senior Open Championship was played at Royal Porthcawl in 2014 and Bernhard Langer won by thirteen strokes over runner-up Colin Montgomerie; it returned again in 2017, where Langer defeated Corey Pavin to win again.

In 2015, The R&A championship committee chairman Peter Unsworth said that The R&A had "no intention" of hosting The Open Championship at Royal Porthcawl. He added that "We're happy with the number of courses on the rota, and we don't have any intention to go to Porthcawl". It is thought that the infrastructure around Royal Porthcawl does not meet requirements, with roads leading to the course being narrow and that public transport would not cope with the huge crowds in the Open Championships.

Major tournaments hosted at Royal Porthcawl

YearTournamentWinner
1951The Amateur ChampionshipUSA Dick Chapman
1961British MastersAUS Peter Thomson
1964Curtis CupUSA United States
1965The Amateur ChampionshipEngland Michael Bonallack
1973The Amateur ChampionshipUSA Dick Siderowf
1980The Amateur ChampionshipWales Duncan Evans
1988The Amateur ChampionshipSweden Cristian Härdin
1995Walker CupGreat Britain & Ireland
2002The Amateur ChampionshipSpain Alejandro Larrazábal
2014Senior Open ChampionshipGermany Bernhard Langer
2016The Amateur ChampionshipEngland Scott Gregory
2017Senior Open ChampionshipGermany Bernhard Langer
2023Senior Open ChampionshipGermany Alex Čejka
2025AIG Women's OpenJPN Miyū Yamashita

Scorecard

References

References

  1. "Club History". Royal Porthcawl Golf Club.
  2. (27 July 2014). "Bernhard Langer wins by 13 shots". ESPN.
  3. (27 July 2014). "The Senior Open Championship pres. by Rolex". ESPN.
  4. "2014 Senior Open Championship set for Royal Porthcawl". The R&A.
  5. "Senior Open Championship to return to Royal Porthcawl in 2017". PGA European Tour.
  6. (15 July 2015). "Open 2015: R&A have 'no intention' of using Royal Porthcawl". [[BBC]].
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