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Newcastle, County Down>Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland1889}}|owner = |operator = |holes = 36Senior British Open Championship>Senior British OpenThe Amateur ChampionshipBritish Ladies Amateur Golf ChampionshipCurtis CupWalker CupIrish Open (golf)>Irish Open|website = royalcountydown.org|course1 = Championship LinksTom Morris Sr.>Old Tom Morris;George Combe;Harry Vardon; Harry Colt|par1 = 717186|yd}} |rating1 = 75.0|slope1 = 142|course2 = Annesley Links|designer2 = |par2 = 664617|yd}} |rating2 =|slope2 = }}Royal County Down Golf Club is a golf club in Northern Ireland, located in Newcastle, County 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.WEB, Royal County Down Golf Course, Discover Northern Ireland,weblink 2007-08-25, 2007-09-28,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20070928003254weblink">weblink live,

Significant tournaments

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.WEB,weblink PGA European Tour, Irish Open attracts bumper crowds, 22 June 2014, 30 June 2014, 26 June 2014,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140626042054weblink">weblink live, 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.WEB, Harm makes history to win Ladies Amateur,weblink R&A, 30 June 2018, 1 August 2018, 1 August 2018,weblink live,

• Senior British Open Championship: 2000 (winner: Christy O'Connor Jnr), 2001 (winner: Ian Stanley) and 2002 (winner: Noboru Sugai).
• The Amateur Championship: 1970 (winner: Michael Bonallack) and 1999 (winner: Graeme Storm).
• British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship: 1899 (winner: May Hezlet), 1907 (winner: May Hezlet), 1920 (winner: Cecil Leitch), 1927 (winner: Simone de la Chaume), 1935 (winner: Wanda Morgan), 1950 (winner: Vicomtesse de St Sauveur), 1963 (winner: Brigitte Varangot) and 2006 (winner: Belén Mozo).
• Curtis Cup: 1968 United States defeated Great Britain & Ireland, 10.5 to 7.5.
• Walker Cup: 2007 United States defeated Great Britain & Ireland, 12.5 to 11.5.
• Palmer Cup: 2012 Europe defeated United States, 13½ to 10½.
• Irish Open: 1928, 1935, 2015
• European Ladies' Team Championship: 2021

History

Royal County Down Golf Club secured 2nd place in golfscape's World's Top 100 Golf Course ranking 2020.WEB,weblink Top 100 Golf Courses in the World 🏅 2020 • golfscape™, 2020-01-14, Futuri Visio, en-US, 2020-02-05, 2020-01-27,weblink live,

Scorecard

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See also

• List of golf clubs granted Royal status
• Royal Portrush Golf Club
• Portstewart Golf Club

References

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External links

• {{Official websiteweblink}}
• {{Commons category-inline|Royal County Down Golf Club}}
• Golf Club Atlas

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