Course record

The Royal St Georges Golf Club

At The Royal St Georges Golf Club (1017145)

Laidlaw Purves designed the course in 1887. The R&A’s course guide notes that some holes retain their original form, making the present links a mixture of enduring nineteenth-century features and later changes.¹

Holes: 18
Par: 70
Place: Kent

Purves’s course and the changing Maiden

The sixth takes its Maiden name from a great dune that Purves associated with the Jungfrau in the Swiss Alps. The landform gives the short hole an identity that extends beyond its yardage and the tournaments played around it.²

Sources for this story 2 references

Course design

1887 Original design

William Laidlaw Purves

Open Architect record Royal St Georges Course Guide Now Live | The Open

Hosted competitions

The Open Championship

Scorecard

Complete 18-hole record

Historical competitions may have used different tees or routing.

Course record

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Tee register

Tee	Gender	Par	Rating	Slope	Front yards	Back yards	Total yards	Front par	Back par
Championship	Men	72	75.2	138	3,635	3,569	7,204	36	36
Medal · Women	Women	71	78.8	146	3,267	3,370	6,637	35	36
Medal · Men	Men	70	72.5	133	3,256	3,374	6,630	35	35
Weekday · Men	Men	70	71	129	3,114	3,226	6,340	35	35
Weekday · Women	Women	70	77.2	140	3,114	3,226	6,340	35	35
Pinto · Women	Women	74	74.6	134	2,731	3,070	5,801	35	39
Pinto · Men	Men	70	68.3	115	2,731	3,070	5,801	35	35

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Tot
Championship	442	426	239	496	416	176	573	457	410	3,635	412	242	379	457	545	493	161	424	456	3,569	7,204
Medal · Women	411	383	208	415	416	152	490	419	373	3,267	371	215	361	442	531	436	161	418	435	3,370	6,637
Medal · Men	411	385	195	415	416	152	490	419	373	3,256	371	215	361	442	533	436	161	418	437	3,374	6,630
Weekday · Men	399	350	180	412	406	142	464	395	366	3,114	351	202	340	420	507	435	150	392	429	3,226	6,340
Weekday · Women	399	350	180	412	406	142	464	395	366	3,114	351	202	340	420	507	435	150	392	429	3,226	6,340
Pinto · Women	382	311	151	313	370	140	399	351	314	2,731	328	179	323	399	490	410	149	392	400	3,070	5,801
Pinto · Men	382	311	151	313	370	140	399	351	314	2,731	328	179	323	399	490	410	149	392	400	3,070	5,801
Par	4	4	3	5	4	3	5	4	4	36	4	3	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	36	72
Hcp

Front nine Holes 1-9

Tee or hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out
Championship	442	426	239	496	416	176	573	457	410	3,635
Medal · Women	411	383	208	415	416	152	490	419	373	3,267
Medal · Men	411	385	195	415	416	152	490	419	373	3,256
Weekday · Men	399	350	180	412	406	142	464	395	366	3,114
Weekday · Women	399	350	180	412	406	142	464	395	366	3,114
Pinto · Women	382	311	151	313	370	140	399	351	314	2,731
Pinto · Men	382	311	151	313	370	140	399	351	314	2,731
Par	4	4	3	5	4	3	5	4	4	36
Hcp

Back nine Holes 10-18

Tee or hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In
Championship	412	242	379	457	545	493	161	424	456	3,569
Medal · Women	371	215	361	442	531	436	161	418	435	3,370
Medal · Men	371	215	361	442	533	436	161	418	437	3,374
Weekday · Men	351	202	340	420	507	435	150	392	429	3,226
Weekday · Women	351	202	340	420	507	435	150	392	429	3,226
Pinto · Women	328	179	323	399	490	410	149	392	400	3,070
Pinto · Men	328	179	323	399	490	410	149	392	400	3,070
Par	4	3	4	4	5	5	3	4	4	36
Hcp