Royal Adelaide Golf Club
Club information
Royal Adelaide Golf Club is located in Australia
Royal Adelaide Golf Club
Location in Australia
Royal Adelaide Golf Club is located in South Australia
Royal Adelaide Golf Club
Location in South Australia
Coordinates34°53′46″S 138°30′36″E / 34.896°S 138.51°E / -34.896; 138.51
LocationTapleys Hill Road
Seaton, South Australia
Established1906, 118 years ago
1892  (club)
TypePrivate
Total holes18
Events hostedAustralian Open
Women's Australian Open
Jacob's Creek Open Championship
Australian Amateur
Websiteroyaladelaidegolf.com.au
Designed byH.L. Rymill, C.L. Gardner,
Dr. Alister MacKenzie
Par72
Length6,572 m (7,187 yd)
Course rating74
Slope rating133

The Royal Adelaide Golf Club (often referred to as Seaton) is a private Australian golf club located in the Adelaide suburb of Seaton, 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northwest of the city centre.

The links at Seaton has been the venue for many international and interstate matches and championships. Royal Adelaide has hosted the Australian Open nine times,[1] most recently in 1998 when Greg Chalmers took home the trophy, carding an even-par 288.[2] The Women's Australian Open was first played at the course in December 1994, won by Annika Sörenstam,[3] and returned in February 2017 where it was won by Jang Ha-na. It has also hosted the Australian Amateur 19 times, the South Australian Open 13 times, and the Adelaide Advertiser Tournament 10 times.

The course record was originally established by American Marty Bohen in 1977. Bohen shot a 63 (−10) during the final round of the 1977 South Australian Open.[4]

Scorecard

Tee Par Distance Scratch Rating Slope Rating
Men's (Blue) 72 6572 74 133
Men's (White) 72 6125 72 129
Ladies (Red) 73 5516 75 136
Men's (Blue) Men's (White) Ladies (Red)
Hole Metres Yards Par Metres Yards Par Metres Yards Par
1 348 381 4 342 374 4 329 360 4
2 507 554 5 468 512 5 407 445 5
3 266 291 4 265 290 4 250 273 4
4 410 448 4 369 404 4 344 376 4
5 420 459 4 374 409 4 350 383 4
6 420 459 4 393 430 4 371 406 5
7 167 183 3 148 162 3 119 130 3
8 358 392 4 322 352 4 271 296 4
9 495 541 5 483 528 5 448 490 5
Out 3391 3708 37 3164 3460 37 2889 3159 38
10 345 377 4 334 365 4 287 314 4
11 353 386 4 350 383 4 302 330 4
12 205 224 3 201 220 3 151 165 3
13 395 432 4 354 387 4 345 377 4
14 445 487 4 382 418 4 327 358 4
15 464 507 5 450 492 5 422 462 5
16 165 180 3 156 171 3 130 142 3
17 426 466 4 365 399 4 322 352 4
18 383 419 4 369 404 4 341 373 4
In 3181 3479 35 2961 3238 35 2627 2873 35
Total 6572 7187 72 6125 6698 72 5516 6032 73

Club history

The first golf club in Adelaide was founded 154 years ago in 1870 by David Murray MP, John Lindsay MP, John Gordon, J. T. Turnbull, George and Joseph Boothby and around 15 others. The Governor, Sir James Fergusson was club patron. An inaugural game of 14 holes (7 holes played twice) was played on the Adelaide Racecourse (later renamed Victoria Racecourse) on 15 May 1870, when Lindsay and John Gordon tied for first place.[5] A nine-hole course was laid out and a greenkeeper appointed, but when Fergusson was recalled in 1873, membership in the Adelaide Golf Club declined and folded around 1876.[6]

Royal Adelaide Golf Club was founded in August 1892 on the North Parklands.[7] In 1906, the Golf Club was moved to land in Seaton,[7] a northwest suburb of Adelaide. The western boundary along Frederick Road is approximately a mile (1.6 km) east of the shore of Gulf St Vincent.

Tournaments hosted

Australian Open

Year Winner Nationality
1998 Greg Chalmers  Australia
1962 Gary Player  South Africa
1938 Jim Ferrier  Australia
1935 Fergus McMahon  Australia
1932 Mick Ryan  Australia
1929 Ivo Whitton  Australia
1926 Ivo Whitton  Australia
1923 Tom Howard  Australia
1910 Carnegie Clark  Australia

Women's Australian Open

Year Winner Nationality
2020 Inbee Park  South Korea
2017 Jang Ha-na  South Korea
1994 Annika Sörenstam  Sweden

Other tournaments

See also

References

  1. ^ "Australian Open – Past Winners". Golf Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ^ "1998 Holden Australian Open" (PDF). Golf Australia. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Australian Open". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. (Florida, USA). 12 December 1994. p. 2C.
  4. ^ "Ratcliffe takes SA Open golf". The Canberra Times. 7 February 1977. p. 14. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Golf". South Australian Register. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 17 May 1870. p. 5. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Fore !". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 1 April 1933. p. 1 Section: Magazine Section. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  7. ^ a b "History". The Royal Adelaide Golf Club. Retrieved 16 September 2014.

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