Golf

Royal Links Golf Club Details

• Opened:
  1998.
• Course designed by:
  Dye Designs International.
• Course Management:
  Walters Golf.
• General Manager / Director of Golf:
  Matt Tripp.
• Head golf professional:
  Matt Tripp.
• Course Record:
  Tiger Woods, 67.
• Tee Time Policy:
  Reservations are taken up to six months in advance. Forecaddies are available upon request. A forecaddie service gratuity of $25 from each golfer is customary upon completion of round. Green Fee includes golf cart and range balls
  
  Dress code: Golf course strictly enforces proper attire including collared shirts and shorts or slacks. Clothing that is not appropriate includes: denim shorts, denim jeans, t-shirts, swimming attire, gym shorts, halter-tops, tank tops or cut-offs. Shoes with spikes must have non-metal spikes while on the course. Any participant who does not comply with the dress code policy will need to change into the proper attire or not be able to participate in the day's play.
  
• Course Map:
  Click here.

Royal Links Golf Club Review

Royal Links Golf Club offers a unique experience from the moment players drive through the gates and up to the castle clubhouse. On the minutely detailed course (right down to the gorse), players can forget where they are and get lost in golf lore.

From the start, the castle's lighting and décor -- complete with elegant paintings of ancient players and clubs -- and its cozy feel make players feel as though they've been transported to one of the hallowed sites of the British Open. The clubhouse includes a golf shop stocked with high-quality merchandise, art and collectible items and the superb Stymie's Pub, with its fieldstone fireplace and other touches of an English Tavern.

Heading to the first tee, players will cross a replica of the Swilcan Bridge and feel as though they have just jumped across the pond to play some of the world's finest golf holes. Players are accompanied by professional forecaddies to enhance the Scottish experience. Built to honor the game's history, the layout is inspired by famous holes from the British Open rotation courses. The "Road Hole" from St. Andrews (the 10th at Royal Links), the "Postage Stamp" from Royal Troon (the eighth), the 10th hole at Royal Lytham (the first), and revered holes from Carnoustie, Muirfield, Royal Liverpool, Turnberry, Prestwick and Royal Birkdale inspired the layout. Located just 15 minutes from the Strip, Royal Links in 1999 was voted one of GOLF Magazine's "Top Ten You Can Play." Besides great golf, players also are offered free lessons in golf history.

The par-72 course reaches 7,029 yards from the tips, but five different tee boxes give everyone the chance to play. Dye Designs International designed the layout, which features 108 pot bunkers and, in keeping with tradition, no water.

The four par 3's offer the exact distance as the real British courses do: from the bunker-surrounded 153-yard eighth hole, inspired by the famed "Postage Stamp," to the bunker-fronted 223-yard 17th, inspired by Royal Troon's 17th.

The par 4's and 5's also offer nearly the exact hole designs and distances of the originals.

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