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The relationship between golf and the British monarchy started in 1833 when King William IV bestowed the appellation upon Scotland’s Royal Perth Golfing Society. The king was also a patron of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, which he crowned one year later. Since then clubs in 17 countries have been honoured. Other countries Monarchs have also created Royal clubs, notably in Belgium, whilst in America and Canada the title is used liberally without any Royal assent.

Below is a list of the 65 clubs given Royal Assent by the British monarchy in the order in which Royal status was achieved. A collection of logo balls and markers from Royal Clubs can be found at David's Royal Golf Balls.

Royal Perth Golfing Society Golf Club

http://www.royal-perth-golfing-society.org.uk/

Founded: 1824
Royal Status Given On: 1833
Patron: King William IV
Country: Scotland

Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews

http://www.randa.org/

Founded: 1754
Royal Status Given On: 1834
Patron: King William IV
Country: Scotland

Royal Montrose Golf Club

http://www.royalmontrosegolf.com/

Founded: 1810
Royal Status Given On: 1845
Patron: Prince Albert
Country: Scotland

Royal Blackheath Golf Club

http://www.royalblackheath.com/

Founded: 1608
Royal Status Given On: 1849
Patron: -
Country: England

Royal North Devon Golf Club

http://www.royalnorthdevongolfclub.co.uk/

Founded: 1864
Royal Status Given On: 1867
Patron: Prince of Wales (Later Edward VII)
Country: England

Royal Liverpool Golf Club

http://www.royal-liverpool-golf.com/

Founded: 1869
Royal Status Given On: 1871
Patron: Duke of Connaught
Country: England

Royal Musselburgh Golf Club

http://www.royalmusselburgh.co.uk/

Founded: 1774
Royal Status Given On: 1876
Patron: Duke of Connaught
Country: Scotland

Royal Jersey Golf Club

http://www.royaljersey.com/

Founded: 1878
Royal Status Given On: 1879
Patron: Queen Victoria
Country: Jersey

Royal Wimbledon Golf Club

http://www.rwgc.co.uk/

Founded: 1882
Royal Status Given On: 1882
Patron: Prince of Wales (Later Edward VII)
Country: England

Royal Montreal Golf Club

http://www.rmgc.org/

Founded: 1873
Royal Status Given On: 1884
Patron: Queen Victoria
Country: Canada

Royal Belfast Golf Club

http://www.royalbelfast.com/

Founded: 1881
Royal Status Given On: 1885
Patron: Prince of Wales (Later Edward VII)
Country: Northern Ireland

Royal Ascot Golf Club

http://www.royalascotgolfclub.co.uk/

Founded: 1887
Royal Status Given On: 1887
Patron: Queen Victoria
Country: England

Royal Eastbourne Golf Club

http://www.regc.co.uk/

Founded: 1887
Royal Status Given On: 1887
Patron: Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence
Country: England

Royal Malta Golf Club

http://www.royalmaltagolfclub.com/

Founded: 1888
Royal Status Given On: 1888
Patron: Prince Albert Ernest Alfred
Country: Malta

Royal Cromer Golf Club

http://www.royalcromergolfclub.com/

Founded: 1888
Royal Status Given On: 1888
Patron: Prince of Wales (Later Edward VII)
Country: England

Royal Epping Forest Golf Club

http://www.refgc.co.uk/

Founded: 1888
Royal Status Given On: 1888
Patron: Queen Victoria
Country: England

The Hong Kong Golf Club (Dropped the Royal in 1996)

http://www.hkgolfclub.org/

Founded: 1889
Royal Status Given On: 1889
Patron: -
Country: Hong Kong

Royal Guernsey Golf Club

http://www.royalguernseygolfclub.com/

Founded: 1890
Royal Status Given On: 1891
Patron: Queen Victoria
Country: Guernsey

Royal Dublin Golf Club

http://www.theroyaldublingolfclub.com/

Founded: 1885
Royal Status Given On: 1891
Patron: Queen Victoria
Country: Ireland

Royal West Norfolk Golf Club

http://www.rwngc.org/

Founded: 1892
Royal Status Given On: 1892
Patron: Prince of Wales (Later Edward VII)
Country: England

Royal Portrush Golf Club

http://www.royalportrushgolfclub.com/

Founded: 1888
Royal Status Given On: 1892
Patron: Duke of York (Later George V)
Country: Northern Ireland

Royal Norwich Golf Club

http://www.royalnorwichgolf.co.uk/

Founded: 1893
Royal Status Given On: 1893
Patron: Duke of York (Later George V)
Country: England

Royal Ashdown Forest Golf Club

http://www.royalashdown.co.uk/

Founded: 1888
Royal Status Given On: 1893
Patron: Queen Victoria
Country: England

Royal Melbourne Golf Club

http://www.royalmelbourne.com.au/

Founded: 1891
Royal Status Given On: 1895
Patron: Queen Victoria
Country: Australia

Royal Worlington & Newmarket Golf Club

http://www.royalworlington.co.uk/

Founded: 1893
Royal Status Given On: 1895
Patron: Queen Victoria
Country: England

Royal Sydney Golf Club

http://www.rsgc.com.au/

Founded: 1893
Royal Status Given On: 1897
Patron: Queen Victoria
Country: Australia

The Royal Household Golf Club

Founded: 1901
Royal Status Given On: 1901
Patron: King Edward VII
Country: England

Royal St George's Golf Club

http://www.royalstgeorges.com/

Founded: 1887
Royal Status Given On: 1902
Patron: King Edward VII
Country: England

Royal Aberdeen Golf Club

http://www.royalaberdeengolf.com/

Founded: 1780
Royal Status Given On: 1903
Patron: King Edward VII
Country: Scotland

Royal Dornoch Golf Club

http://www.royaldornoch.com/

Founded: 1877
Royal Status Given On: 1906
Patron: King Edward VII
Country: Scotland

Royal County Down Golf Club

http://www.royalcountydown.org/

Founded: 1890
Royal Status Given On: 1908
Patron: King Edward VII
Country: Northern Ireland

Royal St Davids Golf Club

http://royalstdavids.co.uk/

Founded: 1894
Royal Status Given On: 1908
Patron: King Edward VII
Country: Wales

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

http://www.royalporthcawl.com/

Founded: 1891
Royal Status Given On: 1909
Patron: King Edward VII
Country: Wales

The Curragh Golf Club (No longers uses Royal)

http://curraghgolf.com/

Founded: 1883
Royal Status Given On: 1910
Patron: -
Country: Ireland

Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club

http://www.royalcinqueports.com/

Founded: 1892
Royal Status Given On: 1910
Patron: King George V
Country: England

Royal Cape Golf Club

http://www.royalcapegolf.co.za/

Founded: 1885
Royal Status Given On: 1910
Patron: King George V
Country: South Africa

Royal Calcutta Golf Club

http://www.royalcalcuttagolfclub.com/

Founded: 1829
Royal Status Given On: 1911
Patron: King George V
Country: India

Royal Ottawa Golf Club

http://www.rogc.com/

Founded: 1891
Royal Status Given On: 1912
Patron: King George V
Country: Canada

Royal Winchester Golf Club

http://www.royalwinchestergolfclub.com/

Founded: 1888
Royal Status Given On: 1913
Patron: King George V
Country: England

Royal Queensland Golf club

http://www.rqgolf.com.au/

Founded: 1920
Royal Status Given On: 1921
Patron: King George V
Country: Australia

Royal Adelaide Golf Club

http://www.royaladelaidegolf.com.au/

Founded: 1892
Royal Status Given On: 1923
Patron: George V
Country: Australia

Royal Port Alfred Golf Club

http://www.rpagc.co.za/

Founded: 1907
Royal Status Given On: 1924
Patron: King George V
Country: South Africa

Royal Hobart Golf Club

http://www.rhgc.com.au/

Founded: 1896
Royal Status Given On: 1925
Patron: King George V
Country: Australia

The Duff House Royal Golf Club

http://www.theduffhouseroyalgolfclub.co.uk/

Founded: 1871
Royal Status Given On: 1925
Patron: Princess Louise Margaret, Duchess of Connaught
Country: Scotland

Royal Lytham & St Annes Golf Club

http://www.royallytham.org/

Founded: 1886
Royal Status Given On: 1926
Patron: King George V
Country: England

Royal Mid-Surrey Golf Club

http://www.rmsgc.co.uk/

Founded: 1892
Royal Status Given On: 1926
Patron: Prince of Wales (Later Edward VIII)
Country: England

Royal Tarlair Golf Club

http://www.royaltarlair.co.uk/

Founded: 1926
Royal Status Given On: 1926
Patron: Princess Mary of York
Country: Scotland

Royal Colombo Golf Club

http://www.rcgcsl.com/

Founded: 1879
Royal Status Given On: 1928
Patron: King George V
Country: Sri Lanka

Royal Harare Golf Club

Founded: 1898
Royal Status Given On: 1929
Patron: King George VI
Country: Zimbabwe

Royal Burgess Golfing Society of Edinburgh

http://www.royalburgess.co.uk/

Founded: 1735
Royal Status Given On: 1929
Patron: King George V
Country: Scotland

Royal Fremantle Golf Club

http://www.royalfremantlegc.com.au/

Founded: 1905
Royal Status Given On: 1930
Patron: King George V
Country: Australia

Royal Colwood Golf Club

http://www.royalcolwood.org/

Founded: 1913
Royal Status Given On: 1931
Patron: King George V
Country: Canada

Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club

http://www.royaljk.za.com/

Founded: 1890
Royal Status Given On: 1931
Patron: King George V
Country: South Africa

Royal Durban Golf Club

http://www.royaldurban.co.za/

Founded: 1892
Royal Status Given On: 1932
Patron: Prince Edward, Prince of Wales
Country: South Africa

Royal Canberra Golf Club

http://www.royalcanberra.com.au/

Founded: 1926
Royal Status Given On: 1933
Patron: King George V
Country: Australia

Royal Quebec Golf Club

http://www.royalquebec.com/

Founded: 1874
Royal Status Given On: 1934
Patron: King George V
Country: Canada

Royal Nairobi Golf Club

http://www.royalnairobigc.co.ke/

Founded: 1906
Royal Status Given On: 1935
Patron: King George V
Country: Kenya

Royal Perth Golf Club

http://www.rpgc.com.au/

Founded: 1895
Royal Status Given On: 1937
Patron: King George VI
Country: Australia

Royal Birkdale Golf Club

http://www.royalbirkdale.com/

Founded: 1889
Royal Status Given On: 1951
Patron: King George VI
Country: England

Singapore Island Country Club (Dropped Royal 1962)

http://www.sicc.org.sg/

Founded: 1932
Royal Status Given On: 1952
Patron: Duchess of Kent
Country: Singapore

Royal Troon Golf Club

http://www.royaltroon.co.uk/

Founded: 1878
Royal Status Given On: 1978
Patron: Queen Elizabeth II
Country: Scotland

Royal Regina Golf Club

http://www.royalreginagolfclub.com/

Founded: 1899
Royal Status Given On: 1999
Patron: Queen Elizabeth II
Country: Canada

Royal Golf Club of Marianske Lazne

http://www.golfml.cz/

Founded: 1905
Royal Status Given On: 2003
Patron: Queen Elizabeth II
Country: Czech Republic

Royal Wellington Golf Club

http://www.rwgc.co.nz/

Founded: 1895
Royal Status Given On: 2004
Patron: Queen Elizabeth II
Country: New Zealand

Royal Mayfair Golf Club

http://www.mayfair.ca/

Founded: 1922
Royal Status Given On: 2007
Patron: Queen Elizabeth II
Country: Canada