Royal County Down Golf Course

Scorecard and hole-by-hole yardages · Newcastle, Northern Ireland

Royal County Down Golf Course is an 18-hole, par 71 golf course in Newcastle, Northern Ireland. Measured to the center of each green it plays 7,061 yards — 3,515 on the front nine and 3,546 on the back.

Par 717,061 yd18 holesBoulevard Park, Newcastle

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Scorecard, front to back

Tee to the front, center and back of each green. Depth = back minus front.

Hole	Par	Front	Center	Back	Depth
1	5	513	539	563	50
2	4	415	434	455	40
3	4	455	475	495	40
4	3	204	225	248	44
5	4	397	417	436	39
6	4	378	392	406	28
7	3	124	140	157	33
8	4	398	413	429	31
9	4	460	480	495	35
10	3	181	196	212	31
11	4	413	428	448	35
12	5	524	543	564	40
13	4	410	433	451	41
14	3	190	208	228	38
15	4	426	443	459	33
16	4	311	327	342	31
17	4	412	430	448	36
18	5	522	538	557	35
Out	35		3,515
In	36		3,546
Total	71		7,061

Course layout

What the numbers say about Royal County Down Golf Course

50 yd is the deepest green, on hole 1. The shallowest is hole 6 at 28 yd — the gap between a front pin and a back pin.
The longest hole is 12 at 543 yd; the shortest is 7 at 140 yd.
4 par 3s and 3 par 5s. Out 35 / in 36.
88 bunkers are mapped around the greens and landing areas.
The longest stretch is 1 through 3, 1,448 yards back to back.
Greens average 37 yd front to back, deeper than most — pin position is worth two clubs here.

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Updated 2026-10-01. Measured to the mapped green, so a number can differ from a printed card by a few yards. Course data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). How we measure · Report a wrong number