The Home Park,
Windsor, Berkshire SL4 1NJ
The Course:
9 holes. Open parkland. Gently undulating terrain - a few slopes to climb.
Surroundings:
Woodland, open parkland and Royal residence (Windsor Castle).
Designer:
Samuel Mure Fergusson
51.482208
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o.5 mi E of Windsor centre / 20 mi E of Reading.
The private Royal Household Golf Club is laid out in the grounds of The Home Park, a private section of Windsor Great Park located directly behind Windsor Castle. The relatively short 9-hole parkland golf course measures 4,560 yards when played as eighteen-holes off alternate tees. Originally laid out in 1901 during the reign of Edward VII, the course is operated as a private facility for its members, amongst whom various members of the British Royal family can be counted.
The Royal Household Golf Club is a private club. Guests may only play if hosted by a member.
Players generally walk this course.
Limited
The Royal Household golf course is laid out in The Home Park, a private section of Windsor Great Park. The Home Park also contains farmland, a bowling green (Royal Household Bowling Club), a cricket pitch (Royal Household Cricket Club), tennis courts, the playing fields of St George's School, Adelaide Cottage, Frogmore House and gardens, the Royal Mausolea and the Royal Burial Ground.
Edward VII conferred the Royal prefix on the club in its founding year (1901). By royal prerogative, 19 English golf clubs use the "Royal" title, namely: Ascot, Ashdown Forest, Birkdale, Blackheath, Cinque Ports, Cromer, Eastbourne, Epping Forest, Household (Windsor Castle), Liverpool (Hoylake), Lytham & St Annes, Mid-Surrey, North Devon (Westward Ho!), Norwich, St George's, West Norfolk (Brancaster), Wimbledon, Winchester, Worlington & Newmarket.
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