Location: Adelaide, South Australia, Australia | Ranking: #69 — The Global Golfer Top 100
Type: Links/Heathland | Designer: H.L. Ryrie, extended Harry Colt design principles (1910)
Editor’s Note: Royal Adelaide is consistently rated Australia’s third-finest course behind Royal Melbourne and Kingston Heath — and on many lists it rises above both. The routing through the Seaton dunes combines links-style fescue fairways with mature gum trees and the distinctive red soil of South Australia. Host of the Australian Open on multiple occasions; the course plays faster and firmer than almost any in Australia and rewards the ground game absolutely.
Contact & Booking
- Access: Introduction through membership preferred; limited visitor access available. | Rating / Slope: 74.5 / 137 | Airport: Adelaide (ADL) — 15 mins.
Championship Scorecard
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | OUT |
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 |
| Yards | 408 | 530 | 178 | 420 | 395 | 430 | 182 | 415 | 525 | 3,483 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | IN | TOTAL |
| Par | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 72 |
| Yards | 410 | 425 | 175 | 530 | 415 | 430 | 180 | 418 | 535 | 3,518 | 6,978 |
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Key Notes & 19th Hole
- The Railway Line: A suburban rail line bisects the course — an entirely Australian quirk that requires crossing it on foot between holes. Charming rather than disruptive.
- Adelaide: The most civilised city in Australia — the Adelaide Hills wine region (20 minutes from the course), the Central Market, Hahndorf German village and the finest restaurant scene per capita in Australia. Adelaide hotels via Expedia →