The Royal
Golf Club.
A private members' club on 240 acres of Cotswold parkland. Championship course, restored 1880s clubhouse, restaurant and bar — open to visiting guests by appointment since the founders signed the books.
A members' club. Quietly run. Beautifully kept.
Royal was founded in 1928 by a handful of Cotswold landowners who wanted a course that played the lie of the land rather than fought it. Ninety-eight years later we are still on the same 240 acres, with the same intent — a course made by walking, a clubhouse made for sitting in afterwards, and a membership we still take by personal introduction.
We welcome visiting guests through a small daily allowance of tee times, a restaurant open to non-members on weekdays, and a pro shop that has dressed three generations of weekend golfers. If it is your first time with us, please dress well and walk slowly.
Eighteen holes, cut from one piece.
A James Braid original, sympathetically restored in 2019 by Mackenzie & Ebert. Parkland turning to heath at the back nine, with the Royal — our 446-yard par four home hole — climbing back to the clubhouse the way it always has.
A day at Royal.
Four things we'd like you to know about, in roughly the order you'd encounter them — though there's no rule against starting with dessert.
The Course
Walk the Braid course and book a championship round — members up to 28 days ahead, guests up to 14.
View the course →Restaurant & Bar
The Long Room dining, a snug whisky bar and a terrace overlooking the 18th. Lunch from noon.
See the menu →The Pro Shop
Apparel, equipment and the club's own collection — dressed by hand, signed for at the counter.
Visit the shop →Membership
Five categories, taken by personal introduction. A waiting list, gently kept.
Apply →Made for the course. Worn off it.
Lunch, dinner, and a quiet drink afterwards.
The Long Room serves classical British cooking under Chef Marina Voss. The whisky bar, three steps down, keeps fifty single malts on the shelf and the original 1928 panelling on the walls.
Book a tee time, a table, or simply call ahead.
The Secretary's office answers between 8am and 6pm, seven days a week. Members and visitors are met by name.