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Royal County Down opened on the 23rd of March 1889. It is one of the oldest golf clubs in Ireland and has two 18-hole links courses, the Championship Course and the Annesley Links.

The Championship Course is a par 71 and 7183 yards long. The rating is 75.0 and the slope 142.

"Royal County Down is located in one of the world's most naturally beautiful links settings in the Murlough Nature Reserve. Against the magnificent backdrop of the Mountains of Mourne, the links stretches along the shores of Dundrum Bay, zigzagging back and forth to provide a different vista from virtually every hole." - royalcountydown.org

The world's best golf courses

1. Royal County Down G.C.
2. Augusta National (Ga.) G.C.
3. Pine Valley (N.J.) G.C.
4. Cypress Point Club
5. Royal Dornoch G.C. (Championship)
6. Royal Melbourne G.C. (West)
7. Shinnecock Hills G.C.
8. The Old Course at St. Andrews Links
9. Muirfield
10. Merion G.C. (East)