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Description

Royal County Down Golf Club
is a
golf
club in
Northern Ireland
, located in
Newcastle
,
County Down
. It opened 132 years ago on 23 March 1889 and is one of the oldest golf clubs in
Ireland
. It has two 18-hole
links
courses
, the Championship Course and the Annesley Links.
Royal County Down has made outstanding contributions to Irish golf from the Club's beginnings, hosting many important tournaments, starting soon after it opened, and continuing to the present day. Notably, the Club in 2007 became just the second Irish venue, after
Portmarnock
, to host the
Walker Cup
. The
Irish Open
on the
European Tour
took place in late May in 2015, returning to Royal County Down after 76 years.
[3]
It previously hosted the event three times, all prior to
World War II
. The
British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship
were held on the course in June 2019.
[4]
Senior British Open Championship
: 2000 (winner:
Christy O'Connor Jnr
), 2001 (winner:
Ian Stanley
and 2002 (winner:
Noboru Sugai
).
The Amateur Championship
: 1970 (winner:
Michael Bonallack
) and 1999 (winner:
Graeme Storm
).
British Ladies Amateur Golf Championship
: 1899 (winner:
May Hezlet
), 1907 (winner:
May Hezlet
), 1920 (winner:
Cecil Leitch
), 1927 (winner:
Simone de la Chaume
), 1935 (winner:
Wanda Morgan
), 1950 (winner:
Vicomtesse de St Sauveur
), 1963 (winner:
Brigitte Varangot
) and 2006 (winner:
Belén Mozo
).
Curtis Cup
: 1968 United States defeated Great Britain & Ireland, 10.5 to 7.5.
Walker Cup
: 2007 United States defeated Great Britain & Ireland, 12.5 to 11.5.
Palmer Cup
: 2012 Europe defeated United States, 13½ to 10½.
Irish Open
: 1928, 1935, 2015