Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club

Translated by AI

Royal Cinque Ports lies just south of the better-known Royal St George’s in Kent, England. Locally the course is simply called “Deal.”

Royal Cinque Ports has a long and impressive history, but it is still a club that feels welcoming and fairly relaxed.

The links lies right by the village of Deal, on the English Channel north of Dover. The landscape is of course similar to that of its sister course Royal St George’s, where Darren Clarke won The Open Championship in 2011. The course was given the title “Royal” in 1910 by King George V. Today the keen golfer Prince Andrew is the royal family’s representative at the club.

The Open was actually held at Royal Cinque Ports in 1909 and 1920. Deal was chosen three more times later, but the plans kept falling through. First in 1915 because of World War I, and later in 1938 and 1949. Both of the last two times, strong easterly winds combined with high tides flooded the course and made it unplayable. As a result, Royal St George’s has taken over as the only Open venue in southern England.

After the round it is a must to sit on the terrace with a shandy and look out over the links landscape and the English Channel.

This page by Kaia Means was originally published in Norwegian on our sister site Golfjournalen.no. It has been translated by AI.