Royal Blackheath Golf Club Scorecard & Course Guide

How Royal Blackheath Golf Club plays

Royal Blackheath Golf Club is an 18-hole, par 71 golf course in England. From the purple tees it measures 6,278 yards; the blue tees are 5,617 yards.

There are four par 3s, eleven par 4s and three par 5s. The longest hole is the 13th, a 542-yard par 5, and the shortest is the 8th at 154 yards. By stroke index the hardest holes are the 3rd (SI 1), 17th (SI 2) and 2nd (SI 3).

On the planned lines, water is in play on holes 10, 13 and 16 and bunkers guard the green on 16 of the 18 holes.

For a typical 15 handicap from the gold tees, our plan hits driver from every par 4 and 5. The holes it finds hardest against par are the 3rd, 17th and 2nd; the best scoring chances are the 18th, 1st and 6th.

Royal Blackheath Golf Club scorecard

Yards per hole from every tee. Tap a hole number for its plan.

Front nine
Front nine	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out
Purple	489	393	431	195	356	473	377	154	359	3,227
Gold	473	371	420	191	344	460	368	134	350	3,111
Blue	461	365	411	175	255	451	326	114	343	2,901
Par	5	4	4	3	4	5	4	3	4	36
Stroke index	13	3	1	11	7	17	5	15	9
15 hcp expects	5.7	5.2	5.3	4.1	5.2	5.7	5.2	3.9	4.9	45.2

Back nine
Back nine	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Purple	350	378	175	542	380	348	163	428	287	3,051	6,278
Gold	329	361	162	522	366	338	139	399	269	2,885	5,996
Blue	332	348	147	499	323	329	132	352	254	2,716	5,617
Par	4	4	3	5	4	4	3	4	4	35	71
Stroke index	16	6	14	10	4	8	12	2	18
15 hcp expects	4.8	5.0	4.0	6.1	5.2	4.9	4.0	5.3	4.5	43.8	89.0

Royal Blackheath Golf Club scorecard
Hole	Par	SI	Purple	Gold	Blue
1	5	13	489	473	461
2	4	3	393	371	365
3	4	1	431	420	411
4	3	11	195	191	175
5	4	7	356	344	255
6	5	17	473	460	451
7	4	5	377	368	326
8	3	15	154	134	114
9	4	9	359	350	343
Out	36		3,227	3,111	2,901
10	4	16	350	329	332
11	4	6	378	361	348
12	3	14	175	162	147
13	5	10	542	522	499
14	4	4	380	366	323
15	4	8	348	338	329
16	3	12	163	139	132
17	4	2	428	399	352
18	4	18	287	269	254
In	35		3,051	2,885	2,716
Total	71		6,278	5,996	5,617

Tee	Length	Par	Course rating	Slope
Purple	6,278 yds	71	–	–
Gold	5,996 yds	71	–	–
Blue	5,617 yds	71	–	–

Hole-by-hole guide

Plans are the app's own, for a typical 15 handicap from the gold tees: calm, 18°C, medium ground, middle pins.

Hole 1

Par 5 · 473 yards from the gold tees

Par 5Stroke index 13489 yds purple473 yds gold461 yds blueScoring chance

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 247 yds, aim 6 yds left of centre.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 242 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 22 yds in.

5.7shots expected, about 0.7 over par

Finds the fairway about half the time. Rarely finds trouble.

Fairway 55%Rough or trees 44%Bunker 1%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 237–243 yds; Bunker centre, 267–279 yds.

Green 15 m below the tee; green slopes 2.2% at the front, 1.4% at the back.

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Hole 2

Par 4 · 371 yards from the gold tees

Par 4Stroke index 3393 yds purple371 yds gold365 yds blueHardest by stroke index

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 233 yds, aim 3 yds right of the line to the corner.

Approach: 4 Hybrid from the rough, about 167 yds (plays like 175), aim 3 yds left of the pin.

5.2shots expected, about 1.2 over par

Finds the fairway about half the time. Trouble about 1 in 10.

Fairway 45%Rough or trees 49%Bunker 6%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 184–193 yds; Bunker right, 199–211 yds; Bunker right, 216–228 yds; Bunker left, 217–230 yds.

Green 9 m above the tee; green slopes 5.7% at the front, 3.0% at the back.

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Hole 3

Par 4 · 420 yards from the gold tees

Par 4Stroke index 1431 yds purple420 yds gold411 yds blueHardest by stroke index

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 246 yds, aim 3 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 4 Hybrid from the fairway, about 195 yds, aim 12 yds left of the pin.

5.3shots expected, about 1.3 over par

Finds the fairway about 7 in 10. Rarely finds trouble.

Fairway 74%Rough or trees 24%Bunker 3%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 138–152 yds; Bunker left, 236–253 yds; Bunker left, 256–270 yds.

Green 12 m below the tee; green slopes 1.9% at the front, 1.0% at the back.

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← Hole 2 Hole 4 →

Hole 4

Par 3 · 191 yards from the gold tees

Par 3Stroke index 11195 yds purple191 yds gold175 yds blue

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

4 Hybrid (plays like 200), aim 12 yds left of the pin, 8 yds long.

4.1shots expected, about 1.1 over par

Finds the green about 1 in 10. Trouble about 1 in 10.

Green 8%Off the green 86%Bunker 6%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 140–148 yds; Bunker right of the green, 156–163 yds; Bunker right of the green, 174–183 yds; Bunker centre of the green, 174–189 yds.

Green slopes 2.3%.

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← Hole 3 Hole 5 →

Hole 5

Par 4 · 344 yards from the gold tees

Par 4Stroke index 7356 yds purple344 yds gold255 yds blue

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 233 yds, aim 47 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 4 Hybrid from the trees, about 149 yds, aim 24 yds left of the pin, 5 yds short.

5.2shots expected, about 1.2 over par

Finds the fairway about 3 in 10. Rarely finds trouble.

Fairway 29%Rough or trees 68%Bunker 3%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 90–102 yds; Bunker right, 200–217 yds; Bunker right, 250–258 yds.

Green slopes 0.9%.

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← Hole 4 Hole 6 →

Hole 6

Par 5 · 460 yards from the gold tees

Par 5Stroke index 17473 yds purple460 yds gold451 yds blueScoring chance

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 235 yds, aim 61 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the rough, about 248 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 52 yds in.

5.7shots expected, about 0.7 over par

Finds the fairway about 7 in 10. Rarely finds trouble.

Fairway 68%Rough or trees 31%Bunker 2%

In play off the tee: Bunker centre, 190–198 yds.

Green slopes 2.6% at the front, 1.7% at the back.

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← Hole 5 Hole 7 →

Hole 7

Par 4 · 368 yards from the gold tees

Par 4Stroke index 5377 yds purple368 yds gold326 yds blue

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 232 yds, aim 9 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 6 Iron from the fairway, about 163 yds (plays like 167), aim 6 yds left of the pin.

5.2shots expected, about 1.2 over par

Finds the fairway about 4 in 10. Rarely finds trouble.

Fairway 42%Rough or trees 57%Bunker 1%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 226–238 yds.

Green 7 m above the tee; green slopes 3.1%.

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← Hole 6 Hole 8 →

Hole 8

Par 3 · 134 yards from the gold tees

Par 3Stroke index 15154 yds purple134 yds gold114 yds blue

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

8 Iron (plays like 140), aim 3 yds left of the pin, 5 yds long.

3.9shots expected, about 0.9 over par

Finds the green about 2 in 10. Trouble about 1 in 10.

Green 19%Off the green 70%Bunker 10%

In play off the tee: Bunker left of the green, 111–126 yds; Bunker right of the green, 112–121 yds; Bunker right of the green, 129–140 yds; Bunker left of the green, 141–148 yds.

Green slopes 2.6%.

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← Hole 7 Hole 9 →

Hole 9

Par 4 · 350 yards from the gold tees

Par 4Stroke index 9359 yds purple350 yds gold343 yds blue

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 234 yds, aim 3 yds right of the line to the corner.

Approach: 8 Iron from the fairway, about 139 yds, aim 3 yds left of the pin.

4.9shots expected, about 0.9 over par

Finds the fairway about 6 in 10. Rarely finds trouble.

Fairway 58%Rough or trees 40%Bunker 2%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 106–116 yds; Bunker left, 226–236 yds.

Green slopes 2.2% at the front, 1.6% at the back.

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← Hole 8 Hole 10 →

Hole 10

Par 4 · 329 yards from the gold tees

Par 4Stroke index 16350 yds purple329 yds gold332 yds blue

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 240 yds, aim 18 yds right of centre.

Approach: 9 Iron from the rough, about 116 yds, aim 3 yds left of the pin.

4.8shots expected, about 0.8 over par

Finds the fairway about 6 in 10. Rarely finds trouble.

Fairway 57%Rough or trees 41%Bunker 2%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 204–214 yds; Water left, 243–267 yds; Bunker right, 272–289 yds.

Green slopes 2.0%.

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← Hole 9 Hole 11 →

Hole 11

Par 4 · 361 yards from the gold tees

Par 4Stroke index 6378 yds purple361 yds gold348 yds blue

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 242 yds, aim 33 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 8 Iron from the rough, about 131 yds, aim 6 yds left of the pin, 8 yds short.

5.0shots expected, about 1.0 over par

Finds the fairway about 4 in 10. Trouble about 1 in 10.

Fairway 36%Rough or trees 57%Bunker 3%Out of bounds 4%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 222–231 yds; Bunker centre, 250–259 yds.

Green 9 m below the tee; green slopes 2.0% at the front, 1.0% at the back.

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← Hole 10 Hole 12 →

Hole 12

Par 3 · 162 yards from the gold tees

Par 3Stroke index 14175 yds purple162 yds gold147 yds blue

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

5 Iron (plays like 173), aim 6 yds left of the pin, 8 yds long.

4.0shots expected, about 1.0 over par

Finds the green about 1 in 10. Trouble about 1 in 10.

Green 10%Off the green 81%Bunker 8%

In play off the tee: Bunker left of the green, 142–162 yds; Bunker right of the green, 143–154 yds; Bunker centre of the green, 174–184 yds; Bunker left, 184–190 yds.

Green slopes 2.4%.

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← Hole 11 Hole 13 →

Hole 13

Par 5 · 522 yards from the gold tees

Par 5Stroke index 10542 yds purple522 yds gold499 yds blue

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 243 yds, aim 12 yds left of centre.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 297 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 72 yds in.

6.1shots expected, about 1.1 over par

Finds the fairway about half the time. Rarely finds trouble.

Fairway 54%Rough or trees 44%Bunker 2%

In play off the tee: Water right, 38–82 yds; Bunker left, 95–103 yds; Bunker left, 105–116 yds; Bunker centre, 205–215 yds.

Green 12 m below the tee; green slopes 1.7%.

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← Hole 12 Hole 14 →

Hole 14

Par 4 · 366 yards from the gold tees

Par 4Stroke index 4380 yds purple366 yds gold323 yds blue

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 238 yds, aim 24 yds left of centre.

Approach: 6 Iron from the fairway, about 160 yds, aim 9 yds left of the pin.

5.2shots expected, about 1.2 over par

Finds the fairway about half the time. Rarely finds trouble.

Fairway 54%Rough or trees 43%Bunker 3%

In play off the tee: Bunker centre, 224–232 yds.

Green slopes 1.4% at the front, 2.3% at the back.

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← Hole 13 Hole 15 →

Hole 15

Par 4 · 338 yards from the gold tees

Par 4Stroke index 8348 yds purple338 yds gold329 yds blue

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 238 yds, aim 12 yds left of centre.

Approach: Pitching W from the fairway, about 122 yds, aim 3 yds left of the pin.

4.9shots expected, about 0.9 over par

Finds the fairway about half the time. Rarely finds trouble.

Fairway 47%Rough or trees 52%Bunker 1%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 197–208 yds.

Green slopes 1.9%.

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← Hole 14 Hole 16 →

Hole 16

Par 3 · 139 yards from the gold tees

Par 3Stroke index 12163 yds purple139 yds gold132 yds blue

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

9 Iron (plays like 133), aim 9 yds left of the pin, 4 yds short.

4.0shots expected, about 1.0 over par

Finds the green about 1 in 10. Trouble about 2 in 10.

Green 15%Off the green 64%Bunker 21%

In play off the tee: Bunker centre of the green, 113–124 yds; Bunker right of the green, 117–137 yds; Bunker centre of the green, 131–141 yds; Water left, 146–167 yds.

Green slopes 2.4% at the front, 3.0% at the back.

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← Hole 15 Hole 17 →

Hole 17

Par 4 · 399 yards from the gold tees

Par 4Stroke index 2428 yds purple399 yds gold352 yds blueHardest by stroke index

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 230 yds, aim 6 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 200 yds (plays like 210), aim 9 yds left of the pin.

5.3shots expected, about 1.3 over par

Finds the fairway about 7 in 10. Trouble about 1 in 10.

Fairway 73%Rough or trees 23%Bunker 4%Out of bounds 1%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 167–177 yds; Bunker left, 201–214 yds; Bunker left, 216–225 yds.

Green 13 m above the tee; green slopes 4.3% at the front, 2.7% at the back.

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← Hole 16 Hole 18 →

Hole 18

Par 4 · 269 yards from the gold tees

Par 4Stroke index 18287 yds purple269 yds gold254 yds blueScoring chance

The plan for a 15 handicap, gold tees

Driver 231 yds, aim 30 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: Sand W from the fairway, about 66 yds (plays like 69), aim 3 yds left of the pin.

4.5shots expected, about 0.5 over par

Finds the fairway about 3 in 10. Trouble about 1 in 10.

Fairway 28%Rough or trees 64%Bunker 8%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 149–160 yds; Bunker centre, 173–183 yds; Bunker left of the green, 222–231 yds; Bunker centre of the green, 242–253 yds.

Green 6 m above the tee; green slopes 2.5% at the front, 1.9% at the back.

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← Hole 17

Questions golfers ask

How long is Royal Blackheath Golf Club?

From the purple tees Royal Blackheath Golf Club plays 6,278 yards. The other tees are the gold 5,996 and the blue 5,617 yards. It is par 71 from every tee.

What is par at Royal Blackheath Golf Club?

Par is 71: 36 out and 35 in, with four par 3s, eleven par 4s and three par 5s.

Which is the hardest hole at Royal Blackheath Golf Club?

The 3rd is stroke index 1, a par 4 of 431 yards from the purple tees. For a typical 15 handicap, our plans make the 3rd the hardest against par.

Where is Royal Blackheath Golf Club?

Court Road, Eltham, London, SE9 5AF.

Courses near Royal Blackheath Golf Club

Straight-line distance

Eltham Warren Golf Club1.0 mi Sundridge Park Golf Course2.0 mi Chislehurst Golf Course2.1 mi Shooters Hill Golf Course2.1 mi Langley Park Golf Course5.0 mi Chelsfield Lakes Golf Club7.1 mi Mitcham Golf Club9.7 mi Mardyke Valley Golf Club11.4 mi

Course map © OpenStreetMap contributors. Terrain from Environment Agency LIDAR, © Environment Agency copyright and database right 2026, Open Government Licence. Pars, stroke indexes, yardages and ratings from the club's scorecard. Plans are simulations for a typical 15 handicap, not a guarantee. Spotted something wrong? Improve this course map.

Royal Blackheath Golf Club

How Royal Blackheath Golf Club plays

Hardest by stroke index

Toughest for a 15 handicap

Best scoring chances

Royal Blackheath Golf Club scorecard

Hole-by-hole guide

Hole 1

Hole 2

Hole 3

Hole 4

Hole 5

Hole 6

Hole 7

Hole 8

Hole 9

Hole 10

Hole 11

Hole 12

Hole 13

Hole 14

Hole 15

Hole 16

Hole 17

Hole 18

Questions golfers ask

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