Royal Porthcawl Golf Club Scorecard & Course Guide

How Royal Porthcawl Golf Club plays

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club is an 18-hole, par 72 golf course in Wales. From the black tees it measures 7,217 yards; the Bronze tees are 5,355 yards.

There are four par 3s, ten par 4s and four par 5s. The longest hole is the 5th, a 611-yard par 5, and the shortest is the 7th at 122 yards. By stroke index the hardest holes are the 12th (SI 1), 9th (SI 2) and 15th (SI 3).

On the planned lines, bunkers guard the green on 13 of the 18 holes.

For a typical 15 handicap from the white tees, our plan hits driver from every par 4 and 5. The holes it finds hardest against par are the 16th, 2nd and 12th; the best scoring chances are the 8th, 10th and 7th.

Royal Porthcawl 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
Black	374	464	452	216	611	394	122	474	402	3,509
Blue	374	464	445	216	556	394	122	474	402	3,447
White	353	425	388	200	486	387	119	472	377	3,207
Yellow	316	410	376	180	473	378	116	439	368	3,056
Red	310	373	336	153	432	358	113	420	320	2,815
Bronze	230	313	336	143	432	358	113	420	227	2,572
Par	4	4	4	3	5	4	3	5	4	36
Stroke index	12	4	8	16	14	6	18	10	2
15 hcp expects	5.0	5.4	5.3	4.1	6.0	5.1	3.8	5.6	5.0	45.3

Back nine
Back nine	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Black	360	184	582	475	173	476	430	569	459	3,708	7,217
Blue	360	184	565	435	163	451	430	557	427	3,572	7,019
White	333	180	549	421	150	422	426	541	410	3,432	6,639
Yellow	323	158	529	410	146	411	422	532	371	3,302	6,358
Red	320	143	503	360	143	384	392	483	334	3,062	5,877
Bronze	301	122	437	360	143	291	344	451	334	2,783	5,355
Par	4	3	5	4	3	4	4	5	4	36	72
Stroke index	13	15	1	5	17	3	7	9	11
15 hcp expects	4.7	4.0	6.4	5.3	3.9	5.4	5.5	6.4	5.4	47.0	92.3

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club scorecard
Hole	Par	SI	Black	Blue	White	Yellow	Red	Bronze
1	4	12	374	374	353	316	310	230
2	4	4	464	464	425	410	373	313
3	4	8	452	445	388	376	336	336
4	3	16	216	216	200	180	153	143
5	5	14	611	556	486	473	432	432
6	4	6	394	394	387	378	358	358
7	3	18	122	122	119	116	113	113
8	5	10	474	474	472	439	420	420
9	4	2	402	402	377	368	320	227
Out	36		3,509	3,447	3,207	3,056	2,815	2,572
10	4	13	360	360	333	323	320	301
11	3	15	184	184	180	158	143	122
12	5	1	582	565	549	529	503	437
13	4	5	475	435	421	410	360	360
14	3	17	173	163	150	146	143	143
15	4	3	476	451	422	411	384	291
16	4	7	430	430	426	422	392	344
17	5	9	569	557	541	532	483	451
18	4	11	459	427	410	371	334	334
In	36		3,708	3,572	3,432	3,302	3,062	2,783
Total	72		7,217	7,019	6,639	6,358	5,877	5,355

Tee	Length	Par	Course rating	Slope
Black	7,217 yds	72	–	–
Blue	7,019 yds	72	–	–
White	6,639 yds	72	–	–
Yellow	6,358 yds	72	–	–
Red	5,877 yds	72	–	–
Bronze	5,355 yds	72	–	–

Hole-by-hole guide

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

Hole 1

Par 4 · 353 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 12374 yds black374 yds blue353 yds white

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 243 yds, aim 9 yds left of centre.

Approach: 8 Iron from the fairway, about 135 yds, aim at the pin.

5.0shots expected, about 1.0 over par

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

Fairway 49%Rough or trees 38%Bunker 11%Out of bounds 2%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 99–109 yds; Bunker right, 116–154 yds; Bunker right, 144–155 yds; Bunker right, 161–167 yds.

Green 6 m below the tee.

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Hole 2 →

Hole 2

Par 4 · 425 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 4464 yds black464 yds blue425 yds whiteOne of the toughest

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 243 yds, aim 9 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 205 yds (plays like 202), aim 3 yds right of the pin, 8 yds short.

5.4shots expected, about 1.4 over par

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

Fairway 46%Rough or trees 49%Bunker 3%Out of bounds 2%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 160–172 yds; Bunker left, 234–245 yds.

Green 10 m below the tee.

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← Hole 1 Hole 3 →

Hole 3

Par 4 · 388 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 8452 yds black445 yds blue388 yds white

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 233 yds, aim 12 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 5 Iron from the fairway, about 178 yds (plays like 175), aim 3 yds left of the pin.

5.3shots expected, about 1.3 over par

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

Fairway 47%Rough or trees 49%Bunker 1%Out of bounds 3%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 207–217 yds; Bunker right, 224–230 yds.

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← Hole 2 Hole 4 →

Hole 4

Par 3 · 200 yards from the white tees

Par 3Stroke index 16216 yds black216 yds blue200 yds white

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

3 Wood (plays like 209), aim at the pin, 8 yds long.

4.1shots expected, about 1.1 over par

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

Green 17%Off the green 75%Bunker 7%Out of bounds 1%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 100–118 yds; Bunker right, 103–109 yds; Bunker left, 134–145 yds; Bunker right, 143–151 yds.

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← Hole 3 Hole 5 →

Hole 5

Par 5 · 486 yards from the white tees

Par 5Stroke index 14611 yds black556 yds blue486 yds white

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 235 yds, aim 6 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 270 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 59 yds in.

6.0shots expected, about 1.0 over par

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

Fairway 45%Rough or trees 46%Bunker 6%Out of bounds 3%

In play off the tee: Bunker centre, 160–167 yds; Bunker right, 199–221 yds; Bunker right, 202–208 yds; Bunker right, 228–239 yds.

Green 10 m above the tee.

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← Hole 4 Hole 6 →

Hole 6

Par 4 · 387 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 6394 yds black394 yds blue387 yds white

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 235 yds, aim 12 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 5 Iron from the fairway, about 168 yds, aim 6 yds left of the pin.

5.1shots expected, about 1.1 over par

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

Fairway 47%Rough or trees 51%Bunker 1%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 171–181 yds; Bunker right, 245–252 yds; Bunker left, 262–274 yds.

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← Hole 5 Hole 7 →

Hole 7

Par 3 · 119 yards from the white tees

Par 3Stroke index 18122 yds black122 yds blue119 yds whiteScoring chance

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

9 Iron (plays like 128), aim at the pin, 8 yds long.

3.8shots expected, about 0.8 over par

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

Green 18%Off the green 76%Bunker 5%Out of bounds 2%

In play off the tee: Bunker centre of the green, 86–95 yds; Bunker right of the green, 89–94 yds; Bunker left of the green, 98–102 yds; Bunker right of the green, 104–108 yds.

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← Hole 6 Hole 8 →

Hole 8

Par 5 · 472 yards from the white tees

Par 5Stroke index 10474 yds black474 yds blue472 yds whiteScoring chance

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 239 yds, aim 77 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the rough, about 218 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 15 yds in.

5.6shots expected, about 0.6 over par

Finds the fairway about 1 in 10. Rarely finds trouble.

Fairway 6%Rough or trees 94%

Green 4 m below the tee.

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← Hole 7 Hole 9 →

Hole 9

Par 4 · 377 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 2402 yds black402 yds blue377 yds whiteHardest by stroke index

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 238 yds, aim 44 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 7 Iron from the rough, about 142 yds, aim 3 yds left of the pin.

5.0shots expected, about 1.0 over par

Finds the fairway about 2 in 10. Rarely finds trouble.

Fairway 24%Rough or trees 76%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 264–271 yds.

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← Hole 8 Hole 10 →

Hole 10

Par 4 · 333 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 13360 yds black360 yds blue333 yds whiteScoring chance

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 247 yds, aim 6 yds right of the line to the corner.

Approach: Gap W from the fairway, about 103 yds, aim 6 yds left of the pin.

4.7shots expected, about 0.7 over par

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

Fairway 47%Rough or trees 53%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 261–269 yds.

Green 11 m below the tee.

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← Hole 9 Hole 11 →

Hole 11

Par 3 · 180 yards from the white tees

Par 3Stroke index 15184 yds black184 yds blue180 yds white

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

4 Hybrid (plays like 188), aim 3 yds left of the pin, 8 yds long.

4.0shots expected, about 1.0 over par

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

Green 18%Off the green 75%Bunker 7%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 136–141 yds; Bunker centre of the green, 141–146 yds; Bunker centre of the green, 148–153 yds; Bunker right of the green, 150–164 yds.

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← Hole 10 Hole 12 →

Hole 12

Par 5 · 549 yards from the white tees

Par 5Stroke index 1582 yds black565 yds blue549 yds whiteHardest by stroke index

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 226 yds, aim 35 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 340 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 126 yds in.

6.4shots expected, about 1.4 over par

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

Fairway 30%Rough or trees 67%Bunker 3%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 110–120 yds; Bunker left, 130–153 yds; Bunker right, 215–225 yds; Bunker right, 227–238 yds.

Green 14 m above the tee.

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← Hole 11 Hole 13 →

Hole 13

Par 4 · 421 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 5475 yds black435 yds blue421 yds white

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 238 yds, aim 44 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 4 Hybrid from the rough, about 190 yds (plays like 183), aim 3 yds left of the pin, 5 yds short.

5.3shots expected, about 1.3 over par

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

Fairway 25%Rough or trees 73%Bunker 2%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 77–111 yds; Bunker right, 185–198 yds; Bunker right, 218–229 yds.

Green 10 m below the tee.

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← Hole 12 Hole 14 →

Hole 14

Par 3 · 150 yards from the white tees

Par 3Stroke index 17173 yds black163 yds blue150 yds white

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

8 Iron (plays like 147), aim 3 yds left of the pin.

3.9shots expected, about 0.9 over par

Finds the green about 2 in 10. Rarely finds trouble.

Green 23%Off the green 75%Bunker 2%

In play off the tee: Bunker right of the green, 123–130 yds; Bunker left of the green, 127–133 yds; Bunker right of the green, 138–143 yds; Bunker right, 161–214 yds.

Green 5 m below the tee.

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← Hole 13 Hole 15 →

Hole 15

Par 4 · 422 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 3476 yds black451 yds blue422 yds whiteHardest by stroke index

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 242 yds, aim down the middle.

Approach: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 203 yds, aim 3 yds left of the pin.

5.4shots expected, about 1.4 over par

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

Fairway 39%Rough or trees 55%Bunker 6%

In play off the tee: Bunker centre, 52–69 yds; Bunker right, 76–127 yds; Bunker left, 88–94 yds; Bunker left, 231–241 yds.

Green 5 m below the tee.

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← Hole 14 Hole 16 →

Hole 16

Par 4 · 426 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 7430 yds black430 yds blue426 yds whiteOne of the toughest

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 239 yds, aim 6 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 211 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 5 yds in.

5.5shots expected, about 1.5 over par

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

Fairway 42%Rough or trees 56%Bunker 2%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 165–183 yds; Bunker right, 254–265 yds; Bunker right, 255–269 yds.

Green 4 m above the tee.

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← Hole 15 Hole 17 →

Hole 17

Par 5 · 541 yards from the white tees

Par 5Stroke index 9569 yds black557 yds blue541 yds white

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 227 yds, aim 24 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 334 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 119 yds in.

6.4shots expected, about 1.4 over par

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

Fairway 33%Rough or trees 58%Bunker 9%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 116–159 yds; Bunker right, 131–196 yds.

Green 12 m above the tee.

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← Hole 16 Hole 18 →

Hole 18

Par 4 · 410 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 11459 yds black427 yds blue410 yds white

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 241 yds, aim 6 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 4 Hybrid from the fairway, about 197 yds (plays like 188), aim 6 yds left of the pin, 5 yds short.

5.4shots expected, about 1.4 over par

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

Fairway 50%Rough or trees 47%Bunker 2%Out of bounds 1%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 130–140 yds; Bunker right, 216–223 yds; Bunker left, 229–240 yds.

Green 14 m below the tee.

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← Hole 17

Questions golfers ask

How long is Royal Porthcawl Golf Club?

From the black tees Royal Porthcawl Golf Club plays 7,217 yards. The other tees are the blue 7,019, the white 6,639, the yellow 6,358, the red 5,877 and the Bronze 5,355 yards. It is par 72 from every tee.

What is par at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club?

Par is 72: 36 out and 36 in, with four par 3s, ten par 4s and four par 5s.

Which is the hardest hole at Royal Porthcawl Golf Club?

The 12th is stroke index 1, a par 5 of 582 yards from the black tees. For a typical 15 handicap, our plans make the 16th the hardest against par.

Where is Royal Porthcawl Golf Club?

Rest Bay, Porthcawl, Mid Glamorgan, CF36 3UW.

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Straight-line distance

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Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

How Royal Porthcawl Golf Club plays

Hardest by stroke index

Toughest for a 15 handicap

Best scoring chances

Royal Porthcawl 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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