Royal Saint Davids Golf Course Scorecard & Course Guide

How Royal Saint Davids Golf Course plays

Royal Saint Davids Golf Course is an 18-hole, par 69 golf course in Wales. From the black tees it measures 6,687 yards; the green tees are 5,230 yards.

There are five par 3s, eleven par 4s and two par 5s. The longest hole is the 8th, a 535-yard par 5, and the shortest is the 11th at 152 yards. By stroke index the hardest holes are the 10th (SI 1), 3rd (SI 2) and 15th (SI 3).

On the planned lines, water is in play on holes 7, 8, 9 and 11 and bunkers guard the green on 14 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 3rd, 1st and 13th; the best scoring chances are the 7th, 2nd and 4th.

Royal Saint Davids Golf Course 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	439	369	463	184	396	418	514	535	175	3,493
White	439	346	463	184	377	394	483	515	170	3,371
Yellow	429	341	453	179	371	355	470	488	166	3,252
Red	423	329	390	159	364	331	435	465	156	3,052
Green	384	317	390	143	361	331	414	415	153	2,908
Par	4	4	4	3	4	4	5	5	3	36
Stroke index	6	14	2	16	12	8	4	10	18
15 hcp expects	5.6	4.9	5.8	4.0	5.1	5.3	5.8	6.1	4.0	46.6

Back nine
Back nine	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In	Total
Black	456	152	432	465	216	440	376	424	233	3,194	6,687
White	415	143	432	445	216	423	350	424	199	3,047	6,418
Yellow	412	131	416	442	210	408	347	413	188	2,967	6,219
Red	411	118	384	437	132	394	297	400	163	2,736	5,788
Green	327	112	382	346	132	333	202	331	157	2,322	5,230
Par	4	3	4	4	3	4	4	4	3	33	69
Stroke index	1	17	9	5	13	3	11	7	15
15 hcp expects	5.4	4.0	5.5	5.6	4.1	5.5	5.0	5.4	4.1	44.6	91.2

Royal Saint Davids Golf Course scorecard
Hole	Par	SI	Black	White	Yellow	Red	Green
1	4	6	439	439	429	423	384
2	4	14	369	346	341	329	317
3	4	2	463	463	453	390	390
4	3	16	184	184	179	159	143
5	4	12	396	377	371	364	361
6	4	8	418	394	355	331	331
7	5	4	514	483	470	435	414
8	5	10	535	515	488	465	415
9	3	18	175	170	166	156	153
Out	36		3,493	3,371	3,252	3,052	2,908
10	4	1	456	415	412	411	327
11	3	17	152	143	131	118	112
12	4	9	432	432	416	384	382
13	4	5	465	445	442	437	346
14	3	13	216	216	210	132	132
15	4	3	440	423	408	394	333
16	4	11	376	350	347	297	202
17	4	7	424	424	413	400	331
18	3	15	233	199	188	163	157
In	33		3,194	3,047	2,967	2,736	2,322
Total	69		6,687	6,418	6,219	5,788	5,230

Tee	Length	Par	Course rating	Slope
Black	6,687 yds	69	–	–
White	6,418 yds	69	–	–
Yellow	6,219 yds	69	–	–
Red	5,788 yds	69	–	–
Green	5,230 yds	69	–	–

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 · 439 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 6439 yds black439 yds white429 yds yellowOne of the toughest

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 237 yds, aim 3 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 227 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 9 yds in.

5.6shots expected, about 1.6 over par

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

Fairway 50%Rough or trees 48%Bunker 1%Out of bounds 1%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 223–230 yds; Bunker left, 254–259 yds.

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Hole 2

Par 4 · 346 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 14369 yds black346 yds white341 yds yellowScoring chance

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 236 yds, aim 30 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 9 Iron from the fairway, about 131 yds, aim 3 yds left of the pin.

4.9shots expected, about 0.9 over par

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

Fairway 29%Rough or trees 67%Bunker 4%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 83–88 yds; Bunker centre, 178–190 yds; Bunker centre, 221–225 yds.

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← Hole 1 Hole 3 →

Hole 3

Par 4 · 463 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 2463 yds black463 yds white453 yds yellowHardest by stroke index

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 237 yds, aim 30 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 251 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 59 yds in.

5.8shots expected, about 1.8 over par

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

Fairway 41%Rough or trees 56%Out of bounds 2%

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← Hole 2 Hole 4 →

Hole 4

Par 3 · 184 yards from the white tees

Par 3Stroke index 16184 yds black184 yds white179 yds yellowScoring chance

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

4 Hybrid (plays like 190), aim 3 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 13%Off the green 79%Bunker 8%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 157–185 yds; Bunker left of the green, 159–165 yds; Bunker right of the green, 170–182 yds; Bunker left of the green, 182–188 yds.

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← Hole 3 Hole 5 →

Hole 5

Par 4 · 377 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 12396 yds black377 yds white371 yds yellow

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 236 yds, aim 9 yds left of centre.

Approach: 6 Iron from the fairway, about 164 yds, aim 3 yds left of the pin.

5.1shots expected, about 1.1 over par

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

Fairway 44%Rough or trees 53%Bunker 3%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 52–76 yds; Bunker right, 198–206 yds; Bunker left, 226–232 yds; Bunker left, 233–244 yds.

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← Hole 4 Hole 6 →

Hole 6

Par 4 · 394 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 8418 yds black394 yds white355 yds yellow

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 236 yds, aim at the corner.

Approach: 4 Hybrid from the fairway, about 183 yds, aim 3 yds left of the pin, 5 yds short.

5.3shots expected, about 1.3 over par

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

Fairway 39%Rough or trees 59%Bunker 2%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 208–213 yds; Bunker right, 230–238 yds; Bunker right, 239–246 yds; Bunker left, 256–267 yds.

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← Hole 5 Hole 7 →

Hole 7

Par 5 · 483 yards from the white tees

Par 5Stroke index 4514 yds black483 yds white470 yds yellowScoring chance

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 236 yds, aim 44 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the rough, about 251 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 48 yds in.

5.8shots expected, about 0.8 over par

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

Fairway 21%Rough or trees 77%Bunker 2%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 188–202 yds; Bunker right, 204–219 yds.

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← Hole 6 Hole 8 →

Hole 8

Par 5 · 515 yards from the white tees

Par 5Stroke index 10535 yds black515 yds white488 yds yellow

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 236 yds, aim 6 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 299 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 82 yds in.

6.1shots expected, about 1.1 over par

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

Fairway 49%Rough or trees 50%

In play off the tee: Water centre, 82–91 yds; Bunker right, 101–108 yds; Bunker right, 125–132 yds; Bunker right, 251–262 yds.

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← Hole 7 Hole 9 →

Hole 9

Par 3 · 170 yards from the white tees

Par 3Stroke index 18175 yds black170 yds white166 yds yellow

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

5 Iron (plays like 175), aim 6 yds left of the pin.

4.0shots expected, about 1.0 over par

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

Green 13%Off the green 83%Bunker 4%Out of bounds 1%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 126–136 yds; Water left, 135–144 yds; Bunker right of the green, 144–150 yds; Bunker left of the green, 160–168 yds.

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← Hole 8 Hole 10 →

Hole 10

Par 4 · 415 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 1456 yds black415 yds white412 yds yellowHardest by stroke index

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 237 yds, aim 38 yds left of the line to the corner.

Approach: 3 Wood from the rough, about 194 yds, aim 6 yds left of the pin.

5.4shots expected, about 1.4 over par

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

Fairway 23%Rough or trees 77%

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← Hole 9 Hole 11 →

Hole 11

Par 3 · 143 yards from the white tees

Par 3Stroke index 17152 yds black143 yds white131 yds yellow

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

7 Iron (plays like 158), aim 3 yds left of the pin, 5 yds long.

4.0shots expected, about 1.0 over par

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

Green 12%Off the green 82%Bunker 6%

In play off the tee: Water right, 66–76 yds; Water left, 90–100 yds; Bunker left, 113–122 yds; Bunker centre of the green, 128–136 yds.

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← Hole 10 Hole 12 →

Hole 12

Par 4 · 432 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 9432 yds black432 yds white416 yds yellow

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 238 yds, aim at the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 218 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 9 yds in.

5.5shots expected, about 1.5 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, 225–231 yds; Bunker left, 238–247 yds; Bunker left, 248–259 yds; Bunker right, 256–261 yds.

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← Hole 11 Hole 13 →

Hole 13

Par 4 · 445 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 5465 yds black445 yds white442 yds yellowOne of the toughest

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 236 yds, aim 6 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the fairway, about 234 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 15 yds in.

5.6shots expected, about 1.6 over par

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

Fairway 46%Rough or trees 51%Bunker 3%

In play off the tee: Bunker right, 188–196 yds; Bunker right, 210–218 yds; Bunker right, 231–241 yds; Bunker left, 251–254 yds.

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← Hole 12 Hole 14 →

Hole 14

Par 3 · 216 yards from the white tees

Par 3Stroke index 13216 yds black216 yds white210 yds yellow

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

3 Wood (plays like 220), aim 6 yds left of the pin, 5 yds long.

4.1shots expected, about 1.1 over par

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

Green 11%Off the green 88%Bunker 1%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 54–91 yds; Bunker left, 112–119 yds; Bunker left, 122–126 yds; Bunker left, 148–154 yds.

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← Hole 13 Hole 15 →

Hole 15

Par 4 · 423 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 3440 yds black423 yds white408 yds yellowHardest by stroke index

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 237 yds, aim 9 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the rough, about 208 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 16 yds in.

5.5shots expected, about 1.5 over par

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

Fairway 32%Rough or trees 68%

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← Hole 14 Hole 16 →

Hole 16

Par 4 · 350 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 11376 yds black350 yds white347 yds yellow

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 237 yds, aim 6 yds left of centre.

Approach: 7 Iron from the rough, about 136 yds, aim 6 yds left of the pin.

5.0shots expected, about 1.0 over par

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

Fairway 35%Rough or trees 64%Bunker 1%

In play off the tee: Bunker centre, 118–125 yds; Bunker left, 234–242 yds.

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← Hole 15 Hole 17 →

Hole 17

Par 4 · 424 yards from the white tees

Par 4Stroke index 7424 yds black424 yds white413 yds yellow

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

Driver 237 yds, aim 6 yds left of the line to the corner.

Second shot: 3 Wood from the rough, about 208 yds out. The green’s out of reach, so lay up to the fairway and leave about 10 yds in.

5.4shots expected, about 1.4 over par

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

Fairway 39%Rough or trees 59%Bunker 2%

In play off the tee: Bunker left, 182–211 yds; Bunker right, 206–212 yds; Bunker right, 227–235 yds.

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← Hole 16 Hole 18 →

Hole 18

Par 3 · 199 yards from the white tees

Par 3Stroke index 15233 yds black199 yds white188 yds yellow

The plan for a 15 handicap, white tees

3 Wood (plays like 206), aim 3 yds left of 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 8%

In play off the tee: Bunker centre, 58–74 yds; Bunker left, 90–104 yds; Bunker left of the green, 160–168 yds; Bunker right of the green, 167–175 yds.

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← Hole 17

Questions golfers ask

How long is Royal Saint Davids Golf Course?

From the black tees Royal Saint Davids Golf Course plays 6,687 yards. The other tees are the white 6,418, the yellow 6,219, the red 5,788 and the green 5,230 yards. It is par 69 from every tee.

What is par at Royal Saint Davids Golf Course?

Par is 69: 36 out and 33 in, with five par 3s, eleven par 4s and two par 5s.

Which is the hardest hole at Royal Saint Davids Golf Course?

The 10th is stroke index 1, a par 4 of 456 yards from the black tees. For a typical 15 handicap, our plans make the 3rd the hardest against par.

Where is Royal Saint Davids Golf Course?

Harlech, Gwynedd, LL46 2UB.

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Straight-line distance

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Royal Saint Davids Golf Course

How Royal Saint Davids Golf Course plays

Hardest by stroke index

Toughest for a 15 handicap

Best scoring chances

Royal Saint Davids Golf Course 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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