Port Royal Golf Course
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About
Located on the shorefront of Southampton Parish, the Port Royal Golf Course is one of the most frequented public golf courses in Bermuda and it is even known as being one of Jack Nicklaus' favorites. Robert Trent Jones designed this 18-hole course, which hosts the Bermuda Open Championship every year. Doglegs and wind are just some of the factors that will challenge golfers on this course. The signature hole is the scenic and rather infamous 16th, situated precariously atop craggy cliffs that overlook the Atlantic Ocean. The hole requires a nearly perfect shot in order to reach the green. Port Royal Golf Course has garnered such a following that some golfers reserve starting time a year in advance.
| Tee | Par | Length | Rating | Slope |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black | 71 | 6539 yards | 73.1 | 130 |
| Blue | 71 | 6144 yards | 71.1 | 128 |
| White (W) | 71 | 5685 yards | 74.4 | 135 |
| White | 71 | 5685 yards | 68.8 | 124 |
| Red (W) | 71 | 4916 yards | 69.4 | 122 |
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black M: 74.6/139 | 438 | 567 | 148 | 458 | 380 | 370 | 517 | 213 | 383 | 3474 | 350 | 443 | 383 | 235 | 393 | 412 | 235 | 507 | 410 | 3368 | 6842 |
| Blue M: 72.4/138 | 423 | 539 | 138 | 402 | 367 | 353 | 504 | 189 | 370 | 3285 | 334 | 424 | 349 | 195 | 371 | 390 | 180 | 495 | 378 | 3116 | 6401 |
| White M: 70.2/133 W: 75.7/136 | 395 | 509 | 129 | 379 | 330 | 327 | 473 | 166 | 340 | 3048 | 315 | 396 | 325 | 161 | 336 | 349 | 142 | 469 | 353 | 2846 | 5894 |
| Red W: 71.9/127 | 338 | 444 | 113 | 345 | 314 | 277 | 434 | 129 | 321 | 2715 | 287 | 343 | 273 | 135 | 290 | 323 | 105 | 393 | 312 | 2461 | 5176 |
| Handicap | 6 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 5 | |||
| Par | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
| Handicap (W) | 8 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 5 |
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Photo submitted by DrTba on 09/20/2023
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Photo submitted by u314163708404 on 04/13/2023
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Photo submitted by u637950477 on 11/03/2022
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Photo submitted by u637950477 on 11/03/2022
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Photo submitted by u637950477 on 11/03/2022
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Photo submitted by golfess on 09/21/2022
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Photo submitted by golfess on 09/21/2022
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!6th hole Photo submitted by golfess on 09/21/2022
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16th Photo submitted by AcweviKkCQVZlbEWaQNz on 08/09/2022
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8th Photo submitted by AcweviKkCQVZlbEWaQNz on 08/09/2022
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Signature hole Photo submitted by uYVKV9205YV on 04/27/2022
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Photo submitted by t305131416 on 02/10/2022
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Photo submitted by t305131416 on 02/10/2022
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Photo submitted by t305131416 on 02/10/2022
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Photo submitted by yFXJR6yVoBEfxDNaGb3Y on 08/03/2021
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Photo submitted by yFXJR6yVoBEfxDNaGb3Y on 08/03/2021
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16 th Photo submitted by yFXJR6yVoBEfxDNaGb3Y on 08/03/2021
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Photo submitted by yFXJR6yVoBEfxDNaGb3Y on 08/03/2021
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11th Photo submitted by yFXJR6yVoBEfxDNaGb3Y on 08/03/2021
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8th par 3 Photo submitted by yFXJR6yVoBEfxDNaGb3Y on 08/03/2021
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Photo submitted by mjadu on 07/01/2021
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Photo submitted by kwashin3 on 05/09/2021
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Photo submitted by u7410243 on 04/01/2021
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Photo submitted by JohnAsh on 12/30/2020
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Photo submitted by JohnAsh on 12/30/2020
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2 put par! Photo submitted by barberda on 04/30/2019
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Dan and Susan Photo submitted by barberda on 04/30/2019
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Port Royal finally reaches the ocean at the par-3 8th. Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 10/27/2017
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Port Royal's par-4 11th tumbles toward the Great Sound. Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 10/27/2017
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The par-4 15th is perhaps the hardest hole at Port Royal, but the view is splendid. Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 10/27/2017
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Hole 16 is the most-photographed hole at Port Royal, and it's easy to see why. Photo submitted by TimGavrichGP on 10/27/2017
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Photo submitted by rholland525 on 11/20/2016
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Photo submitted by rholland525 on 11/20/2016
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Photo submitted by rholland525 on 11/20/2016
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Photo submitted by rholland525 on 11/20/2016
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Photo submitted by rholland525 on 11/20/2016
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A stunning view on the 8th green. Photo submitted by Bbattista on 10/07/2015
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16th hole, tough par 3 Photo submitted by mjadu on 09/01/2015
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Photo submitted by SecondMortgage on 08/31/2015
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The 16th hole at Port Royal is one of the world's great ocean holes. Photo submitted by JasonDeeganGA on 02/06/2014
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View from 15 overlooking 16 Photo submitted by Steve9830568 on 07/02/2013
Nice course
The course was in great shape. The layout was interesting. The wind made the course a lot more difficult. The only downside was the perfectly healthy kid on hole 3 tee box asking for handouts instead of working.
Hello, nolan2509462. Thank you for visiting us at Port Royal Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Hi, u314163706502. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Port Royal Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!
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Outstanding!
Even though they were preparing for the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, the course was amazing! We’ve played this course many times and every hole is breathtaking! Cannot wait to come back!
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Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Port Royal Golf Course!
This is NOT a PGA quality track right now
We expected the course to be cart path only due to the PGA event next month. What we did not expect is how bad the course conditions would be. The fairways were not in great shape, but we can handle that. The greens however were atrocious. Slow, bumpy, did not roll true at all. They aerated apparently a month ago, and it has taken a long time to come back. When I asked a few employees about this, they did not seem to realize there may be an issue. All the focus seems to be on the event 6 weeks from now, not the customer paying a lot of money to play right now. Either lower your rates to reflect the quality if the course or fix the quality please.
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Needs work
They are preparing for the PGA tour in November. Greens are slow and rough. Sand in bunkers was blown away by recent hurricane. Great views and gorgeous scenery. Pace of play a bit slow due to cart path only rule right now.
Hello, sixaces2013. Thank you for visiting us at Port Royal Golf Course. We appreciate your 4-star rating and review. We hope you join us for another round soon.
Top 10
The views and scenery put this in my top 10 golf courses in the world. Nothing else compares to the sea views and ultra aqua waters. Condition right now is not great as they are gearing up for the Bermuda Championship in early November. Fun course with plenty of challenges especially when the wind picks up.
Hi, sixaces2013. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Port Royal Golf Course.
Cart path only
They are charging over $200 before 2 PM on a course that’s cart path only because of the PGA event in November. Some of these fairways are very large and walking gets old. Course is healing from greens being punched. Even playing at twilight I think it’s a lot . Course is very burnt out in spots. The front is nothing special. Back is very scenic.
Hi, DrTba. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for playing Port Royal Golf Course.
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Hello and thank you for your 5-star rating! We're delighted you enjoyed your round. Please book another round with us soon, and thanks for choosing Port Royal Golf Course!
Tough and pricey course
Played twice in one week. We were advised by our hotel, who made the first tee time, that our fees were to be $110 (because of guest day). A week later when we showed up to play, we found out prices went up to $135. For the pricey $135 - range balls were not even included!! Also disappointed to find that it was cart path only. This should have been advertised. Elevation changes made cart path only rules a real pain and slowed play considerably.
Second round was booked through GolfNow which saved us $20 for a later tee time, bringing it more in line with typical golf course resort fees, but cart path only rules were still in effect. GolfNow should notify golfers of that fact before booking.
Hi, u314164582778. We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us. Thank you for the 4 stars! We aim for a 5-star experience, so we always welcome feedback for improvement. Thank you for bringing this to our attention and we hope to see you on the course again soon.
Played Port Royal just after Labor Day
Stunning views- Friendly staff- very nice course layout-greens recently aerorated so it was bumpy. Definitely will go back to Port Royal GC again.
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painfully slow greens, impossible rough, great views
Nice layout and spectacular views, but this fell far short of a premium resort course. I would play the other courses on the island for a much better value.
The greens were painfully slow, apparently having been top dressed a few weeks ago - my course recovers much faster than that. The biggest challenge is the rough which is a loose knitted mat of grass. The ball drops into it and can't be seen except from directly above. We lost so many balls even when we tracked them carefully.
The bunkers were easy to play out of, but clearly hadn't been maintained with grass growing around the edges of many of them.
Loved the snack shack.
Hi, u1554524189! Thank you so much for leaving us with your feedback. We value our customer experience, so your review is important to us. Please know the current conditions are by no means the standard we strive to achieve. We will continue to work towards a 5-star experience and we hope to see you back!
Beautiful Course. Slow Pace
Course was beautiful and we were excited to play. Front 9 were wonderful. However, incredibly, they allow people to play only the back 9 so from 10-18 we wound up with about 3-4 twosomes in front of us and waited every hole for multiple parties to tee off. Really hampered what started off as a wonderful experience.
We appreciate you taking the time to review the course and rate us, nBSn95z5BCP7VkC33RTH. We are going to pass on your feedback to the team. Thanks for visiting Port Royal Golf Course, and we hope to see you again in the future.
We're glad you enjoyed your 5-star experience with us. Please comment or reach out to our team in the golf shop to let us know more about your round at Port Royal Golf Course!
Hi, roncook04. We are so pleased that you enjoyed your time at Port Royal Golf Course. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon for another 5-star experience!
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