- 9Holes
- 35Par
- 8Rated tees
- 10Greens mapped
- 106Contours
- 11.3%Steepest slope
About Royal Worlington
Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club is a 9-hole golf course playing to par 35 in Bury St Edmunds, England. Tom Dunn, Harry Colt designed it, and it opened in 1893. GolfCore has mapped 10 greens here with contour lines and fall-line arrows. The card below lists 8 rated tees with yardages for all 9 holes. GPS yardages and scoring are free in the GolfCore app.
Plan your visit
Golf Links Road, Bury St Edmunds
+44 1638 712216
How the greens break
GolfCore traced 10 greens at Royal Worlington from 1-meter national lidar elevation data, with 106 elevation contours at a 8-centimeter interval. The steepest measured slope is 11.3 percent, and the largest rise across a single green is 1.36 m.
In the app the same map sits under your ball on every green, with the fall line drawn to the hole and the wind modeled at your position. At clubs that run GolfCore, the pins the shop sets each morning show up there too.
The card
| Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 |
| Yards | 478 | 209 | 344 | 479 | 146 | 435 | 149 | 442 | 301 | 2,983 |
| Hcp | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 9 |
| Hole | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 |
| Yards | 478 | 209 | 344 | 479 | 146 | 435 | 149 | 442 | 301 | 2,983 |
| Hcp | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Total70 Yards5,966
| Hole | Par | Yards | Hcp |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 478 | 6 |
| 2 | 3 | 209 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 | 344 | 7 |
| 4 | 5 | 479 | 3 |
| 5 | 3 | 146 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 435 | 8 |
| 7 | 3 | 149 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 442 | 1 |
| 9 | 4 | 301 | 9 |
| Out | 35 | 2,983 | |
| 10 | 5 | 478 | – |
| 11 | 3 | 209 | – |
| 12 | 4 | 344 | – |
| 13 | 5 | 479 | – |
| 14 | 3 | 146 | – |
| 15 | 4 | 435 | – |
| 16 | 3 | 149 | – |
| 17 | 4 | 442 | – |
| 18 | 4 | 301 | – |
| In | 35 | 2,983 | |
| Total | 70 | 5,966 |
Course rating and slope
| Tee | Yards | Par | Rating / Slope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | 3,121 | 35 | 69.8 / 113 75.6 / 132 (W) |
| White | 2,983 | 35 | 68.4 / 110 73.8 / 127 (W) |
| Orange | 2,856 | 35 | 67.4 / 108 72.4 / 125 (W) |
| Green | 2,365 | 34 | 62.4 / 99 67.0 / 112 (W) |
Hole data is what GolfCore holds for the course's layout. Picking a tee shows that tee's own yardages, pars and stroke indexes where the club has rated them. Spot a wrong par, yardage or stroke index? Report it from Map Settings in the app, or send us a correction.
Course details
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, England, United Kingdom
- Address
- Golf Links Road, Bury St Edmunds
- Phone
- +44 1638 712216
- Website
- royalworlington.co.uk
- Architect
- Tom Dunn, Harry Colt
- Opened
- 1893
- Holes
- 9
- Par
- 35
- Tees on the card
- 8, 8 USGA-rated
- Greens mapped
- 10
- Elevation contours
- 106
- Contour interval
- 8-centimeter
- Largest green elevation span
- 1.36 m
- Steepest measured slope
- 11.3%
- Course map
- Traced hole by hole
- Wind modeling
- Live wind grid, 16 directions
- Tree canopy
- 1-meter canopy height model
- Course data updated
- 2026-11-10
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Staff at Royal Worlington can claim this course by signing in with an email address at the club's own domain, then edit its address, phone, website and crest at no charge. Read how a club keeps its course right. The same system runs a club's tee sheet and caddie yard; read how caddie management on GolfCore works.