The Royal and Ancient Clubhouse

Dublin Core

Title

The Royal and Ancient Clubhouse

Subject

Culture,Immovable Culture Heritage,Tourism

Description

The Royal and Ancient Clubhouse is a historic building located in St Andrews that serves as the headquarters of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A). The foundation stone for the building was laid on the 13th of July 1853 by R&A member John Whyte Melville, and the building was completed 11 months later in 1854. The clubhouse overlooks the 1st tee and the 18th green of the iconic Old Course at St Andrews. The famous balcony near the top of the building is the site of the infamous past Open Champions gathering event that occurs when the Open Championship is hosted by St Andrews. For many years, the R&A clubhouse has been an iconic structure for the game of golf and it will continue to be revered by golfers for many years to come.

Source

wordlheritage2022

Date

1854

Contributor

JosephCameron

Language

English

Type

Site

Identifier

534

Date Submitted

10/05/2022

Extent

2500cm x 1500cm x 1500cm

Medium

https://www.randa.org/heritage/the-club-house/the-royal-and-ancient-clubhouse

Spatial Coverage

current,56.3435829640951,-2.802334427833557;

Provenance

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews

Europeana

Europeana Data Provider

The Royal and Ancient Clubhouse

Object

https://www.randa.org

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Social Media

twitter,https://twitter.com/RandA;facebook,https://www.facebook.com/randagolfuk/;instagram,https://www.instagram.com/therandagolf/?hl=en;

Institutional nature

Building

Place

St Andrews, KY16 9JD

Prim Media

940

End Date

Present-Day

Status

public

Stewardship

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews

Condition

1

Contact

jmc42@st-andrews.ac.uk

Collection

Citation

“The Royal and Ancient Clubhouse,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/941.

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