The Old Course
Eighteen holes threaded through colossal rain trees, opening with Mara One: a crossing drive, a wide pond, and the tree that names the hole.
Two championship courses, one royal crest, golf in the heart of Colombo.
The Royal Home of Golf
Where a century and a half
plays through.
Golf came to Ceylon in 1879, on the sea wind of Galle Face Green. A king lent us his crown in 1928. Everything since, every dawn four ball, every name on the Guv'nors' boards, has been a promise kept.
Our history
The New Course
A second eighteen inside the same green sanctuary, with modern irrigation, new machinery, and a course being readied for the club's 150th year.
The Clubhouse
The Guv'nors Bar wears every champion's name since the beginning. The Verandah, the melting pot of the club, wraps The 19th in near 360° of fairway.
Beyond the Fairways
More than forty bird species keep their own membership here, kingfishers, herons, hoopoes, in a green sanctuary folded into Colombo 08.
A season of silver,
trophies older than nations
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The Burdett Trophy
Now in its 123rd playing, older than the amateur game in most of the world.
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Club Championships
The blue riband: a qualifying medal in August, then match play to the wire.
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South West Monsoon Meet
Four rounds played through the rains, with Dialog. Golf that does not wait for weather.
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Pin & Pam Fernando Trophy
July's rite: strokeplay qualifying into head to head match play.
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The Havelock Trophy
One Sunday, one field, a name carried since the colonial greens.
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The Monthly Medals
VISA to Commercial Bank: a medal every month, a card that always counts.
“Together, let us shape a Royal Colombo Golf Club that honours its past, and defines excellence.”
Mahela Jayawardena, Captain, 2026 / 27
A club of custodians
Why the Royal?
Time-Honoured Fairways for Unhurried Play
Play the Royal.
Visitors are welcome by reservation. Tell us your handicap and your day, and the starter will do the rest.
Received. The starter's desk will confirm by email. See you on the first tee.