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Royal Golf at Birkdale and Mayfair, but what about a ‘Royal Palm Beach’?

By Kathlene Bissell

(Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)
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Peter Fowler of Australia, 2010 Australian Senior Open at Royal Perth Golf Club on November 21, 2010 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)
Peter Fowler of Australia, 2010 Australian Senior Open at Royal Perth Golf Club on November 21, 2010 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images) /

Royal Perth

The first royal club was The Royal Perth Golfing Society. Even then, it was a case of knowing someone connected to the Royal Family because only the reigning monarch can make club royal.

Lord Kinnaird, the sixth president of the Perth Golfing Society, had royal connections. Through them, he asked if William IV would become the club’s royal patron.  The king agreed and in 1833 the club became known as the Royal Perth Golfing Society.

Prince Andrew is the current royal patron of the club and he is also patron to more than a dozen other royal clubs. However, not every royal club has a patron from the Royal Family.

With it’s uniquely Australian in flavor, and standing in stark contrast to many other royal golf clubs, Royal Perth takes considerable pride in its female membership, beginning with a teenaged girl named Gipsy Low.

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