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Royal Golf Club is an 18-hole semi-private course in Lake Elmo, Minnesota.

Designed by Annika Sorenstam, Arnold Palmer. It plays 6,901 yards from the Royal tees, rated 73.5/129 (checked 2026-08-15).

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18
holes
72
par
6,901
yards (tips)
129
slope (royal)
The shape of the round · Royal teespublished figures only
HOLE ORDER — ROYAL TEES405520322216375437220430534351464148469402314194583505142534435464738495104114123134144154163175185PAROUT 3,459 YDSIN 3,430 YDSFIRST NINESECOND NINE
The published card in playing order, 18 holes with the two nines split — hole number under each bar, its par below that.

The course

designer
Annika Sorenstam, Arnold Palmer reported
access
semi-private
address
11455 20th Street North, Lake Elmo, MN
phone
651-505-9050
elevation
910 ft derived
opened
2017
on site
restaurant · lessons

44.97228, -92.87171 — open on OpenStreetMap →

The course, from above

This map shows all 18 holes. Hole 9 is mapped without a green. 33 mapped features sit close to more than one hole and are drawn with the nearer one. The map below draws everything that has been traced.

232 traced features across 8 layers for Royal Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2021 aerial imagery.

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232 traced features across 8 layers for Royal Golf Club, drawn over NAIP 2021 aerial imagery. The map itself needs JavaScript; the geometry is a plain GeoJSON file either way.

18
Holes
19
Fairways
28
Bunkers
11
Water
17
Greens
87
Tee pads
6,355yds
Royal tees
583yds
Longest hole
148yds
Shortest hole

Imported from OpenStreetMap, edges unchecked · USDA NAIP 2021-06-18

Tees & ratings

Ratingsopen datachecked 2026-08-15

All 9 tee sets par, yardage, course rating, slope — the full table

Sorted by Yards, descending. 9 rows, showing the start of the table.

RoyalM72690173.512934593430
WhiteM72638370.912732213163
WhiteF72638376.713732213163
GoldM72592369.112030402916
GoldF72592374.213130402916
RedM72539066.511927972622
RedF72539071.512627972622
GreenM72390761.210719951867
GreenF72390762.910819951867

Every figure as published; a blank cell is one nobody publishes. Front 9 and Back 9 are summed from the per-hole yardages on the scorecard.

Scorecard — every published tee

Scorecardopen datachecked 2026-08-15

Hole 123456789101112131415161718 Total
Par 454344345443444355 72
Royal 405520322216375437220430534351464148469402314194583505 6,901
White 387480302188340424181407512330419137432371282175532485 6,383
Gold 367470283170312399163389487322364112416360250158482452 5,923
Red 339455256148290324154371460297329105396275242125425428 5,390
Green 2453052201202202581252452572802345931519614194343205 3,907
Handicap 371315511191710218681416124

The Studio

The Studio can't plan Royal Golf Club hole by hole yet.

We hold its scorecard and 232 traced features, but not a model of every green, which a plan aims at.

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  • The approach, planned A Studio approach map on the aerial photo: a lob wedge aimed at the island green, its spread drawn as a dashed ring over the water, and the side it most often misses. Example from another course: hole 15, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • The green, from LiDAR A Studio green view on the aerial photo: arrows for the slope a LiDAR survey measured, the area a cup could be cut, and the safer side to miss. Example from another course: hole 15, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale
  • Every shot, tee to green A Studio plan on the aerial photo of a desert par 4: the driver off the tee and a 7-iron into the green between the bunkers, each shot with its landing spread drawn as a dashed ring. Example from another course: hole 2, Resort tee, Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale

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Pictures: Studio output for a sample golfer, drawn 2026-10-15. The Studio needs a free account. AI can make mistakes.

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Rates change by day and by season, so we send you to Royal Golf Club's own booking page rather than quoting a figure that was true the week we captured it.

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Also bookable nearby: Cimarron Golf Course (1.0 mi) · Oak Marsh Golf Course (3.7 mi) · Eagle Valley Golf Course (4.5 mi) · Applewood Hills Golf Course (4.7 mi)

Measured against comparable courses

How hard and how long this course plays against comparable courses — never how good it is.

FigureThis courseIn MinnesotaNationwideAmong its peers
Longest6,901 yds38th of 261=2,666th of 12,02527th of 116 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area · =325th of 2,030 semi-private courses · =1,259th of 7,004 courses you can book · =2,650th of 9,017 18-hole regulation courses
Toughest testslope 129=99th of 221=4,131st of 8,710=50th of 102 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area · =544th of 1,395 semi-private courses · =1,815th of 4,936 courses you can book · =4,016th of 7,089 18-hole regulation courses
Hardest from the tipsrating 73.5=39th of 172=1,989th of 7,615=27th of 88 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area · =233rd of 1,141 semi-private courses · =841st of 4,145 courses you can book · =1,973rd of 7,034 18-hole regulation courses
Widest tee spread2,994 yds between tees6th of 249332nd of 11,5235th of 110 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area · 47th of 1,970 semi-private courses · 161st of 6,653 courses you can book · 326th of 8,962 18-hole regulation courses
Oldestopened 2017237th of 240=9,260th of 9,368108th of 108 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area · 1,496th of 1,516 semi-private courses · =5,475th of 5,526 courses you can book · =6,920th of 7,001 18-hole regulation courses
Highest above sea level910 ft derived 225th of 281=4,047th of 12,43779th of 122 in the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area · 697th of 2,089 semi-private courses · =2,631st of 7,274 courses you can book · =2,805th of 9,106 18-hole regulation courses

A published figure is compared only against the courses that publish it too, which is why the totals differ from row to row — a state's length field is the courses with a scorecard, not the courses in the state. Height above sea level is the exception: we derive it from a coordinate, so its field is very nearly every course we render. Ties share an ordinal and are marked =. How this is computed →

What's on this page

In progress3 of 6 built

3 of 6 parts of this course page are built, and we're filling in the rest.

  • Scorecard, built.Par and yardage for every hole, from 9 sets of tees.
  • Course rating and slope, built.Rated from 9 sets of tees.
  • Course map, partly built.17 of the 18 greens are drawn — the rest of the course isn't mapped yet.
  • Per-hole distances, built.Every hole is traced, so carries and distances to the front, middle and back of each green are measured along the line you actually play.
  • Green contours, not built yet.We haven't built the green contours for this course yet.
  • Course details, partly built.6 of 7 background details — we don't hold the grass on the greens.

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Sources

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Location and identity seeded from OpenStreetMap — © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Last checked 2026-08-15. Where each figure came from is stated beside it, above.

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Straight-line distance from this course's coordinates, within 60 miles — not driving distance, and it crosses state lines where the nearest courses are over one.

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