Golf
Royal Colombo Golf Club
Colombo 8 · Sri Lanka
Photo credit
Image courtesy of © Royal Colombo Golf Club
Photo credit
Image courtesy of © Name : Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credit
Image courtesy of © Name : Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credit
Image courtesy of © Name : Anuradha Dullewe Wijeyeratne, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsA historic club founded in 1879 and on its present ground since 1896, with a clubhouse, pro shop, restaurant, bars and a practice range.
Visitors
Clubhouse is described as a place for members and visitors; tee times reserved through the club's app or web
Practice and lessons
- Practice range
- Putting green
Clubhouse
- Main restaurant
- Guv'nors Bar
- The 19th
- Bar
- Terrace
- Golf shop
Good to know
- Granted the 'Royal' prefix in 1928
Golfer’s facilities
- PracticeDriving range
- On the courseTrolleys
- In the clubhouseChanging rooms
From the club’s own website.
Women and juniors
- Ladies’ section
Reciprocal clubs
The club lists reciprocal clubs on its website.
The 19th hole
- The 19th · Bar added to the clubhouse.
- Guv'nors Bar · Cosy, well-stocked clubhouse bar.
- Royal Dining · Main restaurant with a fusion menu, air-conditioned.
When to play
Temperature, sunshine and rain by month for Sri Lanka, from the official weather service.
History and heritage
From the ULTIMATE Sri Lanka guide
Read our full write-up, with the history of the club and how to get there.
Read on the Sri Lanka guide →Sources: the club’s own website, checked 2026-11-13
Around the course
Hotels nearby, and restaurants and bars from the ULTIMATE Sri Lanka guide, by straight-line distance.
Stay
- Jetwing Colombo SevenBoutique city hotel · 1.9 km
- Mövenpick Hotel ColomboCity hotel · 3.6 km
- Cinnamon Grand ColomboCity hotel · 4.1 km
- Galle Face HotelHistoric seafront hotel · 4.4 km
- Taj SamudraSeafront hotel · 4.5 km
- Cinnamon Life at City of DreamsIntegrated resort · 4.5 km
Eat
- Tintagel ColomboCourtyard dining room · 1.8 km
- London House of CoffeeCoffee house and roaster · 1.9 km
- Black CatCafé · 1.9 km
- Upali’s by NawalokaSri Lankan · 2.1 km
- Plus Nine FourCafé-restaurant · 2.4 km
- Park Street MewsRestaurants and bars in old warehouses · 2.9 km
Drink
- Sapphyr LoungeHotel lounge bar · 5.0 km
- Botanik Bistro & Rooftop BarRooftop bar · 5.4 km
- Sky Lounge at The KingsburyRooftop bar · 5.5 km
For the non-golfer
While the round goes on: spas, beaches, shops and culture from the ULTIMATE Sri Lanka guide, by straight-line distance.
Shopping
- House of FashionClothing department store · 0.8 km
- Arcade Independence SquareHeritage arcade · 1.6 km
- LaksalaState handicraft store · 2.2 km
Culture
- Saskia Fernando GalleryContemporary art gallery · 1.8 km
- Independence Memorial HallMonument · 1.9 km
- Lionel Wendt Art CentreArts centre and theatre · 2.5 km
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