Royal St. Patrick's Golf Links

Royal St. Patrick’s Golf Links is Appleton and Green Bay's only 19-hole Links-style golf experience. Links originally referred to the swath of sandy, unfertile ground that lay between the sea and the usable farmland farther inland. This area was typically treeless and used predominantly for livestock grazing. While we are not a Links course in the truest sense of the word, we do share characteristics found on many of the greats. We have sand-based areas which handle rain well, and provide a fast, firm playing condition. Our fairways and greens are rumpled and wavy, just like the windswept coasts. Our bunkers are strategically placed, and some offer inescapable challenges, much like the “blow-out” bunker areas where livestock would burrow and hide to escape the fierce coastal winds. ​​The Links is laid out similarly to what you would find on the Scottish or Irish coast. The outward 9 meanders out in a similar direction, only to find the 6th hole begins your long quest back. It is not uncommon to begin your round downwind, only to find both hands on the wheel as you begin to come home.