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The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews

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The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews

Summary

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is a golf club[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of golf_club entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,988 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is located in Fife[3].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is in the country of United Kingdom[4].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's instance of is recorded as golf club[5].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's headquarters location is recorded as St Andrews[6].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews took place at St Andrews[7].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's Commons category is recorded as The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews[8].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's located in time zone is recorded as UTC±00:00[9].
  • 1754 marks the founding of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews[10].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's OS grid reference is recorded as NO5050217090[11].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 56.343563888889, 'lon': -2.8028027777778}[12].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's sport is recorded as golf[13].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's official website is recorded as https://www.randagc.org/[14].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's heritage designation is recorded as category A listed building[15].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's different from is recorded as The R&A[16].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's associated electoral district is recorded as North East Fife[17].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's historic county is recorded as Fife[18].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+47561'}[19].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+6580'}[20].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+55088'}[21].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+58215'}[22].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+10000'}[23].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+11100'}[24].
  • The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's social media followers is recorded as {'amount': '+13400'}[25].

Body

Founding

1754 marks the founding of The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews[10].

Operations

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews's headquarters location is recorded as St Andrews[6].

Why It Matters

The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews ranks in the top 5% of golf_club entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,988 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Related Entities

Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Historic Environment Scotland ID. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 3d ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → UTC±00:00
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||fr, ja, sv, da, nb, en, mul */ Cleanup: remove self_stated_in refs; fix invalid 'stated in' in reference; add mul alias ([[User:Difool/WikidataClean"
  2. 8w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → k0009866-Royal-and-Ancient-Golf-Club-of-St-Andrews
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: k0009866-Royal-and-Ancient-Golf-Club-of-St-Andrews, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259649|batch #259649]]"
  3. 10w ago · Tholzheim · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibsys id → 90764644
    Factgrid item id → Q1761430
    Rero id (legacy) → A003767471
    Ccab id → 000681484
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8168]]: Q1761430, adds FactGrid ID"
  4. 12w ago · Dcflyer · 2026-05-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sport → golf
    Canadiana name authority id → ncf10926122
    Banq authority id → 0000681241
    Inception → +1754-00-00T00:00:00Z
    + 28 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P7293]]: 9810543155505606"
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