Wales Golf Courses
Golf in Wales may be overshadowed by the great success of golf in Ireland
and Scotland. However Wales boasts a proud tradition in golf which endures
to this day. In terms of golf courses, Wales has more 150 to choose from;
some of which have hosted national and international championships.
Moreover the great Wales golf courses, the country has much to offer
the tourist and is renowned for its hospitality. It is a land of rolling
moorlands, glaciated mountain areas, unspoilt coastlines, mellifluous
male-voice choirs, very long place names, Rugby Union, romantic castles,
people with querying lilts and old mining towns.
 Aberdovey
It says much for Aberdovey that among the legions captivated by this
classic links course are two golfing greats from different times and backgrounds,
Bernard Darwin and Ian Woosnam. They both fell in love with Aberdovey.
Darwin was there when the club was founded in 1892 but remembers golf
being played on that precious strip of turf between the sea shore and
hills in the early 1880's when they cut nine flowerpots into the soil
as holes. Woosnam has also found it to be a spiritual home and has sought
respite there room the demands of the world circuit. Located at the mouth
of the Dovey and wends a traditional route out and back, with sand dunes
as sentinels and the wind as friend and foe. It is a place worth a long
pilgrimage for any golfer.
Suggested accommodations to base yourself at
while playing Aberdovey: Maes Y Neuadd.
Celtic Manor Resort
The home of the 2010 Ryder Cup, the Celtic
Manor Resort, Wentwood Hills, is not to be missed. Robert Trent Jones
Snr put his mark on the land of his fathers as the Wentwood Hills, at
over 7,000 yards in length, provides unrivalled golf facilities at the
Celtic Manor. It has hosted the European Tour's Wales Open for two years
and in 2010, following course modifications, will host the Ryder Cup.
Suggested accommodations to base yourself at
while playing Celtic Manor Resort: Celtic Manor.
Conwy
Golf was being played on this flat spur of land at the mouth of the River
Conwy in 1869 and a 12-hole course was built on this stretch of sand hills,
ditches, gorse and fine old turf by 1875 but it was another 15 years before
the club was officially formed. It became one of the foremost championship
venues in Wales but, requisitioned as an army training camp, it was virtually
destroyed between 1914-18. Once more members brought it back to life and
it has played a major role in championship golf ever since, the quality
of its challenge matched by a spectacular setting between mountain, river
and sea.
Suggested accommodations to base yourself at
while playing Conwy: Maes Y Neuadd.
 Royal
Porthcawl Golf Club
Wales' best known championship course is unique in that you can view
the water from every hole. This is due to a steep elevation change not
found on many links courses. In fact the tee shot of the first hole directly
crosses the 18th fairway. It played host to the 1995 Walker Cup and five
Amateur Championships since 1951.
Suggested accommodations to base yourself at
while playing Royal Porthcawl Golf Club:
Celtic Manor
 Royal
St. Davids
Royal St. David's like Royal Porthcawl, would be counted in any list
of the world's best courses. When the castle was built, the sea lapped
the rocks beneath it but over the centuries retreated to leave the expanse
of natural linksland that was never meant to be anything but a great golf
course. Only twice do successive holes proceed in the same direction so
the wind invariably spreads trouble among the dunes and although it is
not long, it has been described by professionals as the world's toughest
par 69. Host to a throng of championships in its time and favored by all
manner of men - in 1934, King George V was Patron and the Prince of Wales
was Captain - Royal St David's has rewarded many a long journey with a
unique experience.
Suggested accommodations to base yourself at
while playing Royal St Davids: Maes Y Neuadd.
Marriott St. Pierre
It was here that King Henry V, who came from nearby Monmouth, stored
the Crown Jewels while he defeated the French at Agincourt. The house
and an adjacent church form the heart of the Mariott St Pierre hotel and
around it two courses were created. The first was designed by Ken Cotton
in 1961 from a deer park thronged with highly prized trees that dominate
the scene and subdue most of those trying to thread their way through.
St Pierre has hosted the Dunlop Masters and the Curtis Cup among many
great tournaments and its latest honour was the Solheim Cup between the
USA and Europe in 1996.
Suggested accommodations to base yourself at
while playing Marriott St. Pierre: Celtic Manor.
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