Wales
Golf in Wales: This rugged and often breathtakingly beautiful country, though firmly attached to England, is culturally and ideologically very much its own master. The best golf is always close to the Welsh coast or more often, right next to the sea. All the great venues are open to visitors. To make the most of your golfing trip, and to help in your planning, you can look up the location of the best courses in Wales on our customised maps.
Visitors welcome
Aberystwyth
Original layout by James Braid & Herbert Fowler (1892). Later modifications by Harry Colt (1910).
Visitors welcome
Bangor
Harry Vardon
Visitors welcome
Aberystwyth
Harry Vardon
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Swansea
J.H. Taylor
Visitors welcome
Aberystwyth
Harry Colt made some changes in the late 1940s, following the return of land requisitioned during the war.
Visitors welcome
Bangor
Herbert Fowler
Visitors welcome
Cardiff
Original layout designed by Robert Walker.
Visitors welcome
Aberystwyth
The original 9-hole course at this location was designed by J.E. Grant (late-1920s), and extended to an 18-hole layout by Fred Hawtree (1969).
Visitors welcome
Newport
Front-nine orginally laid out by Robert Trent Jones Jr (1999) as part of the former Wentwood Hills course. These holes revamped and a new back-nine added by Colin Montgomerie (2006/07).
Visitors welcome
Newport
Robert Trent Jones Sr.
Visitors welcome
Newport
Holes 6 thru' 13 and the par-4 15th originally laid out by Robert Trent Jones Jr (1999), as part of the former Wentwood Hills course. In 2006/7, to create the 2010 Ryder Cup layout, nine new holes were designed by Ross McMurray of European Golf Design.
Visitors welcome
Swansea
English course architect Harry Colt
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Bangor
Jack Harris
Visitors welcome
Cardiff
Visitors welcome
Cardiff
C.K. (Ken) Cotton
Visitors welcome
Bangor
James Braid
Visitors welcome
Swansea
James Braid
Visitors welcome
Aberystwyth
Original design by Harry Vardon; later revised by James Braid.
Visitors welcome
Chester
Unknown (although most of the front nine dates from the 1960s and 70s).
Visitors welcome
Swansea
Nicklaus Design (project led by Gary Nicklaus)
Visitors welcome
Bangor
Original design by James Braid (1915); extended and modified by James Braid and Maesdu's long-time club professional Tom Jones (late-1910s).
Visitors welcome
Swansea
James Braid
Visitors welcome
Bangor
James Braid & J.H.Taylor
Wkends restrictd
Newport
Layout at the club's original Ladyhill location designed by Harry Vardon (1903). Design of current course at the Rogerstone location by Willie Fernie (1912).
Visitors welcome
Bangor
Tancred Cummins
Not Saturdays
Swansea
Original 1896 design significantly modified by James Braid (1908). Later modifications by C.K. "Ken" Cotton (1964) and Donald Steel (1991).
Weekdays only
Cardiff
Visitors welcome
Bangor
James Braid
Visitors welcome
Bangor
Original 9-holes designed by Old Tom Morris (1900); extended to 18-holes by James Braid (1909).
Visitors welcome
Swansea
Much of the original layout was designed by Harry Colt (1922). Significant modifications, and the addition of holes 11 through 15, by Scottish course architect Philip Mackenzie Ross (1947).
Not Saturdays
Cardiff
English course architect Harry Colt
Visitors welcome
Newport
Urbis Planning
Visitors welcome
Swansea
Original 18-hole layout designed by Ramsay Hunter (1898). Later modifications by various designers, including Harry Colt (1913) and Tom Simpson (1933).
Visitors welcome
Bangor
Harold Finch-Hatton
Visitors welcome
Cardiff
Original layout by Willie Fernie (1905). Later modifications by Herbert Fowler (1908), Willie Park Jr (1913) and Harry Colt (1920).
Wkends - rsrt guests only
Newport
C.K. (Ken) Cotton
Visitors welcome
Swansea
James Braid
Visitors welcome
Chester
Unknown
Visitors welcome
Cardiff
Peter Johnson
Visitors welcome
Cardiff
Peter Johnson
Visitors welcome
Chester
Current course designed by James Braid (1929)
Not Saturdays
Cardiff
First nine holes (1915) and full 18-hole course (1923) were designed by Fred Johns (the club's first professional) and H.J. Marjoram (golf professional from Radyr GC).
Visitors welcome
Liverpool
James Braid
Tournaments:
European Tour: 2021 marks the 50th and last season of the world renowned European Tour, launched in April 1972 at the Spanish Open. From 2022 the Tour will be sponsored by Dubai-based global supply chain and ports operator DP World, and will be known as the DP World Tour.
South African Open: December 2021 events in South Africa have again been impacted by the Covid pandemic. The South African Open (Dec 2-5) will no longer be played as a DP World Tour event, and the Alfred Dunhill Championship (Dec 9-12) has been cancelled.
Who's Who:
Bernhard Langer: at age 64, Langer collected a record sixth Charles Schwab Cup, the only player to have won the season-long points chase more than twice. He also topped the PGA Tour Champions money-list for the 11th time out of a possible 13 since 2008.
Carlota Ciganda: the five-time Solheim Cup star was delighted to record a fourth Ladies European Tour win in her home national championship, the Ladies Spanish Open.
Lee Elder: Trailblazer, Ryder Cup player, four-time PGA Tour winner and eight-time Senior PGA Tour winner, Lee Elder died on November 28, aged 87. In 1975 he became the first African American golfer to play in the Masters tournament, and in so doing provided one of the pivotal moments in the history of professional golf.
Golf World Top 100: Best Golf Courses in Europe. From France to Spain to the Netherlands and Norway, the Golf World Top 100 panel reveals the places you have to play (published 20 October 2021).
New 27-hole golf complex to be built in southern Belgium
A new golf complex in southern Belgium, close to the border with Luxembourg, will start construction in June 2021.
Marco Simone Golf & Country Club "makes its tournament debut with the hosting of the Italian Open on the European Tour" by Richard Humphreys
Gamble Sands opens short course:
David McLay Kidd’s 14-hole QuickSands short course has opened for play at Gamble Sands in Brewster, Washington.
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