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
Visitors welcome
Swansea
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
Visitors welcome
Aberystwyth
Visitors welcome
Newport
Visitors welcome
Newport
Visitors welcome
Newport
Visitors welcome
Swansea
Visitors welcome
Bangor
Jack Harris
Visitors welcome
Cardiff
Visitors welcome
Cardiff
Visitors welcome
Bangor
James Braid
Visitors welcome
Swansea
Visitors welcome
Aberystwyth
Visitors welcome
Chester
Unknown (although most of the front nine dates from the 1960s and 70s).
Visitors welcome
Swansea
Visitors welcome
Bangor
Tom Jones
Visitors welcome
Swansea
Visitors welcome
Bangor
James Braid & J.H.Taylor
Wkends restrictd
Newport
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
Not Saturdays
Cardiff
Visitors welcome
Newport
Visitors welcome
Swansea
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
Visitors welcome
Swansea
Visitors welcome
Chester
Unknown
Visitors welcome
Cardiff
Visitors welcome
Cardiff
Peter Johnson
Visitors welcome
Chester
Current course designed by James Braid (1929)
Not Saturdays
Cardiff
Visitors welcome
Liverpool
Tournaments:
US Women's PGA Championship: located just outside Philadelphia, the famed Donald Ross layout of Aronimink Golf Club hosts the third women’s major championship of 2020 (Oct 8-11).
Scottish Open: first played in 1972, this year’s championship is again played on the Tom Doak-designed Renaissance Club course, which sits alongside mighty Muirfield in East Lothian (Oct 1-4).
Who's Who:
Jim Furyk: in winning the Pure Insurance Championship at Pebble Beach Golf Links, “The Grinder” joined Arnold Palmer and Bruce Fleisher as the only players to win their first two starts on the PGA Tour Champions.
Georgia Hall: recorded her first win in an LPGA Tour event on American soil at this year’s Portland Classic, played at Columbia Edgewater Country Club … on the edge of the Columbia River.
Traigh Golf Course (pronounced "try", and meaning "beach" in Gaelic): You'll find this nine-hole seaside gem on the scenic coast road (as opposed to the more inland and quicker A830) between Arisaig and Morar. Although not on the well-beaten path of Scotland's "trophy" courses, if you are passing through this area, it's a must play.
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Cullen Links Golf Club: "immensely scenic", "quirky as golf can get", "short!", "hugely enjoyable" ... Cullen Links attracts as wide a variety of comments as it lays down golfing challenges. Shoehorned into this 4,600 yard treasure trove are ten par-3s, seven par-4s and a good-length par-5. Here you'll find all the seaside scenery a golfer could ask for, and a lot more besides. Read More...
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