Morfa Bychan,
Porthmadog, Gwynedd LL49 9UU
Office
+44 (0)1766 514 124Pro shop
+44 (0)1766 512 037Fax
+44 (0)1766 514 124Website
Visit websiteGolf pro
Gary Kilmister (PGA Golf Professional)The Course:
18 holes. Links & parkland. Gently undulating terrain - easy to walk.
Surroundings:
Seaside.
Designer:
James Braid
52.913638
-4.156758
26 miles S of Bangor
From the centre of Porthmadog, turn off the High Street direction Morfa Bychan / Blackrock Sands. After 1.5 miles golf clubhouse will come into view on your left.
Porthmadog Golf Club: By reputation this is another in an excellent collection of scenic links golf courses in North Wales. A fine mix of parkland holes on much of the front-nine, and a back-nine that is laid out across undulating sand dunes, and which provides full-blown links golf beside the sea.
You'll enjoy many stunning views out onto Tremadog Bay and inland to rugged hills behind the course, especially from the back-nine. Among many excellent holes is the long par-3 11th, which is rated stroke index 5 but often plays 1. This classic links par-3 plays at nearly 200 yds off the men's front tees, with plenty of gorse in front of you, out of bounds on the left and the sea behind.
Visitors welcome on weekdays and weekends.
Must book in advance. Proof of handicap required.
Credit cards accepted. Contact club for full details, discounts, packages, etc. [Last updated: 2018].
Players generally walk this course.
Limited
Porthmadog and Borth-y-Gest Golf Club, as it was originally called, was opened in the early 1900's, with the course in play by 1905. In the early days members were expected to pay compensation for any grazing animals killed or injured by them. Numerous changes and modifications have been carried out since then, including the removal of any grazing animals from the course - be they dead or alive ! | A magical place to stay in this area is at Portmeirion, either in the Portmeirion village, the hotel, or at the recently refurbished Castle Deudraeth, just before the village (see Where2Stay section below).
Wales: 15th best course in Wales (Golf World, 2019).
131 High Street, Porthmadog, Gwynedd LL49 9HB
+44 (0)1766 512 490
Visit websiteThe Royal Sportsman is Porthmadog's premier hotel, the only full service quality 3-star hotel in Porthmadog. The main part of this recently refurbished Victorian Hotel was originally built in 1862, with the restaurant and garden rooms added much later.
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Porthmadog
Royal St David's; Nefyn & District (22 miles).
Portmeirion, Gwynedd LL48 6ET
+44 (0)1766 770 000
Visit websiteBuilt between 1926 and 1976, Portmeirion village is the extraordinary creation of Clough Williams-Ellis. This wonderful Italianate village of great beauty and charm is also home to the world famous pottery that bears its name. On site accommodation is provided in the seashore Portmeirion Hotel, at the Castell Deudraeth with its contemperary rooms, or in self-catering cottages dotted around the village. The Prisoner, a late-1960s TV series starring Patrick McGoohan, was famously filmed in Portmeirion village.
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Porthmadog
Nefyn & District; Royal St David's.
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