Golf Courses in Wales

Curtis Cup action on the Conwy Golf Course © Hawlfraint y Goron / Crown copyright (2021) Cymru Wales

WALES is home to more than 200 golf courses. The first appeared in the late 19th Century, mainly links courses, most notably at Aberdyfi, Borth and Ynyslas, Conwy, Penarth, Porthcawl, St David’s and Tenby.

Cardiff’s first club was at Radyr (1902), while other courses in Wales to appear that decade include those at Old Colwyn, Brecon and Porthmadog.

Courses continued to appear in Wales throughout the early 20th Century, including 14 designed by James Braid.

In 1908, St David’s Golf Club was granted Royal patronage by King Edward VII, becoming the first Welsh club to be granted the honour. Porthcawl became the second and last club in Wales to receive the title the following year.

© Hawlfraint y Goron / Crown copyright (2021) Cymru Wales

Click on the links below for a region-by-region guide to Wales’s leading golf clubs and courses…

North Wales Region

ANGLESEY

CONWY

DENBIGHSHIRE

FLINTSHIRE

GWYNEDD

WREXHAM

Mid Wales Region

CEREDIGION

POWYS

An aerial view of Langland Bay Golf Club © Hawlfraint y Goron / © Crown copyright (2022) Cymru Wales
West Wales Region

CARMARTHENSHIRE

NEATH PORT TALBOT

PEMBROKESHIRE

SWANSEA

Celtic Manor Golf Course, Newport © Hawlfraint y Goron / © Crown copyright (2022) Cymru Wales
South Wales Region

BLAENAU GWENT

BRIDGEND

CAERPHILLY

CARDIFF

MERTHYR TYDFIL

MONMOUTHSHIRE

NEWPORT

RHONDDA CYNON TAF

TORFAEN

VALE OF GLAMORGAN

World Twilight Golfer, from the United States, gives a rundown of his top 10 courses in Wales (including some interesting Welsh place-name pronunciations!)

GOLF WALES

GOLFING GREATS

SPORT IN WALES
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