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The Welsh Tourist Board promotes Wales as follows: “For the many who have tired of sunloungers… Wales. Home of proper holidays. Phrasebook optional, sense of adventure essential, indifference best left at home.” What can we add to that? Probably not much really, especially as Wales was in the world spotlight in October 2010 when the Ryder Cup went to sunny Newport. Celtic Manor Resort’s Twenty Ten course was purpose-built for the Ryder Cup, which was not only a nail-biter, but also resulted in the first Monday finish in Ryder Cup history due to Friday’s play being washed out by torrential rain.
There are more than 200 golf courses in Wales and we feature the best thirty Welsh golf courses below. A handful of these are truly world-class and should be on every golfer’s “must-play” list. The two Royals of Porthcawl and St David’s perennially head the rankings but there are plenty of other excellent courses, mainly hugging the long Welsh coastline, which should also be savoured. | |
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 |  | | Royal Porthcawl | | Royal Porthcawl Golf Club is a convivial, relaxed place to play golf in beautiful surroundings. |
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|  | | Royal St David's | | The glorious setting for Royal St David’s Golf Club is nothing short of beautiful and romantic. The forbidding medieval Harlech castle and towering sand dunes guard the course. |
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|  | | Aberdovey | | Aberdovey Golf Club is set enchantingly within the Snowdonia National Park at the mouth of the Dovey Estuary... |
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|  | | Pennard | | Pennard is a delightful old-fashioned affair and without doubt, this is one of the very best links courses in the British Isles. |
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|  | | Celtic Manor (Twenty Ten) | | Twenty Ten is the first course built specifically for the Ryder Cup and is the result of collaboration between the PGA, architects and tour pros... |
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|  | | Conwy | | Conwy Golf Club has played host to a number of major tournaments, including the Martini in 1970, when Peter Thomson and Doug Sewell tied on 268... |
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|  | | Nefyn & District (Old) | | The course at Nefyn & District Golf Club is literally golf on the edge of the world and it makes the adrenaline pump... |
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|  | | Tenby | | Tenby Golf Club is situated on the beautiful Pembrokeshire coast, affording superb views across to one of the UK’s most fascinating and holiest of islands. |
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|  | | Machynys Peninsula | | With stunning views of Carmarthenshire Bay and the Gower Peninsula, the Nicklaus-designed 7,100-yard links-style Machynys Peninsula is set to become a Welsh flagship course... |
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|  | | Ashburnham | | Bernhard Gallacher picked up his first pay cheque at Ashburnham Golf Club when he won the 1969 Schweppes PGA Championship. |
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