Golf And Explore Wales
World Class Golf in Wales, mostly links courses
Golf is played throughout Wales, and most of the famous courses are links style, due to the fact that Wales is surrounded on three sides by the seas.
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Wales is a small country blessed with deep and haunting valleys, a magnificent coastline rolling moorland plains, and quaint country roads. Within such diverse settings you will find world-class golf courses of great charm and beauty. Our tours will also let you experience classic hotels, castles, manor houses in beautiful villages all nearby wonderful golf courses. You will come home loving Wales and you will remember it forever
Excellent golf can be found in two areas of Wales. First, in South and Southwest Wales along the Bristol Channel ten top ranked courses can be played within a two-hour drive, from the Newport area to Tenby. Second, in North and Mid-coastal Wales another ten top courses can be found within a two hour drive from Conwy to Aberdovey.
South and Southwest Wales
Championship golf
2010 Ryder Cup Course - Aerial View
Celtic Manor Twenty Ten Course. Built to host The Ryder Cup in 2010, it is the first course to be built specifically for golf’s greatest team tournament. Celtic Manor is also the home to two other excellent courses: Roman Road and The Montgomery.
Royal Porthcawl. Not to be missed, Royal Porthcawl is ranked by many as the top course in Wales and one the top 100 courses in the world. Golfers will enjoy the combination of pure links golf, and subtle British heathland golf. The sea is never out of sight.
Penard. One of Wales’s best courses and sometimes referred to as the “links in the sky,” it is on a bluff looking across Three Cliff and Oxwich Bays.
Pyle & Kenfig. This is another top ten Welch course in a gorgeous setting. With its lofty sand dunes hugging the South Wales coast, P&K has panoramic views over the Bristol Channel and the magnificent Welsh Mountains.
Southerdown. In the same region also looking over the Channel and Royal Porthcawl, it is one of the finest natural downland courses you will play.
Other excellent links courses are spectacularly located just southwest of the above courses and can be easily included in tours: Ashburham, Machynas Penninsula, and Temby Golf Club. Three highly regarded inland courses are also located in the beautiful rolling hills of the region: The Rolls of Monmouth, St Pierre Old Course, and Gamant Park Golf Club
Classic Accommodations
South Wales accommodations include resorts, historic manor houses, country inns and sophisticated hotels in cosmopolitan, historic Cardiff. The spectacular Celtic Manor golf resort is home to three excellent courses; Coed-y-Mwstwr, a Victorian manor house, is situated in 17 wooded acres; Miston Manor, an historic manor house, is in a gorgeous wooded setting; and the spectacular 5-star ultra contemporary St David’s Hotel and Spa is right on Cardiff Bay with a view from most rooms.
North and Mid-Coastal Wales
Nefyn &District
Some of the most spectacular coast-side golf settings found anywhere are in North Wales, along with beautiful mountain views, all enjoyed in and around friendly, quaint Welsh villages.
Championship Golf
Starting in Conwy and driving around the northwest coast and down to Aberdovey, takes a total of two hours and brings the golfer to nine top-rated links courses.
Conwy Golf Club. A classic links course with a stunning surrounding, the golfer has wonderful views of mountains and sea.
Nefyn & District. A unique 26-hole championship golf course with a view of the sea from every tee. Eight holes are played on the well-photographed ‘Point’, sometimes described as North Wales’s Pebble Beach.
Royal St Davids Golf Club. Established in 1894, it’s ranked one of the top two courses in Wales. The undulating fairways and fast true greens are all that would be expected of a championship links course.
Others top ranked courses in the region: Aberdovey, North Wales Golf Club, Pwllheli Golf Club, Porthmadog Golf Club, and Northop Golf Club (inland). Many deserve a visit for their wonderful Welch names alone.
Accommodations in North Wales
More wonderful manor houses and inns are found with more wonderful names. Bodysgallan Hall & Spa at Llandudno; Castle Hotel at Conwy; Bontddu Hall at Bontddu-Dolgellau; Maes-y-Neuadd at Talsarnau; Pale Hall Country House at Llandderfel; and Penmaenuchaf Hall at Dolgellau are just some of them. Classic Heritage Golf Tours will match your group to the perfect accommodations for your tour.
Combine Wales with Ireland, England or Scotland
Golfers often combine golf in Wales with other golf regions for an unforgettable tour. For example, combine South Wales with golf in North Wales, the Bristol England area, the English northwest coast (Royal Liverpool, Royal Birkdale, Royal Lytham and St Annes), or hop over to Ireland by plane or ferry—which can be taken from Holyhead in north Wales to Dublin. It’s also easy to combine a Scotland tour with a few days in Wales by taking a one-hour flight from Glasgow to Cardiff.
For more on Wales, check our Featured Tour—2010 Ryder Cup Tour.
Championship Courses of Wales
Celtic Manor Twenty Ten Course
Built to host The Ryder Cup in 2010, it is the first course to be built specifically for golf’s greatest team tournament. It boasts exceptional views from natural banks overlooking the course that runs beside the beautiful River Usk. Celtic Manor is also the home to two other excellent courses: Roman Road and The Montgomery.
Nefyn & District
In a spectacular setting, this unique 26 hole championship golf course has a view of the sea from every tee. Eight holes played on the well-photographed ‘Point’ are sometimes described as the Pebble Beach of North Wales.
Pyle & Kenfig
This is another top ten Welch course in a gorgeous setting. With its lofty sand dunes hugging the south Wales coast, P&K is situated in a wonderful stretch of golfing country with panoramic views from the course over the Bristol Channel, the Gower Peninsula, Sker Farm, and the magnificent Welsh Mountains.
Royal Porthcawl
Another golf course not to be missed, it is ranked as one the top 100 courses in the world. Although it’s the top ranked course in Wales, it is off the beaten path and still relatively unknown. Golfers will enjoy the combination of pure links golf, and then subtle British heathland golf. The sea is
