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Golf in North Wales
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Golfers will find the green hills of Wales nothing short of delightful. From driving ranges in Deeside, Bangor, and St Asaph to championship courses in Conwy, Chirk and Northop, opportunities for golfing breaks in North Wales are as vast as its panoramic countryside views.
One of the oldest golf courses in North Wales is at Beaumaris, run by Baron Hill Golf Club, founded in the 1880s by Sir Richard William Bulkeley.
One of the youngest courses was created just over a decade ago at Northop Country Park and is the work of former Ryder Cup player and golf coach, John Jacobs.
It opened in 1994, achieving instant recognition by being selected to host the Welsh PGA championships. Since then it has hosted numerous competitions for professional and amateur golfers.
It is set in 300 acres generously landscaped with tall trees and low-level shrubs to entice competitive and leisure golfers who like a few extra challenges en route to the 18th hole.
Caernarvonshire Golf Club, Conwy, has one of the top golf courses in Wales. It was the first Welsh club to host the Open Championship Final Qualifying in 2006 and will be the scene of the European Amateur Team Championships 2009.
In 2007 it staged the Ryder Cup Wales Seniors Open and the British Ladies Open Amateur championship.
Further inland, the ladies of Llangollen love to play golf - not surprising when the 18th at the Vale of Llangollen Club is one of the greatest challenges in Welsh Golf.
Over at Wrexham Golf Club the penultimate long par three hole poses tough decisions for golfers of all abilities and ages, while Chirk golf course boasts one of the longest par 5s in Europe at 664 yards.
Fabulous scenery is to be enjoyed at all the greens in North Wales, with spectacular teeing off points at Conwy with its harbour and castle and at Anglesey in the shadow of Beaumaris Castle. The most northerly of the golf courses on Anglesey is Bull Bay, on a cliff top near Almwch.
Coastal Llandudno has three golf courses while on the borderlands at Llanymynech there is the chance to straddle two countries by putting out into England. Three of the 18 holes are in England and 15 in Wales.
A number of North Wales golf courses were designed by James Braid, including Wrexham and Pwllheli, which started out as a nine hole course in 1900 and was later developed into 18 holes with views of Snowdonia to keep in sight around the fairways.
The variety of differently constructed greens and large number of golf clubs in North Wales means there is a wide choice of options from pay and play courses in Denbighshire and Flintshire to golfing holiday packages at North Wales hotels. Many offer golf pro shops, tuition and group bookings for golfers.
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