The eyes of the golfing world will turn on South Wales in 2010 when the 5 star Celtic Manor Resort stages the
210 Ryder Cup Golf Matches. Visitors to the area are simply spoilt for choice, as immediately around Cardiff and Swansea there
are numerous top quality links golf courses. Take a short drive from the Capital and you will find Royal Porthcawl Golf Club,
rightly regarded as one of the best links style courses in the world, while other golfing gems in the region include
Southerndown, Pyle & Kenfig, Ashburnham & Pennard, the latter providing some stunning views of Swansea Bay.
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Swansea Golf Vacations
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Morgans Hotel - Swansea, Wales
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Swansea's only five star hotel located in the beautiful maritime quarter and only moments away from the city
centre and stunning Mumbles and Gower coastline. A grade II* listed building previously home to the port
authority responsible for administrating Swansea's thriving maritime trade. Now a five star hotel for today,
unashamedly modern, yet wrapped in a fine building redolent of yesterday. Twenty individual bedrooms,
restaurant and duo of bars - Morgans is an irresistible venue.
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The Towers Hotel - Swansea, Wales
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The Towers Hotel is a unique and distinctive hotel in the Jersey Marine area of Swansea where a warm,
friendly welcome combine with high standards of service and cleanliness. The hotel has undergone a major
refurbishment over recent years to all bedrooms, restaurant and the landmark Tower itself. In addition,
guests can enjoy free use of the 13m infinity pool, jacuzzi and steam room, to unwind after a day battling
the elements on the excellent links courses nearby.
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Cardiff Golf Vacations
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The Vale Resort - Cardiff, Wales
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The Vale is set amidst over 600 acres of beautiful parkland, once part of the estate of Hensol Castle - a
grade 1 listed 17th century stately home. The Resort offers world class facilities. A luxurious 143 bedroom,
four star hotel, 2 championship golf courses including the much talked about Wales National, plus Wales'
largest health spa, dining in both formal and casual surroundings and exceptional sporting facilities only 15
minutes from Cardiff city centre and International Airport, and 1 hour 30 minutes from Birmingham and Heathrow.
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St David's Hotel & Spa - Cardiff, Wales
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The five-star St David's Hotel & Spa is a luxury hotel overlooking Cardiff Bay. Situated on the
waterfront, St David's is a striking Cardiff landmark, and the most prestigious five-star hotel in Wales.
Dynamic and contemporary in style, the hotel incorporates an impressive floor-to-ceiling, glass-backed atrium
that provides a vision of space and natural light. Just five minutes from the centre of Cardiff, St David's
Hotel & Spa is adjacent to Mermaid Quay with a wide range of restaurants, bars. The St David’s Hotel has
also launched a new marine spa concept unique to the UK, and the luxurious treatments and full use of the
leisure pool is open to all guests.
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Wales Golf Courses
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Royal Porthcawl Golf Club
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It is nothing but a great shame that Royal Porthcawl does not have the infrastructure required to host an
Open Championship. Indeed, the closest it has ever come to staging a world-renowned event was when it hosted
the Walker Cup in 1995. Then, the American team, which had Tiger Woods as its main weapon, were blown away,
quite literally, by the course. Wind is a constant factor here due to the fact that there are no high dunes
or trees that might form some sort of defence - it's just you against the elements.
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Pyle & Kenfig Golf Course
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Established in 1922 the original course was laid out by that great architect H.S.Colt. Pyle and Kenfig Golf
Course, affectionately known as 'P & K' with its lofty sand dunes hugging the South Wales coast of Porthcawl
is situated in a wonderful stretch of golfing country. Glorious views and historic associations adorn this
undulating course with its natural hazard of hillocks, valleys and towering dunes. However serious the game,
time must be made to appreciate the panoramic views. The Bristol Channel, the Gower Peninsula, Sker Farm and
the magnificent Welsh Mountains can all be seen from various points. The well appointed and comfortable
clubhouse complements this magnificent course and visitors will always find a warm and friendly welcome.
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Southerndown Golf Course
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Originally designed by Willie Fernie in 1905 with later modifications by Herbert Fowler and Willie Park -
and most recently by Donald Steel - Southerndown takes full advantage of its natural features. Undulating
fairways and tight lies give the course a downland/links character. Bracken and gorse punish wayward shots
and on windy days golfers need to negotiate the hazards with care. There are many longer courses, but few
with a finer set of par-threes. Equally memorable are the closing holes, usually played into the wind. The
18th in particular with its intimidating gorse and renowned split-level fairway will live long in the memory.
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Ashburnham Golf Course
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A classic links course, the Ashburnham golf course celebrated its centenary in 1994. Overlooking Carmarthen
Bay the course's first two and final two holes are inland near the clubhouse. Holes 3-8 run parallel to the
sea and into the prevailing wind; holes 9-15 head back with the wind helping. With trouble generally to the
right on most holes this is not an easy course, particularly for slicers. Ashburnham is a very special links
course that has a special place in the hearts of a number of golfers; indeed, former Ryder Cup captain Bernard
Gallacher won his very first professional event at Ashburnham when he won the Schweppes PGA Championship in
1969.
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Pennard Golf Club
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Pennard Golf Club, located 8 miles west of Swansea in the Gower Peninsula, an area of outstanding natural
beauty. Golf has been played there since 1896. The holes are routed over classically undulating and tumbling
linksland, full of hummocks, hillocks and hollows and pocked with dunes large and small; in sum, exactly what
we might hope to find beside the shore. Yet this exceptional terrain is not beside the shore - It is two
hundred feet above it. No wonder Pennard has been called "the links in the sky."
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Machynys Peninsula Golf & Country Club
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Machynys Peninsula Golf & Country Club is proud to boast the first Nicklaus-designed golf course in Wales.
A modern links style layout overlooking Carmarthen Bay and the Gower Peninsular and already home to the European
Tours' Ladies Championship of Europe', Machynys has already earned itself an enviable reputation as the UK's
best new golf course.Machynys Peninsula has been designed to challenge the best players in championship
conditions - and yet still be enjoyable for the higher handicapper, by utilising up to five tees per hole.
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Tenby Golf Club
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Welcome to the oldest established golf course in Wales (1888). Tenby Golf Club is a challenging traditional
links course, recently voted 10th in best value courses of the UK by Golf Monthly Magazine. Tenby regularly
hosts Welsh Amateur Championships and is a fine test for players of all ability. From the first hole to the
last, you will never forget the layout of this renowned links course. With stunning ocean views it maximizes
all the natural features of this beautiful part of Pembrokeshire and remains playable all year. Visitors are
always assured a warm welcome at Tenby. The course provides a true test of any golfer's ability. Still
regularly used for Welsh Amateur Championships, Tenby's tight fairways, fast-running greens and thick rough
combine to provide an endlessly varied challenge.
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