South Wales Links Tour

6 nights, 5 rounds of golf. Enjoy classic links golf set against the dramatic coastline of South Wales.

 
 
ITINERARY
 
 
 
Day 1
The Grand Hotel, Swansea
 
 

The Grand Hotel Swansea has been a landmark hotel since the 1930's. It has now been completely renovated to its former style and elegance. The hotel hosts some of the best facilities a four star hotel has to offer, All of the bedrooms and public areas have air-conditioning as standard. Bedrooms offer plasma screen TV's and DVD players, and are to a modern and elegant design. The Dunes health club offers a 8 seater Jacuzzi, sauna, steam room, gymnasium and solarium. The hotel offers excellent dining with one restaurant, a bistro and a piano bar.

 
       
 
Day 2
Ashburnham
 
 

Ashburnham is one of the finest and oldest golf courses in Wales, founded in 1894, with fine views over Carmarthen Bay.  A number of important events have been hosted here, including the PGA Championship. The first two and the last two holes are somewhat out of character with the rest, having an inland feel. But the holes in between are the real thing – undiluted linksland.  By the time you reach the 3rd hole, you’re running parallel to the sea and often into the teeth of the prevailing wind. This historic links is an absolute delight and is guaranteed to put a smile on your face.

 
       
 
Day 3
Royal Porthcawl
 
 

Despite being the highest ranked course in Wales, Royal Porthcawl remains relatively unknown.The course has a magnificent setting sloping down to the seashore. The absence of sand hills usually found on links courses enables the golfer to see the sea from every hole and to enjoy memorable views south to Somerset and Exmoor, and northwest across Swansea Bay to the Gower Peninsula. With holes facing into every point of the compass, the player is always tested by the wind and will probably need every club in the bag.

 
       
 
Day 4
Pennard
 
 

Pennard Golf Club is 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. 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." There is not a weak or a prosaic hole on this t gorse and heather framed course.

 
       
 
Day 5
Pyle & Kenfig
 
 

Pyle and Kenfig, commonly known as P&K, is one of Wales’s finest links courses. Its famous regal neighbour, Royal Porthcawl, lies next door. But make no mistake, Pyle and Kenfig is almost as great as the mighty Porthcawl. Breathtaking views of Welsh mountains, Rest Bay and the Bristol Channel can be seen from this old links course, which was founded in 1922 and originally designed by Harry Colt. Drink in the view from the 14 th tee – the panorama towards the Gower Peninsula is stunning. Pyle & Kenfig’s last three holes (all long par fours) are amongst the best closing holes in golf.

 
       
 
Day 6
Tenby
 
 

This is one of the finest and least well-known golf courses in the whole of the British Isles.  It is here you will find links golf at its most natural. There is nothing modern about Tenby, but it’s an amazing experience. Many shots are blind, the contoured greens are hard and fast, and there are snaking hog’s back fairways, dense gorse, cruel pot bunkers and rugged dunes.

 

 
       
 
Day 7
Depart