Tee Time in Wales

How do you like your golf? Challenging and convivial? Unhurried and unstuffy, played in the true spirit of the game on the greenest of greens? Then you’ve come to the right place.

Thanks in no small measure to our hosting of the Ryder Cup, Welsh golf is now up there with the big hitters of the game. But golf in Wales doesn’t start and end at the Ryder Cup venue. Newport’s Celtic Manor Resort is just one of around 200 courses – including some of the world’s top links courses – all packed into a country that’s only 60 miles wide and 170 miles long.

It’s all neatly packaged on this website too – golf holidays, short breaks, weekends away, news, blogs, golfing gossip and much, much more. Welcome to golf as it should be.

Relive the excitement of The 2010 Ryder Cup

Find out more about what one year on means to us and enter our competition to win a golfing break at the Celtic Manor Resort by visiting the Visit Wales Blog.

Wales: Golf 2011 eBrochure

News

Wales Open Opportunity for Up-and-Coming Golfers
Three of Wales’s most promising amateur golfers will compete at this year’s ISPS Handa Wales Open.
Wales On Show
Take a look at some of Wales's most beautiful golfing locations in our new gallery.
Huge Growth in Welsh Golf Tourism
More and more visitors are falling in love with golf as it should be. The number of golf visitors to Wales grew by an impressive 36 percent between 2004 and 2011, according to new government figures.
Deal of the Month – Dragon Hotel, Swansea
Combine a four-star city break with 54 holes of golf for just £214 per person.
Golf Plus
If you need any further incentives to get out onto those greens, take a look at what’s happening in Wales this month
Golf North Wales Goes Mobile
Revamped website lets golfers get the best of North Wales while they’re on the move.
Open Competitions at Nefyn and District Golf Club
Test your skills at one of Wales’s most spectacular and best-loved clubs.
Wales to Host Senior Open Championship
Major Championship to be held in Wales for the first time at Royal Porthcawl in 2014.
State-of-the-Art Fitting Centre Opens at Celtic Manor Resort
Titleist bases its fourth British and Irish National Fitting Centre at 2010 Ryder Cup venue.
Airline Charges Provide a Boost for UK Golf?
More than half of UK golfers say the increased costs of flying with clubs has an effect on where they choose to play, according to research for International Golf Travel Market.

Blog

Practice Makes Perfect
Amy Boulden will represent Great Britain and Ireland at the 2012 The Curtis Cup. She tells us how playing at Conwy has prepared her for the big challenge.
Sports Day
Golf and rugby are the perfect combination for Golf As It Should Be web editor Huw Thomas and a group of friends.
The Long Game
Lifetime enthusiast Emyr Griffith, who has played most of the courses in Wales, recounts some of his best Welsh golfing memories.
Ahead of the Pack
Former Wales rugby captain Ieuan Evans talks about his golfing experiences and Wales’s place on the international stage.
Absolute Beginner
Award-winning chef and hotelier Glyn Roberts of Castle Cottage in Harlech tells us about his experiences as a novice golfer. This maestro in the kitchen admits that – currently, at least – he’s more at home with a carving knife than a golf club.
Trans-Atlantic Tee Time
Golf As It Should Be web editor Huw Thomas meets some keen golfers from across the pond.
Making a Connection
Ginny James of Maesdu (Llandudno) Golf Club tells us how a number of courses came together to create the new North Wales James Braid Trail.
Local Hero
Steven Jones shares his thoughts on the challenges of Caernarfon, his home club
Made to Measure
Joy Evans of Priskilly Forest Country House and Golf Club in Pembrokeshire explains that ‘golf as it should be’ is all about the personal touch.
Follow the Leader
Nigel Edwards, Captain of the 2011 Great Britain and Ireland Walker Cup team, tells us about the competition and his Welsh golf experiences.