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.

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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.

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News

Deal of the Month – ‘Hole in One’ at Gwesty’r Emlyn Hotel, Newcastle Emlyn
A new package gives golfers to a guided tour of three of West Wales’s most interesting courses.
Golf Success at BBC Sports Awards
Welsh golf is recognised twice at the BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year 2011 awards.
Golf Plus
Although Christmas is done and dusted, it doesn’t mean that you have to go into hibernation in January. There are still plenty of things going on in Wales – and lots of great golfing opportunities along with them.
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.
New Sponsorship for Wales Open
Celtic Manor Resort announces three-year sponsorship deal with the International Sports Promotion Society for its flagship European Tour competition, the ISPS Handa Wales Open.
Vale Resort Selected as Top Academy
The Vale Resort in South Wales has been named as one the UK’s top three academies in the Association of British Travel Agent’s Golf 2012 publication.
Welsh Courses Named ‘Hidden Gems’
Six courses in Wales are featured as part of a list of 100 Hidden Gems in the December issue of Golf Monthly.
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.
Nigel Edwards Named 2013 Walker Cup Captain
Captain of 2011’s winning British and Irish side holds onto top spot for another year.

Blog

Happy New Year
As we move into 2012, Golf As It Should Be web editor Huw Thomas recalls some of last year’s highlights.
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.
Ahead of the Pack
Former Wales rugby captain Ieuan Evans talks about his golfing experiences and Wales’s place on the international stage.
Trans-Atlantic Tee Time
Golf As It Should Be web editor Huw Thomas meets some keen golfers from across the pond.
The High Life
Photographer and golf enthusiast Harry Williams gets a different perspective on one of Wales’s most iconic courses.
Virtual Reality
Golf As It Should Be web editor Huw Thomas checks out the future of golf at Cottrell Park.
Happy Anniversary
Celtic Manor Resort’s Matt Barnby reports on the recent event celebrating one year since Wales’s first Ryder Cup.
Local Hero
Steven Jones shares his thoughts on the challenges of Caernarfon, his home club
The View from ‘Over There’
Golf As It Should Be web editor Huw Thomas gets an outside perspective on the Welsh golf scene.
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.