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Royal St David's Golf Club
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Rating: 3.4
Pace of Play
3
Greens
3
Service
4
Value
4
Design/Layout
4
Designed by T Harold Finch-Hatton in 1894, the course measures 6,601 yards and par: 69, it is one of the more notable courses in the north of Wales It's overshadowed by the Harlech Castle and adjoins the Tremedog Bay on one side, and the Welsh mountains of the Snowdonia National Park on the other. . The course's front nine is fairly straightforward links golf without much undulation, rounding through meadow like Snowdonia countryside. The back nine is more challenging where the rough is higher and more penal and the dunes and rolling nature of the land provide more character. Great fun, lots of variety, a real cracker.
Posted by: MCallaghan
Oct 10th, 2010
Stayed in Wales after the Ryder Cup and had the chance to play Pennard and Royal St. David's. You can't beat the rates here, about 1/2 Scotland and England for the same quality of course. Green fees are 26 pounds weekdays, 32 on the weekends with discounts for after 3:30, a great deal considering you could probably play 36 in the summer when it doesn’t get dark till almost ten. Daunting rough in all directions par of just 36 -33, I began my round by hoping to break 80 and soon switch my goal to completing the round without runnout out of balls. Though the fairways are wide and well-maintained by links standards, the rough is comprised of ankle to waist-deep masses of matted grass, flowers, weeds, brambles, gorse, heather, dense evergreen bushes and even the occassional tree. Add to these troubles ditches, dikes, bogs, bikes and people, as well as paths made from sea shells, cinders and hard rock. Also present are thousands of swales, humps and hillucks, holes dug by squirrels, burrows made by countless rabbits, and massive grass-covered dunes that seem nearly as high as Harlech Castle which overlooks the golf course. Hundreds of bunkers filled with fluffy sand, they thought Whistling Straights had a lot of bunker!
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Posted by: chris22
Jul 11th, 2010
Much like Pyle & Kenfig, there are two sides to this course, with the stretch of 12 -18 in the towering dunes the most memorable. Yet, the rest of course is no slouch. A definite on this itinerary.
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Posted by: TrevorS
May 27th, 2010
Took the drive to Wales, and had to play Royal St. David’s, had heard it was a superb golf course in a beautiful setting in the shadows of Harlech Castle. It’s a spectacular view as it’s perched on top of the hill and can be seen from almost every hole. The course itself is relatively flat, fairways were tight with punishing rough, not for the higher handicapper. The greens were true and fast for this early in the year, and with the back nine playing straight into the wind, it wasn’t the best day for scoring. While it was windy, it was overall a beautiful day, the golf course a real pleasure to play.
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Oct 5th, 2008
A terriffic links course, save for the letdown par 3 18th, a far test, but penal on wayward shots, with a brilliant and demanding back nine. Ridculously difficult par 69, get your scoring done on the fron side. Beautiful setting, somewhat secluded.