Golf Monthly UK – August 2019

Courses

T

he course at Conwy is one

of Wales’ very finest, playing

over wonderfully natural

linksland midway along the

northern coast. It takes you right

down to the shore at times and

serves up a stirring 360 ̊ view – south

to the Conwy Mountain and the hills,

north to Great Orme and the Irish Sea,

east to the Conwy Estuary and west

towards Anglesey.

With the mountain backdrops there

is just a hint of Royal County Down

here, though the course has fewer

serious elevation changes than its

Northern Irish counterpart. The layout

is more generous over the opening

half, though devious pot bunkers

abound, before placing a growing

premium on accuracy down the

stretch, where gorse makes its

presence increasingly felt.

History

Conwy is Wales’ third-oldest golf club

behind Tenby and Rhyl and was laid out

by Jack Morris, nephew of Old Tom, in

Edited by Jeremy Ellwood and Rob Smith

Conwy