Aberdovey Golf Club
Gwynedd, WalesOverview
Due to its free-draining soil and fine grasses, it is an excellent winter golf destination.
Stay in the Dormie House at Aberdovey (see our Trip Advisor). The price includes a one-night stay, a traditional Welsh breakfast, and a round of golf for a very tidy sum! The view is of the 18th green and adjacent to the clubhouse.
Golf Course Review
With fine grasses, free-draining soil, and dog friendly, Aberdovey Golf Club is one of the best links in Wales. It is a long strip of true, seaside golf accented by sandhills and marshes offering a view of the Dovey Estuary and Cardigan Bay. The railway and road add strategic value, as is the case with many seaside courses of the era.
Aberdovey Golf Club History
Colonel A.A. Ruck was Bernard Darwin's uncle. Legend has it, the course was laid out by routing nine holes in the marsh where his neighbour's flower pots served as cups. As such, it is Bernard Darwin's beloved home course, and perhaps unsurprisingly it features heavily in The Golf Courses of the British Isles.
Aberdovey Highlights
A noticeable characteristic of Aberdovey Golf Club is the small and demanding greens. Aberdovey has more than a casual resemblance to the likes of Brancaster, Lahinch, and Brora.
The 3rd hole, known as Cader, is the Dell of Wales and is one of Aberdovey's most famous holes. Another stand-out hole is the 16th. One of the best holes not just at Aberdovey but in all of Wales, it is deserving of far wider acclaim. One well-traveled, insightful commentator said it should be mentioned in the same breath as Foxy at Royal Dornoch, the Alps at Prestwick, and even the Road Hole at St Andrews!
Additional Aberdovey Reviews
Click to see Sean Arble's tour of Aberdovey
Aberdovey Golf Club Photography
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Featured Architect: Harry Colt
Harry Colt felt courses should reside in the land as opposed to upon it. Courses should be a part of the natural landscape. Bunkering on Par 3's is usually odd-numbered. Artificiality and symmetrical hazards were avoided at all costs. Most greens are square or rectangular. Despite this inclination, variety...
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- Ruck, A.A
- Harry Colt
- James Braid
- Herbert Fowler
- Hay, Alex
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Featured Architect: Harry Colt
Harry Colt felt courses should reside in the land as opposed to upon it. Courses should be a part of the natural landscape. Bunkering on Par 3's is usually odd-numbered. Artificiality and symmetrical hazards were avoided at all costs. Most greens are square or rectangular. Despite this inclination, variety...
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