The club called upon the services of Ramsay Hunter, a Scottish greenkeeper who had earlier laid out Royal St Georges, to design the new course.
The club was founded in 1891 and Charles Gibson, Royal North Devon's professional, laid out a 9-hole course on Lock's Common. In 1895, an adjacent piece of land became available and Ramsey Hunter created an 18-hole layout. Porthcawl was granted its royal title in 1909 by King Edward VII.
Royal Porthcawl Golf ClubRoyal Porthcawl in 2008Club informationShow map of the United Kingdom Show map of Wales Show allCoordinates51.492°N 3.726°WCoordinates:51.492°N 3.726°WLocationPorthcawl, Wales, U.K.10 more rows
Ramsay HunterRoyal Porthcawl, founded in 1890's and designed by Ramsay Hunter, architect of Royal St George's. – Host to Walker Cup, the Curtis Cup, the European Team Championship. – Venue for The Senior Open Championship – 2014.
Porthcawl, coastal resort, Bridgend county borough, historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), southern Wales. It is situated on a low limestone headland overlooking the Bristol Channel.Mar 6, 2022
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Wales has around 180 golf courses and 23 links courses, many are located in our National Parks, Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and scattered along our Wales Coast Path.
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You can take a bus from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Royal Porthcawl Golf Club via Llantwit Major Interchange, Bridgend, Bus Station, and Porthcawl, Fenton Place in around 3h 27m.
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Porthcawl is a town and community on the south coast of Wales in the county borough of Bridgend, 25 mi west of the capital city, Cardiff and 19 mi southeast of Swansea.
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The king of clubs in Wales is the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, not far from Cardiff on the southern coast. Located on the aptly-named “Rest Bay,” wonderfully peaceful on a calm day, Royal Porthcawl Golf Club delivers that exclusive, private club experience not unlike that at famous Muirfield in Scotland.
"From the moment I set foot on Scotland soil - Not One Problem confronted me."
April 29, 2020. Royal Porthcawl is well deserving of its current top 70 ranking in the world. It is by far the best course in Wales, and any trip to this country without a stop at Porthcawl is questionable. The course has great variety, with par 3s ranging from 110 yards to 220 yards, and has some reachable par 5s.
The Bristol Channel acts as a funnel for Atlantic gales and the course is fully exposed to the wind. It’s not a traditional out and back layout – the holes loop back on one another, playing in various directions. With an absence of trees and dunes, the wind plays a powerful role.
In 2014, the Senior Open Championship was hosted at Royal Porthcawl. This was the first time a Major Championship had been staged in Wales.