Rhyl

Rhyl Golf Club was formed in 1890 and it became one of the founder members of the Welsh Golf Union five years later. Members moved to a new 18-hole course, beside the old Marina Hotel, in 1908 and this was opened by one of the Great Triumverate, Harry Vardon.

Within thirty years, the club was forced to move hundreds of yards east along the coast (due to the local council taking land for road construction in the town) and by the start of World War II, Rhyl had unfortunately been reduced to a 9-hole course.

Under threat from both coastal erosion and residential development ever since, the members at Rhyl are to be commended for managing to maintain their 9-hole (18 tee) course in the face of such adversity over the years.

Rhyl offers an old-fashioned links golf experience with generous fairways and greens that are firm, fast and well protected by bunkers. The total length when playing an 18-hole round is just less than 6,300 yards, with a par of 71 – but how can this figure be an odd number when the same nine holes are played twice, you may ask? The answer is that the 9th is played as a 458-yard par four but when replayed as the 18th, the hole becomes a 484-yard par five from the longer alternate tee.