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Few golf courses anywhere in Britain frame their holes against such a dramatic collision of mountain and sea. Perched on the northern slopes of the Carneddau range — the great whale-backs of upland Snowdonia that drop almost sheer to the Irish Sea — Penmaenmawr Golf Club plays across terrain that is genuinely unlike anything in the lowland game. The views across Conwy Bay toward Anglesey and the Menai Strait can stop you mid-backswing.
The course is a compact, par-67 layout, which tells you immediately that short irons and course management matter more here than distance off the tee. The hillside setting means uneven lies, shifting winds off the water, and holes that climb and fall in ways that demand real imagination. This is mountain golf in Wales — honest, exposed, and frequently humbling.
Penmaenmawr itself is a small quarrying town with deep roots in this corner of Gwynedd, where Welsh is the everyday language and the landscape has a scale that puts the game in proper perspective. For visitors exploring North Wales golf beyond the famous links of the Llŷn Peninsula or Conwy, this club offers something genuinely its own.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White · men | 5,361 | 66.1 | 119 | 67 |
| Yellow · men | 5,247 | 65.4 | 116 | 67 |
| Winter white · men | 5,161 | 65.3 | 117 | 67 |
| Winter white winter greens · men | 4,865 | 64 | 114 | 66 |
| Red male · men | 4,824 | 63.7 | 113 | 65 |
| Red · women | 4,824 | 68.2 | 117 | 67 |
| Ladies winter · women | 4,334 | 65.4 | 110 | 65 |
| Male Blue · men | 3,996 | 61.1 | 106 | 62 |
| Blue female · women | 3,996 | 63.6 | 107 | 66 |
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