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Caerphilly Golf Club sits on the upland common land above one of South Wales's most storied towns, where the landscape opens into exposed moorland that immediately tells you this will be a different kind of test than the parkland tracks down in the valleys. The course occupies ground typical of the Welsh uplands — firm, fast-draining turf, heather and rough grass defining the margins, and weather that can shift a round's character entirely within a few holes. That setting gives the club a rugged, honest identity that members clearly wear with pride.
Caerphilly itself is dominated by its 13th-century castle, one of the largest in Britain and a reminder that this corner of the Caerphilly basin has been contested and valued for a very long time. The town sits at the edge of the South Wales coalfield, with the Rhymney Valley stretching northward and Cardiff lying just 7 miles to the south.
The layout plays to a par of 71, which on mountain common land tends to mean a premium on accuracy over raw distance. Wind direction is the variable that rewrites the card here — the same holes can play entirely differently depending on what's coming off the hills.
| Tee | Yards | Rating | Slope | Par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White · men | 5,799 | 69 | 132 | 71 |
| Winter Mats · men | 5,537 | 68 | 128 | 69 |
| Yellow · men | 5,505 | 67.9 | 128 | 69 |
| Red · women | 5,037 | 70 | 125 | 70 |
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