Royal Porthcawl Golf Club in Porthcawl, Glamorgan, United Kingdom | Golf | Golf Club | Golf Courses

In the early part of 1891 a group of Cardiff businessmen, involved in shipping and coal exporting, and all keen golfing enthusiasts decided to form a golf club at Porthcawl, known as the Royal Porthcawl Golf Club. The following April the members were granted the right to cut holes for a nine hole golf course on Lock's Common.

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, United Kingdom, was described as being one of the twelve finest courses in the world by the late Tom Scott, a leading writer on golf and former editor of Golf Illustrated. Since his day the club has acquired a large practice area and further improvements have been made to the course, developments which keep Royal Porthcawl Golf Club firmly among the world's top golf courses. The status of the course is sustained by the many prestigious professional and amateur events held at the club over the years.

Royal Porthcawl Golf Club overlooks the Bristol Channel on the Glamorgan Coast between Cardiff and Swansea.  The Course has a magnificent setting sloping down to the seashore. The absence of sand hills usually found on links courses enables the golfer to see the sea from every hole and to enjoy memorable views south to Somerset and Exmoor, and northwest across Swansea Bay to the Gower Peninsula.