Royal St David's Golf Club - Harlech

Founded 1894, this championship 18 hole, 6427 yards course is set deep in Merlin country an area of outstanding natural beauty and in the shadow of the formidable castle built by Edward I in the 13th century. When the castle was built, the sea lapped the rocks beneath it but over the centuries retreated to leave the expanse of natural linksl and that was never meant to be anything but a great golf course. Only twice do successive holes proceed in the same direction so the wind invariably spreads trouble among the dunes and although it is not long, it has been described as the world\'s toughest par 69. Although laid out among the sandhills, the dunes do not come into play until the end of the round and the course is quite flat.