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MAESDU
GOLF CLUB |
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Llandudno’s Maesdu Golf Club (Maesdu—pronounced “MUOYZ-dee”) is a
top-rated parkland/seaside 18-hole course. Set above the sandy delta
land along the eastern side of the Conwy River estuary where the
north-flowing river enters Conwy Bay, an inlet of the Irish Sea, the
course is between two principal resort towns of North Wales: Conwy and
Llandudno. The course was built in 1915 on land just east and uphill of
Llandudno’s first (1894) golf course that occupies the dunes land of the
eastern delta, itself almost directly across the estuary from the even
older Conwy Golf Club set on the Morfa sands of the western delta.
Maesdu G.C. is just one mile from the kitschy Victorian seaside resort
town of Llandudno and less than three miles from the walled medieval
town of Conwy, dominated by its great 13th century castle.. |
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| LENGTH & PAR: 18 holes White Tees: 6,565 yards, Par 72, SSS 72 Yellow Tees: 6,231 yards, Par 72, SSS 71 Red Tees: 5,661 yards, Par 75, SSS 73 FACILITIES: Pull Cart (Trolley) Rental Motorized Cart (electric trolley) Rental Club Rental Practice Area Pro Shop Clubhouse with locker rooms Bar & restaurant GREENS FEES: |
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VISITORS
welcome every day.
Handicap certificate and/or proof of club membership required. Maximum handicaps: none
RESERVATIONS:
Advanced reservations are recommended. |
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LOCATION & DIRECTIONS FROM THE NEAREST HOME AT FIRST LODGINGS IN NORTHWESTERN WALES: |
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Just south of Maesdu Road, 1 miles west of Llandudno; just east of
Maesdu Avenue (A546) 2 miles north of Conwy. From HOME AT FIRST's
nearest lodgings in/around Betws-y-coed, drive north 15-17 miles on the
A470. The A470 becomes Conway Road in Llandudno. Turn left on Maesdu
Road, and drive one mile. Turn left on Hospital Road, which leads to the
clubhouse. OTHER GOLF IN THE AREA
within easy reach of Home At First’s lodgings in
Northwest Wales: |
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Rhos-on-Sea Golf Club, Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy • Llandudno (North Wales) Golf Club, Llandudno LET HOME AT FIRST BOOK YOUR TEE-TIME AT MAESDU GOLF CLUB as part of your Ireland travel plans. There is no service charge for making your booking. MORE INFORMATION ON HOME AT FIRST TRAVEL TO: NORTHWESTERN WALES |
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Maesdu Golf Club is located just across the Llandudno railway spur and a level above its older neighbor, Llandudno’s North Wales Golf Club. The higher position gives Maesdu more of a parkland character—with more trees and gorse than the sand dunes and dunes grasses of a traditional seaside links. And, like many older courses in Scotland and England, it’s possible to take the train to a station close (within 5/8 mile in this instance) to both golf clubs. |
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Although Maesdu is not a classic links, its direct exposure to weather conditions coming in from the Irish Sea can make the course play like a seaside links amidst rolling dunes. Although not long (6,231 yards from the yellow tees—required for visitors) strong ocean winds and rains can make the course play much longer. On fine days the extensive views from the largely treeless, elevated back nine of the course permit vast views over the Conwy Bay to the north and west, the landmark Great Orme headlands to the north, and to the great mountains of Snowdonia to the south. For a relatively unknown (outside of Britain) course, Maesdu has hosted a surprising number of quality events, including numerous significant amateur tourneys as well as several PGA championships that have drawn players including three-time British Open champion Sir Henry Cotton and golf TV’s Peter Allis. In recent years the club’s biggest event has been its annual September Open Meeting—which first occurred in 1922. This tournament requires nine days and is open to full members of recognized golf clubs around the world. Some entrants return to Wales year after year in September just to join old friends they have made playing in the Maesdu Open. Like any good seaside links or parkland course, Maesdu offers rolling fairways and undulating greens. With frequent strong sea breezes affecting play, keeping drives low and straight is the best strategy, and, of course, accurate putting is required in order to handle the course. The course may appear less challenging than it really is by beginning with a fairly makeable 140-yard par-3, the easiest hole on the front. And, with the rewarding 490-yard par-5 18th hole closing the round from an elevated tee with what may be the best view on the course, Maesdu will encourage you to come back. In between, each nine has the regulation pair of par-3s (none longer than 166 yards) and par-5s (only one, the 503-yard 4th, besting 500 yards). The six most challenging holes at Maesdu are long par-4s, scattered evenly across both nines. The course has some water and numerous guardian bunkers at key points in the fairways and around greens, but it is not heavily wooded, and the gorse and rough are not major factors for most regular players who attack the course judiciously. However, when washed over by strong ocean wind and rain, Maesdu is not especially forgiving, and every shot must be carefully measured and aligned. |
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THE REGION: Coastal north Wales is rimmed with curious old-fashioned British seaside resorts that are struggling for relevance in this day and age of low-cost weekend jetaways to Tenerife. While the resorts (Conwy, Llandudno, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay, Rhyl, and Prestatyn, and others) struggle to revise their legacy as slow, damp, cold, and Victorian, North-western Wales offers some of the most extraordinary history and nature in all of Britain. The region is one of the most densely |
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castellated parts of Europe. Among its many castles in all states of repair are the four great castles of King Edward I: Conwy, Caernarfon, Harlech, and Beaumaris, in concert a defensive chain that pinned Wales to England’s back. Less than a score of miles inland are the great uplands of Gwynedd, a playground for hikers, fishers, climbers, railfans, and appreciators of wildly uncivilized scenery speckled with neat villages accented in tongue-twisting Welsh. The region is protected today as the Snowdonia National Park, as beautiful, varied and interesting as any isolated corner of Britain. |
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