Royal Porthcawl Golf Club

Although basic, it was perfect and the staff were really nice and helpful.

Now one of the favourite courses I have ever played. Beautiful views, tough but fair holes; an excellent all round experience.

WOW, this course is amazing and one of the best I have played, as good as any links course in the world. Such great sequence of holes. The hospitality is 10/10, breakfast is a must!

Staff were very friendly and helpful Breakfast was divine Course was amazing

Exceptional condition, practise facilities amazing and great staff from pro shop to clubhouse. Not cheap but Highly recommend.

A very good course but I wouldn’t like to play it in the wind and rain! Fortunately we had brilliant sunshine. The scores reflected the difficulty of the course with narrow fairways, hard bounces and lots of bunkers and some pretty unforgiving thick rough! Take lots of balls! A bucket list course ticked off but I am not sure I will be returning any time soon.

Weather had been quite wet, it was very windy (which we expected) and we had a heavy rain shower towards the end of our round and got very wet. Some of the bunkers were full of water - we lost balls in the bunkers - impossible to find in the water. Exposed sand in the bunkers was completely hard packed - not good. For a course at this price with this reputation, not acceptable, irrespective of the weather. Nice personalised welcome card in entrance to the clubhouse but were quite slow and casual.

Excellent experience. Pro was very helpful. The course is difficult which was expected with lots of bunkers which are a challenge to get out of!

This is a fantastic and must play course,tight fairways and fantastic greens,we had windy conditions which was expected,the staff and clubhouse were brilliant

Excellent, made welcome by staff, weather and course conditions perfect

Lovely course staff great really enjoyed it

Tough course made tougher with the 30mph wind! From the welcome in the Pro Shop and Clubhouse to the farewell we were made to feel at home. The course is tough but fair we all had a great experience.

tough course but to be expected. you need to know where you're going and where the major trouble is and good bail out areas

Breath-taking example of links golf, the best in Wales.

Amazing

Brilliant This is a must play venue

Fantastic experience, we were so lucky with the weather, as can imagine it would be extremely difficult in a wind Rough was very challenging, as were the deep bunkers Great course, in great condition

A very deceptive club house greated us. From the outside it looked like a Nissan hut! How different the inside was! Full of comfortable bars and steeped in history.Our round started with a full breakfast so we felt ready to tackle the course! Again the wind blew, making it tougher. The course is fantastically maintained, the walkways from the tees looking more like carpet! A good day out

Well worth the visit. Pro shop staff were exceptionally friendly and welcoming. Right from the 1st tee you get the feeling your going to be tested and need to be accurate. Greens were true and a good pace. Bunkers were immaculate, pathways from tee to fairway were like a carpet, fairways again immaculate. Luckily we played it in just a freshening breeze, even this made you think and affected club choice and direction.

Just brilliant. Beautifully laid out couse, very fast and tricky greens, lovely views from a lot of the holes. Would definitely play again.

What a spectacle! Just so good in every aspect, design, appearance, quality - a course on another level. I even managed to drive the first green!

One of the best courses we have ever played. Fantastic day with some wind and clear blue skies. Would love to go back and no wonder it is one of the UK's best courses. Special.

Apply strict rules & regulations but all the staff & members were friendly & welcoming

40 - 50 mph hour wind during the whole of our round - made the course extremely hard work . Would love to play here again with more moderate weather conditions ! . Course in great condition , great location / views . A superb challenge .

Our teeoff time was not confirmed. It was a club match going on. We was let our on the 13th

Absolutely stunning. Goes to the top of our must do courses again. It may also help my scoring ability!! We all thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and rate the course above our links in Cornwall. In amazing condition considering the weather last year. Staff very helpful and friendly again and a clubhouse that reminds us of Royal North Devon a little.

I had heard great things about Royal Porthcawl but the experience did not match my expectations. The greens were in poor shape and the course was damaged and very bare in places. Also one green keeper continuously encroached on us. He was using a blower to blow away dirt from the rough. He kept following us around. At one stage when we were on the 8th tee preparing to play, he walked in front of us on to an adjoining tee box. If this happened on my home course, he would be sacked.