A record turnout in the disability event and two Anglesey golfers winning the chance to play at St Andrew’s in the week of the 150th Open Championship were the highlights of the Wales Golf Festival. Dion Lewis and Wyn Thomas of Baron Hill Golf Club won through in the R&A 9-Hole Challenge, with the remarkable prize […]
Wales has selected a strong team for the Ladies European Team Championship, hoping that hosting the event for the first time could lead to a first win. Wales did finish second in 1987 in the top event for female amateur golfing nations in Europe, but will be hoping a youthful team can make the most […]
So here we are finally back to the North Wales forests for what seems like an age. The sights, sounds and even smells of rally cars are back to the local area with the postponed Cambrian Rally. Starting from Llandudno town centre on the 30th of October the event is the 66th running of the […]
It was a triumph of experience over youth as Royal St David’s made the most of home advantage to win the Welsh Ladies Team Championships, beating Newport in the final. The match hinged on Wales seniors international Ann Lewis up against Newport’s Jess Evans which went to the 18th before Lewis closed it out, making it […]
Entries have opened ahead of a planned full schedule of Championship Golf in Wales in 2021. After the effects of the pandemic on the 2020 playing season, all major Championships within Wales are planned to go ahead this summer with safe and secure COVID-19 protocols in place. All Championships can be entered online here – https://www.walesgolf.org/championship-single-online-entry/ […]
The PING Welsh Junior Tour will return in 2021, looking to build on the growth of 2019 before the event was understandably interrupted this year. With the Coronavirus pandemic forcing cancellation in 2020, it will also return to the same format as 2019 which saw increased entries across the board. There will also be a […]
Wales Golf is supporting the Rainbow Laces campaign with a series of social media features on LGBTQ+ members of the Welsh golfing community. This is complemented by Wales Golf’s continued work towards the Advanced level of the Equality Standards for Sport, and the organisation’s vison to make golf ‘Everyone’s Game. Anywhere’ The focus is on […]
Golfers around Wales will be able to enjoy the first Club Finals Weekend next year, with several of the traditional tournaments being wrapped into one event. The COVID-19 pandemic meant those events were cancelled in 2020, but also saw lessons learned which have contributed to planning ahead for their hopeful return in 2021. “We are […]
Wales Golf have moved the Welsh Amateur Championship back until a provisional date in October, while unfortunately a series of other events planned for this summer have had to be cancelled. Those include the Ping Welsh Junior tour, which has proved to be a growing success in recent years helping younger players get into golf […]
If you happen to see local lad George Roberts out running today please give him a wave – he’s not just an ordinary young man out for a bit of exercise – this is a man on a mission! George is almost half way through a tough challenge which he set himself – to run […]