Wales Golf Courses
How many golf courses are there in Wales?
The R&A counted 181 golf courses in Wales at the end of 2020. GeoGolf lists 124 courses in Wales across 22 areas, checked 20 October 2026. The count includes private members' clubs and pay-and-play courses open to visitors.
About golf in Wales
The R&A counted 181 golf courses in Wales at the end of 2020 (The R&A, Golf Around the World 2021): a mix of links, parkland and hill courses for every level of visiting golfer.
The south coast is home to Royal Porthcawl, a links known for views of the sea from every hole. Further west, the Gower Peninsula and the Pembrokeshire coast add more links golf, including Pennard and Tenby.
The drama of Snowdonia dominates North Wales. Aberdovey sits at the mouth of the Dyfi estuary, and the writer Bernard Darwin called it "the course that my heart loves best". The Llŷn Peninsula adds Nefyn & District, a cliff-top layout on the peninsula's north coast.
Green fees in Wales vary from small nine-hole clubs to championship links. The county filters below cover every Welsh county with a listed course.