Golf Development Wales, part of the Welsh Golfing Union, has been set up with one of its aims to improve and enhance practice facilities within golf clubs within the Principality.

Accordingly, DWGD have been commissioned by Golf Development Wales to assist in this aim, and one initiative is a scheme where DWGD make an initial assessment of the existing facilities with proposals for improvement/extensions to the facilities, the cost of the initial report being funded by Golf Development Wales at no cost to the Club.

To date, DWGD have assisted in a number of projects generally throughout North Wales including the two projects where regional centres of excellence are being set up by the Welsh Golfing Union.

At Llangefni Golf Centre on Anglesey, a full length driving range has been designed together with a dedicated short game academy area to be used by the elite Welsh squad and the general public. To compensate for the loss of three holes in creating these facilities, three additional holes have been designed on adjacent land to retain the existing 9 hole course when it becomes the North West Centre of Excellence.

Clays Golf Club, near Wrexham has been selected as the North East Centre of Excellence, and DWGD have assisted with the design for the short game academy area to be sited there.

The practice has also designed a proposed 9 hole Par 3 course to be constructed on adjacent land, together with providing proposals for the alteration and extension of the existing 18 hole layout.

Rhyl Regeneration has been set up to improve and support other recreational facilities in the popular North Wales resort. DWGD have been commissioned to produce proposals for a golf practice facility, and recent designs have indicated a 9 hole Par 3 course on a site on the banks of the River Clwyd.

As part of the same scheme, DWGD have assisted Royal St. David’s Golf Club in Harlech (photo above) in the possible extension of the practice ground on this historic championship layout. If implemented, the extension will require the alteration of the existing 17th hole onto land currently part of an SSSI. A detailed audit of the course and proposals for additional bunkering was included within the remit.

Other Clubs assisted in the same scheme include Holywell GC and Penmaenmawr GC in their search for enhanced and improved practice facilities.

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