LOTTERY FUNDING ASSISTS EXPANSION FROM NINE TO EIGHTEEN HOLES
Palleg Golf Club, in the Swansea valley in South Wales, has long been acknowledged as one of the best 9 hole courses in the whole of South Wales and, as such, has a very high quality of player and also a very thriving junior section.
In recognition of this, the Club were successful in obtaining Lottery grant for the extension of the course from a 9 hole to an 18 hole layout. As David Williams explains ..”The Club felt that although their 9 hole course was very highly rated by the members, they were finding that visitors and societies were less likely to book a 9 hole venue compared with nearby (and often much more inferior) 18 hole venues. The Club felt that to progress, it was essential that it expanded to a full 18 hole layout”.
The site is an extremely dramatic one, with a major tree-covered gully running through the centre of the site, and it was this feature which strongly influenced the final DWGD design to be adopted. With five holes designed to cross over the gully, it was essential that they be positioned still allowing play, especially by the lesser players, to be undertaken unimpeded by the feature and, after numerous alternative layouts, the final layout was adopted which has translated into reality in summer 2002 by the selected contractors Barrelfield Construction Limited, with whom DWGD have previously created eight new 18 hole courses in the south-east of England.
