Pontypool Golf club is situated above the town of Pontypool in South Wales and the golf course has some of the most spectacular views in the region, looking out over the Bristol Channel, and is just 30 miles from Cardiff by road.
Pontypool
Golf Club started life as Pontypool and District Golf Club on the
3rd April 1903. The course was initially a 9 hole course at Pentranch on the opposite side
of the valley to the current course.
A splinter group of members left and established another
golf course, Panteg Golf Club
at New Inn.
But shortly
after the end of the First World War both Clubs, realising that their
locations did not allow for expansion into an 18 hole course, agreed to
amalgamate.
They rented land from Pontypool Park Estate, parts of the Addawint and Pant-y-Gollen Farms at Trevethin. Additional land was leased on the mountain from the Blaenavon Company. And by Easter of 1923 the construction of the18 hole course was completed. The “mountain holes” were finally abandoned at the end of 1966.
One
of the most important decisions in the history of the Club was to
purchase the land on which the course was sited from the Park Estate in
1926 for the sum of £2,200.
The
original clubhouse was just off Folly Lane and an extension to the
building was constructed in 1956 and officially opened in 1957. The cost
of this extension was £2,400.
During
the early 1970’s the Club began considering the question of a new
Clubhouse. The current location at Addawint was agreed. The new
clubhouse was in part funded by the sale of the then 18th hole and
associated land and
buildings to the County Council.
The new Clubhouse was opened on the
20th March 1976.
"Pontypool Golf Club is truly a hidden gem in the the beautiful hills of
Torfaen, South Wales.
The Course is a picture and a great test and
challenge to all levels of golfers.
I‘ve always received an amazing and
warm welcome from the Members there.
On top of this, the catering at the
Club is second to none and I can highly endorse and recommend it”
BBC Wales, BT Sport, Sky & Premier Sports Broadcaster & Director, Great Days Golf.
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Page last updated -
8th March 2021