Product Description

An information guide to the top 15 golf courses in Wales, this work includes brief information about other golf courses. It describes the golf courses in detail, their location, landscape, environs, how the course plays, club information, where to eat and were to drink.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #443298 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Ian Woosnam
'If this books causes a flurry of enquiries at golf clubs in
Wales, then great.'

Golfers Chronicle, June 2007
'Golf Wales is a visually stunning and beautifully written book
showcasing an alluring selection of top golfing gems as chosen by golf
correspondent of The Times, John Hopkins.'

Western Mail, 2 June 2007
'A welcome new guide to some of the best golf courses in Wales.
Written by The Times golf correspondent, it features some of his favourite
courses, from Aberdovey to Porthcawl. There is also helpful information
about the clubs and details of where to eat and where to stay. Illustrated
with over 150 colour photographs, it's an ideal gift for avid golfing
fanatics as well as the wannabes.'

Customer Reviews

Golf Wales - a compendium of affectionate memories
A most timely promotion for Welsh golf. The writing about a favourite pastime in the country of my birth stirred many rich memories. The descriptions, the anecdotes, the photography as well as the practical commentary on food and lodging all combine to produce an irresistable guide to a thoroughly recommended golfing holiday in a magical country. Although I have long lived away from the Principality, this book beckons my early return...after all, there are two courses not yet seen and many others to be again savoured.

As the build up to the Welsh Ryder Cup builds, don't wait - pack your clubs and use John Hopkins' book as your guide - rich pleasures await.

Coffee table delight for golf aficionados
Hopkins will be known to many for his erudite and distinctive words as Golf Correspondent of The Times. Here he plays second fiddle to some outstanding photography displaying courses in Wales that, as the author says, "are fun to play". If you want to know more about Wales's golfing treasures - and with some handy hints on where to stay and to eat - this provides a minefield of information. Hopkins illuminates the glossy snaps with pithy recollections and impressions of the courses in his languid prose. You don't need to be Ian Woosnam to get full value from this one.