Pyle & Kenfig Golf Club - If it didn't have a royal neighbor, Pyle & Kenfig would enjoy a far wider reputation. It has many fine qualities that distinguish it from Royal Porthcawl, as competitors in the 2002 Amateur Championship discovered when both courses hosted the qualifying rounds of the tournament. Although nearby, Pyle & Kenfig possesses much higher dunes and deeper, disconcerting valleys in a layout that offers plenty of diversity. Originally mapped out in 1922 by H.S. Colt, large chunks of the course were requisitioned by the army in World War II after which it was decided to move seawards into dunesland that designer P.Mackenzie Ross described as a 'golfer's paradise'. There are two loops of nine holes returning to the cozy clubhouse and the second half is regarded as the more challenging of the two with the final three holes viewed as the hardest of the lot. Each over 400 yards and with a daunting tee shot towards deeply-bunkered problems, they promise a demanding finish.

No. of holes: 18
Length: 6,728 yards
Par: 71
Course Type: Links/Downland