balnuaron

I have played this course many times in the last 10 years and in my opinion it is an absolute gem. When I played last week the greens were as good as I've ever seen them and the fairways are well defined and immaculately cut. The course is fairly hilly and one needs to be reasonably fit to walk it. It provides a good challenge to the best of golfers.
As always I received an extremely warm welcome from the professional shop staff and the bacon sandwich afterwards was reasonably priced and delicious. I have recently seen a very poor review of this course and based on my experience I can only assume that the writer was mistaken about which course he had played. It wasn't the same one that I played yesterday!!

Played here during a touring caravan holiday partnered by my lady wife. Having paid a very reasonable green fee I was concerned that the course might not be up to much. How wrong could I be! While this was by no means a championship course it was well laid out and offered many challenges. There were no par 5s but the par 3's and 4s were excellent. One thing I particularly liked was the fact that the course opens with 5 parkland type holes. These are followed by 8 links style holes and the last 5 are back to parkland. My wife, who only plays casually, said this was the best round of golf she had ever experienced. For myself I found the course very well looked after with fairways and greens in excellent condition. Off course the welcome in the clubhouse and pro's shop was first class and the small cafe served excellent coffee afterwards. We'll be back on our next visit to the area.