| Celtic Manor may be the Welsh golf course on | | | | south-west coast at Rhosneigr, with lots of |
| everybody's lips as it prepares to host the Ryder | | | | greens and streams - so good aim is needed to |
| Cup later this year, but there are hundreds of | | | | stay out of the water. |
| other venues across the country and if you are | | | | Holyhead Golf Club has a reputation of being one |
| looking for a great golfing weekend you may wish | | | | of the best in Wales and it has accommodation |
| to consider Anglesey. | | | | on site, which may be where you get to stay, |
| Of all the possible UK weekends away, a trip to | | | | giving you very easy access to the course. Like |
| the island offers attractions that nowhere else | | | | the Anglesey Golf Club, this also has dune and |
| can match. For example, no place in Britain has a | | | | heathland terrain, with panoramic views across |
| name as long as the 58-letter | | | | the Irish Sea, across which ferries sail to dock at |
| ogoch. This village is also the sight of one of the | | | | the nearby terminal, ensuring you will hear a few |
| most visually striking attractions on the island, the | | | | Irish voices during your visit. |
| Marquis of Anglesey's Column. The Marquis was a | | | | Bull Bay has two distinctions, being the |
| senior officer in the battle of Waterloo and while | | | | northernmost golf course in Wales and also a |
| his column is not as tall as Nelson's, unlike the | | | | favourite of David Lloyd George, who was prime |
| structure in Trafalgar Square this is a hollow | | | | minister from 1916 to 1922 and was raised in |
| column with a spiral staircase inside leading to a | | | | north Wales. This course is on a stunning clifftop |
| viewing platform just below the statue on top. | | | | location with superb sea views and dramatic |
| The column is one of many great sights you may | | | | scenery all around, where greens at different |
| see on golfing weekends in Anglesey, which could | | | | heights offer various challenges that differ from |
| start with a drive over the impressive Menai t | | | | those found on other courses. |
| Suspension Bridge, which was designed by | | | | While enjoying golf weekend packages, you may |
| Thomas Telford. As well as the dramatic scenery | | | | still find some time away from the course to |
| of the straits that separate Anglesey from the | | | | enjoy Anglesey's other attractions. Apart from |
| mainland, the bridge itself is a stunning sight, with | | | | columns and long place names, there is more of |
| its huge chains anchored at either end. | | | | the coast to explore if you wish, although it would |
| Getting to the island is easy and one of the | | | | take several days to complete a trek of the |
| attractions of Anglesey, particularly from the | | | | Anglesey Coastal Path. However, there are |
| north where fast routes via motorways and | | | | beaches such as the golden sands of Red Wharf |
| other roads put it the island within easy reach of | | | | Bay and the pebbles at Moelfre, while those who |
| major cities like Manchester and Liverpool. | | | | enjoy the history of north Wales can visit |
| Anglesey has six golf courses and a seventh - | | | | Beaumaris Castle, which, while it appears to be a |
| Holyhead Golf Club - is on nearby Holy Island, a | | | | ruin, was in fact never completed. |
| separate island that can only be reached by bridge | | | | Beaumaris itself also has two local courses and |
| from Anglesey. If you are undertaking a golf | | | | wherever you go on Anglesey you should find |
| weekend here a three-day itinerary would include | | | | both good golf and great scenery, not to mention |
| Anglesey Golf Club, Holyhead Golf Club and Bull | | | | language and culture. And with the mainland so |
| Bay Golf Club at Amlwch. These courses are all | | | | close via the Menai Bridge, you can also easily |
| very different from each other, which should | | | | access the rest of north Wales if you wish, with |
| provide lots of variety and also a chance to | | | | its many castles, mountains and other attractions. |
| improve different aspects of your game as you | | | | However, the likelihood is that with golf clubs in |
| spend hours each day teeing off, driving and | | | | hand and so much to do, you are likely to want |
| putting in all sorts of terrain and layouts. | | | | to stay on Anglesey as long as you can and |
| Anglesey Golf Club is a links course that lies low | | | | make the most of a great weekend on a |
| by the sand dunes and heath on the island's | | | | beautiful island. |