Rhyl Golf Club (
Welsh: ''Clwb Golff Rhyl'') is a golf club based on the outskirts of
Rhyl
Rhyl (; cy, Y Rhyl, ) is a seaside town and community in Denbighshire, Wales. The town lies within the historic boundaries of Flintshire, on the north-east coast of Wales at the mouth of the River Clwyd ( Welsh: ''Afon Clwyd'').
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Denbighshire
Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...
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Wales
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. It is a 9-hole course (links). In 2010 the club undertook a £225,000, five-year refurbishment programme. The course is a 9-hole (18 tees) 6315 yards in total and is the only nine-hole links on the north Wales coast.
In December 2013 the course was swamped by floods and part of a wall was washed away. the club has since played a big part in protecting east rhyl with the new flood defences and lagoon
The club's website claims to be "North Wales’ oldest golf club and a founder member of the Golf Union of Wales."
Rhyl Golf Club website
Accessed 21/5/2014
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Golf clubs and courses in Wales