Radyr Golf Club is a golf course in

Radyr Radyr ( cy, Radur) is an outer suburb of Cardiff, about northwest of Cardiff city centre. Radyr is part of Radyr and Morganstown Community, for which the 2011 Census recorded a population of 6,417. Morganstown is north of Radyr, on the othe ...

, northwestern

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, Wales. It is the oldest existing golf club in Cardiff, established on 29 November 1902, following the breakup of Lisvane Golf Club, the preceding year.

History

In 1904 the club hosted the inaugural

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. In 1912 the parkland course was redesigned by

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, who overlooked further changes nine years later. In 1913, a fire gutted the original clubhouse, and was replaced by a building which still exists. In 1920 Rupert Phillips and Raymond Thomas played at the course. The golfers were bet that they could not play through from Radyr in Cardiff to the golf club at

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, a distance of 20 miles. It took 608 strokes and 20 lost balls as well as being chased by a bull before they were able to collect the bet. It has hosted the

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six times as of April 2016, the last of which was in July 2015.

Course

The course at Radyr is a , par 70 (SSS 70) course for men and , par 72 (SSS 72) for women, and operates all year round. Laid out by the course designer

, the Chairman of the

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described it as "One of Colt's Little Jewels". Trudy Carradice, in the book ''Golf in Wales: A Pictorial History'' described the course as follows: Carradice further notes that the course offers fine views of Cardiff and the Seven Estuary.

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* {{Golf courses in the Vale of Glamorgan and Cardiff Golf clubs and courses in Wales Sport in Cardiff 1902 establishments in the United Kingdom 1902 in Wales Radyr