Traveling to Preskelly Forest from North Wales is about 179 miles and takes about 4 hours. A blue sky with small fluffy white clouds and the sun high in the sky made the trip a joy to do.

The shortest route, going via Aberystwyth, along the A487 coast road with views of the coastline of Cardigan Bay on one side and the Cambrian mountains on the other made you think of what beauty we have on our doorstep, even more so when you get to Newport and Fishguard, with its rugged coastal features and golden sands.

Heading out towards Letterston on the A40 look out for a sign for Castle Morris, turn right and follow it for about 2 miles and Preskelly Golf club is on to your left.

Entering along a tree lined drive filled with rhododendron bushes this brings you into a courtyard of the Country house.

The clubhouse is round the side, small, but homely. On entering the clubhouse I was greeted with a warm smile from Rebecca, and a nice cup of coffee whilst waiting to meet the owner Phil Evans. Phil and Joy have been running the country house b/b successfully for a number of years then added the golf course in 1992. Phil’s plans for the future are to add a further nine holes, which, if anything like the nine they have at present, will certainly put it high on the agenda for visitors to want to play. With easy walking and liberal fairways makes it for all categories of players an enjoyable day no matter what the score.

Phil who is chairman of the Dyfydd Golf Union explained that clubs are getting together to offer the golfing visitors the opportunity to play 3 or 4 courses in a localized area as a discount package, this would give good incentives to both golfers and clubs.

Walking up towards the first tee through some of the ancient woods of Preskelly Forest, the sun on your face, and birds singing in the trees and the course laid out in front of you …another hidden jewel in our principality.

The fairways and greens were in excellent condition, very well maintained and all credit must go to Phil and his team for the hard work they put in to produce this gem of a course. One of which, no one will be disappointed with.

The front nine sealed my fate as whether I could beat the course being 15 over par, and all to play again. The second nine we were joined by a member who showed a genuine interest in the challenge.

Knowing the course layout, the second nine proved better, coming in with a 43, and 7 shots up on the front nine.

Just before departing from the club, the member who I played with, who wished to remain anonymous approached me, and handed a generous donation to the challenge for which I am very grateful.

This is a course that I highly recommend and will be back to play. A challenge for all.

Results:

Out: 50
In: 43
Gross: 93
H/Cap: 13
Nett: 80
Par: 70
Putts: 19/18 Total: 37
Stableford Pionts: 11/17 Total: 28
3 Pars; 0 Birdies; 8 Bogeys; 5 D/Bogeys; 1 T/Bogey

Lost to the course
Conditions: Slight Winds 5mph + sunny periods, overcast at times.

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