Mold Golf Club

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Mold Golf Club
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Mold Golf Club within Wales
Coordinates 53°10′22″N3°12′19″W / 53.1729°N 3.20536°W / 53.1729; -3.20536
Location Flintshire, Wales
Established1905
Type Golf Club
Total holes18
Website moldgolfclub.co.uk
Par 69
Length5473 yards

Mold Golf Club (Welsh: Clwb Golff Yr Wyddgrug) is a golf club based just outside Pantymwyn at Flintshire, Wales. [1] It is an 18-hole uplands course some 850 feet above sea level, with a practice ground and putting green. The Club welcomes members, new members and visitors alike, seven days a week. The club was praised by Welsh Assembly Delyn AM Sandy Mewies recently while opening a new facility at the club; she said, "It is a top flight facility, similar to ones used by top players". [2] The club was opened as "Hafod Golf Links" in 1905. [3]

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References

  1. Welsh Golf Corses.com website; recalled 03 March 2014.
  2. Daily Post; accessed 11-04-2014
  3. The Mold Golf Club website; accessed 11-04-2014.