Llantrisant & Pontyclun GC

Club History

       Llantrisant & Pontyclun Golf Club was founded in 1927 as a 9 hole course. Golf had been played on Llantrisant Common as early as 1922 but due primarily to adverse reaction to this new sport land was purchased at Talbot Green to make a 9 hole course.  The club purchased some adjoining land in 1950 and extended the course to 12 holes.

       Some of the land purchased in 1950 had been considered at the time to be of no practical value as most of it was extremely wet with springs emanating from the nearby Graig mountain but in the year 2000 (thanks to "Sportslot" funding and the skill of Dutch drainage engineers) the course was successfully extended to 18holes of 5328 yards with a standard scratch of 66 & par 68.

       The river had always been a feature of the course marking the boundary of old 4th hole but with the advent of 18 holes 2 extra greens were able to use the river as a backdrop.  The course is both attractive and challenging as witnessed by the fact that the course record stand at 1 under the Standard Scratch.