Top Golf Resorts and Destinations in Europe by Nigel and Suzanne Butler

9. Wales – Celtic Manor: Soon to host the Ryder Cup (in 2010), Celtic Manor is the top stay and play golf location in Wales, and now home to three great championship courses. The aptly named Twenty Ten course sits in the picturesque Usk River valley, a course designed to test many of the world's best golfers, as well as provide the amateur golfer with a challenging and thoroughly enjoyable round. Celtic Manor's Roman Road and Montgomerie layouts also give wonderful views onto the surrounding Welsh hills, down into the valley and away across the Severn estuary to England in the distance beyond. Other notable South Wales courses such as Royal Porthcawl , Southerndown and St Pierre are also close at hand, while a short drive will take you further along the South Wales coast to the delights of Pennard, Machynys Peninsula and Tenby.