Course Information

A modern links championship golf course, Machynys Peninsula has been designed to challenge the best players in championship conditions - and yet still be enjoyable for the higher handicapper, by utilising up to five tees per hole.

The shaping of the £3.5m course layout has included the creation of 25 acres of new lakes - salt and fresh water - 12 miles of irrigation pipes and six miles of drainage pipes, to ensure the course is in top condition all year round.

Gary Nicklaus - who has been overseeing the project design on behalf of his father, the legendary Jack Nicklaus - has identified some of his favourite and most challenging holes as the 4th, 5th, 16th, and 18th. Naming the fourth, "the most unique, a short-ish par 4 but a very challenging and a difficult one nonetheless."
He goes onto say: "The 16th, a par 4 that is played across the lake from right behind the clubhouse is probably one of the most beautiful holes on the course. The view from the green of the whole bay is spectacular, whether the tide is in or out."

The UK's top golfing publications have recently written about Machynys Peninsula. Here is a small selection of what they said:

'A stunning location, great design and clever use of natural features suggests that Machynys will quickly develop into one of the best courses in the country' - Golf Monthly 2005 (Awarded the Gold medal in the 2005 course rankings)

'We were blown away by its splendour, Machynys is the finest new course and a contender for the highest new entry in Golf Worlds top 100 courses in Britain and Ireland' - Golf World 2005

Wales' newest links is blessed with some of the truest greens anywhere and a rosey future seems assured' - Golf Monthly 2006

Directions To Machynys Peninsula

Machynys Peninsula is easily accessible just 15 minutes from the M4 motorway. If you are travelling east from Carmarthen follow the A48 towards the M4. Exit at junction 48 onto the A4138 towards Llanelli. Go straight over the roundabouts until you reach the McDonalds roundabout. Follow signposts to Machynys, the Golf club entrance is situated on left at the third roundabout.

If you are travelling west from Cardiff exit at junction 47 of the M4, follow the A483 towards Swansea, then at the first roundabout turn right and take A484 to Llanelli. Go straight over the first two roundabouts, and then take the first exit B4304at the next roundabout.  Follow the road over the railway bridge and take the second exit at the mini roundabout.  Proceed straight through the next two roundabouts until you reach the entrance of the Golf club - situated on left at the next roundabout.

Approximate drive times from major cities are: London (3 hrs), Birmingham (2hrs), Bristol (90 mins), Cardiff (50 mins) and Swansea (20 mins). Travelling by train there are regular inter-city services to both Llanelli and Swansea. Llanelli station is just 3 miles away.