Welsh Course Set to Expand

Planning permission has been granted to enable Coed Y Mwstwr Golf Club, near Bridgend in south Wales, to become an 18-hole course.

Four years after opening in 1994 as a nine-hole parkland course, the members took out a 30-year lease and formed a board of directors. In 1999 a further three holes were opened and now the directors, led by chairman Gareth Summerton, have negotiated the purchase of an additional 26 acres. This land will accommodate a further five holes for which the planning permission has just been granted.

A new par-three hole is also being created within the existing layout to complete the 18 holes which will open during the summer of next year.

In order to match the improved course facilities, the clubhouse will undergo a facelift and expansion. The club, which is only a few minutes from the M4 motorway, aims to increase its membership to 600 over the next year or so