The Vale Resort is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its first championship golf course, The Lake Course, this October.
Unveiled in 1994, the 18-hole course has been played by more than 70,000 golfers in 20 years including professional players such as Wales’s Bradley Dredge, Ian Woosnam as well as world-famous stars such as Gareth Bale, Sir Alex Ferguson and Bernard Gallagher.
The par-72 course has hosted four professional tournaments in the last 20 years, including Welsh professional championships and European Challenge Tour events.
Aptly named, the course is dominated with water on 12 of its holes, including the impressive 20-acre lake running along the 14th hole. And the course’s signature hole, The Island Green, is ranked as one of the Wales’ top par 4 golf holes.
Clive Coombs, golf operations manager at the Vale Resort, said: “The Lake Course was the resort’s first golf course and certainly set the benchmark of the high-standard of golf facilities at the Vale Resort.
“Over the last 20 years, the course hasn’t changed much, but it has certainly matured. There were more than 20,000 trees planted when the course opened, which were no more than 1ft high. The Lake Course now boasts impressive wooded areas, with some of our trees reaching more than 40ft in height, offering a sanctuary for wildlife including kites and hawkes. Coupled with a mixture of wide and narrow fairways and challenging water obstacles, the course attracts thousands of golfers every year to the resort.”
As part of the anniversary celebrations, the Vale Resort is offering reduced green fees, 20% off shoes and clothing at resort’s Pro Shop and £20 a buggy per round of golf throughout October. And new members can also enjoy their first six months golf membership for £200 if taken during the anniversary month.
Mr Coombs added: “The 20th anniversary of The Lake Course is a milestone; there aren’t many golf clubs in Wales that have such an impressive history and we’re inviting golfers, past and present, to celebrate with us this October.”
Players of the resort’s two championship winning golf courses, The Lake Course and the Wales National, can now access 3D flyover technology to watch the journey to the green through aerial shots of each hole, offering insight on how the course should be best played, before teeing off. Golfers can also download the Vale Resort’s bespoke golf app, which acts as a 3D-GPS distance device to help players improve their game. For more information visit www.vale-hotel.com/Golf.
