Playing a Top-Ranked Course in North Wales: My Experience (NWGC)

Can we break 85? - EVERY SHOT IN 25 MINUTES
A round of Autumn golf at North Wales golf club in Llandudno, North Wales. It's a par 71 championship links course that was founded in 1894.
'Far and Sure' is the motto of this club.
The green fees were £35 for 18 holes in September 2022 (twilight rate).
I'm James, a golfer with a dodgy swing now playing off a 12.3 handicap. I had taken 4 golf lessons to improve my swing on the day of play.
I'm looking to continuously break 85 on the courses I play. Even if I don't shoot a good score I always enjoy strolling around the fairways of North Wales, UK :-)
App for shot tracer: Shot Tracer Pro
App for scorecard: Golfshot
Todays course: www.northwalesgolfclub.org.uk/
To contact me about anything: [e-mail]
Previous rounds at this course:
15 handicap: • What 15 Handicap Golf ...
27 handicap: • Every Shot of a 27 Han... (front 9)
27 handicap: • Every Shot of a 27 Han... (back 9)
This course is currently rated the 4th best in North Wales by this website:
www.top100golfcourses.com/gol...

[@kenirving5240]

Another excellent video, keep ‘em coming!

[@YoYoZamolo]

Your improving so quick. Great stuff 👍

[@joegomez5807]

Great round. You give us all hope

[@rjt4020]

Great course great play thanks so much for posting.

[@petermurphy7627]

Nice round James, well played 👏👏

[@martinkscott]

Brilliant play sir

[@timdench2583]

Well played James. Some great shots this week.

[@OneMorePutt]

Such a beautiful course, congratulations on such a good round!

[@humblequest7905]

Great effort! James, you’re improving steadily….well played!

[@jamiewatkins5870]

Just a joy to watch 🙂👍

[@mattj8443]

Good stuff James, approach play was excellent

[@thierrytitou3709]

Great round James 😎! ✌👏👏👏

[@trebbycatron7725]

I thoroughly enjoy your videos James!

[@BillHaug]

Hey you are really getting good!!!! Great job.

[@dangiles7195]

Amazing front 9 well played!

[@dirkvandertoornvandertoorn4895]

well done James great round

[@douglassteely8005]

James I really enjoy watching you play

[@garyreid4026]

Really enjoyed this. Thought you played very well.

[@SportsshortsScott]

excellent work!

[@BrianPinas9]

Great round. Course looks good.

[@wadefite]

Great course. The grass looks so green and course looks in spot on condition,

[@aba44000]

Great. Will see it later this evening.

[@Abelvis]

Great video James, great score to! Keep it up, would love to see your hcp drop in the the following videos.

[@NavedHasan12345]

Your game is improving fast. Enjoy this stage

[@danielnevinson2833]

Well done James, bit hard on yourself there in ur review at the end, thought you played superb mate :)

[@jimmywethington964]

Nice round!

[@AVDFI1961]

Great golf on the front nine!

[@mrkipling3841]

Great effort, bud.

[@yakm5431]

Great round! Tees up!

[@oilyblog]

Well done.

[@Brian-lh7jj]

Good round bud!

[@paulgreen8228]

Great round James, the front 9 was inspirational, you hit so many greens or fringes in reg

[@Martyn-rn7ec]

Super Stuff James, Driver working really well and your approach play is getting better.Thanks for Posting

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Yeah, it's great when multiple parts of your game are firing on all cylinders like on the front 9! Thanks for watching Martyn :-)

[@blunderboysgolf]

Great round and beautiful scenery at that course! The triple easily could've been a slippery slope but you did great to recover.

[@SteveV66]

Great round James, impressive front 9! 👏 Always enjoy your video's, you're doing a excellent job...keep up the great golf and video's! 😊👍

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers Steve, will do! :-)

[@LeeHobbies]

Brilliant James, great to watch. Plus that one blow up hole gives you the knowledge that you can go lower still. I'm really enjoying watching you improve and all the up's and down's that go along with it. Thank you for the content :]

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Yeah, that front 9 was amazing and I could have gone back to level on the 7th hole! First time I've broken 85 on this course so I'm made up. Thanks for watching Lee :-)

[@joncarter9041]

Well played. Some great approach play, especially on the front 9. Beautiful vistas.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers Jon, I've been working on my approach play and it sure paid off on this day! Thanks for watching :-)

[@peteriles9957]

The back 9 looks like true links , greens hidden away in the dunes good videos James

[@markpeabody2471]

The half swing you use is very effective and many golfers including me should learn from this.

[@atscottcarnoustie2946]

Great round James. Shows the importance of fairways and greens. Front 9 was great to see on how much you've improved. Welll done

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Yeah, hitting the fairway simplifies things a lot! Thanks for watching :-)

[@denisjohnson5104]

Love that course James especially in the summer months

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

It's a great track, and like you say much nicer in a t-shirt than in winter gear! Thanks for watching :-)

[@user-mq6db8ho4s]

Pure dead brilliant James never mind breaking 85 you could have broke 80 there really good stuff Jamesy boy magic😅

[@BobbyKewley]

Great round James! You've made great progress over the last year I think. What a lovely course too 👍

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers Bobby, I played this same course in Feb 22 (vid here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3i9eYaia7-Xr5I) and my game has improved a lot since then. Things are still moving in the right direction! Thanks for watching :-)

[@michaelcoyne7529]

Nice round. Nice to see you swinging thru the ball. You’ve improved a great deal.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Yeah, the iron shots were working well on this day. I played 2 shorter courses and did some range work prior to this round. It really paid off on the approach shots! Thanks for watching :-)

[@peterwilkinson6657]

Well done James. You stuck at it when you had a bad start to the back 9. 👍👍

[@georgehilleary9743]

Great round James. I am glad we got a "Happy Days" in there.. That makes my day

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I never take any birdies for granted they are so hard to make. My App tells me I have a 4% birdie rate in my last 20 rounds which is good for me! THanks for watching George

[@PadsDad]

Well done James. A really enjoyable video again on a another course I’ve played on golf trips to North Wales. It’s interesting to hear how you manage your way around and it’s great to see someone else’s perspective of these courses as they play them - it’s surprising how different it looks from your point of view, but I guess that because you found the fairways more often than I did 😂. Cheers, Jim.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers Jim, this course is tough in that any hole could be a blowup hole 👍👍

[@paulmaxwell1596]

A game of two halves today James!how often does that happen.Front nine barely put a foot wrong so many birdie chances and then back nine it went a little astray.Still striking the ball really well and on target.Well played again and hope you can keep posting even though winter is on the way.All the best!

[@chrisdevitt1859]

Excellent round James. You played so well on the front 9. Back nine was good also apart from the tenth hole as you said. but still a round you can be proud of James well done mate.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers Chris, I'm over the moon with the +11 as any hole on this course could be a potential card wrecker! Thanks for watching :-)

[@Mowser63]

Super playing James. I suspect that start to the back 9 was a result of your excellent play on the front. We’ve all been there with the adrenaline rush from good play thinking we’re on for a stormer and then the game bites us in the ar*e! Overall great play that said… keep it up 💪

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers Mowser, thanks for watching :-)

[@dmichaels4117]

Another consistent round. It is only a matter of time until you break 80. Keep up the good golf.

[@aba44000]

Good play. On the way to single handicap🏌🏼‍♂️🙌🙌

[@sammyelliott5554]

Enjoy watching you play well. I have played for 55 years and have yet to break 40……..time is running out. Since I’m now 67 they tried to get me to hit from the seniors tees. I told them I would once I break40. 😂

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Keep going Sammy! I hope I'm still playing this great game when I'm 67! :-)

[@rangerofthenorth2850]

Remarkable round mate. 👏 some gorgeous tracks round your way. Have a good weekend. I'm playing medal tomorrow I'm aiming to break 90 for first time 🤨

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers man, I always look forward to playing this course as it's not too long but still very challenging! Thanks for watching :-)

[@graemesmith3117]

Nice steady round, putting was quality (apart from the race it by hole) with good pace

[@graemesmith3117]

And then the hammer putts on the par 3 13th lol

[@jimmywethington964]

great putt on hole 6

[@davidclarke6685]

A super round notwithstanding the 10th, pleased you made a great par on the 15th after that banter.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

There's always one! haha :-)

[@johnkerr5690]

I say , Good show auld chap 👍🏻

[@stevenwalmsley3468]

Well played. Unlucky with that 10th hole. You did well with the short game. Them rounds at the shorter courses worked well. 👍🏻⛳️. Impressed

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Yeah, the approach play was very good today and it was definitely helped by those rounds. It shows how important the game is from 150 yards and in. Thanks for watching :-)

[@stevenwalmsley3468]

@@notaperfectgolfer3489 just need the bunkers to have a little bit of a better shot out of them. Then it could lower your scores even more. But it’s been great watching so far. Can’t wait for some more. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@Ava481]

The best I’ve seen you play James. Driving on point and what a front 9! Very consistent scoring.Take out the blow up hole and a few aggressive putts you can definitely break 80. What an amazing course and worth the money in my book. What recording set up do you use? Quality of your content is always good, thanks

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers Daniel, I use an Iphone 11 pro for recording. I have it on a lightweight tripod and seems to still be fine for quality. Thanks for watching

[@thegolfinggamer]

Whenever I film my rounds, there's always someone who asks what I'm doing, and it's always so tempting to tell them I'm taking my tripod for a walk. Of course, I tell them I'm filming my round for KZbin, as you did in this video.

[@TAYLORFAN50]

Are you playing from the "senior" tees? Nice round. 👍

[@sparks4533]

Great vid, you should come down to RSD’s in Harlech. A truly fabulous course.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I nearly played Harlech in Feb but didn't as they only had 17 holes in play. It's on the list and I'll play there soon enough! :-)

[@jamesedwards1806]

Good round. Just 1 hole away from sub 80! 👍👴🏌️‍♂️⛳🇺🇸🦅

[@stephencarlisle3743]

Great round and video . I’ve played North Wales on numerous times . Last time I played it in May I was really disappointed in the condition of he course . It was totally packed out and all the trolleys ect booked out . Think Maesdu has over taken NWGC now in course quality.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

NWGC is more popular I think as it has the holes running along the beach.

[@maxflier]

You were absolutely LOCKED IN on that front 9!

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Yeah, I was so in the zone that short putt missed on the 2nd didn't affect me one bit. It helps I really like the course so I was ecstatic just to be playing! :-)

[@garethnoble11]

well played. What I forget sometimes is that you're also continuously distracted by having to set up the filming. Really well done and thanks.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers mate, I was well pleased with the round in general. Thanks for watching :-)

[@77bovi]

Great stuff James. How do u work on your consistency? Do u just keep playing on the course or do u visit a range? Love to see links golf as i have never played one

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I do just one range session a week normally working on keeping the ball striking sharp. I will release a video soon showing exactly what I do at the range. Thanks for watching :-)

[@johnnycasswell7290]

Well played James! It was interesting to see how you played that course as I played it back in May and didn't get on with it very well, playing quite inconsistently, blobbing a few holes through bad play and finding the greens quite hard. Looked in good condition other than the long fairways as you said. You have inspired me to go back and play it again to see if I can do better! Not sure I'd pay £35 though. How would you compare it to Maesdu next door - which do you prefer and why?

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Cheers Johnny, I like both courses but for different reasons. Maesdu is a really nice course and normally in amazing condition, plus the green fees are slightly cheaper for visitors. NWGC has the pure links feel and from the 5th hole onwards it's all top draw. I like both a lot and will continue to play them as often as possible. I'm yet to break 85 at Maesdu and I think it's the slighly tougher course out of the 2. I nearly played there today but ended up playing Northop instead for £18 which is a bargain. Thanks for watching :-)

[@JackPlaysGolf]

Starting to look far to easy at points 😂 shows you’ve come a long way. Onto break 80 surely 🎉

[@johnnewman7605]

Just forget the 10th, it happens, well played

[@stefanrogge8155]

I really like your channel. Just true and honest golf comes with all important information like hole information and club selections. No bullshit talking, no promoting of equipment. That’s great and very nice to watch.

[@kevinconnolly754]

improving very fast, wish i could say the same😬

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Keep going Kev :-)

[@jerrysanders8774]

I noticed that you have your left hand over the right for your putts. Have you tried that technique for chips?

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

I used to play 'cack handed' when I was young and then totally gave up when a club pro told me I was holding the club wrong! haha I only like left hand low for putting as it feels really alien for chipping. I don't know how Matt Fitzpatrick does it!

[@stephenjones8649]

👍

[@vegasburger]

So what are the 1st 2nd and 3rd best golf courses in north wales

[@petragazilova2987]

North Wales not 4th best, Surely Royal st Davids, Conwy, morfa nevyn and abergele are better

[@markcooke8269]

Really good round of golf but really just one bad hole. You are playing with confidence and skill.

[@josephdavis7189]

🤙🤙

[@ianward5272]

I couldn't get past that 1st tee shot. You really hit a 7 iron 175 yards with a half swing??

[@jwdecosta]

Yeah, I hear you 😂

[@Tomshanksit]

Makes me feel weak 😂

[@robsengahay5614]

Hopefully the money you get from KZbin more than covers any green fees enabling you to play on the pricier courses.

[@craoutdoors6827]

How long you been playing mate out of interest?? Looks a nice course but steep price at £35 pounds. Personally i think unless your are at st Andrews and a few other famous courses I don't see why any round of golf should ever be over £30🤷‍♂️.

[@notaperfectgolfer3489]

Just over 2 years. I started taking golf more seriously in the spring of 2021 taking some lessons and things have been going well! I made an exception on this day and paid the high green fee as it was perfect weather and I really like the course. Thanks for watching :-)

[@craoutdoors6827]

@@notaperfectgolfer3489 if you took the game up in 2020 you have done an amazing job at getting down to in the teens with you handicap, well done mate👍

[@grantfrench9280]

Just goes to prove you don't have to hit the ball miles to play great golf 👍

[@jwdecosta]

Sure looks like a very easy course, how can it be considered real golf.

[@timdench2583]

Don’t watch it then. No one is forcing you.

[@IMRoberts30]

First

[@jameslillie5535]

nice to hear the comments , and to hear it not only us members who think it's a challengimh course l'll @markcrossfield come and have a go 💯🙏🏼⛳

[@terrylambert583]

Nice round James, well played 👏👏👏