The front and back nines at Holyhead golf course are a bit different on this fairly demanding layout, set a kilometre or so back from the sea. Don't blame designer James Braid for the rocky outcrops, thick gorse bushes, many elevated greens and other features that await - especially on the (perhaps) tougher front nine. The Holyhead course had to be shaped to the undulating terrain, which Braid admirably succeeded in doing. The result is a course rich in character and full of charm, that will provide a fair but stringent examination of your golfing skills, most especially if the wind is blowing, as it so often does. Sea and surrounding countryside views are ever-present; maintenance standards are generally excellent and the "no-two-holes-alike" character of the course all combine to weave their golfing spell on the first time visitor.