10 best golf courses by the sea

For an overnight stay

 
Royal Porthcawl Golf Club, Rest Bay, Porthcawl, Mid-Glamorgan

Fans of this course believe it epitomises all that is best about the traditional game: a beautiful site sloping to the seashore with panoramic views unimpeded by sandhills; 18 holes facing every which way in the testing sea breeze, demanding every skill - and possibly club - in the bag; and a wooden clubhouse (rooms from £45 per person per night), which sells itself as ‘wonderfully quirky' and ‘old school'. The Prince of Wales (later the Duke of Windsor) visited in 1932 - his full-length portrait hangs there still. Handicap minimum: men 20; women 30.

Call 01656 782251 or visit www.royalporthcawl.com.