:Holywell Golf Club
{{Short description|Welsh golf club}}
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| location = Near Holywell, Flintshire, Wales
| coordinates = {{coord|53|15|53|N|3|14|23|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| establishment = 1906
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Holywell Golf Club (Welsh: Clwb Golff Treffynnon) is a golf club, situated a mile southwest of the town of Holywell, Flintshire, Wales.{{cite web|url=http://www.welshgolfcourses.com/north/kinsale.php |title=Kinsale|publisher=Welsh Golf Courses.com|accessdate=3 March 2014}}{{cite book|title=Golf Great Britain and Ireland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wi0o0-uXR1cC|date=1 September 1996|publisher=McGraw-Hill|isbn=978-0-8092-3122-5|page=332}} Instituted in 1906,{{cite book|title=The Golfing Annual|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fywPAQAAMAAJ|year=1902|publisher=H. Cox|page=348}} it is an 18-hole moorland and parkland course and is approximately 800 feet above sea level. In 2001 the club nearly faced bankruptcy due to problems with Foot-and-mouth disease from roaming sheep.{{cite book|last=Halford|first=A.|title=Leeks from the Back Benches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DQI2W0DKVucC&pg=PA154|date=November 2007|publisher=Jeremy Mills Publishing|isbn=978-1-905217-72-4|page=154}}
Ancient site
Two Bronze Age round barrows known as {{lang|cy|Clwt Militia}} (Militia Patch) are located on the course, about {{convert|0.65|mi|0}} north-northwest of the church.{{cite web|title=Clwt Militia Round Barrow A|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/300498/details/clwt-militia-round-barrow-a|website=Coflein|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales|accessdate=7 September 2017}}{{cite web|title=Clwt Militia Round Barrow B|url=http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/300499/details/clwt-militia-round-barrow-b|website=Coflein|publisher=Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales|accessdate=7 September 2017}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.holywellgc.co.uk/ Official site]
Category:Golf clubs and courses in Wales
Category:1906 establishments in Wales
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