Wenvoe Castle Golf Club

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Wenvoe Castle Golf Club is an 18-hole golf course near Barry and Wenvoe in the Vale of Glamorgan off the A4050 road, situated to the south of Cardiff, the capital of Wales.{{cite book| title = Country Life| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ssk5AQAAIAAJ| access-date = 27 December 2012| date = September 1972| publisher = Country Life, Limited| page = 614 }} The club was founded in 1936 around Wenvoe Castle, a mansion that was the home of Hugh Jenner, the club's first president.{{cite book| author = Hunter Publishing, Incorporated| title = The Golf Guide: Where to Play and Where to Stay in Britain and Ireland| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qsXS_RbRldYC| access-date = 27 December 2012| date = 1 February 2001| publisher = Hunter Publishing, Incorporated| isbn = 978-1-58843-109-7| page = 461 }}

Wenvoe Castle is a parkland course designed by James Braid. The course opens with a par five hole with a tee-off from an elevated tee to an undulating fairway, leaving two shots to make the guarded green. The front nine can be quite hilly and there are a few tough examinations in place while the inward nine is flatter and finishes with a dogleg par four. It has hosted numerous championships, including the Welsh foursomes championship in 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-166609096.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326233812/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-166609096.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 March 2016|title=Golf: Castle clash for Pont in shield.(Sport)|publisher=Western Mail |date=20 July 2007 |access-date=28 December 2012}} The club often hosts parties and buffets.{{cite book| title = The Estates Gazette| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=PARLAQAAIAAJ| access-date = 27 December 2012| date = April 1975| page = 270 }}