The last course I played in Wales was Royal St David's. It is certainly one that raises expectations as you approach along the A496 high above the town, and see below you a narrow, yet one would have thought, ample, strip of dunesland.
In actuality,you only play amongst the dunes the last couple of holes, and stand in the middle of the 15th fairway casting a lingering glance at the dunes beyond.
Surely there was enough land there to utilise them - I got the impression from a member that the club owned the land, for in the end, I thought it was a bit of a let down.
In fact, it reminded me a little of Southerndown - not necessarily a bad thing, of course - being principally composed of a set of long and rigorous par fours surrounded by gorse and worse, a solitary par five, and five par threes.
It's quite a stern test, but little else, I thought. And given the Welsh weather...