Nefyn is not exactly a ‘hidden gem’ inasmuch as it often appeared on the outer reaches of various Top 100 listings in the UK up to a decade or so again. In recent years restricted access to the headland nine and associated safety issues have compromised its appeal a bit, but it remains a gorgeous place to hit golf shots, and is a quintessential British ‘holiday course’, especially in summer. Morfa Nefyn is, incidentally, where former British PM Clement Attlee used to holiday (although cricket, and not golf, was Attlee’s thing).
If you are heading from Conwy down to Harlech and Aberdovey, then Nefyn is a good stopoff, and so is Porthmadog (which this year hired the number two greenkeeper from Harlech, so its poor conditioning is beginning to improve). As with Nefyn, Portmadog has a nine you really want to play, and some much more pedestrian holes (and Sean has profiled both for GCA). Both host ‘minor’ Welsh championship events from time to time. Neither will break the bank, and, to say it yet again, Wales in general now offers the best green fee value of anywhere in the UK and Ireland.