Christy O’Connor Jr., Ryder and World Cup player, designed this 18 hole course to highlight and preserve the ancient historic features of the Renville Peninsula. The spectacular setting on Galway Bay is distractingly beautiful and the cleverly designed mix of holes presents a real golfing challenge, which demands total concentration. (Back Tees 7,308 Yards / Par…
Situated on the shores of Clew Bay and set in 260 acres of parkland, Westport offers golfers a memorable challenge. The course commands a wonderful view of Clew Bay and is dominated by the Holy Mountain, Croagh Patrick. The signature hole on this course is the par 5 fifteenth which reaches 586 yards and features…
The County Sligo Club, or Rosses Point as it is more popularly known, is one of Ireland’s great championship links. It has been home of the West of Ireland Championship held each year since 1923. Set among vast sand dunes on the cliffs overlooking three large beaches. Constant winds are an added factor to its…
Sandy Hills Links Designed by the extremely talented Pat Ruddy, Sandy Hills has been laid out on the dunes above the existing Old Tom Morris course. Intended for the serious golfer, its narrow fairways appear constricting from the tee, but the landing areas sculpted from the dunes are deceptively wide. Measuring a hefty 7,255 yards from…
Golf has been played on the Portsalon links since the 1880’s. The club was one of the founder members of the Golfing Union of Ireland, the oldest golfing union in the world. Originally designed by Thompson of Portrush, the layout has evolved over the decades with significant changes under the guidance of Pat Ruddy in…
Enniscrone Dunes Links course, on the shore of Killala Bay, is one of the many marvelous tests of golf found in Ireland. The quality of the golf is matched by the surroundings, with the Ox Mountains close at hand. Each golf hole follows the natural contours of the land. It challenges golfers of all abilities,…
Spectacularly located on the edge of the Atlantic Ocean with the Twelve Bens Mountains as a background, this is a big hitter’s championship course and as challenging as any to be found. From the testing dog leg opening hole through to the breathtaking back 9, which have been acknowledged as the “equal to any in the…
Ballyliffin Glashedy Links Nick Faldo called this course the Royal Dornoch of Ireland. It’s Ireland’s most northerly course and in windy conditions can challenge the best golfers at the top of their game. It has two holes that really stand out, the par 3 fifth, known locally as “The Tank” and the highly difficult par…
No emerald sparkles brighter than Carne, an 18 hole championship course set in the towering sand hills in the extreme West of County Mayo, near the remote village of Belmullet. Designed by Ireland’s best known architect, Eddie Hackett, Carne is surely destined to become one of the finest courses in the world. The tees and…
This challenging championship links course occupies magnificent Murvagh peninsula in Donegal Bay, hence it is known locally as Murvagh. The course is isolated from the outside world by a forest of evergreens washed on one side by the great Atlantic Ocean and by Donegal Bay on the others. It has a panoramic view of the…