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GOLF
COURSES IN IRELAND
Courses A - D
Adare Golf Club, Adare, Co. Limerick
 Designed
by Robert Trent Jones Sr., Adare is one of Ireland’s finest inland
golf courses. Host to the 2003 Irish Senior Open Golf Championships, Adare
offers welcome respite from the different demands of links golf.
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 Ballybunion
Golf Club, Ballybunion, Co. Kerry |
 Ranked
among the very best courses in the world and rightly so, if you only get
to play it once in a lifetime and spend a lifetime waiting to play it,
be assured it’s worth the wait. The Cashen Course is a worthy younger
sibling.
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 Ballyliffin
Golf Club, Ballyliffin, Co. Donegal |
 Offering
two world-class links courses: the Old Course and the Glashedy Course,
Ballyliffin is a haven for the links enthusiast. If it were located in
the southwest, both courses would be known and revered worldwide. Brilliant!
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 Baltray
(County Louth) Golf Club, Baltray, Co. Louth |
 Situated
on the east coast just north of Dublin, though you may not have heard
Baltray mentioned as often as the likes of Portmarnock or Ballybunion,
rest assured that this is a magnificent golf course. |
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 Carne
Golf Links, Belmullet, Co. Mayo |
 Probably
the most remote of Ireland’s great links courses, this only adds to the experience
of playing here. Designed by the legendary Eddie Hackett, Carne Golf Links is
one of the reasons you should consider Helicopter Golf. |
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 Carton
House Golf Club, Maynooth, Co. Kildare |
 Boasting
two magnificent championship golf courses – the Mark O’ Meara
Course and the Colin Montgomerie Course, Carton House opened for play
in 2002 and is the newest addition to Ireland list of great inland golf
courses. |
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 Ceann
Sibeal (Dingle) Golf Links, Ballyferriter, Co. Kerry |
 The
closest Irish golf links course to the distant shores of America is steeped
in Gaelic tradition. Set on the picturesque Dingle Peninsula, Ceann Sibeal
represents a unique links test and is a course that should not be overlooked.
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 Connemara
Golf Club, Ballyconneely, Co. Galway |
 Located
on one of Ireland’s most westerly points, Connemara Golf Links is not so
much hewn from the dunes but from rock. Like Carne, it relative remoteness adds
to the already tremendous experience of playing a tremendous links. |
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 Donegal
(Murvagh) Golf Club, Murvagh, Co. Donegal |
 Another
exceptional, yet relatively little-known links course in the northwest
of Ireland, Donegal is probably best summarised by Peter Dobereiner, who
described it as being “hauntingly beautiful and an excellent test
of golf”. |
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 Doonbeg
Golf Club, Doonbeg, Co. Clare |
 Designed
by Greg Norman on land that was originally identified by the founding
fathers of Lahinch, though Doonbeg only opened for general play in 2002,
it is already recognised as one of Ireland’s finest links. |
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 Dromoland
Golf Club, Newmarket-on-Fergus, Co. Clare |
 Set
in the stunning grounds of Dromoland Castle, the course is currently undergoing
a major redesign, spearheaded by Ron Kirby. When open for play in 2004,
Dromoland will rank as one of the finest parkland layouts in Ireland.
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 Druids
Glen Golf Club, Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow |
 Opened
for play in 1995, Druids Glen deserves its reputation as one of Ireland’s
finest parkland golf courses. Host to the Irish Open on three occasions, Druids
Glen now has a younger sibling in the recently opened Druids Heath. |
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