Irish Golf Courses

Westport Golf Club has hosted the Irish Amateur Open Close Championship and is a long testing parkland course. It is located overlooking panoramic Clew Bay with Croke Patrick Mountain in […]

The history of golf at Waterville Golf Club dates from 1889 when staff at the local trans-Atlantic cable station played the game. The fortunes of the club varied and the […]

Doonbeg Golf Club designed by Greg Norman plays along 1.5 miles of beach and dunes overlooking beautiful Doughmore Bay. The ocean is visible from the green, fairway, or tee of […]

The present Tralee Golf Club was the first course and only links course designed by Arnold Palmer in Ireland or Europe. Tralee Golf Club boasts a view of the Atlantic […]

We have included a round of golf on this amazing Links course in our 148th Open ‘Gold’ Package. Have a read below to see why. For a long time the […]

Though the European Golf Club only opened for play in 1987. It has quickly gained a reputation as one of the most popular links in Ireland. A number of holes […]

The Valley Course, though not as challenging as Dunluce, is a very good golf links layout with many of its holes situated in larger sand dunes closer to the sea. […]

The Dunluce Course designed by the famous architect Harry S. Colt is consistently rated among the world’s top courses. The course has a wonderful history, being the only venue in […]

Royal Dublin Golf Club is one of the most historic and oldest in Ireland. Royal Dublin is unique in that Bull Island on which it is located ‘grew’ out of […]

Royal County Down Championship Course consistently rates among the world’s top ten courses. The course is lays beneath the imperious gaze of the Mountains of Mourne. As well as being […]

Designed by Tom Doak and opened for play in the summer of 2021, St Patrick’s Links has already cemented itself in the top 100 golf courses in the world. This […]

Frank Casey, today’s owner of Rosapenna, dreamed of a second 18 hole links in the dunes overlooking the Old Tom Morris. This dream came a full century later after laying […]

Old’ Tom Morris recognised the potential of the turf at Rosapenna for a natural golf course and was vindicated in that only three of the eighteen greens had to be […]

Located 4 miles west of Kenmare town, the Ring of Kerry Golf & Country Club sits majestically overlooking Kenmare Bay, enjoying unspoiled views of the most panoramic scenes of mountains […]

Portstewart Golf Club located on the scenic Ulster Causeway Coast and although nobody has found any evidence that the Giant ever wielded a mashie the game has deep roots in […]

Portsalon Golf Club, perhaps because of its remoteness is still a relatively unknown course but is all the better for that, the fairways not too crowded and deserving of the […]

Portmarnock is one of the finest golf links in Ireland. The landscape is relatively flat, however each hole has its own character, resulting in a memorable and challenging golf course, […]

Though very young by Irish golf links standards, Portmarnock Links is quickly gaining a reputation as fine golf layout and was home to The Irish Ladies Open in 2008 and […]

The Old Head Golf Links is a spectacular development, being situated on an Atlantic promontory that rises several hundred feet out of the sea. Surrounded by cliffs and ocean, Old […]

For over 100 years, golfers have enjoyed the superb links terrain adjacent to the magnificent beach at Narin in Donegal. The view from the fifteenth tee encapsulates all that is […]

Mount Juliet Golf Club is situated in a wooded estate through which the river Nore flows and feature on six holes. It had the distinction of hosting the Irish Open […]

Nick Faldo in his first design in Ireland has produced an excellent test of golf on a dramatic 600 acre peninsular set between Castle Hume Lough and Lower Lough Erne. […]

Golf has been played at Lahinch since 1892 when officers of a Scottish Army Regiment based at nearby Limerick, happened upon the vast expanse of sand dunes that is Lahinch […]

The Castle Course situated further inland does not present as tough a challenge as the Old Course and for golfers new to links golf is a good place to begin […]

Killeen Castle hosts a magnificent Jack Nicklaus Signature Course. Designed and constructed by arguably the game’s greatest golfer and the world’s preeminent course designer. Rambling over a spacious 350 acres […]

Mahoney’s Point and Killeen course are located by the famous Lakes of Killarney in the shadow of the McGillycuddy Reeks. Killeen was the venue of the 1991 and 1992 Irish […]

The K Club was venue for the European Championship from 1994 to 2005. It was also venue for The Ryder Cup in 2006, the first time it was held in […]

Course designer Christy O’Connor Jr. designed a challenging but fair test of golf for golfers of all abilities. The front nine meanders through rolling countryside while the stunning back nine […]

Situated 9 miles from Galway City is the picturesque Galway Bay Golf Resort. Designed by Irish Ryder Cup hero Christy O’Connor Jr., Galway Bay Golf Course is said to be […]

Golf on Fota Island dates from 1883 when a nine hole course was laid out. The present Fota Island Golf Club was designed in 1993. The course underwent major redevelopment […]

Another of Ireland’s great west coast links. Designed by Eddie Hackett, the course offers a great variety of holes which will require most of your clubs to negotiate. Donald Steel […]

The name Druids Glen originates from the fact that a Druids Altar stands on a hillside overlooking the 12th green. Some argue it is the best inland course in Ireland. […]

Golfers have been playing at Dooks Golf Club since 1889, making it one of Ireland’s oldest links. In the immediate foreground are the sand dune peninsulas of Inch Rossbeigh. Just […]

Located in Donegal Bay, this superb golf links occupies an elegant peninsula backed by the magnificent Blue Stack Mountains. Donegal golf links is presented as two loops of nine.  The […]

100,000 welcomes awaits you at Cruit Island Golf Club. Set on the edge of the wild and rugged Atlantic Ocean, next stop America, you will savour unrestricted panoramic views that […]

County Sligo Golf Club is a centenarian with all the dignity and maturity of age. This is one on Ireland’s great championship golf links. The golf club has hosted most […]

County Louth Golf Club is without question one of the best links courses along the East Coast of Ireland. Described by Padraig Harrington as ‘one of the most exciting links […]

The par 72 at Connemara Golf Course is rarely achieved on this challenging Atlantic golf links. It might have something to do with the intoxicating air and astonishing scenery. The […]

Dingle is the most westerly golf course in Europe. This magnificent golf links carves its way through the natural landscape of one of the most scenic parts of Ireland. Every […]

Castlerock Golf Club is located at the point where the River Bann Estuary meets the Atlantic Ocean. A fine links that is overshadowed by its more illustrious neighbours at Portstewart […]

Located at Carton House, 30 minutes drive from Dublin’s city centre, is one of Ireland’s greatest estates. Carton House is a preserved historic mansion house surrounded by over 1,100 acres […]

Located at Carton House, just 30 minutes from Dublin’s city centre, is one of Ireland’s greatest estates. Carton House comprises of a superbly preserved historic mansion house surrounded by over […]

Carne Golf Club lies in the splendid sand dunes overlooking Black Sod Bay. Near the legendary Inis Geidhe and Inis Gluaire Islands and dramatic Achill. Carne was the last golf […]

Two outstanding and contrasting golf links make up Ballyliffin Golf Club, the Old Links and the Glashedy Links. The Old Links undulates in the glory of its natural terrain, presenting […]

Two outstanding and contrasting golf links make up Ballyliffin Golf Club, the Old Links, and the Glashedy Links. The Glashedy opened in 1995 and hosted the Irish Open in 2018. […]

Tom Watson describes Ballybunion best, “After playing Ballybunion for the first time, a man would think that the game of golf originated here. There appears to be no man-made influence. […]

The sand dunes of Ballybunion Cashen are just as spectacular as the Old Course. Just like the Old Course, it contains many magnificent holes, especially the par fives. Often overlooked […]

Ardglass features in our 148th Open ‘Platinum’ Package and here’s what you can expect to experience… Venturing forth into the wind to subdue the first four holes at Ardglass is […]

Masterfully designed by Robert Trent Jones, magnificently maintained, and perfectly set within the glorious estate of one of Europe’s most spectacular manor house hotels. Celebrated golf architect Tom Fazio has […]

Designed by Robert Trent Jones and host to The Irish Open 2007 – 2009, Adare is one of the best parkland golf courses in Ireland, against the backdrop of magnificent […]