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Society Golf in Northwest Ireland Carne Connemara Society golf northweSt of ireland North & West Coast Links and Donegal Golf Clubs play for €30 per person, otherwise contact the club for the best deals. Carne Golf links carnegolflinks.com Another masterpiece of a course designed by the late Eddie Ballyliffin Golf CluB Hackett as well as his last, the (Both Courses) Carne Golf Links sits on the west ballyliffingolfclub.com coast of Ireland in North Mayo. The fairways seem to carve their Situated at the northernmost way through the grassy hills and point of Ireland, Ballyliffin Golf hollows. The little amount of Club features two championship earth moving involved in the Ballyliffin courses. The Old Links course, creation of Carne produces which opened in 1973 designed this effect. Hackett did this to primarily by Eddie Hackett retain the natural beauty and Why not add an extra day or two to your and recently reworked by Nick history this land is steeped in. Faldo, offers beautiful natural Watch out for the 6th hole, a par society’s calendar? With courses and terrain that challenges every 4 that doglegs left with a narrow deals like these, you won’t regret it golfer. On one side of the course entrance to the green. This is lie majestic mountains while the toughest hole on the course. the glistening Atlantic Ocean Others to look for are the 13th and By this stage of the season, society calendars borders the other. Then there 17th holes. The first drives far out across the country are more than likely looking is the Glashedy course. Built to the water with little room for in 1992 by Pat Ruddy and Tom error to the right and the latter is a pretty full. But as the saying goes, you can’t Craddock, the Glashedy course long par 4 that rolls along leading get too much of a good thing, so why not try follows in the footsteps of its to tricky green placement. It’s no and squeeze in a couple of extra rounds with sister course in terms of beauty wonder Carne Links was voted and challenge. Quoted as some 7th in the top 100 golf courses in the gang? The northwest of Ireland is home to of the best land for a links the UK and Ireland. This is one some of the island’s best kept secrets as well course, this course is a sight course you can’t miss. The rate to behold. The most infamous isn’t too bad for a course of this as some well-known and much-loved perennial features being the first three calibre at €45 per person. favourites. Second to none in terms of beauty, holes, all difficult par 4s, and the region is also famous for its warm hospitality the peat crowned bunkers. Connemara Golf CluB Christened as the “Dornoch connemaragolflinks.com and relaxed atmosphere. What more could of Ireland”, Ballyliffin Golf you ask for? Well, how about the fact that the Course will treat your group Nestled between the Atlantic to spectacular views and play. and the Twelve Ben Mountains northwest’s club’s are great value right now, too. Groups that are members of the Connemara Golf Club IRELAND’S BIGGEST-SELLING GOLF MAGAZINE 97 Galway Bay Letterkenny Galway Bay Golf CluB galwaybaygolfresort.com The biggest hazard on the Galway Bay Golf Course is the Atlantic Ocean. Surrounding the entire course, the water Enniscrone is a beautiful backdrop to these Christy O’Connor Jnr designed holes. Unlike the views. However, the views rest of the clubs on this list, from ground level are just as Galway Bay is a parkland- stunning. Described at one point modelled course. The gently as “hauntingly beautiful”, the rolling fairways are dotted holes at Donegal Golf Club are with mature trees and small easily misjudged. The course is water hazards. It’s a nice twist fairly wide open but watch where on Irish golf. An awe-inspiring Co Sligo you hit it because you could hole is number 12, with a be in trouble. The gem of the stunning view of Galway Bay West of Ireland Amateur Golf course has to be the fifth hole, you need precise placement Championship. County Sligo appropriately named “The Valley otherwise you may end up is full of breath-taking views of Tears”. It’s a short par three in it. Galway Bay Golf Club that make it even harder to right at the end of the peninsula, played host to the PGA West concentrate on the next shot. You making it highly susceptible to of Ireland Open in 1999. This don’t want to be caught off guard wind gusts and deceiving to the course is truly championship- with the winding brooks, gusts eye. As the club says, “Hit your quality and it’s only seven from the Atlantic, and deceiving best shot…and walk on”. Prices miles from Galway City. Fees fairways that cover the course. run at €50 from Monday to run at €25 Monday through The fees for groups are €60 per Friday and €60 per person on the Friday and €30 on weekends. makes for a great retreat for any person, but contact the club to weekend. If you’re a GUI or ILGU golfer. Originally designed by see if there any better offers. member it knocks ten quid off letterkenny Golf CluB Eddie Hackett, the main 18-hole respectfully. letterkennygolfclub.com course flows through the grassy DiamonD Coast hotel bogs taking advantage of the diamondcoast.ie/golf ennisCrone Golf CluB Recently renovated in 2006/7, landscape as much as possible. enniscronegolf.com the Letterkenny Golf Club Connemara also features a 9-hole This hotel built in Enniscrone offers great parkland golf. The course that hugs the coastline. is a golfer’s paradise. It is Looking for some traditional redesign, headed by Declan The club is located in the quaint surrounded by the likes of the links golf? Look no further Branigan, has taken the club town of Ballyconnelly outside Enniscrone Golf Club, Carne than Enniscrone Golf Club. to new levels. Membership Cliften. The Irish Professional Golf Links, County Sligo and The beautifully laid out has grown rapidly ever since. Golfers Championship and the Ballina Golf Club. The hotel championship course, originally The course is reasonably Ladies Irish Inter-provincial features luxury accommodation, designed by non-other than flat and wide with a few Championships have played excellent dining, gorgeous Eddie Hackett, is filled with tough hazards and doglegs. here in the past. Currently the beaches, family entertainment, tight fairways, high dunes, deep Letterkenny is located in the course is getting revitalisation and, of course, amazing golf bunkers and superb greens. wooded hills on the shores however; it has not lost any of its packages. Their current special Sitting right on Killala Bay, this of Lough Swilly. The town is charm. Group rates run at €50 per offer is a two night B&B with course offers breathtaking views not only bustling with golfers; person. dinner and two rounds of golf at every turn. Unless, however, shoppers and tourists flock at the Enniscrone Golf Club all you find yourself basked in the here as well. Within an hour’s County sliGo Golf CluB starting at €189. They will also shadow of the massive dune drive are more than 20 other countysligogolfclub.ie create your own personal golf on hole 12. Makes you wonder golf courses. So there will be paradise package if you give why they call the course The no lack of spent away from the The County Sligo Golf Club them a ring. Dunes. Don’t let the simplicity greens. Contact the club to set sits in the picturesque village of of the course fool you, you will up a package perfect for your Rosses Point. Redesigned by the DoneGal Golf CluB need every club in the bag and group. famous Harry Colt in 1927, the donegalgolfclub.ie every trick in your book on this course offers up some of the most course. The course was updated narin & Portnoo challenging holes in Ireland. The Donegal Golf Club, sitting right with six seaside holes designed Golf CluB most notorious ones being the on Donegal Bay, is known to by Donald Steel. And for those narinportnoogolfclub.ie 7th and 17th holes. These holes test some of the best golfers. looking for a more serene round, have gotten the best of many The Hackett-designed course there is the nine hole Scurmore The Narin &Portnoo Golf up-and-coming amateurs who covers an entire peninsula, Course. Call the course for the Club has to be one of the most flock here every Easter for the making for some great overhead society rates. picturesque courses in all 98 IRELAND’S BIGGEST-SELLING GOLF MAGAZINE Narin and Portnoo Portsalon of Ireland. It opened in1930 THE amongst three other clubs that have since disappeared. 19TH Narin & Portnoo survived, HOles and that’s a good thing. The course is quintessentially old fter a long day on the course, fashioned. In classic links all you and your buddies Rosapenna Awant to do is sit down and style, the greens undulate have a pint. But where do you go? with the landscape and the fairways are burdened with from €135 per person for a two- The Pilot Bar – located in the bumps making for a variety of night accommodation, dinner heart of Enniscrone, The Pilot Bar tricky shots. The ninth hole in the AA Rosette Classibawn offers up good, fresh food and beer. Its nautical theme and friendly is one to behold with a pebble restaurant and a round at the staff make for a perfect end of the beach-esque green backed by County Sligo Golf Course.
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