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East of Ireland Golf Courses
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Portmarnock Old Golf Links
Par - 72 Length
- 7321 yds
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The Island
Golf Links
Par - 72 Length
- 6603 yds
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County Louth Baltray Golf Links
Par - 72 Length
- 6936 yds
County Louth Golf Club or
"Baltray" as it is more affectionately known is situated 4 miles from the
historic town of Drogheda at the mouth of the river Boyne. With the river to the
south and the Irish Sea to the east. This is Links golf at is very best, with
only the muted murmur of a ships engine to break the sounds of nature, as it
quietly wends its way up river to the port.
Rated in Golf Digest's top 100 courses in the world as a "hidden gem". It is one
of the top twenty five courses in the British Isles and it is in the top six in
the island. Sometimes a lion and other times a pussy cat, it provides
competition for all handicaps. In today's language it could well be described as
"user friendly".
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The European Club Golf Links
Par - 72 Length
- 6860 yds
This is one of Ireland's Big
Six. The links of the European Club was voted one of Ireland's six greatest golf
courses in 1995 in the company of Portmarnock, Royal Portrush, Royal County
Down, Ballybunion and Waterville. Golfers seldom get to play as close to the
ocean as they do on the twelfth and thirteenth holes at The European Club where
many players get to flounder on the actual beach ! The links of The European
Club has been designed to perpetuate and modernize the traditional values of
links golf. The combination of rugged dunes, deep bunkers, sea breezes and large
undulating greens calls on the golfer to display strength of character, an
ability to think and shot making skills. Fast running fairways, greens that
invite the pitch-and-run approach and acres of tall, waving marram grass and
golden-flowered gorse are the very essence of golf as it was at the beginning
and was always meant to be.
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Portmarnock Hotel &
Golf Links
Par - 72 Length
- 6902 yds
Portmarnock Hotel & Golf
Links, one of Ireland's most prestigious and challenging courses.
Designed by Bernhard Langer, the course and the Portmarnock Golf Club
(neighbours) is laid out on the classic link's landscape which once formed part
of the old Jameson Estate.
From the 1st hole, a short par 4 framed on the right by an ancient graveyard and
a fairway traversed by water, to the magnificent 18th a golfing masterpiece,
each distinctive hole provides a unique and exciting challenge.
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Druids Glen
Golf Club
Par - 72 Length
- 7201 yds
"More courses like Druids
Glen would make for a better
European Ryder Cup Team"
Severiano Ballesteros
Druids Glen was voted European Golf Course of the Year 2001 & IAGTO Resort of
the Year 2005
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The K Club - Palmer Course
Par - 72 Length
- 7178 yds
The Palmer course at the K
Club will host the 2006 Ryder Cup matches. This magnificent parkland course
designed by Arnold Palmer is a great test for golfers of all levels. A great
selection of teeing areas sets this venue up suitable for all handicap ranges.
There is no doubt that the eighteenth is a hole that is going to be the scene of
much high drama when the Ryder Cup is played at the K-Club in 2006. A par-five
of 520 yards, it is with the second shot that the real problem lies. Provided
the good player can find the fairway with his drive, the large green is easily
within reach. The problem is again, water. There is an enormous lake to the
front and left of the green, which again feeds the ball towards the water. This
is a hole only for those with nerves of steel, and will truly sort out the men
from the boys in the Ryder Cup. The newest addition at this magnificent complex
is the Smurfit course. Having already hosted and tested the cream of European
golf at the 2005 European Open, this golf course is designed in links style with
rolling fairways and holes to test the nerve of golfers no matter what level you
play at. A visit is a must.
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Mount Juliet Golf Club
Par - 72 Length
- 7126 yds
TIGER’S Verdict on his visit
to Mount Juliet
" I'm really enjoying being here, it's such a relaxed atmosphere, it's a
beautiful place and the people here are just so nice."
On the Irish Spectators
“Its great to play in front of galleries that are knowledgeable and the Irish
fans are certainly knowledgeable about the game of golf”.
On Mount Juliet course
“I think this course is playing absolutely gorgeous. The fairways are perfect.
The greens we are putting on are the best we have putted on all year, including
the Majors. These things are absolutely pure”.
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Carton House Golf
Club- The Montgomerie
Par - 72 Length
- 7310 yds
Mark O'Meara, the 1998 US
Masters and British Open Champion, has designed his first European course at
Carton House.
O'Meara, of Irish descent describes Carton House as absolutely perfect for the
development of a world class golf course. O'Meara has made excellent use of the
existing mature woodland for his design. Of particular note are holes 13, 14 and
15 which are guarded by the River Rye, with the 14th capturing the beautiful
Shell Cottage as a backdrop.
Colin Montgomerie, Europe's top golfer for an unprecedented 7 years, is the
designer of the second course at Carton House Golf Club. The Montgomerie is a
masterpiece in golf course design. Using the natural contours of the land and
adopting the classic features of the great links courses, combined with the
experience of growing up on the links of Scotland, Colin has produced a golf
course that will stand the test of time as one of the great Irish courses.
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