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Cork Golf Club: The Irish Augusta

Ireland’s golf courses have been receiving many accolades in the past year and have even been regarded as one of the five best countries to golf in. Offering a variety of parkland and traditional link courses, you can pick blindly among the courses that dot the whole country and still get a great course to play in.

Many of these amazing golf courses have been the venue of international professional tournaments with its championship courses and great accommodations. The warm Irish welcome alone would make you feel right at home.

Its heritage in golf is unquestioned as a number of golf courses are “mature” dating back to the late 1800′s. One of these is the Cork Golf Club in Little Island, Co. Cork. Established in 1888, the Cork Golf Club was redesigned in 1927 by the renowned golf course designer Dr. Alexander Mackenzie, who designed also other famous golf courses like the Augusta National, Royal Melbourne and the Cypress point to name a few.  Read more...

Portmarnock Golf Club: A Classic Course with a Classic Warm Welcome

This is one of Ireland’s classic Golf Clubs founded in 1894, its recognition and testament to its fine quality golf course is founded by being the venue for the first ever Irish Open Amateur Championships done in 1896, barely two years after it was opened, then almost a century after, the Walker Cup was hosted by the Portmarnock Golf Club in 1991. One of the greatest honors the course has received was being ranked number 30 in 2005 by the famous Golf Digest in its annual top 100 courses outside the US.

The Portmarnock Golf Club started initially with only 9-holes, two years after, 9 more were added making it a complete 18 hole championship course. Eight decades after, another 9 holes were added making it a total of 27. Each of the 9 holes done in stages were an effort collaborated by the amateur members and professionals who joined their efforts to provide the club a golf course that was not only beautiful, but extremely challenging as well.  Read more...

Ring of Kerry Golf & Country Club: Irelands Secret Treasure

Playing a round of golf can be a very relaxing activity and more and more people have been hooked on the game and have seen it as a form of therapy, an exercise and a means to discipline one’s self. This is because the game requires an intense concentration and focus. Plus the game is played on a natural course laden with the beauty of nature.

One country that has truly elevated not only the game, but also the way a golf course should be. Ireland has been blessed with the many natural beauty of nature that has allowed it to be shaped and molded to golf courses that has indeed been a sight to see and a joy to play in.

With the hundreds of courses that are sprinkled all over Ireland, it’s hard to choose which one to go to for a golf vacation in Ireland. But then again, there are usually some that stands out from the rest, just like the Ring of Kerry Golf & Country Club.  Read more...

Play the Game of your Life in Waterville Golf Club, An Irish Luxury Every Golfer should Experience

Earning a well deserved 92nd rank in the 2005 edition of Gold Digests top 100 golf courses outside of the United States of America, the Waterville Golf Club represents clearly what golf links should be. Its not only a golf course, it?s a mystical retreat where one can rediscover the passion for golf and play the game with pure enjoyment, plus having the beauty of nature surround you in each and every hole.

Rated as one of Irelands longest links courses, the Waterville Golf Club has a total of 7,311 yards of pure golf heaven. You will find many scenic views as you play the game allowing you to have peace of mind and a deep appreciation for its design and culture. Located in Ireland’s famous and amazingly beautiful Ring of Kerry, the Waterville Golf Club is surrounded by hills sprinkled with cottages and the Atlantic ocean and the Ballinskelligs Bay in its sides.  Read more...

Enniscrone Golf Club: Perfectly Mixing Golf and Relaxation

Imagine a place where you can play golf and at the same time take a look at the scenery and feel relaxed. Besides, golfing should be played with maximum concentration in order to focus well on your shots, you should be surrounded with serenity an calm. If you play golf in a place where the scenery is breathtaking, you will see that you will improve your game.

Playing golf in the country with a backdrop of mountains, trees, and rolling hills is definitely much better than playing in a golf course beside a busy freeway. If you are looking for a golf course that offers relaxing scenery and great courses, Enniscrone Golf Club is the golf club that you should visit and vacation to.

Enniscrone is known to give golfers from all over the world as a picture of life. With rugged dunes, bracing wind, clear skies, and one of the most beautiful beaches in Ireland that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean and all of it in the backdrop of the Nephin and Ox Mountains, the golf course is definitely one of the best golf courses in the world.  Read more...

Connemara Golf Links: The Perfect reflection on What Golf Links Should Be

Many Irish golf historians would agree that its vast number of golf courses is a direct influence of the stay of the British forces in the latter part of the 1800′s. Wherever there was a garrison stationed; the game of golf was surely to be played. That is why there are many golf courses in Ireland that is more than a century old yet provides modern facilities and technologies and has received many reconstruction to keep up with the modern times and to maintain its natural beauty.

But there is a golf links course at the edge of the northwest side of Ireland that has less history and age but is at par with the rest of them. Started in 1973, the Connemara Golf Links is a great challenge to anyone who swings their clubs at her greens. Bordered by the Atlantic Ocean and back dropped by Irish mountains, this par 72 links course provides an invigorating golf game that would surely entice those who have played there to come back for more.  Read more...

County Sligo Golf Club: The Jewel of the Northwest of Ireland

When a vacation is coming up, golfers eagerly anticipate the time where they can load their gear and race to the courses. But for some who have worked the daily grind, these precious time will be spent on something truly worthwhile that would be the stuff memories are truly made off. Some of them save up and go to Ireland.

Why Ireland?

Simple, they have got some of the best golf courses, whether it be links or parkland courses, that the world have ever seen. Many golfers have discussed the fabulous games they have played and this has made the popularity of Ireland with regards to their golf even grow so much more.

Situated 8 kilometers northwest of the town of Sligo, you will find a century old golf course that has tested many seasoned golfers and have continually to do so. Founded at Rosses Point, the County Sligo Golf Club started in 1894 as a nine-hole links course and was soon developed as a full 18-hole course a dozen years later. Today, this mature golf course has been the site for many prestigious events such as the West of Ireland Championship which calls the course its home. The club has also been chosen as the host for the Irish Close Championship, the Interprovincial Championships, and the Home International Championships, cementing its stature as a world class golf course.  Read more...

Ceann Sibeal Golf Club: Europes Most Westerly Golf Course

Set in Europe’s third largest island, the Ceann Sibeal Golf Club can be found on the Western most part of Ireland and is blessed with astounding natural beauty composed of rolling dune terrains and steep and sharp cliffs that juts to the ocean. When it?s a golf vacation in Ireland that you want, the Ceann Sibeal Golf Club should always be on your list.

Encompassed with some of Ireland’s tallest mountains which include the popular Mount Brandon, the Ceann Sibeal Golf Club offers a variety of challenges to many golfers. Each and every play in its par 72 traditional links, 6,696 yard course is a totally different experience. This extremely wide and open course has a river that runs through it, a daunting task for some golfers to cross, plus adding the fast wind factor and the dune grasses that abounds in the links, poses a great test to many seasoned and pro golfers.

The Ceann Sibeal Golf Club was founded in 1924 aqnd has been designed by Eddie Hackett and Chris O’Connor Jr.  Read more...

Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen Course, A Perfect Complement to the Famous Old Course of Ballybunion

Getting a booking in the old course of the Ballybunion Golf Club can be quite difficult especially in the peak season. A long list is filled up months before the season and most of them are seasoned golfers looking forward to the difficult yet very relaxing links. But if you don?t get the chance to have some tee time on the old course, you may find that the Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course, its new course, can be quite as challenging and some might say its more challenging.

Designed by Robert Trent Jones SR., the Ballybunion Golf Club Cashen course features spectacular yet difficult long links dotted with enormous sand dunes, which means you have to make the ball fly when you play to the number of greens that has been elevated in these treacherous course.

While scores of golfers from all over the world flock to Southwest Ireland for the old Ballybunion Golf Club course, local golfers tend to prefer the new Cashen course. Many low handicapped golfers have also expressed their preference for the new course, but the old still remains as a must go to and play course for all golfers, for maybe at least once.  Read more...

Dromoland Castle Golf & Country Club: What Playing Golf Should Be

Playing golf is one of the most fun experiences you will ever have. Golf is even considered as one of the best games in the world. It is a game where you and your friends and family can have fun and meet new friends.

However, playing a good golf game requires you to be in a good golf course with great amenities and services that would be fit for a king. When playing golf, you will be playing with elegance and dignity.

So, in order to play a great golf game, you should be in laying in one of the best golf courses in the world. One such exotic location is the Dromoland Castle Golf and Country Club. This particular Golf location is deemed as the number 2 in the best new European golf courses in 2004.

First of all, the Dromoland Castle is located in Ireland. Ireland is a known location where beautiful natural landscape is present and is obviously one of the perfect locations for golf courses. That?s why many tourists flock in all around the year for their golf vacations. In the past two years, Dromoland Castle Golf and Country Club went through a transformation thanks to an investment of 5 million euros by the owners. The project was also undertaken by the late Irish golfing legend J.B. Carr and one of the best golf architects in the world, Ron Kirby.  Read more...