Dublin

[pingizzle]

Links golf near Dublin

All-

Looking for some direction as to a nice links style course near Dublin, preferably south.


Thanks in advance.

[taskerc]

Hi pingizzle,

Here is a link that will help, but one of my past favourites (St Annes) is not on it :-(

[url="http://www.dublingolf.com/search.php?searchtype=param&type=Links&county=Dublin&selby1=mlength&selby2=none&submit2=Submit"]http://www.dublingolf.com/search.php?searchtype=param&type=Links&county=Dublin&selby1=mlength&selby2=none&submit2=Submit[/url]

Chris

[pingizzle]

Should probably follow up on this as others may be searching for the same thing some time. We ended up playing a couple of times while over in Dublin.

1- We played the resort course where we were staying. The place was called Mt. Wolseley

[url="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g1184824-d491378-Reviews-Mount_Wolseley_Hotel_Spa_Country_Club-Tullow_County_Carlow.html"]My link[/url]

It was a pretty fun track and not overly difficult. Not what I was expecting from Irish golf. It is more of a parkland style and turned out to be a lot of fun. That said, the hotel was very nice and the food was great, especially for Irish food.

2- The second place we played was called Powerscourt. This course was awesome. [url="http://www.powerscourt.ie/golfclub"]Powerscourt[/url]

If you have the opportunity to play this one it is great. A lot of elevation change and pretty challenging.

3- To finish things off we played The European Club. This place was exactly what I was expecting Irish golf to be. This course in unbelievable and links style in every sense of the word. It was pretty wild, there were only 2 other groups on the course while we were playing. It was a surreal experience and one I will cherish for a long time. If you get the opportunity you should definitely check this track out.

[url="http://www.theeuropeanclub.com/"]European Club[/url]

[kduffy]

I would recommend European Club as well, it does have a reputation here in Ireland.
North Dublin is a better place for links golf courses but there are plenty of parkland courses in south dublin for you to choose from

[Lenny Intensity]

There is awesome links golf near Dublin. I was there in March and played European Club (south of town, ~ an hour or so), Portmarnock (Golf Club, not the Hotel Links, relatively close in north of the city), County Louth aka Baltray (a little over an hour north), and Royal County Down (about 2-2.5 hours north). All incredible links courses. We were supposed to play The Island (not far from Portmarnock), but due to a frost delay and ladies' outing, we ended up playing Portmarnock that day instead. I'm partial to Baltray as it was everything you would expect Irish links to be on a great piece of land. Portmarnock was similar though on flatter land without the high dunes that Baltray had. European Club and Royal County Down were just downright hard, but great in their own right.... Royal County Down is as unique a course as you'll find anywhere. I've heard it described as the most penal course in the world if you miss the fairway, and I'd agree with that statement.... lots of blind shots and gorse EVERYWHERE. If I had to play one round of those courses, I'd go back to Baltray, personally. One bit of caution, though.... navigating Dublin is a nightmare for an American.... streets not marked well, change names every block, routes out of the city not easily found, so expect some issues there. Parking is not easy either. I had an awesome time, though, and would go back in a heartbeat.