Golf Course Rankings
Dunes Golf Travel is your one stop shop for info on courses in Ireland, below we have made choosing the courses you play on your trip a little easier. Having played every single course we send our clients to numerous times we think we have a pretty good idea of the what courses are worth a trip all across the Island of Ireland. Below we have divided each region into the “World class courses” which are not to be missed, Elite which could hold their own across any Itinerary and “hidden gems” for those courses less travelled by International visitors but adored by locals !
Southwest
World Class
- Tralee
- Ballybunion
- Waterville
- Doonbeg
- Old Head
- Lahinch
Elite
- Dooks
- Dingle
- Adare
- Killarney (Killeen)
- Ballybunion (Cashen)
- filler
Hidden Gems
- Castlegregory
- Spanish Point
- Dromoland
- Cork Golf Club
- Killarney (Mahony’s point)
- filler
Northwest
World Class
- County Sligo
- Enniscrone
- Carne
- St. Patricks Links
- Narin & Portnoo
- filler
- filler
Elite
- Donegal
- Sandy Hills
- Old Tom Morris
- Ballyliffin (Old)
- Ballyliffin (Glasheedy)
- filler
- Filler
Hidden Gems
- Cruit Island
- Strandhill
- Portsalon
- Dunfanaghy
- Northwest
- Green Castle
- Filler
North of Ireland
World Class
- Portstewart (strand)
- Royal Portrush (Dunluce)
- Royal County Down
- filler
- Filler
- filler
- filler
Elite
- Ardglass
- Castlerock
- Royal Portrush (valley)
- filler
- filler
- filler
- Filler
Hidden Gems
- Ballycastle
- Portstewart (Riverside)
- Royal County Down (Annesley)
- Galgorm Castle
- Castlerock (Bann)
- Malone
- Filler
Eastcoast
World Class
- Portmarnock
- The Island
- European Club
- County Louth
- filler
- Filler
- filler
- filler
Elite
- Royal Dublin
- Jameson Links
- Druids Glen
- Seapoint
- Mount Juliet
- filler
- filler
- Filler
Hidden Gems
- Corballis
- Sutton
- Laystown & Bettystown
- St. Annes
- Killeen Castle
- Arklow
- Portmarnock (yellow nine)
- Filler