Ireland 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 Manor
Killarney (Killeen)
Ballybunion (Cashen)
filler
Hidden Gem
Castlegregory
Spanish Point
Dromoland
Cork Golf Club
Killarney (Mahony’s Point)
Filler
Northwest
World Class
County Sligo
Enniscrone
Carne (both courses)
St. Patricks Links
Narin & Portnoo
Sandy Hills
Elite
Donegal
Old Tom Morris
Ballyliffin (Old)
Ballyliffin (Glasheedy)
Strandhill
Connemara
Hidden Gem
Cruit Island
Galway Bay
Portsalon
Dunfanaghy
Northwest
Green Castle
North of Ireland
World Class
Portstewart (strand)
Royal Portrush (Dunluce)
Royal County Down
Royal County Down
Narin & Portnoo
Sandy Hills
Elite
Ardglass
Castlerock
Royal Portrush (valley)
filler
Ballybunion (Cashen)
filler
Hidden Gem
Ballycastle
Portstewart (Riverside)
Royal County Down (Annesley)
Galgorm Castle
Castlerock (Bann)
Malone
Eastcoast
World Class
Portmarnock
European Club
The Island
County Louth
Narin & Portnoo
Sandy Hills
Sandy Hills
Elite
Royal Dublin
Jameson Links
Druids Glen
Seapoint
K Club (Palmer North)
K Club (Palmer South)
Mount Juliet
Hidden Gem
Corballis
Rosslare
Laystown & Bettystown
St. Annes
Killeen Castle
Arklow
Portmarnock (yellow nine)
Sutton