Ireland Golf Courses

One of the world's great links, 20 minutes from Dublin. The wind changes everything, every time.

Open Championship host, Harry Colt masterpiece, Causeway Coast cliffs. One of the greatest rounds you will ever play.

Ranked the greatest golf course in the world. Mourne Mountains, Dundrum Bay, purple heather — and golf that matches everything around it.

The world's first purpose-built golf resort (1893) — three championship links on Sheephaven Bay, including Old Tom Morris's original, Pat Ruddy's Sandy Hills, and Tom Doak's world-top-100 St Patrick's.

MacKenzie's masterpiece on the Clare coast. The Dell, the Klondyke, the goats — and golf that rewards every return visit.

Greg Norman links in a natural Atlantic dune amphitheatre. Now Trump International — exceptional golf regardless of the branding.

The links that defines Irish golf. Watson called it the finest in the world. Raw, dramatic, and unforgettable.

Spectacular Ring of Kerry links — far less crowded than it deserves. The Chaplin and Payne Stewart connections only add to the feeling this place is unlike anywhere else.

A 220-acre Atlantic headland with 300-foot cliffs, holes directly over the sea, and the most dramatic setting in golf. Expensive and worth it once.

Tom Fazio's ground-up 2018 rebuild of the Adare Manor estate course — host of the 2027 Ryder Cup. A par-72 parkland on the River Maigue, open to resort guests only, with the highest green fee in Ireland.

Arnold Palmer's first European design (1984) on the Barrow peninsula — "God designed the back nine." A dramatic Atlantic links of dunes, cliffs and a clifftop par-3 called Shipwreck.

Arnold Palmer's parkland on the River Liffey at Straffan — host of the 2006 Ryder Cup, the first held in Ireland. A par-72 resort course where the Liffey decides the closing holes.

The world-renowned Wicklow links Pat Ruddy built as The European Club, now renamed the Brittas Bay Club and being reimagined by Kingsbarns architect Kyle Phillips. Closed for redevelopment, reopening spring 2027.