Macreddin
When you finish playing Macreddin for the first time, you’ll
be amazed that you haven’t played here before. How could
I have missed such a great course? you’ll wonder. This is Paul
McGinley’s only full course design in Ireland, and it stretches
up the two sides of the Aughrim Valley. It is a picture perfect
setting, where holes are shaped by gorse and tall pines and
sweet, rolling fairways. Views streak up the hillsides and along
the valley, with the occasional deer appraising your play from
the woods. There ar e a couple of walks from green to tee
and there are plenty of buggies for those who don’t want to
stretch their legs, but this is a stunningly pretty course to walk…
let alone play. Stunning holes abound (2, 4, 6, 12, 13, 17) but
Macreddin enjoys a rhythm that just builds from the moment
you step onto the 1st tee. But be warned: the doglegs will test
you all day long. A truly great value course and the Brooklodge
Hotel sits next door.
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