Tralee
The links at Tralee is home to some of the best holes in Ireland,
as well as some of the most dazzling scenery. From the high
clubhouse most of the 18 holes are on show and they will take your
breath away. Beyond the edges of the course, the dunes, beaches,
mountains and seascapes led Golf Channel to nominate Tralee
as a top ten ‘Best Ocean Courses’ in the world. (The list includes
Ballybunion and Old Head.) This is a golf experience you will be
unlikely to forget. Tralee was designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay,
despite Palmer’s protestations that “surely God designed the back
nine.” Certainly the perfect landscape of towering, twisting dunes
and deep hollows left little for the designers to do. The run from 12
to 17 is one unbelievable hole after another and the green settings
here, and everywhere else, couldn’t be more enthralling... but
putting surfaces are often steep and swaying so don’t be surprised
if approach shots slip away. It adds to the drama. Tralee recently
added a driving range with sheltered bays and a new six hole par
three course will open later this year.
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