DESTINATIONGOLF. TRAVEL CONNACHT
Castlebar
If you like to think your way around a golf course, then Castlebar is just the ticket. With a par of 72 and a modest length of 5,518 metres( middle tees) big hitters may feel they can take it apart. That won’ t happen. Caution and clever thinking are required to create the most opportunities on a course that has always been highly regarded for its greens. In 2021, Castlebar started a new chapter with six brand new holes and five redesigned holes, which include three new green complexes. Designed by Jeff Howes and constructed over three years these holes have allowed Castlebar to inflate its scale, introduce more drama and give holes more individuality.
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A strong country parkland moving easily between the trees and into a woodland setting for several holes. This is country golf at its finest, with good maintenance, nice flourishes and one enjoyable hole after another. The 1st hole skirts a fairy ring while the 4th includes a woody dell. The closing holes are lost in pine trees that create a moody finish but this is where the strongest holes await. There are no elevation changes so it is left to the trees and gently curling fairways to challenge you while greens offer their own surprises.
Gort
Gort embraces 160 acres of bumpy, tossing, Co. Clare countryside. Some holes have big changes in elevation while others are far more gentle, but the course can change its shape within a few yards. It keeps you on your toes as these holes combine some tricky doglegs, blind drives, ponds and four very good par threes. The course opened in 1996 and was designed by Christy O’ Connor Jr. The shapeliness of the landscape was ideal for him and he has created a course which will entertain all levels of golfers. The views stretch in every direction, including to the Slieve Aughty mountains and hills of Clare.
This is country golf at its finest, with good maintenance, nice flourishes and one enjoyable hole after another.
Athenry
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