Dublin Golf Tours

The City of Dublin can trace its origins back over 1,000 years. From a small Viking settlement Dublin has evolved into one of the most vibrant capitals in the world. A city rich in cultural heritage, by walking the streets of Dublin you will see the many reminders from the past, from the beautifully illuminated Book of Kells dating from 800 AD, to the splendid Georgian architecture, magnificent medieval castles and fine cathedrals. Dublin’s glorious past is very much alive and interactive.

Dublin and its surrounds are blessed with a myriad of storied links courses and immaculate parkland tracks that go to make up one of the great golfing holidays.

Ryder Cups, Walker Cups, Irish Opens, World Golf Championships, Curtis Cups and The Seve Trophy – The list of major tournaments goes on and on. Every fairway and green tingles with the memory and atmosphere of recent and ancient golfing battles and heroics.

When you are finished on the course, it would be a sin not to take stock of the great golf, with a pint of the black stuff, and chat and sing the night away in arguably the world’s greatest pubs!

Portmarnock Old, North County Dublin (15 Mins from Dublin City)
Consistently ranked amongst the best golf courses in the world and recently bestowed the honour of the best course in Ireland (North and South) by Golf Digest; the Old Course at Portmarnock has hosted many major professional and amateur events including multiple Irish Open Championships, the Walker Cup and the Irish Amateur Close Championship. From Sam Snead to Seve Ballesteros, some of golf's best known names have tested their skills on this legendary north county Dublin sand spit

Portmarnock Links (15 Mins from Dublin City)
Developed in 1858, and one of the earliest courses in Ireland, the original 9 holes was developed for the world famous Jameson Family (of whiskey distilling fame) on their estate at Portmarnock.

Bernhard Langer affectionately incorporated part of the original layout in his design of the championship links, which opened for play in 1995.

The use of dunes and natural terrain should please the most ardent links purists. Elevated tees and greens, blind approaches and doglegs, not to mention typical links sea breezes, keep you thinking through every round.

Gently undulating luxuriously sprung fairways leading to large fast greens must be negotiated through 98 strategically placed bunkers, while hillocks, wild grasses and gorse await wayward shots.

Royal Dublin Golf Course, North County Dublin (10 Mins from Dublin City)
Ireland’s second oldest golf club has played host to some of the greats of world golf. Names like Nicklaus and Trevino, Ballesteros and Langer, Faldo, Floyd, Norman and Els... have all tested their games against the best on this Dublin links and those who were witness have carried the stories to all corners of the globe. Home club to the legendary Christy O Connor Snr, and host course for the Irish Open on 5 occasions, Royal Dublin is a must play for links enthusiasts

The Island Golf Course, North County Dublin (35 Mins from Dublin City)
Until as recently as 1973 this North Dublin Links course was approached by boat from Malahide across the estuary, and is as true a test of links golf as you will find. Consistently ranked in the top 20 courses in Ireland, this ‘hidden gem’ is a classic, historic links that deserves to be on every visitors must play list.

Baltray, Co.Louth (45 Mins outside Dublin City)
Rated in Golf Digest's top 100 courses in the world as a "hidden gem". It is one of the top twenty five courses in the British Isles and it is in the top six in Ireland.

Sometimes ferocious and other times benign, it provides competition for all handicaps, and was the venue for Shane Lowry’s historic amateur win at the 2009 Irish Open

The European Club, Co.Wicklow (1 Hr outside Dublin City)
This piece of exquisite links land was discovered by owner and course architect Pat Ruddy when he was surveying Ireland's coastline by helicopter in search of a classic golf location. The result is a magnificent addition to the world's short supply of approximately 160 true links (51 of these are in Ireland).

Three holes from the links of The European Club have been included in Golf magazines top 500 holes in the world.

Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links
This luxurious 4 star hotel combines modern elegance with the grandeur of a 19th century home once owned by members of the Jameson Whiskey dynasty. The hotel’s clever design ensures all guest rooms have a view of the seaside, garden or golf course.

The hotel has 138 rooms divided between the old Jameson house and the new buildings. Guests can stay in classical, executive and deluxe rooms.

There is a range of restaurants and bars at the hotel that will ensure that regardless of your preference there will be an option to suit.

Just 15 minutes from Dublin airport, nestled between the picturesque, upmarket seaside villages of Malahide and Howth. Portmarnock train station is also within 10 minutes’ walk, giving you easy access to Dublin city centre.   ^