Championship-calibre golf courses in Ireland
Championship courses host tournaments because they ask everything of every club in the bag. These Irish layouts have staged Opens, Irish Opens and Ryder Cups — and are open to visitors. Pack your A game.
- Donegal · links · Championship
Tom Doak's instant-classic Donegal links — already in many world top-100 lists.
- Down · links · Championship
Often ranked the world's greatest links — a wild, mountain-framed masterpiece on the Mournes coast.
- Limerick · parkland · Championship
Ireland's ultimate parkland — host of the 2027 Ryder Cup, immaculately presented and rich with history.
- Kerry · links · Championship
Tom Watson's favourite — towering dunes, ocean-edge par 4s, and a back nine that lives in golf folklore.
- Antrim · links · Championship
Northern Ireland's Open venue — dramatic dunes, ocean views, and the famous Calamity Corner par 3.
- Clare · links · Championship
The St Andrews of Ireland — quirky, charming, and home of the famous Klondyke and Dell holes.
- Dublin · links · Championship
A pure championship links 30 minutes from Dublin — flat, fair, and ferociously consistent.
- Derry · links · Championship
Spectacular opening seven holes through giant dunes — host of the 2017 Irish Open.
- Kerry · links · Championship
The Kerry classic favoured by Payne Stewart — a long, soulful links on the Ring of Kerry.
- Dublin · links · Championship
A wild, dune-framed links across the estuary from Malahide — one of Dublin's great hidden classics.
- Wicklow · links · Championship
A purist's links on the Wicklow coast — Pat Ruddy's personal vision, with two extra par 3s for fun.
- Donegal · links · Championship
Ireland's most northerly championship links — vast dunes, the conical Glashedy Rock and pure links theatre.
- Kilkenny · parkland · Championship
Nicklaus parkland on a 500-acre Kilkenny estate — host of the 2021 & 2022 Irish Open.
- Sligo · links · Championship
Yeats country links beneath Ben Bulben — host of the West of Ireland Championship.
- Kildare · parkland · Championship
2006 Ryder Cup venue — Arnold Palmer parkland with the River Liffey in play on five holes.













