6,886 yards • Par 71

Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links shares a similar name as its more illustrious neighbour but the similarity certainly does not end there. Like Portmarnock Golf Club, Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links is a superb links course, essentially fashioned from the same dune land as Portmarnock and deserves its growing international reputation. If anything in fact, the Links at Portmarnock (as it's also known) is an even tighter layout, distinguished by some wickedly difficult pot bunkers. Set in splendid surroundings overlooking the islands of Lambay and Ireland's Eye, you can hear the waves crashing on the nearby beach as a chorus of seabirds, make their presence felt. Bernard Langer designed the golf course and upon completing his work, Langer commented: "there are very few locations in Europe that could have allowed me the opportunity to design such a classic championship links. I hope all who play it discover its magic and challenging beauty". The inspirational use of natural dunes, elevated tees and greens, acutely angled doglegs and almost 100 bunkers, test even the most accomplished golfers.

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