South West Ireland Tour

6 nights, 6 rounds of golf in the South West of Ireland. The area is regarded as one of the great golfing destinations in the world, rightly famed for the quality of its magnificent links, but also recognised for some outstanding parkland territory.

 
 
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Your Hotel
 
 
Stay in the scenic Killarney region a short walk from the town centre, a lively hub of activity, with many hotels, restaurants and pubs, where you can explore colourful laneways, a fine cathedral and historic buildings.
 
       
 
Day 1

Killarney Lackabane

 
 

The latest addition to the Killarney Club, Lackabane is still in its infancy but is already proving to be quite a challenge. At 6410 metres it is of championship standards. The design is fantastic. With lakes and streams running through the course, it adds to the beauty and also adds a lot of danger to crooked shots. The course is very different to the Killeen and Mahony`s Point courses at Killarney, but has just as much to offer.

 

 
       
 
Day 2
Dooks
 
 

Dooks has to be one of the most natural golf courses in the world. Everything is in harmony with its surroundings – it’s a beautiful place for golf. The course is enchantingly located on a promontory on the southern side of Dingle Bay. The MacGillycuddy’s Reeks Mountains stand guard to the southeast and stretched out in the foreground to the north and west are the sandy peninsulas of Rossbehy and Inch Point. The vista is simply breathtaking.

 

 
       
 
Day 3
Ballybunion Cashen
 
 

The Old course at Ballybunion is a tough act to follow but since it was created by Robert Trent Jones in 1971, visitors have besieged the place. Trent Jones has done an excellent job, because the links land is pure magic. The Cashen is set amongst even taller, more alarming, sand dunes than the Old course and its feel is slightly harder, despite being over 300 yards shorter in length, possibly because the fairways are tighter.It is a tribute to Trent Jones that he has resisted the temptation to do anything other than going with the flow of the land and using its natural form to full potential. The result is a dateless golf course.

 
       
 
Day 4
Ballybunion Old
 
 

As you drive from the historic town of Ballybunion, along the winding road to the golf course, your eyes feast upon the most spectacular links land imaginable. It will come as no surprise that this course has the largest, most formidable sand dunes in the British Isles. The Old course is a thrilling challenge, a supreme test of golf. If you are a very good golfer and there’s a gentle breeze blowing, you might score well. If there’s an onshore gale blowing, you are best to forget scoring well and simply try to enjoy this exhilarating golf course. Bill Clinton played there in 1998, apparently taking more “mulligans” than you can shake a golf club at!

 
       
 
Day 5
Dingle
 
 

Each hole on this magnificient links is carved from the natural landscape of one of the most unspoiled parts of Europe, with hazards laid down long before the game of golf was dreamt of, including a winding "burn" that twists and turns through the entire course. As you play, the whole panorama of the Dingle Peninsula is revealed - hidden bays with small fishing villages, glorious hills and mountains and the Blasket Islands out in the wild Atlantic. This area abounds in archaeological treasures, wild flora and fauna, arts and crafts and ancient Gaelic culture

 
       
 
Day 6
Waterville
 
 

Waterville plays on a promontory surrounded by the sea. It’s a stunning, remote location with views to the northeast of the Macgillycuddy’s Reeks mountain range and to the southwest across the beautiful Ballinskelligs Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. The fairways are gently undulating, the front nine plays across relatively flat ground whilst the back nine weaves its way through avenues of tall dunes. There are few courses that can boast such a fine collection of unique and great golf holes

 
       
 
Day 7
Depart