Royal County Down, located in one of the world's most naturally beautiful links settings in the Murlough Nature Reserve, is one of the world's greatest links courses.  Against the magnificent backdrop of the Mountains of Mourne, the links stretches along the shores of Dundrum Bay, zigzagging back and forth to provide a different vista from virtually every hole.  It plays to a Par 71, yardage 7,186 from the Championship Tees.  It has all the classic elements: imposing sand dunes; tight, rolling fairways; small undulating greens and countless blind shots.  Old Tom Morris, the man who sculpted the original outline of the Old Course at St. Andrews, was paid just four guineas to produce this links masterpiece in 1889.  It was improved upon in 1908 by Harry Vardon, though it was not altered dramatically.  An American golf magazine was so enamored by the experience of a round at Royal County Down, that it rated it third best in the world behind Muirfield and Pebble Beach. 

*This course is available to play all day on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Fridays, Thursday mornings, and Sunday afternoons. 

Royal Portrush, home of the 2019 Open Championship, has a unique place in the history of Irish golf. It is the only golf course outside Great Britain to host the Open Championship, and it has done it twice! First in 1951 and again this year in 2019. The Dunluce Links course is perched beautifully on the Atlantic Ocean and is a wonderful test of links golf.  It was once famously described as a "spectacular monster". There are only 59 bunkers on the entire course, but plenty of other challenges await you as you navigate your way through this classic links adventure! This course is a must play for any Golf Trip taken in Northern Ireland!

Maximum handicap: 18 men, 24 women.

Par 72, yardage 7,135. In keeping with the tradition and reputation of its sister course, the Glashedy Links at Ballyliffin provide a wonderful setting for traditional links golf. In the early summer of 1992 , members of the committee met with Pat Ruddy and Tom Craddock, both course architects from Dublin. In that meeting, Ruddy & Craddock stated that the land next to the Old Links was probably the finest piece of links golfing terrain that they had ever seen, and the possibilities for developing it as a golf links were mind-boggling.

The instruction to the designers was to develop a world-class championship standard links course - something they duly delivered.

Par 72, yardage 6,604. Christened the 'Dornoch of Ireland', Ballyliffin is now recognized as one of Ireland's ultimate golfing beauties. A personal favorite of Nick Faldo, who fell in love with the course and its surroundings in 1993, Ballyliffin is one of the friendliest clubs on the Emerald Isle, boasting an unsurpassable setting and quality of terrain that is so perfect for golf.

Situated close to Malin Head on Donegal's Inishowen Peninsula, Ireland's most northerly links comprises 365 acres of spectacular duneland and is practically surrounded by rolling hills and mountains - the only other boundary is the Atlantic Ocean.