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The course has recently been extended to eighteen holes, including the dogleg 'pond' hole - the 6th. The redesigned par 5 14th requires a tricky shot over a ravine. The par 3 10th is also tough: 201 metres, with the green very close to the boundary hedge. The course is located one mile from the town centre on Huntly Road....

9 HOLE GOLF SWEEP Stableford Competition. Open to golfers with official handicap....

Although Downpatrick is an inland course it has many of the characteristics of links golf - fast greens, tricky undulations and quite often a testing breeze. In many ways it is an ideal course for the amateur golfer to play; it is short enough to be enjoyable but great accuracy and a silky touch are required for good scoring.

Holes to watch out for are the 5th, 7th, 13th and 14th, all classic par 4s which require long straight hitting. Incidentally the view from the 5th fairway is...

Part links and part inland open course. There is little rough but several water hazards and the 18th, without of bounds both left and right can be problematical. Views over the Copeland Islands to the Scottish coast are spectacular, particularly from the 16th tee....

The North Down Club lies above Conlig village off the A21 between Bangor and Newtownards. The clubhouse and Dufferin course overlook the mouth of Belfast Lough and Strangford Lough can be viewed from the Ava course.

Acceptable casual dress should be worn but not denim wear. Gentlemen require jacket, collar and tie after 6.30 p.m. in dining room....

Originally established at the Kinnegar, Holywood, the club moved ot a site in Carnalea at Bangor, but when that proved inadequate the final move was made in 1925 when Criagavad House and Demesne became available. This has now beocme established as one of the finest eighteen-hole parkland settings in the game. Local knowledge has it that all putts tend to fall towards the sea, and it is generally accepted that accuracy rather than length is the prime requirement for thiscourse, which was laid o...

18 Holes. A parkland course which is regarded as one of the finest par 3 courses in Northern Ireland....

This is quite a tough and physically demanding course, with five par 5s....

9 Hole Parkland course with excellent views of the mourne Mountains and Dromara Hills. Good condition all year round....