golf around connemara

Oughterard Golf Club is situated on N59 adjacent to the 15th-century Aughnanure Castle, 15 miles west of Galway city en route to Connemara. It is a delightful eighteen-hole course, excellently maintained for the discerning golfer. Mature trees demand thought and accuracy from the tee, and elevated greens require precision and patience.

The relatively short front nine injects a false sence of security which is quickly deflated on some very testing holes over the inward nine, leaving th...

The course is distractingly beautiful where ocean inlets and rocky out crops provide natural hazards. Three excellent par 3's...

This is one of Ireland's best and most challenging links. It may have something to do with its intoxicating air, breathtaking scenery and the last massive six holes.
Designed by Eddie Hackett, this is as tough a challenge as you are likely to find anywhere, with the par of 72 seldom matched. The back nine have been described as 'the equal of any in the world'....