Rosapenna (Sandy Hills Links)

County Donegal, Ireland

Gary Lisbon

Rosapenna's fabulous new Sandy Hills golf course was designed by Pat Ruddy and opened for play in July 2003.

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Rosapenna (Sandy Hills Links)

County Donegal F92 PN73, Ireland

rosapenna.ie +353 (0) 74 915 5000

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Rosapenna (Sandy Hills Links)

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Aug. 29, 2025

4.5

JeffArenson

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For those who want a "Test" of a golf course-this might be one of your favorites in Ireland.

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This is 7100 yards from the tips. The green sites are predominantly uphill to greens with surrounding contours that reject shots vs feed them in. This was once even more testing as there were bunkers to eliminate the ground game-seems bizarre on a links but that was the intent. There is still a fron...

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Apr. 2, 2025

Alistair Stedman

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From the first shot on the first tee, you know that you’re going to be in for a real test of your golf game.

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The holes at times are brutally cut into the sand dunes and it makes for some fascinating holes of golf.I loved the tough par 4 2nd hole, followed up by the par 3 with a huge open wasteland between tee and green. Interspersed on the rest of the front 9 were a good challenge of par 4s where scores co...

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Nov. 16, 2024

Greg Watson

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Sandy Hills Links, my first experience of golf in the stunning county of Donegal, turned out to be a wonderful debut venue.

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Sandy Hills is is dune-laden links, with views of the sea and inland that are epic, the routing is a triumph for me, never really noticing any other hole other than the one you are playing the framing could not be better.Off the tee the course appears to be narrow and with the knee-high golden wispy...

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Jul. 25, 2024

Alex Katter

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The way the golf course weaves in and around the big dunes is truly wonderful and the condition was superb.

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I was excited to get to Rosapenna, a resort I’d heard a lot about but went in not knowing a huge amount about the Sandy Hills course other than its ranking.Wow... this is some golf course, I was a bit taken aback at how good it was and knew that the ranking was going to get demolished when it came t...

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May. 12, 2024

4.5

Neil White

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"Why have they got us playing off the forward tees?

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" was the unanimous verdict of our bullish team as we embarked on a version of Sandy Hills that was less than 6,000 yards.We soon found out why. Precision is the key to success on these Pat Ruddy links and all of our quartet found it impossible to maintain for 18 holes.We played Rosapenna's three co...

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Apr. 5, 2024

Paul Quella

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This is a great course where for some holes you are lost in the dunes.

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It has many great views, some of the best in the Links world and make sure you notice.The hospitality was great and the improvements I heard about after my visit are good. I will be playing this course again in June 2024.

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Oct. 21, 2023

4.5

Roger Wade

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My top pick for golfing at RosaPenna.

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This links course offers breathtaking views and presents a formidable challenge. A word of caution regarding the weather: it's possible to witness all four seasons in a single round! A must-play if you're touring Donegal and Ireland.

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Aug. 25, 2023

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anthony o connell

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this is a properly stunning course.

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a true test of your game. tight lines,sloped lies and raised greens.Loved it and in a lot better condition than its much more vaunted St Patricks

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Jul. 1, 2023

Rex Tattersall

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This is my 4th time round this course and first review.

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It's still one of the toughest links courses in Ireland and today blowing 30mph made it as difficult as it gets. there is very little room for error here, if by a miracle you manage to get your ball on any of the very sloping fairways , your second shot will inevitably be even harder, normally onto ...

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Nov. 7, 2022

Patrick McGarey

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I played Sandy Hills in October 2022, after having played the course previously in Spring 2008.

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The recent changes to make some of the fairways more generous and bunkering less severe were executed beautifully. There is still ample trouble awaiting a poor shot, but the player isn't quite holding his breath on as many shots as before. Conditioning was excellent and the variety of holes made for...

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