Rossmore - Monaghan - Ireland

One of only a handful of golf courses located in County Monaghan, Rossmore Golf Club is as close to a hidden gem as you could care to imagine. The original 9-hole layout was set within a 65-acre site that was leased to the club by Baron Rossmore in 1916. This course was subsequently doubled in size by Des Smyth and architect Declan Branigan at the beginning of the 1990s and several holes have since been altered to incorporate further water features.

Rossmore is a hilly course with many of the holes routed up, over and around drumlin landforms that were created by glacial action thousands of years ago. It’s a little flatter just after the turn with streams crossed at holes 9, 10 and 14, and a couple of ponds featuring down the left hand side of the 364-yard 11th.