Galway
Galway Golf Club hosted the end of season inter-club Cups and Shields week in 2002 when almost 500 male golfers from all over Ireland played semi-final and final matches for five different trophies. The main prize was the Senior Cup (established in 1900) and Galway have been Connacht provincial winners five times since 2000, claiming the national title at Enniscrone in 2006 and Tullamore in 2009. The course at Galway and its near neighbour at Galway Bay feature regularly in Irish Top 100 rankings but both these top tracks are surpassed in quality by the tough Connemara links layout at Ballyconneely. An Eddie Hackett design from the early 1970s, this remote course extends to 27 holes, laid out in three distinct 9-hole circuits.
Connemara Golf Links (Championship)
Galway, Ireland
Connemara Golf Links (Championship)
If you are brave enough to tackle the brutal Championship course from Connemara Golf Club's back tees – good luck – pray that the wind machine is turned off.
Portumna Golf Club
Galway, Ireland
Portumna Golf Club
The mature trees that bound many fairways provide a full range of seasonal colour at Portumna Golf Club and the wild deer that roam the course are a very pleasant diversion if spotted.
Galway Bay Golf Resort
Galway, Ireland
Galway Bay Golf Resort
The course at Galway Bay Golf Resort has been described as “parkland by the sea” with a strong American design influence.
Galway Golf Club
Galway, Ireland
Galway Golf Club
The design of the current course at Galway Golf Club is down to the efforts of the celebrated Scottish designer Alister MacKenzie who laid out the 18 holes in 1926.
Oughterard
Galway, Ireland
Oughterard
Oughterard Golf Club is a parkland track with large, undulating greens that test the very best of putting strokes.
Connemara Isles
Galway, Ireland
Connemara Isles
This, quite simply, is Irish golf at its very best. Connemara Isles Golf Club encapsulates all that is good about old fashioned golf played in stunning surroundings...
