Carne Golf Links – Wild Atlantic Dunes Key Information
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| Address | Carne, Belmullet, Co. Mayo, Ireland |
| Phone | 00353 97 82292 |
| Website | carnegolflinks.com (opens in new tab) |
| info@carnegolflinks.com | |
| GFs | €140 |
| Visitor Times | Welcome at all times, subject to booking |
| Par | Men 71, Women 72 |
| Slope | White/M 129, Red/W 128 |
| Opened | 1922 |
| Architect | Arthur Croome & Tom Simpson, Tom Mackenzie |
Carne Golf Links – Wild Atlantic Dunes
Golf Monthly Verdict
(Image credit: Carne Golf Links)
Carne was always a fascinating attraction even before the newer nine were added and brought into regular play. Now that they make up the Wild Atlantic Dunes along with the original wow-factor nine from the Hackett Course, this has made all the difference. This is a visually stimulating links that is now consistently exciting all the way.
Reasons To Play Carne Links
– Enjoy a thrilling ride up, over and through some of the best dunes in the Top 100
– Play a fresh and different challenge on every hole
– Savour the pilgrimage to one of Ireland’s more far-flung beauties
Rankings
UK & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses 2023/24 – 76
Beautifully sited on the County Mayo coastline, Carne Golf Links’ original course was in the Top 100 of the UK&I until being leapfrogged by others. Now, very happily, the newer Kilmore nine has fully merged with the more spectacular nine of the original course to create the Wild Atlantic Dunes. This means that the thrills, beauty and drama are present for a full 18. It is all set to join the list of the best golf courses in Ireland.
The approach to Carne, just beyond the coastal town of Belmullet, makes you feel you are entering uncharted territory. The original course here was the last from the fertile imagination of Eddie Hackett, and was a fitting testament to one of golf architecture’s leading figures with nine holes that were very good but perhaps not so spectacular, and nine that were most definitely the latter. The project to build another nine – the Kilmore nine – came to fruition a few years ago, but budgetary and maintenance issues meant that for a while it was on the back burner. The dunes throughout are now as spectacular as the front nine on the Strand Course at Portstewart.
You now follow the original routing through the first seven holes – it was originally the back nine but swapped – and then head out into the new holes before finally re-joining the original course for the last two. The result is simply…
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