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Enniscrone Golf Club Key Information
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| Address | Enniscrone, County Sligo, Ireland |
| Phone | 00353 96 36297 |
| Website | enniscronegolf.com (opens in new tab) |
| info@enniscronegolf.com | |
| GFs | €175 |
| Visitor Times | Welcome at all times subject to booking |
| Par | Men 73, Women 73 |
| Slope | White/M 122, Red/W 127 |
| Opened | 1974 (originally founded 1918) |
| Architect | Eddie Hackett |
Enniscrone Golf Club Dunes Course
Golf Monthly Verdict
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This is one of the less well-known courses in the Top 100, particularly for those who haven’t visited the area. This is a shame, as the holes in the dunes – which is most of them – provide a brilliant adventure and are extremely attractive. The peninsula/riverside setting is absolutely lovely and this is one of the most joyous courses in the Ireland.
Reasons To Play Enniscrone
– Some of the most thrilling and attractive holes in the Top 100
– A blend of holes that run alongside water and others in the wildest dunes
– A chance to get one-up on those who haven’t even heard of it!
Rankings
UK & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses 2023/24 – 92
Eddie Hackett was an innovative golf course designer and at Enniscrone Golf Club he created a course that is both visually exciting and very thrilling to play. It was he who took what was an unassuming 9-holer and expanded it into a brilliant and invigorating safari of discovery through the sand. This fabulous site is roughly midway between Carne and County Sligo, together with which it makes up three of the very best golf courses in Ireland.
Hackett has used the dunes to maximum and very dramatic effect, while some years ago Donald Steel added a further nine at the same time as making greater use of the dunes for the main 18. More than many links courses, it is almost packed with variety with five par 5s that work their way through the sandhills or along the lovely shore. It is also one of the most photogenic links in the Top 100 with plenty of views to enhance an already very engaging game of golf.
Arguably, it is this rugged beauty that is the star of the show at Enniscrone because no matter how you play, it really is the kind of course where just the walk through towering dunes, surrounded by estuary and sea, will keep you happy. Immediately following a deceptive opening drive into an area that makes the first hole on the Old Course at St Andrews look tight, the routing heads into, then along, then out of, and finally…
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