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Druids Glen Key Information
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Address |
Druids Glen Hotel & Golf Resort, Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, Ireland |
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Phone Number |
+353 1 287 0800 |
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Website |
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Visitor Times |
Every day |
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Par |
Men 72, Women 73 |
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Slope Rating |
White/M 134, Red/W 125 |
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Opened |
1995 |
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Designed by |
Pat Ruddy & Tom Craddock |
Druids Glen
Golf Monthly Verdict
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Golf Monthly Verdict
The great Pat Ruddy may be more renowned for his spectacular Irish links, but Druids Glen is more than proof that he knows what he’s doing inland too. This is a treat for the eye as well as a strategic test, so even if your game is off, it would be very hard not to enjoy one of Irish golf’s most scenic journeys.
Reasons To Play Druids Glen
– The refurbishment has improved what was already a fabulous course
– Follow in the footsteps of Colin Montgomerie who won two Irish Opens here
– All the off-course facilities you could possibly want
Rankings
UK & Ireland Top 100 Golf Courses 2025/26 – 88
Druids Glen took a brief rest away from the Golf Monthly Top 100 last time round while it was treated to a comprehensive upgrade and so was closed for most of the review period. One of the most beautiful inland courses I have played, it is now back with a bang!
Journalist-turned-golf course designer, Pat Ruddy, is perhaps best-known for his creation of and enhancements to a great number of Ireland’s spectacular modern links such as his very own European Club. But this County Wicklow course he created alongside Tom Craddock is one of the country’s very finest parkland courses, packed with challenging holes and great visual beauty.
Just a couple of miles from the coast, Druids Glen is a lush golfing oasis, complete with majestic tree-lined fairways, many thought-provoking water features, and considerably more than a splash of colour at the right time of year. It is unquestionably one of the best golf courses in Ireland.
Four Irish Opens have been played here since it opened in 1995, and it also staged the Seve Trophy in 2002. It is a layout ingeniously designed to test every facet of your game.
Consecutive holes dogleg the opposite way twice during the front nine, therefore favouring neither the fader nor the drawer. There is also water to consider on no fewer than eight of the eleven closing holes, often very dramatically.
The 8th and 12th – the…
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