Golf Resorts in Ireland and Northern Ireland

Ireland is the third largest island of Europe that lies to the northwest of Continental Europe, with Great Britain to its east. It is politically divided as the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The beautiful country is situated in a temperate climate zone influenced greatly by the winds and currents of the North Atlantic Ocean. The magnificent coastal mountains and rugged hills form a backdrop to the rolling interior plains.

A famous tourist destination, Ireland offers much more than scenic landscapes and natural coastal beauty. World-class accommodation provided through its hotels, visiting heritage sites, cultural and community folk, shopping at the market towns, visit pubs and while chatting about old Irish folklore sipping on some malt whisky, trekking, cycling, walking through the lush green pastures and wild countryside, are just some of the innumerable activities that can be tried out here, but the main attraction is it's over 300 golf courses, being a world famous hotspot for its seaside based ‘links' style golf courses.

Ireland and Northern Ireland offer numerous Golf Resorts that provide a wonderful and satisfying golf vacation, as well as an unmatched and unique golfing experience on this island country, with suitable challenges for all standards of golfers during its summer.

The finest Golf Resorts of Ireland and Northern Ireland are:

• The Ballybunion Golf Club– located in the southwest coast of Ireland, this seaside course offers comfy accommodation nearby, scenic views, as well as two fabulous challenging traditional links golf courses, namely its- masterpiece Old Course, and the Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed, Cashen Course.

• Royal County Down – situated in Newcastle, this club is amongst Ireland's oldest and is over 100 years old. It offers two beautiful true-links 18-hole courses, namely- its challenging Championship course and the Annesley Links Course. It is also the host venue for the 2007 Walker Cup.

• Lahinch Golf Club – located on the coast of Clare and carved from the natural terrain, its magnificent Old course designed by Alistair Mackenzie offers unmatched links golf on an undulating terrain. Also fabulous accommodation at the Lahinch Golf Hotel.

• Royal Portrush Club – located on the Antrim coast, besides offering breath-taking views of the scenery, it also offers two fabulous courses namely the Dunluce course and the Valley course. It was the venue for the first ever Open Championship in Ireland in 1951.

• Portstewart Links - located on the Causeway Coast of Ulster, it presents two 18-hole Strand and Old Course and the 9-hole Riverside course as well, that provide a unique links golf experience to every golfer.

There are other numerous and spectacular golf courses of the Ireland and Northern Ireland Counties, however the famous few are listed below as:

• Ballycastle Golf Club, Northern Ireland
• Ballyliffin Golf Club, Ireland
• Carnoustie Golf Links
• Castlerock Golf Club, Northern Ireland
• Portmarnock Golf Club, Ireland
• Royal Dublin Golf Club, Ireland
• Knock Golf Club, Belfast