NORTH WEST IRELAND

North West Ireland

The tour begins at the stunning 2018 Irish Open venue Ballyliffin and goes onto Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort, a historic pilgrimage made by the greats of the game including Old Tom Morris, Harry Vardon and James Braid. 

After completing the Donegal Swing golfers will head South to County Sligo, a Colt Championship links course which is currently ranked 7th in Ireland (www.top100golfcourses.com)

In Sligo golfers will stay on the Mount Falcon Estate, which has one the best Atlantic Salmon fishing rivers in all of Ireland on their private stretch of the River Moy.

To end the tour golfers will play Enniscrone known for having some of the largest dunes to be found on any links course in Great Britain & Ireland. Lastly onto Carne Golf Links, designed by the legendary Irish architect Eddie Hackett. Carne receives high praise from international golf journalists due its natural layout overlooking Blacksod Bay and the wild Atlantic Ocean.

DAY 1 - ARRIVAL

• Check-In for 2 nights at The 4-star Ballyliffin Town House
  Golf at Ballyliffin Old - The original course was designed in 1973 by Eddie Hackett, Lawrie and Pennick. Pat Ruddy and Tom Craddock made considerable changes whilst routing the Glashedy Links and Nick Faldo upgraded the Old links in 2005/6.

DAY 2

• Full Irish Breakfast
• Golf at Ballyliffin Glashedy - Host to the 2018 Irish Open, The Glashedy opened in 1995 and is a Pat Ruddy and Tom Craddock masterpiece fashioned around the incredible dunes of Ballyliffin.

DAY 3

• Full Irish Breakfast
• Golf at Rosapenna Sandy Hills Links - A Pat Ruddy design which opened in 2003, Sandy Hills is in many ways the ideal of a modern links. Intended for the serious golfer, its narrow fairways appear constricting from the tee, but the landing areas sculpted from the dunes are deceptively wide. Sandy Hills plays straight through towering sand dunes.
• Check-In for 2 nights at The 4-star Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort

DAY 4

• Full Irish Breakfast
  Golf at Rosapenna Old Tom Morris Links - Originally laid out by the legendary Old Tom Morris, this old fashioned Donegal links course used to attract the best players in the game for exhibition matches and has been enhanced in modern times by Pat Ruddy.

DAY 5 

• Full Irish Breakfast
• Golf at County Sligo Colt Championship - Commonly referred to as Rosses Point, the course was re-designed by Harry Colt in 1927 and is consistently voted in Ireland's top 10 courses. The views are spectacular, from the third tee on a clear day golfers can see five counties.
• Check-In for 3 nights at The 4-star Mount Falcon Estate

DAY 6

• Full Irish Breakfast
• Golf at Enniscrone Dunes Course - Known for having some of the largest dunes in Ireland, the club is situated on a promontory that juts into Killala Bay at the mouth of the River Moy Estuary. This provides Enniscrone with one of the most beautiful settings for the uncompromised playing characteristics of Irish links golf. The course was designed by Eddie Hackett with newer holes added by Donald Steel.

DAY 7

• Full Irish Breakfast
• Golf at Carne Golf Links - The last links course to be designed by the late Eddie Hackett and it is now believed by many who have played it to be his greatest design. Carne lies in magnificent unspoiled sand dunes overlooking Blacksod Bay and the wild Atlantic Ocean near the town of Belmullet.

DAY 8 - DEPARTURE

• Full Irish Breakfast