Golf in Connemara & Galway
Golf Clubs in County Galway
Bearna Golf Club
Located at the gateway to Connemara in the Gaeltacht, with commanding views of Galway Bay, the Burren and the Aran Islands, this West of Ireland golf course is only five miles from Galway city. Built on Connemara moorland it is a high scenic area with features and colours and plant and animal life that you won’t find elsewhere. Wonderful characteristics of gorse bushes, ditches, humps and bumps, twists and turns, all surrounded by authentic Irish peat bog, make for a thrilling round of golf.
Tel: (091) 592 677
Web: www.bearnagolfclub.com
Athenry Golf Club
18 Hole Parkland Course, just fifteen minutes from Galway City.
Tel : +353 (0)91 794466
Email: [email protected]
Tuam Golf Club
18 Hole Parkland Course, located twenty minutes from Galway City. Buggy for hire.
Tel : +353 (0)93 28993
Email: [email protected]
Connemara Golf Club
27 Hole Links Course, located ten miles from Clifden. Galway’s premier links course.
Tel: +353 (0)95 23502
Cregmore Park Hotel & Golf Club
Cregmore, Co. Galway
18 Hole course, just 15 minutes from Galway City, set on 200 acres of parkland.
Galway Golf Club
Blackrock, Salthill, Galway City.
Challenging 18 Hole Championship course located in Salthill, with ultra modern facilities. A tight tree lined course. Some tiered greens make it very important to accurately place your drives and a good short game is necessary to score well. The course has excellent views of Galway Bay, the Burren and the Aran Islands. Par 70: Length 5,816 Metres
Gort Golf Club
18 Hole Championship Golf Course, set in 160 acres of picturesque parkland on the edge of the world famous Burren and within 200 yards of the historic monastic settlement of Kilmacduagh.
Tel : +353 (0)91 632244
Renvyle Golf Course
A challenging 9 Hole, with brilliant Connemara scenery, located on the grounds of Renvlye House
Ballinasloe Golf Club
18 Hole Parkland Course. One of Connaught’s oldest Golf Clubs. A mature and testing parkland course playable all year round, Ballinasloe offers a challenging variety of superb golf holes and it is noted for it’s excellent greens and dog legs of which there are eight.
Connemara Isles Golf Club
Scenic 9 hole course located near Carraroe.
This unique island course has some of the most beautifully scenic golf holes in the country. Joined to the mainland by a causeway at Bealadangan, the course is distractingly beautiful where ocean inlets and rocky outcrops provide natural hazards demanding steady nerves.
Curra West Golf Club
Short 18 Hole course, located near Loughrea.
Dunmore Demense Golf Club
9 Hole parkland course in old estate setting. Dunmore is a scenic course, with mature trees and scenic landscape being its main feature.
Galway Bay Golf Club, Oranmore, Co. Galway
i8 Hole course located in Oranmore. Christy O’Connor Jnr, Ryder & World cup player, designed this 18 hole course to highlight and preserve the ancient historic features of the Renville peninsula. Par 72 : Length 6,533 metres
Glenlo Abbey Golf Club, Bushypark, Galway City
9 Hole course located in Galway City. The unique 9 hole double green golf course is a par 72 parkland golf course with rolling hills, lakes and fabulous views of Lough Corrib. Glenlo Abbey G.C. is the closest golf course to Galway City and is a favourite amongst locals.
Loughrea Golf Club, 18 Hole Parkland course
This is a rolling parkland course extended to 18 holes under architect, Eddie Hackett, in 1992. Generous fairway layout is counter balanced by strategic tree plantations and fast greens. While short by today’s standards, the test here is for considerable accuracy with approach shots to greens.
Mountbellew Golf Club, Mountbellew, Co. Galway
A tough wooded parkland course, some tight fairways and tricky par 3’s will test all your golfing skills, undulating fairways and natural hazards also play a part.
Oughterard Golf Club, Gortreevagh, Oughterard, Co. Galway
18 Hole Parkland course, situated in one Connemara’s most delightful villages, it has a nice variety of holes to suit the better player and novice alike.
Portumna Golf Club, 18 Hole Parkland course
18-hole course in an old estate setting. If you like getting close to the wildlife when you are out on the golf course, then Portumna could be the place for you. The course is surrounded by a national park and the deer graze on it.
Oldthort Golf Course, Oldthort, Portumna, County Galway
Nine hole golf course and 18 hole pitch & putt. Ideal for those who want a quiet game at a reasonable price.
Tel: +353 (0)90 9741123 Email: [email protected]
