Golf Digest Ireland’s Top 100 Golf Courses 2014. The Complete List
Brace yourself! It’s always controversial but there’s are new number one on top of the GDI Ireland’s top courses list. Portmarnock is now officially the best course in the country replacing Royal County Down in the top spot. GDI say 80 members of the golfing public were selected to contribute to the vote and made up to 30% of the vote.
Less than 25% of all the clubs in country, when asked if they had any improvement work etc actually bothered to respond.
Among the top 10, The European Club has dropped to 9th, Ballyliffin Glashedy (11th) has inched ever closer to the top 10, with Belmullet, Old Head and Rosapenna’s Sandy Hills all making big gains.
Golf Digest Ireland Top 100 Courses 2014
1 Portmarnock Position: up 1
2 Royal County Down Position: down 1
3 Royal Portrush (Dunluce) Position: same
4 Waterville Position: same
5 Lahinch (Old) Position: same
6 Ballybunion (Old) Position: same
7 Tralee Position: up 1
8 Co Louth (Baltray) Position: up 1
9 The European Club Position: down 2
10 Adare Manor Position: Same
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11 Ballyliffin Glashedy Links Position: up 1
12 Co Sligo (Rosses Point) Position: down 1
13 Enniscrone Position: Same
14 The Island Position: Same
15 Mount Juliet Position: Up 1
16 Carne Golf Links (Belmullet) Position: Up 4
17 Portstewart (Strand) Position: Down 2
18 Old Head Golf Links Position: Up 4
19 Killeen Castle Position: Down 2
20 Donegal (Murvagh Links) Position: Down 2
21 Ballyliffin Old Links Position: Same
22 Rosapenna (Sandy Hills) Position: Up 6
23 K Club (Palmer) Position: Down 4
24 Doonbeg Links Position: Up 2
25 Portsalon Position: Same
26 Portmarnock Links Position: Down 3
27 The Royal Dublin Position: Down 3
28 Lough Erne Position: Up 1
29 Carlow Position: Down 2
30 Dooks Position: Up 2
31 Carton House (Montgomerie) Position: Down 1
32 Fota Island Position: Up 5
33 Cork Position: Down 2
34 Narin & Portnoo Position: Up 4
35 Headfort (New) Position: Up 1
36 Druids Glen Position: Up 3
37 Rosapenna (Old Tom Morris) Position: Down 3
38 Castlerock Position: Down 3
39 Killarney (Killeen) Position: Down 6
40 Slieve Russell Position: Up 1
41 Concra Wood Position: Down 1
42 Connemara Position: Up 2
43 Seapoint Position: Same
44 Malone Position: Up 8
45 Palmerstown House Position: Up 5
46 Carton House (O’Meara) Position: Same
47 The Heritage Position: Up 1
48 Royal Portrush (Valley) Position: Up 7
49 K Club (Smurfit) Position: Down 7
50 Belvoir Park Position: Up 1
51 Tramore Position: Down 4
52 Luttrellstown Castle Position: Down 7
53 Portumna Position: Up 1
54 Bunclody Position: Up 3
55 Hermitage Position: Up 3
56 Dun Laoghaire Position: Down 7
57 Arklow Position: Up 4
58 Powerscourt (West) Position: Down 5
59 Castletroy Position: Same
60 Dromoland Position: Up 5
61 Royal Belfast Position: Up 2
62 Clandeboye Position: Up 4
63 Westport Position: Up 1
64 Glasson Position: Down 8
65 Tullamore Position: Up 5
66 Ballybunion (Cashen) Position: Up 13
67 Farnham Position: Down 7
68 Powerscourt (East) Position: Same
69 Rosslare Position: Up 7
70 Mount Wolseley Position: Down 8
71 Rathsallagh Position: Down 2
72 Esker Hills Position: Up 10
73 Castlemartyr Position: Down 1
74 Shannon Position: Down 1
75 Druids Heath Position: Down 8
76 Strandhill Position: Down 2
77 Galgorm Castle Position: Up 9
78 Dingle Links Position: Up 3
79 Mullingar Position: Up 6
80 Dundalk Position: Down 9
81 Ballinrobe Down 1
82 Laytown & Bettystown Position: Down 5
83 Grange Position: Down 5
84 Galway Bay Position: Up 3
85 Galway Position: Up 3
86 Castle Position: Down 3
87 St. Annes Position: Down 3
88 Knightsbrook Position: up 4
89 Ardglass Position: Down 14
90 Balbriggan Position: Down 1
91 Woodenbridge Position: Up 9
92 Tulfarris Position: Down 1
93 Headfort (Old) Position: NEW
94 Kirkistown Castle Position: Same
95 Moyola Park Position: NEW
96 Athlone Position: Up3
97 Killarney (Mahony’s Point) Position: Down 2
98 Blainroe Position: NEW
99 Kilkenny Position: Down 2
100 Courtown Position: Down 10
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