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Located by the Atlantic Ocean, Ballybunion Golf Club has two traditional links golf courses. They are both unique in character, testing all aspects of shot making ?_?_̱ The Old Course and The Cashen Course, visitors from around the world have been visiting the Club for many decades.
Old Course
The Old Course exudes a majestic feel that simply cannot be compared to any other course on earth. With beautifully contoured fairways that tumble down through a blanket of grassy dunes, it's no wonder these challenging holes have been consistently rated among the top courses in the world.
- Number of holes: 18
- Par: 71
- Yardage: 6366
The Cashen Course
It’s simple really, if the Cashen Course at Ballybunion Golf Club was anywhere else it would attract far more attention and plaudits than it does. It’s hard on a girl if her older sister is Sophia Loren! Although built on similar, stirring terrain to The Old Course in the 1980s, in many ways ‘The Cashen’ is more irascible, more spectacular, more flirtatious, more brutal and more unforgiving and more difficult to tame than her older, more famous sibling. In a strong wind, ‘Miss Cashen’ verges on being impossible – her dunes are higher, her valleys are deeper, her greens more undulating. The links changes mood unrecognizably from one day to the next. The Old Course requires shot-making, placement and trajectory control. The Cashen Course requires acute precision especially off the tee as fairways frequently disappear around corners. The careless can easily run out of fairway and find their golf ball buried in marram. It’s a wonderful challenge from start to finish. Designed by Robert Trent Jones Senior, opened in 1982.
- Number of holes: 18
- Par: 72
- Yardage: 5945
What's Nearby?
1. Ballymascanlon House Hotel, Golf & Leisure Club
2. Blarney Hotel Golf & Spa Resort
3. Glasson Hotel and Golf Club
5. Rosapenna Hotel and Golf Resort
