Portmarnock Golf Club
27 Hole Semi- Private
Portmarnock Golf Club
Golf Links Road, Portmarnock, County Dublin, Ireland
Phone: +353 1 846 2968, Fax: +353 1 846 2601
- “Links Golf at its finest”08/2013
- 18-Hole Championship Course
- 9-Hole Yellow Course
- Driving Range & Practice area
Yes - every day.
Season: Year round
125 - 195 € / 18 Holes
Wednesday
12°C
Thursday
13°C
Friday
13°C
Characteristics
Founded in 1894, the championship course offers a classic, traditional challenge. Within the curve of the coastline formed by Howth peninsula, it offers stunning views of Ireland’s Eye and Lambay Island, rising sharply from deep waters.
Courses
18-Hole Championship Course
Opened in 1894. Design: W.C. Pickeman. Style: Links.
Terrain: Slightly undulating with water hazards
Technical difficulty: Moderate - Hard
Scorecard
| Tee | Par | CR | Slope | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue (Men) | 72 | - | 151 | 7466 yards |
| White (Men) | 72 | - | 135 | 6926 yards |
| Green (Men) | 72 | - | 129 | 6701 yards |
9-Hole Yellow Course
Scorecard
| Tee | Par | CR | Slope | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue (Men) | 36 | - | - | 3461 yards |
| White (Men) | 36 | - | - | 3357 yards |
| Green (Men) | 36 | - | - | 3240 yards |
Practice Facilities
- Driving Range (12 tees)
- Practice Area
- Putting Green
- Pitching Green
- Chipping Green
- Practice bunker
Visitors
18-Hole Championship Course
Visitors are welcome every day.
Advance booking is essential.
A valid handicap certificate or card is required.
Handicap limit: men 28, women 36
9-Hole Yellow Course
Visitors are welcome every day.
Advance booking is essential.
A valid handicap certificate or card is required.
Etiquette
Proper golf attire is required. Denim jeans, collarless t-shirts and tracksuits are not acceptable.
No dogs allowed. Mobile phone not permitted on course.
GPS devices approved.
Green Fees
18-Hole Championship Course
| Green Fee | Mon - Fri | Sat, Sun, Holidays |
|---|---|---|
| November - March | ||
| 18 Holes | 125 € | 125 € |
| April - October | ||
| 18 Holes | 185 € | 195 € |
Driving Range
| Monday - Sunday | |
|---|---|
| Rangefee | free |
| Bucket | free |
Amenities
Club Amenities
- Clubhouse
- Locker rooms
- Club accepts credit cards
- Bar
- Snack Bar
Restaurant
Emer McGirr
Phone: 00353-1-846-4948
emer@portmarnockgolfclub.ie
Credit cards accepted.
Pro Shop
Joey Purcell
Phone: 00353-1-846-2634
proshop@portmarnockgolfclub.ie
Rentals
- Clubs for hire
- Trolley for hire
- Electro-trolley for hire
- Electro-cart for hire
- Caddy
- Caddy on request
The Club
Personnel
| Title | Name |
|---|---|
| Pro | Joey Purcell+353 ((0)1) 846 2634 E-mail |
User Reviews
Most Recent Reviews
Links Golf at its finest
Reviewed August 3, 2013
Beautiful, well thought and difficult layout of the course! Great conditions with fast and true greens! Only beginners would complain about the planes flying over the course.
- Original version
...Top - Top - Top...
Reviewed October 3, 2023
...in Ireland Top five - Britain & Ireland Top twenty - World Top fifty...
...you don't really need to write more...
...should I write something else?
...is there anything else you want to comment on?
...we'll try anyway, given our golf experience:
- the leader has been playing golf for more than 40 years, the rest of the team members have been playing golf for 35 years this spring
- the leader has played on over 750 coures - will record his 800th this winter, the rest of us have or are likely to reach the 600 mark.
We were finally able to play this great course - considered the No. 1 East Coast gem - it was only on our sixth attempt that our group succeeded (accommodating 8 players is often a challenge) - we also booked very early...
...no question one of the best and most beautiful things you should and can play...
...yes, we also arrived by plane, Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links is also loud - tutter!!! What is the point of such an assessment, is an expression of non-existent horizons - golf illiteracy...
Many big tournaments have been played here - more than on any other course in Ireland - many big names have demonstrated their skills here, played for fame and honor and given their verdict on this course. It is considered one of the fairest links courses in the world - the drive landing zones are usually very wide - and has been named Ireland's best course several times by Golf Digest. But the Grees are very, very heavy... they're easily enough to spoil the score...
According to Bernard Darwin: Perhaps the outstanding beauty lies in its putting greens. They are good and true, which is granted to many Greens, and they are very fast without being untrue, which is granted to only a few and is a rare and shining virtue...
The course on the peninsula in front of Dublin is the pride of the entire city and its founders William Chalmers Pickemann and his friend George Ross. On Christmas Eve 1983 they rowed across the river to inspect the site. The land belonged to John Jameson - whiskey distillery - who used the site as a private golf course. The Scot Mungo Park - winner of The Open 1874 in Musselbrugh Old - made the first real hauls. Two years later it was the Scot Geroge Coburn who expanded the course to 18 holes.
WC Pickemann was the driving force and is essentially responsible for the entire success.
The third nine - the Yellow Course - was added in 1971, designed and built by the legendary Fred Hawtree with a whopping price tag of £3,500!!!
The only modifications necessary were on hole 6 with a new fairway!!!
Fred's son Martin modernized the Old 2003 for the Irish Open, primarily building new tees to stretch the course to 7,500 yards, resulting in an average length of 375 meters per hole.
For a links course, many fairways are flat, not so typical - this led to unusually long drives in tailwind - the opposite direction then made us land roughly...
Great course that has perfect maintenance and serves over 100 bunkers that literally collect lots of balls. We met a number of them in the green area - they play very well, but par is almost always gone!!!
You should also play the Yellow Course if you are not too tired, the wind saps your strength - physically and mentally - and also your nerves...
At the end we realized that we had drunk far too little due to the low temperatures, but that our bodies were still drained!!!
We men survived it, the ladies were in the clubhouse after 18 holes
It was a lot of fun playing here!!!
There are frustration reviews here that can be attributed to someone who is illiterate in golf, as far as ignorance is conveyed!!!
More about this in our review ABAMA - part on our own behalf!!!
Translated by Google.
- Original version
A must
Reviewed October 7, 2015
Despite wind and rain one of the best links worldwide
Translated by Google.
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