NORTH WEST Ireland wins the IAGTO Virgin Atlantic European Golf Destination of the Year 2011
If you are looking to golf in Ireland, Narin and Portnoo Golf Club is situated in a beautiful seaside resort in County Donegal in the northwest of the country. It is considered one of the finest natural and scenic 18-hole links Golf courses in Ireland, with sweeping views of Gweebarra Bay.
Opened in 1930, it is engagingly old-fashioned, with a meandering routing over and around the dunes. The course has recently been re-developed and the new par 73 layout offers a range of teeing areas and challenges to suit all golfers.
All manner of shots are required here: draws around sharp dog-legs; crisp irons to par threes over cavernous terrain; accurate tee shots down snake-like fairways, some wide and some not so generous; low trajectory shots into the Atlantic breezes; high shots down-breeze into raised and firm greens; chip and run shots over the mounds and dips. Throughout the adventure, all are captivated by the scenery and once experienced, it’s a course to which golfers return again and again.
A warm and friendly welcome awaits visitors and societies to Narin and Portnoo Golf Club and due to its links terrain, it is ideal for year-round golf.
Sean Rodgers was the man of the week by virtue of his 4BBB win with Denis Carberry at the weekend in the DP Barry &Co sponsored competition, and also with his 2nd place on Wednesday in the Open helped by a hole-in-one at the 11th. His exploits left Patsy Harkin looking for a late replacement [...]
Our Gaeltacht team finished in second place to Rossapenna in the Gaeltacht Finals played in Cloughaneely on Sunday last. Thanks to Brian McGee and the Cloughaneely club on the hospitality given to us and well done on the excellent condition of the course. We offer our congratulations to Rosapenna. Eamonn McGill was our top scorer [...]
This Sunday our Ulster Cup team are away to Greencastle in the first round, while our Gaeltacht League team travel to Cloughaneely for the finals on the same day, teeing off at 9am. Best of luck to both teams. John M. Kelly was the winner of the Ardara Golf Society sponsored monthly medal played in [...]