Westport Golf Club, one of Ireland’s finest Championship Golf Courses, is just 5 minutes from the town centre. For those looking for something a bit more fun and child friendly, try their new 9-hole Pitch and Putt course.
A little further afield but within easy driving distance is a selection of parkland and links courses to suit everybody.
Just a 5-minute drive from the town, Westport Golf Club is one of Ireland’s finest parkland courses. A highly regarded championship venue, the Club is the three-time host of the Irish Amateur Close Championship, and also the Smurfit Irish PGA Championship in recent years. It is set in the scenic splendour of 260 acres of undulating parklands on the shores of Clew Bay with breathtaking views of Croagh Patrick.
The club boasts two professionals and a floodlit driving range, a two-hole pitching green and six-hole putting green.
At 15, Rory McIlroy become the youngest ever winner of the Irish Amateur Close Championship at Westport Golf Club in 2005, his first-ever senior championship victory.
Mulranny Golf Club’s unusual 9-hole links course on commonage overlooks the scenic Clew Bay with its own beach beside the course. There are views of Croagh Patrick, the Partry Hills, Sheeffry Hills and the Mweelrea mountains to the south, while the Nephin Beg range is to the north. The course, like the scenery, is very easy on the eye, but always manages to tame the discerning golfer, even before the wind gets up.
Carne Golf Links lies in magnificent unspoiled sand dunes overlooking Blacksod Bay and the wild Atlantic Ocean near the town of Belmullet. Since work was started on the course in 1992, Carne has gone on to become one of the premium links golf courses in Ireland and is a true gem in North Mayo. It has recently been voted 7th in the Top 100 golf courses in the UK & Ireland.
Claremorris Golf Club is a spectacular 18 hole par 73 parkland course measuring 6,131 metres and has USGA spec sand-based greens designed by Irish International and Walker Cup player the late Tom Craddock Malahide who co-designed the world-famous course at Druids Glen, Co Wicklow, host to the Irish Open on many occasions.
The Championship Parkland Golf Course at Ballinrobe Golf Club is on a mature 300-acre estate that provides the setting for an ever-evolving, continuously maturing, magnificent championship parkland golf course.
Connemara Golf Links is a championship links course set between the scenic splendour of the 12 Bens mountain range and the rugged Atlantic ocean.
Castlebar Golf Club offers a variety of 18 sand-based greens and tees, each with its own unique challenge.
If you are visiting Westport and wondering "Is there a Pitch and Putt near me?", you are in luck!
Westport GC Pitch and Putt is a 9 hole par 3 course, open every day from dawn till dusk, and nicely embedded into the landscape of Westport Golf Course.
The course is located a few minutes from the town centre at Westport Golf Club (Eircode F28 VY07, GPS, Latitude 53.812459, Longitude -9.563153)
Free car parking and full catering/refreshment services is available at the on-site Bar and Restaurant after your round.
For more information, contact the club at:
www.westportgolfclub.ie
info@westportgolfclub.com
+353 98 28262
