"This is a course I want to be identified with, one I will be able to say with pride - 'I did that one.' I am the luckiest designer in the world . . . because of the uniqueness of the site" - Greg Norman.
Doonbeg Golf Club plays along 1.5 miles of beach and dunes. The ocean is visible from the green, fairway, or tee of 16 of the 18 holes.
The par 72 layout features a single loop of nine holes out and nine back. It plays 6,885 yards from the back tees. Driving Range, Clubhouse with locker rooms and pub, and Golf Shop are available.
Further afield, its name will pop automatically into people's minds when they talk about the design skills of Greg Norman who said "I have designed the course around the 15th hole, a magnificent par four of 440 yards to a funnel-shaped green surrounded by the highest dunes on the course. Landing a ball on the front edge of the 150-foot-long green, and wondering if it will stop before running off the far end [into perdition], is far more of a challenge to me than the target golf of hitting behind the flagstick from 187 yards and spinning it back six inches."
Yet the Shark was forced to settle for an out-and-back layout rather than a desired two loops of nine, because of the presence of a minute snail called Vertigo Angustior. So, the most extreme point of the 6,885 yard layout, which sits alongside Doughmore Bay, is the 10th tee. Meanwhile the homeward journey includes the delightful, 111-yard 14th, overlooking the Atlantic and where the tee-shot can vary from sandwedge to long iron, depending on the wind. Not unlike the famous, short seventh at Pebble Beach.
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Caddie Policy
The following options are available at Doonbeg Golf Club:
Senior Caddie and Forecaddie (one caddie per four ball). It is mandatory on Saturdays and Sundays that each four ball playing the course takes, at minimum, a forecaddie.
Caddies MUST be reserved in advance; otherwise, there is no guarantee of availability.
Facilities Include
5 Star hotel accommodation
Greg Norman-designed golf course
Spa
Directions
For assistance, call Doonbeg Golf Club at 065 6055600
Shannon Airport to Doonbeg
43.9 miles 1 hr 09 min
From SHANNON AIRPORT, take N19 and follow signs to Limerick (N18) N19.
Continue on N19 to the edge of Shannon. Proceed straight through roundabout.
Continue on N19 to junction with N18 (north). Turn left onto N18 signposted for Ennis and Galway.
Continue on N18 to Clarecastle and on to Ennis (N68).
After the West County Hotel, take first left turn onto Military Road N68 signposted for Kilrush/Killimer Car Ferry (Lynch Construction is on right hand side at this turn).
After Mangan's Cash and Carry take left turn for Kilrush/Killimer. At O'Sullivan and Hansbury's Garage, take left turn onto N68.
Continue on N68 for 16 miles to junction with R484 (Knockalough). At the Crossroads Pub, turn right onto R484 for Kilmihil.
Continue on R484 through Kilmihil to junction with R483. At the T-junction, turn right onto R483 signposted for Doonbeg Golf Club.
Continue on R483 to Creegh. After the bridge in Creegh, take first left turn onto R484 (signposted Kilkee and Doonbeg Golf Club).
Continue on R484 to junction with N67. At the T-junction, turn right onto N67 for Doonbeg Golf Club. Continue for another mile to the entrance of Doonbeg Golf Club, which will be on the left.
For More Information Please Contact :
Doonbeg Golf Club, LTD.
Doonbeg
County Clare, Ireland
Tel: 065-9055624
Web: http://www.doonbeggolfclub.com
