Narin & Portnoo Golf Club
Portnoo, Co. Donegal, Ireland
COURSE REVIEW:
Founded: 1930
Designer: George L. Baillie
Championship Length: 6269 metres
PAR: 73
Type: Links
Narin and Portnoo Golf Club, is situated in a beautiful seaside resort in southwest Donegal. It is considered one of the finest natural and scenic 18-hole links 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.
NEARBY COURSES:
Carne (Belmullet) (3 hrs, 30 min); Donegal Golf Club (50 min); Enniscrone (2 hrs, 30 min); Rosses Point (Co.Sligo) (1 hr, 45 min); Westport (3 hrs, 15 min)
RECOMMENDED NEARBY ACCOMMODATION:
Harvey’s Point Country Hotel (50 min); Radisson SAS Hotel Sligo (1 hr, 35 min); Rathmullan House (80 min); Rosapenna Hotel (80 min)
