A straight tee ball is required for a short iron approach to a large flat green, protected at the front with three large bunkers. The prevailing westerly wind will ensure that this opening hole grabs your full attention.
Dog legging from right to left, it is important to avoid the pot bunker and trees that await an errant tee ball to the left of the fairway. An accurate approach shot is required in order to avoid the greenside bunkers and severe run off on the left-hand side of the green, which slopes from back to front.
A deceptive par three that usually plays a half club longer than you may think is required. This hole has the option of using two tee boxes which will completely change the angle and the visual aspect of the approach shot.
An accurate drive is required to avoid bunkers and out of bounds on the left, trees on the right, with a large century old sycamore tree splitting the fairway some 120 yards off the tee certainly helping to focus the mind. The approach to the green is well bunkered however this hole represents a genuine birdie opportunity.
An accurate drive is required to avoid bunkers and out of bounds on the left, trees on the right, with a large century old sycamore tree splitting the fairway some 120 yards off the tee certainly helping to focus the mind. The approach to the green is well bunkered however this hole represents a genuine birdie opportunity.
The first of a difficult stretch of holes. Two long accurate shots are required if you are to reach the elevated putting surface in regulation. The green slopes significantly from back to front and is well protected by two large bunkers.
With out of bounds and bunkers on either side of the fairway, an accurate tee shot is required here. Depending on ability and ambition, the golfer must decide to either lay-up or attack a split-level green that is guarded by a bunker on the left and a pond to the right.
A long and difficult par four that does justice to its Index 2 status. Dog legging slightly from left to right, a precise approach shot is required to hit and hold this two-tiered green. Missing the green on the left-hand side will result in a very difficult up and down, as the green slopes away from you to a pond that will receive any poorly played recovery shot.
Regardless of which tee box is in use, this long par three demands an accurate tee shot if it is to reach the green which is well guarded by three large bunkers. Very easy to three -putt this green as the putting surface slopes deceptively from back to front and left to right.
A long par 5 dog legging right to left with trees on both sides of the fairway and out of bounds on the left. Care is required with the approach shot to avoid green side bunkers and the pond on the left. The large green slopes deceptively from back to front.
Playing the tee shot up the right-hand side of the fairway offers the golfer the opportunity to see the green for their approach shot. The second shot must negotiate a fairway that slopes severely from left to right and feeds down to a strategically placed bunker. The slightly elevated green, which is protected by a lone bunker, on the left is difficult to hit and hold.
Standing on the tee box you will be transfixed by the panoramic view that greets you. This long par three demands great accuracy with the tee shot if you are to reach the green in regulation, particularly if the wind is blowing.
Dog legging severely from right to left, two epic shots are required to reach the target on a hole that easily justifies its Index 1 status. Apart from its length, the thirteenth has bunkers and trees to punish any wayward shot. A par here feels like a birdie.
A stunning, mid to long iron par three with Croagh Patrick in the background. The green slopes severely from left to right and back to front and avoiding a three putt here is no mean achievement.
The feature hole at Westport Golf Club requires a tee shot that must cross an Atlantic inlet so as to avoid a watery grave. Once this is achieved, the hole dog legs from right to left, to a green with severe run offs on both sides. Miss this green and a dropped shot is almost inevitable.
Dog legging left to right, with fairway bunkers and trees on the right, this hole has developed into a formidable challenge in recent years. The second shot is played uphill to a split-level green that slopes severely from back to the front. If you are ‘going well’, it is worth a walk up to the green to determine the pin position, as three putting is commonplace here.
The landing area on this fairway slopes severely from left to right and will often result in an approach shot being played from the light rough on the right. Trees and out of bounds on the right-hand side, offer further protection to this short par 4.
Avoiding the fairway bunkers on the left-hand side of the fairway will offer the golfer the ideal position to either lay-up or attack this green in two shots. The green is long and narrow, on three levels and will punish an inaccurate approach shot to the full.
