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Regional travel info : Dublin
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The Island Golf Club

 

Donabate, County Dublin

 



Course Type:   Links
Founded:   1890
Designed By:   F. Hawtree, E. Hacket
Length (yds):   6685
Par:   71
SSS rating:   72


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For any golfer visiting Dublin, the well-known links at Portmarnock and Royal Dublin overshadow many other fine layouts in the area; but if you don't grab the chance to play The Island while you are in the Irish capital, you will be missing out on something special. This is a good old-fashioned links that saw the first light of day back in 1890, though nobody seems to be too sure who was responsible for the original design. It sits on a slim peninsula of land that juts out defiantly, protecting Broadmeadow Estuary from the Irish Sea. Not quite an island, the sea and estuary surround the course on three (almost three and a half) sides. This creates an ideal linksland, with The Island Golf Club its sole tenant. Gigantic sand dunes, fast running undulating fairways, small quick greens and a devilish wind gusting in from the Irish Sea complete the picture. The combination of holes here is different, with only a couple of par-5s and three par-3s, so there's plenty of opportunity for those with an affinity for two-shot holes to get their fill on the 13 par-4s. The best of the original holes have been kept intact, with all of their unique and often crusty character -- and nowhere do their true colors shine through more brilliantly than on the back nine. This is a course for those who love the genuine links experience and have an appetite for the kind of test only this type of course can provide. For the golfer who understands the fundamentals of playing against a well-conceived links and all it can muster to defend itself, The Island will be nothing less than unadulterated pleasure. The Island deserves its place among Ireland's best, and though fame may still be lacking, that situation will inevitably change one day. With patience enough to wait over a hundred years so far, the celebrity it is entitled to can't be that far off.  

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