Golf Digest Ireland Top 100 Ranked Golf Courses 2020

Royal County Down is rated Ireland’s No 1 course by Golf Digest Ireland magazine

Cork Golf Club, Slieve Russell Hotel & Country Club and the links at Ceann Sibeal in Dingle are the biggest movers in the Golf Digest Ireland Top 100 Ranked Golf Courses 2020.

The top-10 remains unchanged with Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, Portmarnock, Lahinch and Tralee sitting just above The Old Course at Ballybunion, Waterville, County Louth, The European Club and the leading parkland course, the Golf Course at Adare Manor.

Cork Golf Club moved top four places to 32nd with Slieve Russell up four to 37th and Ceann Sibeal up four to 72nd while there were also honourable mentions for Millicent, Balbriggan, Royal Tara, Moyola Park, North West, Wexford, Roe Park Resort, Athlone, Hilton Templepatrick, Royal Curragh, Dunfanaghy, Newlands, Ring of Kerry, Bantry Bay, Kirkstown Castle, Birr, Lisburn, Faithlegg, Woodbrook and Moyvallley.

As for the Top 30 Links and Top 30 Parkland courses, Royal County Down and the Golf Course at Adare Manor lead the way in their respective categories.

Rank	Club	Move
1	Royal County Down	No change
2	Royal Portrush	No change
3	Portmarnock	No change
4	Lahinch	No change
5	Tralee	No change
6	Ballybunion (Old Course)	Up 1
7	Waterville Golf Links	Down 1
8	County Louth (Baltray)	No change
9	The European Club	No change
10	The Golf Course at Adare Manor	No change
11	Ballyliffin (Glashedy)	No change
12	County Sligo	No change
13	Enniscrone	No change
14	The Island	No change
15	Portstewart  (Strand)	No change
16	Old Head Golf Links	No change
17	Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links	Up 1
18	Mount Juliet	Up 1
19	Belmullet (Carne Golf Links)	Down 2
20	Ballyliffin (Old Links)	No change
21	The K Club (Palmer)	No change
22	Dooks	Up 2
23	Trump International Golf Links - Doonbeg	Down 1
24	Royal Dublin	Up 2
25	Portsalon	No change
26	Donegal (Murvagh)	Down 3
27	Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort (Sandy Hills)	No change
28	Druids Glen Hotel & Golf Resort	No change
29	Killeen Castle	No change
30	Narin & Portnoo	No change
31	Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Resort (Old Tom Morris)	Up 2
32	Cork	Up 4
33	Fota Island Hotel & Golf Resort (Deerpark)	Down 1
34	Castlerock	Up 3
35	Concra Wood	Down 1
36	Killarney Golf & Fishing Club (Killeen)	Down 5
37	Slieve Russell Hotel & Country Club	Up 4
38	Connemara Golf Links	No change
39	Lough Erne Resort	Down 4
40	Headfort (New)	Up 2
41	Carton House Hotel & Golf Resort (Montgomerie)	Down 1
42	Hogs Head	Up 3
43	Malone	Up 1
44	Palmerstown Stud	Down 1
45	Carlow	Down 6
46	The K Club (Smurfit)	No change
47	Tramore	Up 2
48	Carton House Hotel & Golf Resort (O’Meara)	Down 1
49	Royal Portrush (Valley)	Up 1
50	The Heritage	Up 3
51	Dun Laoghaire	Down 3
52	Belvoir Park	No change
53	Galway Bay Golf Resort	Up 1
54	Luttrellstown Castle	Up 1
55	Bunclody	Up 1
56	Hermitage	Up 1
57	Seapoint	Down 6
58	Portumna	No change
59	Royal Belfast	No change
60	Ballybunion (Cashen)	No change
61	Dromoland Castle	No change
62	Arklow Golf Links	No change
63	Strandhill	No change
64	Powerscourt (West Course)	No change
65	Mount Wolseley Hotel & Golf Resort	No change
66	Clandeboye	No change
67	Rosslare	No change
68	Tullamore	Up 2
69	Powerscourt (East Course)	Up 3
70	Castletroy	Down 2
71	Galgorm Castle	Down 2
72	Dingle Golf Links (Ceann Sibéal)	Up 4
73	Glasson Country House Hotel & Golf Club	Down 2
74	Esker Hills	No change
75	Ardglass	Up 3
76	Shannon	Up 1
77	Ballinrobe	Down 2
78	Westport	Down 5
79	Knightsbrook Hotel & Golf Resort	Up 1
80	Tulfarris Hotel & Golf Resort	Up 1
81	Farnham Estate Hotel & Golf Resort	Down 2
82	St  Margaret’s	Up 2
83	Castlemartyr Hotel & Golf Resort	No change
84	Galway	Up 1
85	Dundalk	Down 3
86	Mullingar	Up 1
87	Castle	Up 3
88	Druids Heath	Down 2
89	Laytown & Bettystown	Down 1
90	Grange	Down 1
91	Woodenbridge	Up 2
92	New Forest	No change
93	Killarney Golf & Fishing Club  (Mahony’s Point)	Down 2
94	Rathsallagh	No change
95	Blainroe	No change
96	Macreddin	Up 2
97	St  Anne’s Golf Links	Down 1
98	Dundrum House	Up 1
99	Castleknock	NEW
100	Roganstown	NEW