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Westport Golf Club Carrowholly Westport, Co. Mayo. Telephone: 353 9828262 info@westport.com www.westportgolfclub.com
How to Find
Westport
From Galway take the N84. From Dublin take the M4 and M6 to Athlone. Continue on to Longford through Charlestown, Swinford, Castlebar and on to Westport. From Belfast take the road to Lisburn, onto Enniskillen and head for Sligo. From Sligo to Charlestown onto Castlebar and through to Westport.
Westport Golf Club, which played host to the 2002 Smurfit Irish P.G.A. Championship, is a magnificent 18 hole parkland course with breath taking views of Croagh Patrick and Clew Bay. Since arriving in Carrowholly back in 1973, Westport Golf Club have hosted a number Amateur Championships. The most recent was the 2009 Amateur Senior Gents Home Internationals.
Facilities Bar, Restaurant, 20 Bay Driving Range, Putting Green, Chipping Green, Trolleys, Lessons, Clinics, Club Hire, Pro shop
Course Information 18 holes, Par 73 • 7000 • 6724 • 6327 • 5625 (74) H ole Par
• YDS
H ole Par
• YDS
1
4
335
10
5
498
2
4
330
11
4
420
3
3
152
12
3
220
4
5
488
13
4
439
5
4
343
14
3
180
6
4
445
15
5
498
7
5
511
16
4
350
8
4
436
17
4
333
9
3
196
18
5
550
Westport Golf Club was designed by the internationally renowned Golf architect, Fred Hawtree, of the renowned British firm of Hawtree and Sons. Commenting that “the nature of the terrain, part inland and part
WESTPORT - the course that has held more amateur championships than any other course in Ireland. Green fees Mon, Tues, Wed: €30. Sat & Sun: €40 Open Days every Wednesday & Friday Until September 2011 Entry €20 inc.competition fee
seaside, the panorama which it commands and its considerable golfing virtues, make it uniquely attractive and memorable.” Signature Holes: 15th, Par 5, ‘The Reek’ (pictured below left): Majestic par 5, where Croagh Patrick follows every shot. Gents are faced with a 176 yard carry over the Atlantic Ocean to reach the fairway for the second lay-up approach to a well protected green. Don’t go left! 18th, Par 5, ‘Gibleen’: The new feature hole at the Carrowholly course. A monster par 5 with water all up the right hand side culminating in another massive undulating green.