Ireland
Dingle Golf Club ReviewLahinch, Ireland
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Dingle Golf Club Overview:
Located in the far west of Ireland, on the Dingle peninsula, this golf club's language (and original name, Ceann Sibeal) is still in the native Gaelic, although they are kind enough to welcome you in English. The golf course is a very classic links style course, with a little bit of elevation change, a pesky burn that wanders it's way throughout and plenty of pot bunkers. The location is calm, beautiful and wonderful, providing a very authentic Irish golfing experience, which may also include some wind and rain. Some of the best golf holes are reviewed below:
Located in the far west of Ireland, on the Dingle peninsula, this golf club's language (and original name, Ceann Sibeal) is still in the native Gaelic, although they are kind enough to welcome you in English. The golf course is a very classic links style course, with a little bit of elevation change, a pesky burn that wanders it's way throughout and plenty of pot bunkers. The location is calm, beautiful and wonderful, providing a very authentic Irish golfing experience, which may also include some wind and rain. Some of the best golf holes are reviewed below:
Dingle Golf Club Hole 1: The opening hole has a great vista of the Dingle peninsula and features a downhill, straight tee shot that needs to thread its way between the pot bunkers left and the larger bunker to the right. It's not long, but the second shot does play over the burn/creek for the first time on the day, and it is very much in play and will grab most shots coming up short or right of the green.
Dingle Hole 2: This par three is pretty long and has a pesky bunker short/right and a steep drop off left of the green as well; running the shot up the middle is the best play if at all windy.
Dingle Golf Club Hole 3: This par four plays back uphill with a fairly tight fairway, and features a green that is around the dogleg a little, uphill behind a bunker and steep slopes that will reject most shots not finding the relatively small and undulating putting surface.
Dingle Golf Club Hole 5: This par three plays along the southern border of the property and has two very well placed bunkers short right and left of the green. Playing with a mid to long iron will need yet another shot to be threaded between the bunkers to find the putting surface.
Dingle Golf Club Hole 6: The first par five of the day has OB right the entire way. Playing downwind, it can be reached by two big shots, but that requires biting a bit off the corner of the drive. The more conservative play is to stay left from the tee and layup to a good number for the approach.
Dingle Golf Club Hole 7: This par four doglegs slightly right around heavy grasses that must be avoided, as should the pot bunkers in the fairway. The green has more pot bunkers to contend with as well.
Dingle Golf Club Hole 8: This short par four is tight but a big drive can challenge the greenside bunkers and make for a pitch and putt attempt at birdie. The backdrop is stunning.
Dingle Golf Club Hole 9: The final hole of the front nine runs along the par five 18th (to its right), but this is a harder hole, as it plays as a long par four. The drive is pretty wide open, so the player should bash it. The second will be uphill to a green guarded by a very large and deep bunker to be avoided for sure.
Dingle Golf Club Hole 11: The best view on the course (and maybe the best hole) is found on this downhill par five. There is a creek that crosses the fairway at about 280 from the men's tees but it also meanders and bends, so the player can attempt to cut a little bit of the corner (aim at the green) and fly it 260 or so, and cross the creek. However, missing that left or short will be a lost ball. From the fairway, the hole goes left a little bit but there is another water-type hazard to the right. The green, however, is pretty open, with a lone bunker there to cause any real issues.
Dingle Golf Club Hole 12: A little, classic par three, this one features a green nestled between four small and deep pot bunkers. There really is no good place to miss, but short-siding is a no-go at par.
Dingle Golf Club Hole 15: This is just a long par four that requires to solid shots. There is OB left, closer on the 2nd shot than the first, so favoring the right side of the hole will help.
Dingle Golf Club Hole 16: The must rumpled and linksy fairway is found at the 16th, with a pseudo-blind shot to the top of a raise. It's hard to a pick a line and there is hazard to the left of the fairway, so going a little right isn't bad. The green is just on the other side of the burn/creek and has some bunkers behind and to its right, presenting one of the more exacting approach shots of the day.
Dingle Golf Club Hole 17: This par four is really tough with a drive that must avoid the burn/creek that runs left of the fairway, and then across it about 150 yards from the green. The approach then is a little uphill to a green that wraps around a really deep bunker left that cannot be a part of the plan to make par.
