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Royal Dublin Golf Club
Year Established
1885
Designed by
Harry Colt
Location
Dublin and East Ireland
Address
North Bull Island Nature Reserve, Dollymount, Dublin 3
Royal Dublin Golf Club
After the courses destruction during the First World War, the links were designed by H.S.Colt, the world famous golf architect from Sunningdale. In the early 2000s, Martin Hawtree, the specialist links architect, was engaged by the Club to bring the course up to the standard demanded by the modern game, while respecting the legacy of Colt. Hawtree’s work, completed in 2006, resulted in a 7,269-yard, par-72 links of outstanding quality.
The Golf Club is a perfect sandy island, superb terrain for a golf course and an excellent home for flora and fauna. Bull Island is the only UNESCO Biosphere Reserve in a capital city. The course is fairly flat and narrow with long stretches of out of bounds, calling for accurate drives, and the wind tends to swirl around Dublin Bay, generally making the back nine tougher. This links course is highly rated by the prosA Brief History
- Opened in the 1800s –originally being founded in 1885 before being moved and finally resting on Bull Island in 1889
- Christy O’Connor won the Irish Open in 1966
- A new renovation was completed in 2023 by DeVries and Pont, Keeping it in style of Harry Colts 1920s work.
- Top class Links course loved by the pros
Featured Hole – 18th
The often-drivable par-4 16th is guarded by seven pot bunkers. Players do well on the 17th to avoid bunkers on their drives and their approach shots to a green with a narrow entrance. The Royal Dublin's signature hole, the 18th, completes the round.
Known For: Its Championship events and links course
Royal Dublin has hosted many Irish championship events; starting with the Irish Amateur Open back in 1894. The Royal Dublin Golf Club hosted The Carrolls Irish Open from 1983-1985 with Seve Ballesteros winning in 1983 and 1985 and Bernhard Langer winning in 1984. The links course, designed by Harry Colt, is considered on of the greatest links course in the world. Its located-on Bull Island with and overview of Dublin Bay.
