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 HOME AT FIRST's Currently Featured Golf Course:

OUR FAVORITE 9-HOLE TRUE LINKS IN IRELAND

Spanish Point Golf Club

MILLTOWN MALBAY, COUNTY CLARE, IRELAND
Photos © Home At First

Spanish Point: Golf as it has been played along Ireland's West Coast for 120 years.

SPANISH POINT Golf Club —  A little-known and largely unremarked 9-hole course, Spanish Point is located along Ireland's West Coast approximately mid-way between two famous, highly-ranked neighbors: Lahinch (to the north) and Doonbeg (to the south). Spanish Point is built among rugged, hilly dunes overlooking the beach at Spanish Point, scenic and unprotected from the Atlantic weather, be it kind (shown above) or fierce. Spanish Point is no golf resort. It is a local club of considerable age and tradition, built on a coast with a remarkable history. Its amenities are simple and sufficient. Its members and staff are welcoming and devoted to the game, the course, and the location. Spanish Point provides a glimpse at golf as originally played along the Irish seaside. This is no nostalgic theme park. Come to play a quick nine, but leave time for a second nine — like Ireland itself, Spanish Point is hard to leave.

been remodeled over time to its current par-34 configuration. With undulations, hills, and rugged rough, Spanish Point offers variety and challenge. When the Atlantic winds blow, which is most of the time, the course takes on a very different character, especially at the 159-yard, par 3 #9/18, called ‘The Terror’.

          Spanish Point Golf Club is close to Lahinch, one of the world's great courses. Like

A fair day at Spanish Point may mean rain-free, but
strong Atlantic breezes can still cause havoc with play.
Photo courtesy Spanish Point Golf Club.

Lahinch, Spanish Point is located

along the notorious Atlantic (western) coast of Ireland in rural County Clare, about one-third of the way between the southernmost point and northernmost points on the island. And, like Lahinch, the course is both picturesque and challenging. But, unlike Lahinch, Spanish Point is a course for everyone, and at the right price.

SPANISH POINT Golf Club

LOCATION:
      spanish point Golf Club
      Milltown Malbay, County Clare, Ireland
      Tel: (+353) (0) 65 708 4198
      e-mail: info@spanishpointgolfing.com
      WEBSITE

Visitors Welcome: OPEN TO PLAYERS OF ALL LEVELS
      • No handicap certification or proof of club membership required.
      • Advance tee times required.
      • Courses Open & Playable Year Round.

LENGTH & PAR: 9 Holes, Par 34, 2,640 Yards
     • 5 Par-4's, 3 Par-3's, 1-Par-5

     • Par 68, 5,280 yards played as 18 holes

GREENS FEES:

     • 18-Holes (daily): €25/18-holes.
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FACILITIES:

• Pull Cart (Trolley): YES.

• Club Rental: YES.
• Practice Areas: two greens, plus bunkers & chipping area.
• Clubhouse with Bar.
• Changing Room.

BOOKING OF TEE TIMES (recommended in advance):
    Tel: (+353) (0) 65 708 4198
    E-mail: info@spanishpointgolfing.com
    Let HOME AT FIRST make your tee-time reservations at Spanish Point Golf Club
    as part of your next trip to Ireland. There is no service fee for this service!

DIRECTIONS: 2 miles south of the village of Milltown Malbay on the N67 (8 miles
     south of Lahinch).

    NEAREST HOME AT FIRST LODGINGS: In CENTRAL IRELAND Killaloe, in eastern
     County Clare — about 75 minutes drive east of Spanish Point.

OTHER REGIONAL COURSES OF NOTE:
      • Lahinch: Lahinch, County Clare; historic, tough, scenic coastal links Old Course
        8 miles north of Spanish Point. Rated #6 on Golf Digest Ireland's "2012 Top 100
        Irish Golf Courses" and #41 on Golf Digest's list of "Top 100 Courses Outside of
        the USA". Expensive, busy — many international players, and restricted by
        handicap. Second Lahinch course, the Castle Course, is significantly less
        expensive and crowded, and is not as long or challenging as the Old Course.
      • Doonbeg, about 10 miles south of Spanish Point along the Atlantic coast. A new
        (2002) Greg Norman-designed coastal links course on isolated property some
        miles from the nearest town. Created as a resort community hopeful to lure
        international golfers as a second home in Ireland, Doonbeg has had some
        success at least as a golf course, begin currently rated #23 in Ireland on Golf
        Digest Ireland's list "2012 Top 100 Irish Golf Courses". Like Lahinch, above,
        Doonbeg is expensive and exclusive, with strict handicap limits.

          Only a few miles south of Lahinch and north of Doonbeg, and with similar terrain, wind,
          and challenge, Spanish Point doesn't get the crowds, and costs very little per round.

Why Go to Spanish Point?

Why drive 50 miles to play golf on a 9-hole public course? There are good reasons:

1. Not everyone has the right handicap to get on Lahinch or Ballybunion. Not every golfer wants to pay for the Lahinch or Ballybunion experience. Not every golfer wants to go to the trouble of arranging for a tee-time far in advance and chancing bad weather at Lahinch or Ballybunion. But many golfers would like to experience an Irish links course along the famous Atlantic coast. Spanish Point offers challenging Irish links golf at delightfully low rates, without requiring tee times or handicap cards.

2. Close by are beaches, beautiful countryside, and Irish history and culture. Spanish Point itself is one of several suspected landfalls of crews of the ill-fated Spanish Armada, who failed in their attempt to destroy the Elizabethan English Navy. Visit the towering Cliffs of Moher, about 15 miles north, Ireland’s great Atlantic sea wall. Explore the Burren, County Clare’s mysterious moonscape, littered with monuments from prehistory and the Middle Ages. Stop at a pub in Milltown Malbay, a typical County Clare village known for traditional live Irish music in its traditional Irish pubs.

TRAVELING TO CENTRAL IRELAND TO PLAY GOLF?
Let HOME AT FIRST make your advance tee-times at Spanish Point Golf Club and many other Irish golf courses as part of your pre-reserved Irish trip itinerary. HOME AT FIRST offers independent, flexible, fly/drive travel to Ireland and other great golfing destinations in the British Isles. There’s no extra charge for this service.

MORE RESOURCES:
     • Golf in Ireland
     • Home At First's IRELAND travel program.

Want to learn about other courses throughout the British Isles
including some of the greatest tests of golf in the world? See our
IRELAND, SCOTLAND, ENGLAND, and WALES
Course Guides for more information.

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