The coastal grandeur and unspoiled greenery of County Clare easily lends itself to the relaxing game of golf. With the world famous Championship Golf Course at Lahinch just minutes away and the Greg Norman Designed Doonbeg Golf Club just a short 10-minute drive, golf enthusiasts are spoiled for choice.

Lahinch Golf Course has undoubtedly one of the world's great classic links. It has all the ingredients of greatness: a glorious setting, a rich history, superb natural terrain and, where man has 'intervened', it has been through the hand of an outstanding architect. It also has a pair of notorious blind holes, a ruined castle and goats that roam freely on the dunes.

Doonbeg Golf Course, designed by Greg Norman, is a wonderful Links Course that plays along 1.5 miles of beach and dune. The ocean is visible from the green, fairway, or tee of 16 of the 18 holes.

Golfers visiting County Clare in South West Ireland can test their skills on the windswept dunes of a championship links, challenge the water traps and other hazards of new courses created by some of the worlds most famous designers or just play a relaxing 18 holes on a mature parkland of tree-lined fairways.