Doonbeg Golf Links golf club Clare

Designed by the legendary Greg Norman at a cost of 28 million, Doonbeg was a long time a coming. Plagued by planning appeals involving the protection of the Vertigo Angustior a 2 mm snail a solution was found and eight years later the course opens on the 1st July 2002. One week later it plays host to the Palmer Cup, an annual International, match-play competition involving college golfers from the US against a team picked from the cream of Britain and Ireland.

Greg expects his creation to stage the Ryder Cup or the UBS Warburg Cup when the golf links becomes established and the right infrastructure is in place in 2004. Landmark National and Kiawah Development Partners are planning a new clubhouse, a five star, 90-room hotel and 46 cottages.

Doonbeg has already been voted number two in the top 10 new golf courses in the world, by the "Sports Illustrated". We now look forward to another fine links on the West Coast of Ireland, in keeping with the other gems such as Waterville, Tralee, Ballybunion, Lahinch, Connemara, Carne, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, Donegal, Ballyliffin and others.

Doonbeg Golf Club was honoured by Golf Digest magazine as the "Best New International Course of 2002 and Golf World named it number 95 on its list of "the people, places and things that had the world of golf talking" in 2002.

Doonbeg was voted the No. 24-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2016 (Up-4);

Doonbeg was voted the No. 28-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2015 (Down-4);

Doonbeg was voted the No. 24-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2014 (Up-2);

Doonbeg was voted the No. 26-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2013 (Down-3);

Doonbeg was voted the No. 23-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2012;

Doonbeg was voted the No. 36-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2010;

Doonbeg was voted the No. 12 Links/Shoreline Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2010, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland;

Doonbeg was voted the No. 34-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2009;

Doonbeg was voted the  No. 12 Links/Shoreline Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2009, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland;

Doonbeg was voted the No. 29-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2008;

Doonbeg was voted the  No. 15 Links/Shoreline Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2008, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland;