Ardglass Golf Club

Located just up the road from Royal County Down, Ardglass’ first nine holes date to the 1890s—but it wasn’t until the 1970s that the second nine was built. That discrepancy in time explains why it sometimes feels like playing two different courses since many of the holes run along the rocky cliffs overlooking the Coney Island Bay and the Irish Sea, and others play away from the cliffs adjacent to farmland. The course has a number of memorable and scenic holes, including the first, a short par 4 that charges straight uphill along the ramparts, the par-3 second that plays over the cliffs, and the 18th that runs back the opposite direction to the foot of one of golf’s most unique clubhouses set inside the former Ardglass Castle that dates to the 1300s.