Ballyliffin Golf Club: Glashedy

Ballyliffin Golf Club sits on the Northwest coast of Donegal, Ireland along the Atlantic Ocean on dramatic, rolling dunesland with mountains in the background. The club is the northernmost golf course in the country, located 45 minutes from Derry and just over four hours from Dublin. The Glashedy Course at Ballyliffin was designed by Pat Ruddy and Tom Craddock in 1995 with Ruddy making amendments to bunkering and other areas in 2012 and 2017 culminating in the course hosting the Irish Open in 2018. The Glashedy course is a championship-caliber test, measuring 7,542 yards and featuring nine par 4s over 400 yards. Conditions at the Glashedy Course are challenging as they include penal bunkering as well as steep and sloping greens surrounded by tall and dramatic sand dunes. Relief here comes in the form of subtly sloping fairways that afford players the ability to attack difficult and slick greens. The signature hole at the Glashedy Course is the par-3 seventh—playing 174-yards downhill—revealing the vast floodplain and mountains in the backdrop.