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"My wife and I have played lots of courses throughout Ireland and have played this beautiful course about 4 or 5 times now, and we both agree that it is one of the best golf courses in Ireland," GolfEurope.com reader Don Kirkaldy reports.
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Greg Blake: "El Chaparral Golf Club near Malaga, Spain is one of the best golf courses i've played on, the service from breakfast thru to the 19th hole is second to none, scenery is amazing, tees to fairways to the greens are in fine condition too, would recommend here to everyone."
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The Old Course at St. Andrews tops GolfEurope.com reader Espen Undli's list of the 10 best courses in Scotland. Also on the list are Turnberry Alisa, the Carnoustie Championship Course and the Kings Course at Gleneagles.
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A GolfEurope.com reader and Castle Hume Golf Club member says this course in County Fermanagh is an underrated parkland gem following a decade of improvements.
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After a disappointing first visit to Waterlandse G.C. near central Amsterdam six years ago, this GolfEurope.com reader returned recently and found a challenging layout with greatly improved conditioning.
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Lush fairways and well-conditioned greens impressed one GolfEurope.com reader on a recent round at La Marquesa Golf Club in Alicante, Spain.
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We have stayed at a villa by the side of the fifth fairway and played the Alto Golf & Country Club several times. We liked the views and the fact that there was much more than golf. The course was quite busy in October, but the weather was marvelous!
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We have played Hainault Forest Golf Club in England many times in the past but haven't been there for over a year. We can only think that the large increase in price was to pay for the gimmick of satellite navigation in the buggies. I walk the golf course, so why should I have to pay for that?
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Chiberta Golf Club in France is terrific. The moment you cross the road and start the second this is terrific links golf. That's before rolling back into the trees around nine and 10 and then 15 through to 18.
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Jordan Passco: Peacehaven Golf Club in East Sussex, England, is a really challenging course, with the par-3 No. 1 having a local reputation for being one of the hardest firsts on the south coast. It's a really good course if you are trying to improve your accuracy.
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Steve Van Ullen: Played Carton House Golf Club in County Kildare during the 2006 Ryder Cup week. The course may be more an American course than Irish parkland but is challenging enough to keep one's interest.
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Despite their troubled history, the Irish and British DO get along. Thousands of Irish people support British football clubs and travel over for matches every weekend. I could say that Americans are ill-informed, overweight, ridiculously religious and self-centered, but I know that is not true.
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The golf course at the Moyola Park Golf Club in Northern Ireland was in very disappointing condition when I played it and is definitely not recommended at any time other than summer.
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"You might be interested to know that it took six hours to play, that the management did not have rangers who helped to speed up play, and that local competitions took clear precedent over fee-paying guests. In addition, the smell from the local pig farm was overwhelming."
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Warrenpoint Golf Club County Down is a very well-maintained, well-laid-out, mature Ireland parkland course. The greens and tee boxes are particularly well-kept. The only slight downfall is that a number of fairways cross each other.
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W.A. Hoggard: "I played Old Head Golf Links in County Cork, Ireland, in August 2006 with two buddies, and it was ultimate golf. Eighteen holes of Pebble Beach beauty and a finely designed and conditioned golf course."
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Time management is the key to everybody's happiness, and the compromise between spending time with your family and playing golf is and always will be nine holes.
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Joseph Brown: "I grew up on the Montrose Golf Courses. Too many times Montrose is in the shadows of more famous British Open courses, when it should be looked upon as one of the best links courses in Scotland."
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You arrive down a steep, bumpy track, get changed in a shed, pay your fee in another shed, play a super golf course and drink/eat (very well) afterwards in another shed.
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The second hole at Alnwick Golf Club is an uphill par 3 and the third is challenging. Big hitters will make it to the top of the hill, but shorter hitters will have to play their tee shot halfway up the hill, and there are trees all the way up the hills.
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