Royal County Down Golf Club — Championship Links

Founded in 1889 with early design work attributed to Old Tom Morris and later refined by George Combe, Harry Vardon and Harry Colt, the Championship Links sits beneath the Mourne Mountains on Dundrum Bay. Renowned for wild, gorse-lined dunes, blind approach shots and some of the most dramatic scenery in world golf, it is consistently ranked among the very best courses anywhere.

Course facts

Holes

18

Par

71

Designer

Old Tom Morris (original); George Combe, Harry Vardon and Harry Colt (later work)

Opened

1889

Northern Ireland

In Newcastle, County Down, at the foot of the Mourne Mountains

Highlights

• •Set beneath the Mourne Mountains on Dundrum Bay
• •Design lineage through Old Tom Morris, Vardon and Colt
• •Consistently ranked among the world's best golf courses

Facilities

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