Ireland · Links Golf
Two Atlantic links about two hours apart, and the real difference is scale. Ballybunion runs along the cliffs above the Shannon estuary and lets the dunes do the talking, big enough that you lose the group ahead between shots. Lahinch is tighter and stranger, a town course where the goats still tell you what the weather's about to do and a blind shot over a dune called the Klondyke is treated as normal. If you've got one round in Clare or Kerry, take Ballybunion for the sheer ground it covers. Take Lahinch if you'd rather play something with a sense of humour.
| Detail | Ballybunion Golf Club | Lahinch Golf Club |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Not recorded | Lahinch |
| Region | Kerry | Clare |
| Holes | Not recorded | 18 |
| Par | Not recorded | 72 |
| Course type | Not recorded | Links |
We only compare courses that both meet Birdied's quality bar for a public page and sit in the same country, and every pair here is chosen by hand rather than generated. The table shows only facts we actually hold: a row appears when we have the detail for at least one of the two courses, and a fact nobody has given us is left out rather than guessed at. Ratings and round counts come from the rounds our members log, so they change as people play.