Rosapenna
Golf Club
Self
Catering
Facilities
available include:
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Ultra
modern clubhouse.
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Course
: 18 Hole Links, Par 72, Length
6271 yards.
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Green
Fees : Seven Days (group and
society rates available).
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Private
and group tuition available.
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Clubs,
buggies and trolleys available
for hire.
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Full
bar with restaurant offering
comprehensive golfers menu.
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Club
Shop with golfing equipment and
club souvenirs.
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Rosapenna is a 4 star family-run
hotel with its own 18 hole Championship Links
course. In 1891 Old Tom Morris of St Andrews
laid out the course for the Earl of Leitrim.
The course was later modified by 2 other
great masters of the game, James Braid and
Harry Vardon
Relaxing after laying
a 9-hole course for Lord Leitrim, Tom Morris
of St. Andrew's
in Scotland was taking in the sights of north
Donegal when he arrived in Rosapenna. Being
a veteran golfer, the spectacularly beautiful
scenery of the area did not prevent him from
recognising the potential of the ground for
the game of golf. That was in 1891. In 1893
there was a joint open competition held over
Rosapenna and two neighbouring courses and
in 1895 the club was instituted.
Tom
Morris's design was later modified by two
other great masters of the game, James Braid
and Harry Vardon. Rosapenna is, to this day,
one of the great natural golf courses in
Ireland. Only three of the 18 greens had
to be laid as the other 15 are a vindication
of Tom Morris's judgement of the turf.
The course is a combination of natural links
and inland holes which stand on a peninsula
between two lovely bays. The first ten holes
play along Sheephaven Bay between the beach
and a range of tall sand dunes. The last
eight play inland and uphill in meadow where
the high grounds present distracting and
delightful views. The 'clubhouse' for Rosapenna
is the Rosapenna Golf Hotel which is a pitching
wedge from the first tee.
For
More Information Contact:
Frank T.
Casey
Rosapenna Hotel & Golf Links,
Downings,
County Donegal.
Secretary
Office
Tel: +353 (0)74 55301
Fax: +353 (0)74 55128
Email
: rosapenna@eircom.net
