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Golf Digest Ireland's Top 100 Ranked Golf Courses 2010

A view of the 486-yard par four ninth hole on the championship course at the Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, Co Down. The club assumed the number one spot from Portmarnock in this year's Golf Digest Ireland top 100-ranked courses. - (Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images)
A view of the 486-yard par four ninth hole on the championship course at the Royal County Down Golf Club in Newcastle, Co Down. The club assumed the number one spot from Portmarnock in this year's Golf Digest Ireland top 100-ranked courses. - (Photograph: David Cannon/Getty Images)
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Golf Digest Ireland's Top 100 Ranked Golf Courses 2010

1. Royal County Down
Position – Up 1
Where – Co. Down
2. Portmarnock
Position – Down 1
Where – Co. Dublin
3. Royal Portrush
Position – Up 1
Where – Co. Antrim
4. The European Club
Position – Down 1
Where – Co. Wicklow
5. Ballybunion (Old)
Position – Same
Where – Co. Kerry
6. Waterville
Position – Same
Where – Co. Kerry
7. Lahinch
Position – Up 1
Where – Co. Clare
8. Adare
Position – Down 1
Where – Co. Limerick
9. Co. Louth (Baltray)
Position – Same
Where – Co. Louth
10. Tralee
Position – Up 1
Where – Co. Kerry
11. Co. Sligo
Position – Up 5
Where – Co. Sligo
12. The Island
Position – Up 6
Where – Co. Dublin
13. Mount Juliet
Position – Down 1
Where – Co. Kilkenny
14. Killeen Castle
Position – NEW
Where – Co. Meath
15. The K Club (Palmer Course)
Position – Down 5
Where – Co. Kildare
16. Ballyliffin (Glashedy Links)
Position – Down 1
Where – Co. Donegal
17. Enniscrone
Position – Up 3
Where – Co. Sligo
18. Royal Dublin
Position – Down 5
Where – Co. Dublin
19. Donegal (Murvagh Links)
Position – Up 30
Where – Co. Donegal
20. Portstewart (Strand)
Position – Up 4
Where – Co. Londonderry
21. Rosapenna (Sandy Hills)
Position – Down 4
Where – Co. Donegal
22. Lough Erne
Position NEW
Where – Co. Fermanagh
23. Killarney (Killeen Course)
Position – Down 9
Where – Co. Kerry
24. Carlow
Position – Up 8
Where – Co. Carlow
25. Belmullet (Carne)
Position – Down 4
Where – Co. Mayo
26. Seapoint
Position – Up 1
Where – Co. Louth
27. Druids Glen
Position – Down 5
Where – Co. Wicklow
28. Castlerock
Position – Same
Where – Co. Londonderry
29. Cork
Position – Up 8
Where – Co. Cork
30. Carton House (Montgomerie Course)
Position – Down 4
Where – Co. Kildare
31. Portmarnock Links
Position – Down 6
Where – Co. Dublin
32. Ballyliffin (Old Links)
Position – Up 6
Where – Co. Donegal
33. Rossapenna (Old Tom Morris)
Position - NEW
Where – Co. Donegal
34. The K Club (Smurfit Course)
Position – Up 6
Where – Co. Kildare
35. Portsalon
Position – Up 10
Where – Co. Donegal
36. Doonbeg Links
Position – Down 2
Where – Co. Clare
37. Dooks
Position – Up 30
Where – Co. Kerry
38. Powerscourt (West)
Position – NEW
Where – Co. Wicklow
39. Concra Wood
Position - NEW
Where – Co. Monaghan
40. Headfort (New)
Position – Down 10
Where – Co. Meath
41. Malone
Position – Down 8
Where – Co. Antrim
42. Slieve Russell
Position – Down 6
Where – Co. Cavan
43. Belvoir Park
Position – Down 8
Where – Co. Down
44. Royal Portrush (The Valley)
Position – NEW
Where – Co. Antrim
45. Westport
Position – Down 2
Where – Co. Mayo
46.Dun Laoghaire
Position – Down 7
Where – Co. Wicklow
47. The Old Head of Kinsale
Position – Down 18
Where – Co. Cork
48. Farnham Estate
Position – NEW
Where – Co Cavan
49. Luttrellstown
Position – New
Where – Co. Dublin
50. Dundalk
Position – Down 2
Where – Co. Louth
51 Narin and Portnoo
Position – Up 29
Where – Co. Donegal
52 Carton House (O'Meara Course)
Position – Down 5
Where – Co. Kildare
53. Tullamore
Position – Up 6
Where – Co. Offaly
54. Palmerstown Stud
Position – Down 23
Where – Co. Kildare
55. Druids Heath
Position – New
Where – Co. Wicklow
56. Connemara
Position – Up 2
Where – Co. Galway
57. Hermitage
Position – Down 5
Where – Co. Dublin
58. Tramore
Position – Down 4
Where – Co. Waterford
59. Bunclody
Position – NEW
Where – Co. Wexford
60. Glasson
Position – Down 14
Where – Co. Westmeath
61. Portumna
Position NEW
Where – Co. Galway
62. Arklow
Position – Up 21
Where – Co. Wicklow
63 Powerscourt (East)
Position – Down 22
Where – Co. Wicklow
64. Killarney Golf and Fishing (Lackabane)
Position – NEW
Where – Co. Kerry
65. Dromoland Castle
Position – Down 12
Where – Co. Clare
66. Kilkenny
Position – Down 9
Where – Co. Kilkenny
67. Rathsallagh
Position – Down 17
Where – Co. Wicklow
68. Ardglass
Position – NEW
Where – Co Down
69. Clandeboye
Position – Down 7
Where – Co. Down
70. Bantry Bay
Position – Down 15
Where – Co. Cork
71 St. Annes
Position – NEW
Where – Co. Dublin
72. Shannon
Position – Down 4
Where – Co. Clare
73. Royal Belfast
Position – Down 2
Where – Co. Down
74. Castlemartyr
Position – NEW
Where – Co. Cork
75. Courtown
Position – New
Where – Co. Wexford
76. Mount Wolseley
Position – Down 34
Where – Co. Carlow
77. Balbriggan
Position – NEW
Where – Co. Dublin
78. Mullingar
Position – Down 22
Where – Co. Westmeath
79. Knightsbrook
Position – Down 35
Where – Co. Meath
80. Castle
Position – Down 14
Where – Co. Dublin
81. Galway
Position – Up 1
Where – Co. Galway
82. Galgorm Castle
Position – Up 8
Where – Co. Antrim
83. Strandhill
Position – NEW
Where – Co. Sligo
84. Grange
Position – Down 19
Where – Co. Dublin
85. Castletroy
Position – Up 4
Where – Co. Limerick
86. Laytown and Bettystown
Position – Down 2
Where – Co. Meath
87. Skellig Bay
Position – Down 13
Where – Co. Kerry
88. Ashbourne
Position – Down 3
Where – Co. Meath
89. Galway Bay
Position – NEW
Where – Co. Galway
90. Athlone
Position – Down 14
Where – Co. Roscommon
91. Ballinrobe
Position – Up 5
Where – Co. Mayo
92. Faithlegg
Position – NEW
Where – Co. Waterford
93. Ballybunion (Cashen)
Position – Down 6
Where – Co. Kerry
94. Blainroe
Position – Up 1
Where – Co. Wicklow
95. Woodbrook
Position – Down 26
Where – Co. Wicklow
96. Letterkenny
Position - NEW
Where – Co. Donegal
97. Curragh
Position – Down 5
Where – Co. Kildare
98. Rosslare
Position – Down 22
Where – Co. Wexford
99. Esker Hills
Position – Down 24
Where – Co. Offaly
100. Roganstown
Position – Down 27
Where – Co. Dublin

Golf Digest Ireland’s Top 25 Ranked Links Golf Courses

1. Royal County Down
2. Portmarnock
3. Royal Portrush
4. The European Club
5. Ballybunion (Old)
6. Waterville
7. Lahinch
8. Co. Louth (Baltray)
9. Tralee
10. Co. Sligo
11. The Island
12. Ballyliffin (Glashedy Links)
13. Enniscrone
14. Royal Dublin
15. Donegal (Murvagh Links)
16. Portstewart (Strand)
17. Rosapenna (Sandy Hills)
18. Belmullet (Carne)
19. Seapoint
20. Castlerock
21. Portmarnock Links
22. Ballyliffin (Old Links)
23. Rosapenna (Old Tom Morris)
24. Portsalon
25. Doonbeg

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Golf Digest Ireland’s Top 25 Ranked Parkland Golf Courses

1. Adare
2. Mount Juliet
3. Killeen Castle
4. The K Club (Palmer)
5. Lough Erne
6. Killarney (Killeen)
7. Carlow
8. Druids Glen
9. Cork
10. Carton House (Montgomerie)
11. The K Club (Smurfit)
12. Powerscourt (West)
13. Concra Wood
14. Headfort (New)
15. Malone
16. Slieve Russell
17. Belvoir Park
18. Dun Laoghaire
19. The Old Head of Kinsale
20. Farnham Estate
21. Luttrellstown
22. Dundalk
23. Carton House (O'Meara Course)
24. Tullamore
25. Palmerstown Stud