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At Faraway Fairways we’ve become increasingly aware that a number of you want to ‘get away from it’, but don’t necessarily want the commitment of a longer ‘tour’. In other words, you want a top golf break over a weekend with a true world class course as the focus but you have so many other things going on around you that you haven’t really got the time to extend much beyond a few nights.
Dublin has long been recognised as one the top-tier weekend break destinations in Europe. The Portmarnock Dublin weekend golf break seeks to tap into this and is frankly ideal. We have three top rated golf courses all within 20 minutes of Dublin airport, with a resort hotel that puts all of them within 10 minutes of where you’re staying. This is one weekend break where you can let the golf come to you. Furthermore, the fabled attractions of the Irish capital are on your doorstep too. It’s only a 40 minutes journey right into the heart of central Dublin for those of you who wish to test the city’s well earned reputation for hospitality
The package is designed for someone who can leave work mid-day Friday, or even early evening, so long as they can arrive in Ireland early on Saturday morning. Anyone taking it from the UK or continental Europe will be back at work by Tuesday morning. But here’s a twist, by virtue of flying back across time zones, so will anyone from North America.
The Portmarnock Dublin weekend golf break isn’t exactly a new concept you might suggest? True, we’ll give you that ‘short putt’! But most of these weekend golf packages tend to be resort first and golf second. Faraway Fairways’ big weekend golf breaks put the golf first. Well to no small extent in Ireland, you have to, Spain we ain’t!
So it might sound a bit ambitious at first, and sure it’s probably not completely unfair to think that this type of weekend golf break is more likely to appeal to those of you who have fast moving lifestyles and a bit of ‘go’ about you, but this needn’t be an exclusive requirement. Ultimately the world is becoming a smaller a place, and it is becoming increasingly possible to do these types of things. When you walk back into work on Tuesday and someone enquires whether you “did anything interesting at the weekend?” it would perhaps be nice to reply “played golf in Ireland. And you?”
3 Nights
Ireland
Transport
Airport transfer with local golf taxis works bestLogistics
Single hotel baseNon-Golf Offer
Moderate - Dublin City is 40 mins awayMileage
Very Low - Approx 45 miles. Approx 1 hr 45 minsTravel Class
PremierSaturday - Portmarnock Links
This Bernhard Langer designed links borders its illustrious neighbour, the Portmarnock Golf Club. For such a new layout, the Hotel Links is a very natural and under-stated course. There is nothing showy about the design; the natural land is used simply and effectively. The first eight holes play across gently-undulating ground with definition provided by varied grasses and pot bunkers. Then, around the turn, a cluster of shaggy sand dunes provides a much more pronounced aspect. Resort courses tend to be regarded by golfer’s with suspicion, but this one quickly established itself in Ireland’s top-20 and should be treated as an exception
Sunday - The Island Course
For good reason this course ranks # 78 in the top 100 ‘Architects Choice’. The Island Golf Club enjoys a unique setting bordered by sea on 3 sides. A classic links course set in a rugged terrain & nestled between the highest sand dunes along the east coast. ‘The Island’ was indeed an island once. It’s now attached to the mainland but it’s still an isolated peninsula-like spur of links land, sandwiched between the Irish Sea, the beach of Donabate and the Broadmeadow estuary. Few people know about The Island Golf Club, despite the fact that the course is over 100 years old and has featured in numerous ranking tables over the years.
Monday - - Portmarnock GC
With a rich history closely aligned to the progression of golf in Ireland, Portmarnock has hosted numerous Irish Open Championships, the Walker Cup, Irish Amateur Championships and the British Amateur Championship. From Sam Snead to Seve Ballesteros, some of golf’s best-known names have tested their skills against this majestic narrow tongue of shallow dunes-land, just north of Dublin. Considered by many as one of the fairest links courses in the world it delivers an incredible challenge and true test of golf. Perhaps five-time Open Championship winner Tom Watson summed up the links best during his visits saying, “There are no tricks or nasty surprises, only an honest, albeit searching test of shot making skills.”
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