County Cork's 18 Best Golf Holes

County Cork has 24 eighteen hole golf courses... picking the best 18 isn't easy... but in today's Irish Examiner that is what I attempt to do. You'll find the full article/rationale here, but here are some photographs to give you a taste

1. Mitchelstown, par four 4th, 357/340 metres

2.  Douglas, par four 17th, 360/351 metres

 

3. Castlemartyr, par three 5th, 211/189 yards

 

4. Old Head, par four 2nd, 388/376 yards

  

5. Skibbereen, par four 13th, 350/335 yards

6. Old Head, par five 12th, 554/537 yards

7. Cork, par four 16th, 322/300 yards

8. Cobh, par three 10th, 167/149 yards

9. Lee Valley, par five 15th, 535/525 yards

10. Monkstown, par four 10th, 315/284 metres

11. Cork, Par five 5th, 552/510 yards

12. Fermoy, par four 13th, 420/390 metres

13. Fota Island, par four 6th, 357/330 yards

 

14. Macroom, par four 9th, 369/357 metres 

15. Mallow, par five 3rd, 448/439 metres

16. Mahon, par four 5th, 336/325 metres

  

17. Water Rock, par three 12th, 219/155 yards

18. Fota Island, par five 18th, 507/479 yards