Strandhill Golf Club was founded in 1931 as a nine-hole course. Dublin designer John McAlister laid out a new nine in 1939, opened in 1940, before Eddie Hackett extended the course to its present 18 holes in 1973.
«Friendship in Sport» is the perfect match for the motto of Strandhill Golf Club, a beautiful links layout very close to the City of Sligo in the northwest of Ireland. As mentioned, the club was founded in 1931 only, so it is almost 80 years younger than the course at Rosses Point on the opposite site of the bay. This lack of history helps to hold the green fee to €195 – almost a bargain compared to the €395 (on weekends) for the County Sligo links. I haven’t played the second one yet, which is why I can’t – and don’t want to – compare the courses otherwise.
