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Why Is Ireland’s Most Spectacular Golf Course Ranked outside the top 10 in the country?

Arnold Palmer said God himself designed the back nine. The best architect in the world disagrees - who’s right?

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Conor McGowan Roam Golf
May 08, 2026
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For nearly 100 years, there was a little inland 9 hole course in a town called Tralee in Ireland. The course was nothing special, it was a solid working man’s club but in 1983, a group of visionary members had an idea.

They wondered, if they bought some land along the nearby coast, could they build Ireland’s next great links course?

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