WATERVILLE GOLF LINKS

What is waterville golf links trips?

A destination encompassing long golfing traditions; a setting that is justly spectacular; a true links redefined by one of the greats creating an unrivalled links experience.

This is Waterville.

About Waterville

Waterville is a small picturesque coastal village located on the scenic and famous Ring of Kerry and Wild Atlantic Way. Its Irish name An Coireán, meaning “little cauldron” refers to the shape of Ballinskelligs Bay on which the town sits; It is renowned for its fishing and of course our golf destination Waterville Golf Links.

For a little village Waterville has a lot to offer. Beyond arguably Europe’s best salmon and deep sea Trout the area offers breathtaking trails, a paradise for the hill-walker, cyclist and horse rider. Even ornithologists and archaeologists will not leave disappointed. The Skellig Islands located 12km off the coast offer abundant birdlife including Ireland’s largest Northern Gannet population and a Christian Monastery dating back to 6th century.

Waterville enjoys an excellent reputation for fantastic restaurants and bars serving delicious local produce and the days catch straight from the ocean and the Irish atmosphere is electric with a number of events and festivals held throughout the year.

Waterville truly has to be seen to believed, as where else on earth can a town offer a statue of Charlie Chaplin and a scene from Star Wars.

Photography summary

maj 9, 2017

As always, I bring my cameras to capture the essence of the golf course and surrounding areas that we have the pleasure to visit. Waterville Golf Links didn’t disappoint and showed us all of her beauty and different moods. Narrow roads in the middle of the night led...

Caddies

maj 1, 2017

You think you see breaks. You think you know how quick the greens are. You think you know where to aim. You think you know how strong the wind is. But you know what?! You are wrong! Or at least I was. It was a great experience having a local guide. He wasn’t only...

Waterville House

apr 30, 2017

Located at the end of Waterville village is Waterville House, a stunning 18th century, 12 bedroom manor house. We were unable to stay there on this occasion, but we visited with Miriam the House Manager for a guided tour. Put simply, Waterville House is a golfer’s...

Waterville shows her teeth

apr 30, 2017

After two rounds in relative benign conditions (2-3 club breeze) we arrived at Waterville with strong winds and pelting cold rain. This felt like a different golf course. A different experience and one closer to that which we had expected. Even the locals said it was...

Guesthouse

apr 29, 2017

Just 3 minutes drive from the top ranked golf course is our guesthouse for the weekend. Brookhaven is not overly fancy but very likeable, calm, friendly and kind of cute. Mary and her husband are great hosts and tell us that their season is only from May to September...

Finally Ireland

apr 28, 2017

We have had an amazing first day at Waterville! ?️ After that the flight was delayed for 10 hours we finally arrived Ireland at 22. Then 5 hours drive and short sleep before heading to the course. First 18 holes in beautiful weather. Then lunch with a pint and soon...

Getting pumped up

apr 15, 2017

In about 12 days we are leaving for Ireland and Waterville Golf Links. Jone and I will fly over in the morning to pick up our rental car and have a look at Dublin before Marc’s flight arrives. We then travel to play Portmarnock (Old) which jumped up to 25 in the world...

”Why travel where everybody else travels”

Jone Sølvik

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The trip

Dublin in only 3 hours away with flight from Copenhagen. You can either take another flight to the south of Ireland or rent a car and drive for about 5 hours. We chose to drive to save some time and at the same time get a little more freedom to do what we want.

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