Warrenpoint

Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland

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AddressLower Dromore Road, Warrenpoint, Newry BT34 3LN, UK

Situated between the Mourne Mountains and Carlingford Lough in County Down, Warrenpoint Golf Club is a beautiful parkland course that has been used by the golf club members since its formation in 1893.

The course is set in the Narrow Water Estate where the Narrow Water Castle and surrounding land has been in the hands of the Hall family since 1670. The 18-hole layout measures just under 6,200 yards with a par of 71, configured as four par fives, five par threes and nine par fours.

A real feature hole is the 348-yard par four 8th called “Cloughmore” where the tee shot must carry all of 170 yards over water, followed by a blind approach to a long, flat green. The hole is named after a thirty-ton granite block that sits in the distance on the Slieve Martin ridge which geologists believe may have been borne from Scotland by a retreating glacier in the last Ice Age.

Of course, Irish folklore would have us believe none other than the Irish giant Finn McCool threw the stone at an enemy from the Cooley Mountains on the other side of Carlingford Lough!

The club is justifiably proud of several members who have represented the club at international level over the years and three of those members – Paddy Gribben, Raymond Burns and Ronan Rafferty – have gone a step further, representing Great Britain and Ireland in the Walker Cup.