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Boyle Golf Course is a nine hole gold course within 5 minutes of
the town centre off the N61. Play at any time and pay only a nominal
green fee at the clubhouse, which has bar and snack facilities. Tel: 071 96 62594
Roscommon Golf Club is located on rolling pastures adjoining the
old Mote Park estate and boasts an 18-hole championship course of
outstanding merit. The new 6,290-meter course, situated within half a
mile of the town, looks like maturing into one of the very best parkland
courses in Ireland. A par 71 course with a number of very testing holes,
it features man-made lakes on the tricky 13th and multi-tiered greens,
which have been constructed with the very latest technology to give an
all-weather surface. The Roscommon clubhouse was completed in 1996. It
offers full bar and dining service. The dining room has capacity for 120
people and can accommodate individuals or groups with equal ease.
The club welcome green fee and
society golfers. Society rates and catering terms by arrangement with
the Secretary. Tel:090 66 26381
Hodson Bay Golf Club was founded in 1892 and affords beautiful
panoramic views over Lough Ree from the clubhouse and course. Measuring
5,922m from championship tees, this mature 18-hole parkland layout
offers a stimulating challenge and a most enjoyable round of golf. Many
important national championships have been held in this prestigious Club
over the years. Athlone is 5km further on the main road.
Tel: 090 6492070
Carrick-on-Shannon Golf Club has expanded from a nine-hole course
to an eighteen-hole course, is playable to the public since August 2003.
The quest for a new acreage began in the mid 1990’s. The existing nine
holes were constructed on land given to the club by Major Kirkwood, who
lived in Woodbrook House. From the highest point, the view is close to
breathtaking. The Boyle River and Drumharlow Lake – intergral parts of
the Shannon water system-touch the land that is being moulded into the
new golf holes, and there are also views of the Arigina Mountains. Tel:071 966701
Castlerea Golf Club is located adjacent to the town on the N60
(west). This 9-hole course is beside the river Suck and the natural
parkland and mature trees form an integral part of this lovely course.
The ancestral home of the O’Conor clan can be viewed the 9th tee. Tel:094 96 20064
Rosses Point Championship Links Course Lying in the shadows of
the great Benbulben Mountain, it has belonged to the ranks of the best
of championship courses from nearly every point. There are breathtaking
views of the mountains, the sea and almost endless countryside
surrounding the County Sligo course. The fairways are considered the
most undulating in Ireland Golfing at its best approximately 25 miles
from Boyle.

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