Golf has been played over this land since 1893 and with the addition, soon after, of the hotel. Most visitors from Britain will fly into Belfast and drive the just over 2 hours to Rosapenna, although an upgraded road, opening soon, will cut the trip to under 2 hours. If, like me, your Irish geography gets a little hazy around here, Donegal lies on the north west coast of the island of Ireland. Rosapenna is the name of the hotel resort lying a 5 minute walk outside the Donegal town of Downings. Explaining why I loved it so much might go some way to explaining why it’s not to everyone’s taste.īut first, a little context. Because, while I know many people who have been blown away by the course, there are also a handful who simply don’t agree with that view.
However, the key here is in that last sentence - ‘For me’. For me, it could happily sit in the top 30 in the world. I am pretty sure that the course will climb in the rankings. So, it would be fair to say I was expecting something pretty special, and, cutting to the chase, it actually exceeded my expectations. It feels special in any measure you’d care to apply’.įriends of mine who visited came back giddy with excitement about what they found and, to cap it all, GOLF Magazine - debuted it in their world rankings at number 55. The first review I read came from Chris Bertram in Today’s Golfer where he said ‘It has the X Factor in spades. The buzz around Tom Doak’s new course at Rosapenna - St Patrick’s - has been pretty extreme. I try not to go to any course over-informed about what is to come, that way I can make up my own mind about the experience rather than be too influenced by what I’ve heard or read. Expectation management can be hard when it comes to visiting a new golf course.
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