Tralee Golf Club The Tralee Golf Club was organized in 1896 and moved to the current site in 1980. Arnold Palmer designed Tralee, which features towering dunes, undulating fairways and elevated cliff top tees and greens. This is a rolling piece of ground over and around the sand dunes. An ancient tower that stands near the third green, overlooking the harbor, was built in 1190. Arnold Palmer said of his design at Tralee, “I may have designed the first nine, but surely God designed the back nine.” Ballybunion The Old Course at Ballybunion can date its history to 1893, but was not well received by the locals back then. The ever-present winds and tides of the Atlantic Ocean have eroded the property over time and efforts have been made to secure the coastline for the pleasure of future golfers. The first seven holes on the Old Course play along the east side of the huge dunes, but once you make the turn back to the clubhouse at No. 8 golfers are totally exposed to the winds off the ocean and must deal with blind shots, hidden greens, tight fairways and elevation changes over and around the sand dunes. I had very high expectations before playing here and Ballybunion exceeded them. This is one of the best links courses in the world and it is a joy to play. I can’t wait to return to this magnificent course. A second 18-hole course, The Cashen was built by Robert Trent Jones and if it were sitting anywhere else than beside Ballybunion’s Old American Golf Journal
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