Enniscrone Golf Club

Into the sandhills above Killala Bay.

Enniscrone is a seaside town in west Sligo, on the shore of Killala Bay, and the club dates golf here to at least 1918, when a local medal was advertised in the Western People. The Dunes, the 18-hole championship course, runs through very tall sandhills, with holes threading through valleys and tees set high on the ridges. Alongside it, the nine-hole Scurmore Links keeps several holes from the original Eddie Hackett layout. Visitors book online with a deposit, and the green fee is published, which makes this one of the easier big links in the north-west to plan.

Enniscrone Golf Club green fees and tee times.

Book online through the club’s BRS system, which lists the Dunes and Scurmore separately. A 50% deposit is taken when you book and the balance is due 30 days before play. Cancel more than 20 days ahead for a full refund; after that, nothing is returned unless the course is closed. You can also email info@enniscronegolf.com or call +353 96 36297. Residents of Ireland with a Golf Ireland handicap and an Irish driving licence can ask for a limited number of concessionary rounds. Overseas visitors cannot enter open competitions. The club’s dress code rules out denim, T-shirts, sports jerseys and tracksuits; tailored shorts are fine.

The round, in perspective.

The club’s own timeline gives the key dates: Eddie Hackett led a major redesign from 1970, the course reached 18 holes in 1974, and a new 27-hole complex opened in 2001 after Donald Steel took the layout deeper into the dunes. Martin Ebert has since worked on the course as well. The current scorecard, dated February 2024, gives the Dunes 7,029 yards from the black tees and a par of 73, with three par fives on the front nine and two more after the turn. Holes are named after local places and features. The 4th, Nephin, takes its name from the Mayo mountain across the bay; the 14th, Valley of Diamonds, is a 537-yard par five; and the 15th, The Strand, is stroke index 1.

Know before you go.

Deposit

50% at booking, balance 30 days before play

Cancellation

Full refund more than 20 days ahead

Buggies

€45 per round

Electric trolley

€20

Club hire

€50 per set

Make the trip work.

The payment terms matter more than usual. Because the balance is charged 30 days out and refunds stop at 20 days, fix your Enniscrone date once the rest of the trip is firm. The Scurmore nine shares the clubhouse, with its first tee next to the Dunes’ tenth, so it works as a warm-up or a short second round. A practical west-coast loop is Rosses Point, Enniscrone and Carne on consecutive days, with Enniscrone in the middle.

Ireland West Airport Knock is about an hour south-east by road. Ballina, the nearest large town, is around 15 minutes away and has a rail link to Dublin via Manulla Junction. Sligo town is under an hour to the east along the N59.

Where it is.

Nearby: 1. County Sligo Golf Club (Rosses Point) (38 km) · 2. Carne Golf Links (60 km) · 3. Donegal Golf Club (Murvagh) (76 km) · 4. Narin & Portnoo Links (83 km) · Compare all Sligo & Donegal tee times

Somewhere to settle in.

Enniscrone has guesthouses, holiday homes and hotels, a few minutes from the club. Ballina gives you more hotel choice and restaurants along the River Moy. For a country-house stay, Mount Falcon Estate sits on the Moy south of Ballina, roughly 25 minutes away. Golfers splitting the trip between Enniscrone and Carne often stay one night each side.

Make a trip of it.

County Sligo at Rosses Point and Strandhill are both under an hour east, and Carne at Belmullet is about an hour and a half west. Off the course, Kilcullen’s Seaweed Baths on the Enniscrone shore have run since 1912. Further west in Mayo, the Céide Fields show Neolithic stone-walled fields under the bog, and Downpatrick Head has a sea stack and blowhole.

Find your season.

Two rates apply. The summer rate runs from March to October and the winter rate from early November to mid-March. Killala Bay opens north to the Atlantic, so the wind is rarely still. The club was named Irish Golf Course of the Year in 2026 and hosts the Irish Men’s Amateur Open in 2027, so check championship dates before you book.