For modern, perfectly-conditioned parkland golf of the very top order in terms of interest, excitement and beauty, there is simply none better
Adare Manor Golf Club Course Review
Top 100 Ranking 2021/22 – TBC
Previous Rankings
2019/20 25 Re-Entry
2017/18 Next 100
2015/16 Next 100
2013/14 98
2011/12 83 Re-Entry
Summer Green Fees
Round – €395, €350 Hotel Residents
Visitors: welcome at all times, subject to availability
Medal Tee: Par 72 – 6,505 Yards
Changes since previous ranking
The course is still essentially very young having reopened in 2018 following the renovation work, so there were no significant changes. There was a major tree planting programme on holes 5 and 7. The club added mature specimen trees to enhance both the holes’ aesthetic as well as frame their dogleg designs with a bolder tree lining to create more of a turn.
Adare Manor Golf Club Course Review
Several years ago, the new owner took the bold and indeed expensive decision at Adare Manor to close both the course and the hotel for a full and comprehensive upgrade. The parkland course was already highly rated, but the aim was to refresh, renew and reinvigorate the beautiful Robert Trent Jones Snr layout.
Leading American designer Tom Fazio is no stranger to big-budget course design with his creation at Shadow Creek in Las Vegas said to have cost $37 million. And that was more than 30 years ago! He oversaw the re-creation here and effectively kept the same routing while enhancing literally every aspect of the tees, fairways, bunkers, greens and water features. No expense was spared in installing and utilising the latest and very best equipment and materials.
There is more than 6,600 square metres of new bunkering and there are completely new playing surfaces, all of which has effectively led to this being not so much a refurbishment, as a brand new course. The result is the most Augusta-like experience you can get anywhere in Europe.
The opening hole – don’t be short!
Perfect Conditioning
Every aspect is pristine. The tee complexes are presented like greens. The bunkering is superb both from a playing perspective and visually. The greens are simply as good as you will find anywhere. Having staged two Irish Opens in its previous incarnation, it has already been awarded the 2027 Ryder Cup where it will make for the perfect venue in every respect.
WATCH: GM’s Joel Tadman played the newly-opened Adare Manor soon after its reopening
Every green is protected by water, bunkering, fall-off areas, or a combination of all three. There is drama and great beauty every step of the way. It is virtually impossible to pick out individual holes as most would be the signature hole elsewhere. However, at 15, 16 and 18 you have as spectacular and memorable a par 4, short hole and finishing par 5 as you will find anywhere.
The approach to the ninth with the Manor beyond
Caddies are compulsory, and the green fees are certainly not for the faint-hearted, but ultimately this is true, bucket-list material and a golfing experience unlike any other.
50th course
of 2018
the outstanding @AdareGC – superb layout that offers options off the tee and around the greens meaning it’s playable for everyone but a really strong test for the top players. Only ever seen conditioning of this level at Augusta! pic.twitter.com/TFXFFhrwnc
— Mike Harris (@MikeHarrisGolf) October 26, 2018
The par-3 eleventh is played over the river
Assessor Feedback
If ever there was a hotel and golf course classed as millionaires’ golf in the UK and Ireland, Adare Manor is at the top of the list.
The closing hole is exceptionally pretty
GM Verdict
For modern, perfectly-conditioned parkland golf of the very top order in terms of interest, excitement and beauty, there is simply none better
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