2008 Best
Course Presentation in Connacht Award Winner
Athenry
Golf Club
located mid way between Athenry and Oranmore at the townland of
Palmerstown.
Athenry
Golf Club is a mixture of parkland and heathland built on a
limestone base against the backdrop of a large forest giving
excellent drainage and remaining playable all year round.
Celebrating
its centenary in 2002 this pleasant test of Golf on the outskirts
of
Galway City offers a challenge for golfers of all standards on
a course which is uncrowded mid-week.
Extended
to 18 holes in 1991 under the guidance of renowned architect Eddie
Hackett and further improvements in recent years by Eddie
Connaughton have led to the Club hosting recent Provincial and
National championships.
Modern
clubhouse with a friendly atmosphere gives excellent views of much
of the course and adjoining famous "Fields of Athenry".