Sometimes courses designed by famous golfers do not bear their hallmark but Portmarnock Links is very much in the mould of its creator, Bernhard Langer. The bunkering is intelligent and plentiful, and it is apparent that Langer wants you to plot your way around. The best land is used around the turn. Greens are tucked behind dunes, folded into gaps between dunes or raised in the air to challenge your shotmaking.
It’s a thoughtful design, with perhaps the highlight the par-4 15th, where you drive towards but just shot of an enormous cross bunker. Then you turn right and hit, quite often blindly, towards a sheltered green that has the backdrop of the sea. It’s simultaneously natural looking, challenging and highly technical in terms of its demands.
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