The 10 best holes in Great Britain and Ireland
4th, Old Head of Kinsale
Par 4, 388 yards
There are some modest holes at this jaw-dropping clifftop course that stop it being among the elite of Britain and Ireland. But there are also some all-world classics, and this is one.
It follows the bluffs in a vintage dog-leg shape and ends on a green wedged in between the rocks on which the famous lighthouse sits and the edge of the whole property.
You don’t want to have much more than a 8-iron to find this small target so you really need to take on the dog-leg off the tee so, despite the slating Old Head gets from course architecture snobs, it is strategic and daring as well as impossibly scenic.
