Ballybunion's famous Golf Courses; The Old Course and The Cashen, are world renowned courses that share the same terrain, but are distinctly different. The Cashen Course Guesthouse is located overlooking these courses, on the Golf Links Road, only minutes from the sandy beaches and azure sea of Ireland's South Coast.

The Old Course

The very name Ballybunion Golf Club, strikes a chord with golfing enthusiasts around the globe. Rated one of the ten best golf courses in the world, Ballybunion overlooks the Atlantic Ocean, is a 6029 metre, par 71 course. The Old Course at Ballybunion is a true seaside links, virtually treeless with a distinct lack of man made influences. The contours on the fairways and greens are what make Ballybunion a great golf course. The golfer is required to play accurate approach shots to the greens. After playing Ballybunion for the first time, you would think that the game of golf originated here. It is a course that will test your patience. It is not a course that favours one particular style of play over another, but one that simply rewards good play and good shots. For example, the 8th is only 155 yards and plays almost straight downhill, yet you must hit your shots within a 10 to 12 yard area or face a bogey.., or double-bogey.

The Cashen Course

Designed by legendary course architect, Robert Trent Jones Sr. and opened in 1980, the Cashen Course at Ballybunion is more than entitled to share the same hallowed turf as the Old Course and is a superb test of links golf in every respect. That some consider that the Cashen Course presents a stiffer challenge than the Old Course, speaks volumes for its quality. The Cashen Course at Ballybunion is set on the same majestic links land as its elder sister. With the Atlantic Ocean on one side and the river on the other, the tumbling, undulating, free flowing design is beauty beyond description in words. The variation of the terrain here meant that the construction of a golf course would be no easy matter but somehow, making use of its natural features, it has been achieved. In playing the Cashen Course, you will experience 18 spectacular holes, each with its own unique character and challenge. From the moment you tee off at the first until your final drive over a wasteland at the last and thence to a magnificent finish at an elevated green, you will have traversed a wondrous golf course. There is no more natural a golf hole in the world than the 10th, over an outrageously beautiful stretch of God given terrain, while many consider the 13th to be the most spectacular on the course. From the landing area you will be looking at perhaps the most superb green-site that has been conceived. As for the par fives, their length and challenge is matched only by their stunning beauty.

 The Cashen Course Guesthouse

The Cashen Course Guesthouse is a newly built four star luxurious guesthouse, situated directly opposite the world famous Ballybunion Old Course, and only minutes from the sandy beaches and picturesque town.