Ballyowen Golf Club

With the Open Championship coming up in a week, go play this course to get a feel for what they will be facing across the pond. This is an authentic links style course resembling the finest old style courses. Absolutely beautiful! Absolutely pristine! Even the staff wears authentic clothing. The facilities are fabulous. The driving range is included in the greens fees. The clubhouse is spectacular. Now the details: The grass is knee high in the deep rough so you can actually TRY to get out of it like the pros. The greens are very fast and hard to read for the average golfer and 3 putts are not unusual even after a seemingly good chip or approach shot. Plan on a 5 hour round because of this fact alone unless you are a scratch or very low handicap golfer. If you want a 5 star, challenging, authentic "ancient course" experience this course is a must! It is now my "new" favorite course!!!

Great views from some tees, but I thing that the number of blind shots where fescue comes into play, and the similarities in all of the par 3s make this an overrated course, as do all of the forced carries, the hallmark of lazy design. Worth playing once for the conditions and views, but not a great course.

The course condition was excellent. The course is more of a shot maker's course. Accuracy is a premium. I would recommend this course especially if you can get a good price otherwise the cost is pricey.

This is an Excellent course. Challenging links style in outstanding condition. Greens were fast and in great shape. Every aspect of the course was in great shape. Many off holes were challenging. Fescue was tough. Need to drive relatively straight to score.

Needs new cart paths the course is in fine shape but when its cart path only new paths are a must.

The course is excellent. Very well maintained. The greens are amazing and roll true. The pace of play - well, it was very slow. There is no reason why a round of golf should take more than 4.5 hours. My biggest complaint. The golf carts - it was raining a little bit which was not much of a bother. However, the carts didn't even have cover for your clubs. No GPS on the carts. For 110 a round (though we got a better rate on golfnow) should be expected. Oh, no water jugs on the course. Overall, the course is excellent and well maintained Fun to play and challenging. The other amenities as noted above would have made the experience a whole lot better.

great layout ...greens are in great shape . i played the gold tees and its plenty from there...some risk reward holes ..par 5's reachable from the gold for me so it was a lot of fun . take some extra time to be on the green in the right places . lots of tough undulations ...great course

Followed the last group in an outing. they played extremely slow. Had to call the front desk to come out and move them along. After they finished the 6th hole, we moved along quite rapidly.

Fantastic resort course in the scenic mountains. Always a great time to play there. Third hole Par 5 is awesome! Golf now had a great deal and got a round for $89.00 at 1:20pm in early June. Price is usually $140.00! What a deal. Will definitely go back soon.

Need to be accurate not only off the tee but on your second shots too. Easy to make a double playing from the fescue. Take it easy going for the green in two on the par 5's

i got a great deal, $90 for 2 including greens fees, cart and range balls. had i paid full price i would have been disappointed as the greens are not up to the standard of a top notch private club.

Great course in very good shape rough is thick greens are very tough. Got a great deal on greens fees $55 normal greens fees are very high!!

Course is a fantastic layout. Links course with no trees but punishing rough. Good mix of par 3s, 4s & 5s lengths. Played from the blues at about 6100 yds. Temperature reached 90 degrees and there is no shade. Only negative was the inconsistency of the bunkers. Seems like three different types of sand but of course "you shouldn't hit it there". Greens are medium fast.

This is a thinking players course. Traps are strategically place, you need to plan out the next shot. Stay out of fescue,and you got a good chance of shooting a good score. I enjoyed this course,will play again

For the $140 I paid to play to wait on EVERY shot ruins the experience…you just want it to be over! People would look for balls for 5 and six minutes. There were many groups playing from the 6500 yard tees when they hit a good drive, which they didn’t do often it went 175 yards. Every hole had 3 groups on them. I never saw a ranger engage and player, they just dove around seemly obliviously.

Overrated. Nice course . Glad I got a good price on Golfnow because otherwise it is way overpriced..

Beautiful course, well maintained, friendly staff, difficult course

Excellent course condition. Tough green to read. Golfnow deal is the best deal to play Ballyowen

Very fun course with great views. The greens were not perfect, but with that many rounds a day, they still held up very well. The pace of play was not to bad, think we finished in a lil over four and a half hours. If that was closer to 4 hours, it would have been 10/10.

Went on a Monday when the greens were being aerated, so putting was obviously more difficult than usual. Overall the course was in great condition and played easier than normal due to the time of year. Highly recommend this course and will be back to play soon.