Laytown and Bettystown Golf Club

Played Bettystown on the 12/12/2025 on a perfect frosty Winters Day. Overall a very enjoyable experience, course didn’t open until 11 due to frost but our time was rescheduled to accommodate this. Notable positives is the friendliest of staff and members we were made most welcome. Although the course has been tweaked to accommodate Winter conditions, a couple of par 4’s were converted to par 3’s. 18th closed and replaced by temporary adjacent par 3.

Food afterwards was great & excellent value.

Area for improvement would be communication no signs on course despite the tweaks & temporary tee boxes. Also poor communication in pro shop of these changes we spent quite a bit of time figuring out where tees boxes were. Temporary signs must be very very expensive 🙈 😂 Overall would highly recommend this course just a pity it wasn’t a little more affordable.

Great condition for January

Totally enjoyed everything about the course a real gem.

Super condition for time of year credit to grounds staff !

All pleasant and interaction with with green keepers entertaining and welcoming.

From the pro shop the course and the club house staff great hospitality shown all around.

Had a great day. Course is a true link, was in good condition. Well worth a visit.

Good links course in bad winter conditions course was good considering. would love to play in the summer. staff are excellent

Awful pace of play, slowest course I have played in Ireland without a doubt. Setting seems ok but pace of play is just painful.

Great course, challenging but playable. Very well kept. Will be back

Very enjoyable course, walked off smiling. Highly recommended.

We where so looking forward to playing Laytown Bettystown but we only played 1 hole the weather destroyed the day.It was so disappointing.

Ended up close to Dublin on the return of my Irish golf vacation just trying to get close to the airport. We were very lucky to find this gem and the staff was excellent. Hat;'s of to Gavin and his staff. They do need to mark the Gold tee's but I made my own. Gotta make it easier for the old Americans.

Mostly member golfer but everybody we came in to contact with were very friendly to the american's

Thank you,

Bob

Friendly welcome from the pro and captain and people on the course. Course in very good condition. Interesting holes with a number of blind shots. Good fun.

This is one of the best golf courses in Ireland and superb links experience. All facilities are excellent and staff are extremely helpful.

The course was in great condition but there are a couple of caveats. No play from fairways. Options are to either use a mat or play from the edge of the fairway. Also the second hole had been reduced in length to a par 3 and the 18th was closed. Hole 14a, a par 3 was in use instead. Also the clubhouse heating had failed and there was no food due to a COVID outbreak in the kitchens. Finally while I was having a cup of tea after the round either the burglar or fire alarm went off. I have never heard anything so loud in my life. You would hear it in Drogheda. Had to put my hands over my ears. It also took about 5 minutes to deactivate it. Otherwise a great days golf. Can’t wait to play it again when the whole course is open.