In keeping with the tradition and reputation of its sister courses, the Glashedy Links at Ballyliffin Golf Club provides a wonderful setting for traditional links golf.
In the early summer of 1992 members of the committee met with Pat Ruddy and Tom Craddock, both course architects from Dublin. Ruddy and Cradock, in that meeting, stated that the land next to the Old Links was probably the finest piece of links golfing terrain that they had ever seen, and the possibilities for developing it as a golf links were mind-boggling.
The instruction to the designers was to develop a world-class championship standard links courses-something they duly delivered. At over 7,000 yards from the Championship tees, Glashedy Links stands today as a supremely testing and stunningly beautiful links course.
Glashedy is destined for recognition as one of the world's finest links. It is difficult to pick any signature hole at Glashedy as each has its own charms but the par 3, 7th playing from a height to a green some 100 feet below, does catch the eye.