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Universally acknowledged as one of the truly great links courses, Portmarnock has been venue for some of the game's greatest events, from the British Amateur Championship of 1949, to the Canada Cup in 1960, quite apart the 1991 Walker Cup and 12 stagings of the revived Irish Open. Invariably rated in ballot as Ireland's best course by the Irish Golf Institute, Portmarnock takes justifiable pride in its 27 holes, which are maintained to the highest standards. Within the curve of the coastline formed by the Howth peninsula, it offers stunning views of Ireland's Eye and Lambay Island rising sharply from deep waters. But above all, there is the charm of its delightful turf, the wildness, the solitude of the sand hills and the sea, and the ever present challenge of the wind. The course has some extraordinary holes including the 14th, which Henry Cotton regarded as the best hole in golf and the 15th which Arnold Palmer regards as the best par-3 in the world.
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