THE LINKS

7,150 Yards | Par 72

Navigate epic duneland, tumbling fairways, sea breezes and crafty bunkers during a classic links test at Seapoint.

Pro Tip

A gentle par 4 to start. Aim for the right half of the fairway to provide the best view into the green. You’ll be hitting downhill to a generous putting surface, with danger lurking short. A stream crosses a few yards before the green, recalling the infamous opening hole at the Old Course. A solid approach provides opportunity to get the score card off to a good start.

TeeYardageParSL
Championship35447
Medal32947
Ladies29743
Society31247
Choose your club wisely. Meandering water waits to swallow mishits around the front of this taxing Par 3. Target the centre of the green to avoid a bunker protecting its left and falling ground to the right.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship145315
Medal138315
Ladies100317
Society119315

Finding the fairway, though generous from the tees, is vital. Strike straight and long for a more manageable route to a challenging target. Many tricky pin positions, compounded by run-off areas to the font right, require a deft approach shot.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship340411
Medal333411
Ladies32645
Society324411

Most are content with a par on this first of two consecutive mammoth tasks. Expect a left-to-right fairway camber and bunkers lining the left side of your approach. Even a prime position off the tee leaves you contending with water and bunkers on either side of the green.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship40243
Medal38843
Ladies277413
Society34343

A treacherous drive with water in front of the tee box and out-of-bounds to the right as well as two unforgiving bunkers on the left. Hitting centre fairway sets up a reasonable approach shot – on a landing area sandwiched by water – to the green.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship38541
Medal35341
Ladies267411
Society33841

Some welcome respite after the high-wire act of the previous two holes. Solid shots will find the fairway, evade chomping teeth around the green (including four bunkers to the right) and create chances to score.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship473517
Medal461517
Ladies42051
Society437517

The tee shot to an otherwise amendable fairway must account for bunkers, rough and gorse bushes to the left and right. Bunkers surrounding the green provide another test of nerve and accuracy on the approach.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship40045
Medal38445
Ladies30547
Society36245

Prioritise distance from the tee before a crucial second shot on your way back towards the Clubhouse. A prudent approach is needed to find the green in regulation and avoid stiff roll-offs on either side of the putting surface.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship505513
Medal49445
Ladies41059
Society461513

A short par 3 with razor-sharp teeth. Overenthusiastic tee shots to the left, right or long will be eaten alive. Trusting your short-game skills offers a safer finish, especially when the wind is up.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship18639
Medal17039
Ladies124315
Society17039

What is statistically the easiest hole on the course gets the back nine underway. Your run-up to the green is relatively straightforward provided you avoid the small pot bunker where the fairway slopes right on the landing area.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship490518
Medal466518
Ladies389516
Society448518

Ominous bunkers on this gentle right-to-left dogleg lurk to the right off the tee. Your uphill approach shot may require an extra club if the pin is to the back half of an elongated green. Be advised that missing long could result in a difficult up and down.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship368410
Medal344410
Ladies280414
Society328410

The drive must locate the fairway to clear your approach to an unforgiving two-tiered green. Balls landing short can kick to the left, leaving you with an uphill chip to the pin.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship41944
Medal39244
Ladies312412
Society35244

Bunkers to the left and right wait to devour wayward drives on this dogleg. Approach shots must navigate sand traps and the duo of bunkers protecting one of the flattest greens on the course.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship41242
Medal37042
Ladies30248
Society34342

Aim tee shots to the left for a generous view of the green – but beware of the two awaiting bunkers. You’ll need a full locker of short-game skills if you miss the blind green on the uphill approach.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship39446
Medal37846
Ladies33246
Society35246

The drive towards the Irish Sea must be near-faultless to secure a manageable putt on the contoured two-tiered green. Failure to find the putting surface, which slopes off the left, leaves no easy options to get up and down.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship154314
Medal138314
Ladies116318
Society141314

The green is reachable with enough distance off the tee on this short par 4. If not, the sloping fairway sometimes produces unexpected bounces. Finding the short stuff should set up a reasonable second shot that must avoid a tricky bunker to the front right of the green.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship342412
Medal342412
Ladies30142
Society342412

The signature hole. An elevated tee through the dunes leads to a long and narrow green. A ridge splits the putting surface into two sections, front and back, and you risk serious peril if your tee shot fails to find one of them.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship171316
Medal156316
Ladies136310
Society136316

A fantastic finish along the Irish Sea begins with a leap of faith. Drive right for the fairway landing area unseeable from the tee to avoid the bunker and tree on the left. Your final approach, though arrayed with more bunkers, comes with the welcome sight of our Clubhouse.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship49958
Medal47258
Ladies43754
Society49058

Pro Tip

A gentle par 4 to start. Aim for the right half of the fairway to provide the best view into the green. You’ll be hitting downhill to a generous putting surface, with danger lurking short. A stream crosses a few yards before the green, recalling the infamous opening hole at the Old Course. A solid approach provides opportunity to get the score card off to a good start.

TeeYardageParSL
Championship35447
Medal32947
Ladies29743
Society31247
Choose your club wisely. Meandering water waits to swallow mishits around the front of this taxing Par 3. Target the centre of the green to avoid a bunker protecting its left and falling ground to the right.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship145315
Medal138315
Ladies100317
Society119315

Finding the fairway, though generous from the tees, is vital. Strike straight and long for a more manageable route to a challenging target. Many tricky pin positions, compounded by run-off areas to the font right, require a deft approach shot.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship340411
Medal333411
Ladies32645
Society324411

Most are content with a par on this first of two consecutive mammoth tasks. Expect a left-to-right fairway camber and bunkers lining the left side of your approach. Even a prime position off the tee leaves you contending with water and bunkers on either side of the green.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship40243
Medal38843
Ladies277413
Society34343

A treacherous drive with water in front of the tee box and out-of-bounds to the right as well as two unforgiving bunkers on the left. Hitting centre fairway sets up a reasonable approach shot – on a landing area sandwiched by water – to the green.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship38541
Medal35341
Ladies267411
Society33841

Some welcome respite after the high-wire act of the previous two holes. Solid shots will find the fairway, evade chomping teeth around the green (including four bunkers to the right) and create chances to score.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship473517
Medal461517
Ladies42051
Society437517

The tee shot to an otherwise amendable fairway must account for bunkers, rough and gorse bushes to the left and right. Bunkers surrounding the green provide another test of nerve and accuracy on the approach.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship40045
Medal38445
Ladies30547
Society36245

Prioritise distance from the tee before a crucial second shot on your way back towards the Clubhouse. A prudent approach is needed to find the green in regulation and avoid stiff roll-offs on either side of the putting surface.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship505513
Medal49445
Ladies41059
Society461513

A short par 3 with razor-sharp teeth. Overenthusiastic tee shots to the left, right or long will be eaten alive. Trusting your short-game skills offers a safer finish, especially when the wind is up.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship18639
Medal17039
Ladies124315
Society17039

What is statistically the easiest hole on the course gets the back nine underway. Your run-up to the green is relatively straightforward provided you avoid the small pot bunker where the fairway slopes right on the landing area.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship490518
Medal466518
Ladies389516
Society448518

Ominous bunkers on this gentle right-to-left dogleg lurk to the right off the tee. Your uphill approach shot may require an extra club if the pin is to the back half of an elongated green. Be advised that missing long could result in a difficult up and down.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship368410
Medal344410
Ladies280414
Society328410

The drive must locate the fairway to clear your approach to an unforgiving two-tiered green. Balls landing short can kick to the left, leaving you with an uphill chip to the pin.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship41944
Medal39244
Ladies312412
Society35244

Bunkers to the left and right wait to devour wayward drives on this dogleg. Approach shots must navigate sand traps and the duo of bunkers protecting one of the flattest greens on the course.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship41242
Medal37042
Ladies30248
Society34342

Aim tee shots to the left for a generous view of the green – but beware of the two awaiting bunkers. You’ll need a full locker of short-game skills if you miss the blind green on the uphill approach.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship39446
Medal37846
Ladies33246
Society35246

The drive towards the Irish Sea must be near-faultless to secure a manageable putt on the contoured two-tiered green. Failure to find the putting surface, which slopes off the left, leaves no easy options to get up and down.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship154314
Medal138314
Ladies116318
Society141314

The green is reachable with enough distance off the tee on this short par 4. If not, the sloping fairway sometimes produces unexpected bounces. Finding the short stuff should set up a reasonable second shot that must avoid a tricky bunker to the front right of the green.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship342412
Medal342412
Ladies30142
Society342412

The signature hole. An elevated tee through the dunes leads to a long and narrow green. A ridge splits the putting surface into two sections, front and back, and you risk serious peril if your tee shot fails to find one of them.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship171316
Medal156316
Ladies136310
Society136316

A fantastic finish along the Irish Sea begins with a leap of faith. Drive right for the fairway landing area unseeable from the tee to avoid the bunker and tree on the left. Your final approach, though arrayed with more bunkers, comes with the welcome sight of our Clubhouse.

Pro Tip

TeeYardageParSL
Championship49958
Medal47258
Ladies43754
Society49058