Ardglass Golf Club

The story of Ardglass Golf Club and links began in 1896, under the leadership of the Rev Thomas MacAfee. The first incarnation was a 7-hole layout with a total length of less than 1000 yards and shoehorned into the area that is now our 1st and 18th fairways. Over the next 100 years our Club leased and then purchased the additional land that stretches out to Ringfad Point and around to the original Coney Island Bay. In 1907 it became a 9-hole links and was basically to remain unaltered for the next 60 years. In the late 1960s, with the additional land, the layout expanded to encompass our first 18-hole layout. A generation later, the latest tranche of land was acquired. The Club developed the lands around Coney Island Bay and remodelled the course to provide the stunningly natural links we enjoy today. Ardglass Golf Club does not stand still, and even today we are continuing to upgrade, remodel and improve the current layout to make it fair, enjoyable and a challenge for golfers of all abilities. As the Club heads towards its sesquicentennial anniversary in 2046 plans are afoot to meet the challenges of such an old building and sympathetically bring the clubhouse to a new level that meets all the formidable demands of the 21st century.