Ireland's Toughest Golf Holes - The Back Nine

The front nine of the the most difficult 'course' in Ireland have already been posted (see here), so now it's time for the back nine. The full 18 holes and their descriptors are to be found in the current issue of Irish Golfer Magazine (page 81).

10. Ballybunion 11th hole

11. Galway Bay 12th hole

12. Old Head 12th hole

13. Tralee 12th hole

14. Druid's Glen 13th hole

15. The Island 13th hole

16. Royal Portrush 14th hole

17. County Sligo 17th hole

18. Adare 18th hole

Tralee Golf Club (Golf Digest Ireland Event)

Lone golfer heads down the 1st, the sun setting
behind the Slieve Mish Mountains.

Four and a half hours to drive from Wexford to Tralee Golf Club - not forgetting the 15 minutes to get lost in Tralee town - and you have 285 minutes of sitting on your butt in a car. I'm surprised there was any feeling left in my legs when I stepped onto the tarmac of the golf club, on the Co Kerry coastline above Barrow Bay...

... but never have 285 minutes been so worth it.