Ballybunion Golf Club in County Kerry dates back to 1893, and the Old Course has emerged as the country's most coveted golf venue by visitors that include Bill Clinton and Tiger Woods. The course sits on some of Ireland's most spectacular dunes land and features several tee box locations overlooking the sea, with narrow fairways and green complexes.
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Located about an hour's drive outside of Lyon, the Golf Club at St. Etienne is a city-owned golf course that was built on the site of a former landfill. It sits on very severe terrain, and many fairways are built into steep hillsides. It's mostly a club that gets a lot of local play, as Saint Etienne is not a very large tourist hotbed.
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Located in the French Alps about an hour from Grenoble, Correncons en Vercors Golf Club is a mountain course opened in 1989. It's on the short side, but defends itself with tight fairways, sharp doglegs and some holes that play sharply uphill. Practically every hole has scenic mountain views, and each hole is lined tightly by trees.
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North Berwick Golf Club is home to the legendary West Links, a true and traditional 18-hole championship links that begins in the heart of town and stretches out along the sea in a nine-out, nine-in routing. The golf club officially dates back to 1832.
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Kilspindie Golf Club, located in Scotland's East Lothian region, holds claim as the 35th oldest golf club in the entire world, dating back to 1867. The course is a 5,502-yard par 69 but features an opening stretch that can be very difficult, playing into the prevailing wind and right along the sea.
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The Flamingos Golf Club has two 18-hole championship golf courses set on rugged terrain just outside Marbella in Spain's Costa Del Sol. The original course, the Flamingos Golf, is on the short side at under 5,800 meters from the back tees, but has still played host to Spanish senior tour events. The newer course, the Gran Flamingo Golf Club, is set farther back into the mountains and features some very dramatic terrain to navigate around.
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Dunbar Golf Club in East Lothian, Scotland is a historic links golf course dating back to 1856. The course is mostly set narrowly between a deer park wall and the sea, which makes for 14 holes all within very close proximity to the Firth of Forth. In fact, many tees sit right next to the coastline.
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Valderrama Golf Club on Spain's Costa Del Sol is one of Europe's most prestigious golf courses. The signature of Valderrama's design is its gently rolling parkland terrain throughout a cork tree forest, making for some very tight doglegs. Greens are also very small, except for the par-3 15th and par-5 17th, which have a little more room.
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Located in the Costa Del Sol's highest-end golf area, The San Roque Club is a luxurious country club home to two of the region's finest layouts: The original Old Course and the New Course.
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Golf and Country Club Fleesensee near Berlin, Germany is a remarkable golf complex, complete with five different courses and a massive practice area, highlighted by its mammoth circular driving range.
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