Opened in 2021, St. Patrick’s Links is Tom Doak’s expansive modern interpretation of links golf on the Donegal coast. At Rosapenna, the course sits above Sheephaven Bay, where wide fairways, bold natural contours and large greens give the property an open, flowing scale. Rather than relying on narrow targets, it asks for angle, trajectory and imagination, with dune movement shaping the ground game from tee to green.
At 6,930 yards, it has the length to test strong players, yet its width keeps the round engaging and varied all day. The setting feels elemental even by Irish standards, with sea, sand and rumpled land visible across the routing. Its Golf Digest Top 100 ranking confirms how quickly it has entered the modern conversation, but the real impression is the clarity of the design: generous, strategic and built to reveal different lines and decisions as wind and light shift over the bay.