Information about Holywood Golf Club

Nuns Walk
BT18 9LE, Holywood
+442890423135

Opening hours

  • sunday: 8h-18h
  • monday: 6h-22h
  • tuesday: 6h-22h
  • wednesday: 6h-22h
  • thursday: 6h-22h
  • friday: 6h-22h
  • saturday: 8h-18h
Holywood Golf Club is an 18 hole undulating parkland course neighbouring Redburn Country Park on the outskirts of Belfast. The course has unrivalled sweeping views from the city to Belfast Lough. It is most famous for being the home club of Rory McIlroy and showcases some of his major trophies on site. With its friendly, welcoming membership base, its relaxed environment and outstanding club house consisting of 4 bars, amazing restaurant, fitness suite and performance academy with 3 Trackman bays and 2 HD Golf bays, this club has it all.

Our comment from FitFit UK about Holywood Golf Club:

Welcome to Holywood Golf Club, the renowned home of Rory McIlroy, located in the beautiful Holywood, United Kingdom. This exceptional golf club offers:

  • Friendly and Attentive Staff: Visitors consistently mention the warm and welcoming atmosphere created by the staff.
  • Scenic Views: The club boasts stunning vistas over Belfast Lough, providing a picturesque backdrop for your golfing experience.
  • Well-Maintained Golf Course: The course is noted for being in good condition, particularly valuable during the off-season, with various challenging holes
  • Diverse Facilities: Includes state-of-the-art simulators, a well-equipped gym, and a dining area serving excellent food.
  • Great for Events: Many guests have enjoyed hosting events at the club, with positive remarks on the service and atmosphere.

While some users expressed disappointment regarding aspects like customer service and specific course layout challenges, the overall feedback highlights a great place to play golf and relax. Be sure to soak in the remarkable views and experience delicious dining options at Holywood Golf Club!

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Holywood Golf Club: Opinions

4.4/5 (96 Opinions)
Walter Christie 1 year ago

Positive experience: Very friendly staff best scenic view good food and comfortable lounge .car park fair.

Norman Burns 1 year ago

Fantastic experience: First time here, course in very good condition for this time of year, tough back 9. All staff very helpful and friendly

David Gibbs 2 years ago

Positive experience: Sadly, this was a disappointment, for the home of Rory I expected more, I make an annual trip to Northern Ireland and play some lovely golf courses, so when I put this on my list this year, I had high hopes of a good course. This wasn't the case and it was reflected in the price.

karen gilpin 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Martin and staff are so friendly and helpful. Great charity day.

Tommy Brown 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Welcome to the home of Rory McIlroy! I‘m a tour operator at TUI Cruises and brought my clients here frequently over the summer 2022. We experienced great service and a fantastic golf course at a very fair rate. The manager Mr. Murphy guided us personally through Rory’s trophy room and the whole club house. We were also allowed to take pictures with every trophy. This was a wonderful experience. Thank you all at Holywood Golf Club! <3

David McGrath 2 years ago

Negative experience: Terrible customer service. My wife has seen two people on two separate occasions about a golf ball breaking glass in our green house with zero follow up.

Gary Sanders 2 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great food Great service

Robert J Campbell 2 years ago

Positive experience: Simulation set up is really good. The course is good considering where it is. Think more needs done with the out of bounds section as they are misleading. If you have trouble with hills, maybe best to avoid this course. The walk from the 9th to 10th is brutal.

Glen Kennedy 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Booked a 2 hour slot on the Trackman Simulator. Staff couldn’t have been more helpful from setting it up, giving me help on my swing and checking in on me continually throughout the session. I could have stayed here all day would highly recommend it to anyone. Thanks again

Darren Barker 3 years ago

Negative experience: Course not as good as expected

Sam Clarke 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic from all the team, from booking for golf for us, making us all feel so hugely welcome all day couldn’t do enough for us. Course fantastic and really enjoyable to play. You have to think your way around the course. Back 9 def tougher than front great views too. If In Belfast and you want to play golf do not hesitate to come and play here

Brendan McCann 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very nice place everyone is friendly, food excellent , views where amazing %

Craig Berry 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Young Kyle is an absolute gentleman. He is very attentive, well mannered and overall pleasant to deal with.

Marcus Snowball 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely venue for after my nanas funeral for reflection and refreshments defo reccomend

Andrew McCullough 3 years ago

Negative experience: Sadly there was some kind of mix up with the simulator slot I'd booked online. As a result I was running around the place looking for a staff member for 25 minutes. Wasn't able to use the SIM after travelling down after all. Apologies were made and I was offered an hour slot free of charge. Fair enough I suppose, but still very disappointing

Jonny Watson 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great simulator set up for a miserable cold wet February day. Modern well run facility

Andy Barnes 3 years ago

Positive experience: My friends and I visited Holywood golf club on Friday 29th October for the simulator experience and thought it would be good practice for the winter indoors, unfortunately it didn't work out that way. During the evening the trackman screen froze 3 times during shots, a member of our company is a left handed golfer, he had to play in a different bay. Due to the lack of simulator staff and bar staff there felt like no organisation in the place, we have visited several times before, great experiences but this time was a disappointment especially when 2 members of our party were visiting for the first time.

Gary Halpin 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Beautiful Views Lovely friendly staff. Great food

david mcwhirter 3 years ago

Fantastic experience: Just there for a party in the clubhouse, excellent food and very attentive staff!!

Henry 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Home of Rory McIlroy. Course in good condition with some holes that will challenge the best of golfers. Food served by the catering staff is good quality. Also, a bonus, great view over Belfast Lough. Played this morning, course in great order ⛳. Played today against Scrabo in the Belfast & District Veterans League. Course and greens as good as it gets, well done the greenkeepers ⛳

Gary Kennedy 4 years ago

Negative experience: Best condition I ever saw it but would be happy never to play golf there ever again, it is a poor layout but nice views.

Maurice Bingham 4 years ago

Positive experience: The facilities of HGC are second to none including An interesting challenging course with great views over Belfast Lough Four SIM golf bays idea for practice & social golf A state of the art Gymnasium with membership available to non golfers Restaurant 1904 providing excellent food from snacks to dinner with specialist meals

Andrew Welch 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Absolutely love Holywood Golf Club. Been comming here for years as I have family in Holywood. Biased because my Niece works there and I've been privileged enough to play there as well and they serve a dammed good pint of Guinness.

David Armstrong 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: We played Hollywood on Sunday morning best course I have ever played what a challenge some brilliant holes unbelievable golf course well looked after

Holywood Golf Club
Holywood Golf Club

Thank you for your positive feedback David and we are really happy to hear you enjoyed your experience at the club. Looking forward to welcoming you back again soon.

John Lowdon 4 years ago

Positive experience: Well looked after. Great views. If it was a bit flatter it would be 4 stars.

Joanne Osborne 4 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic day here at the Holywood golf club, food amazing,and and staff so very pleasant x

Samantha Rae 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Would reccomend asking for a table at the window as the views over Belfast are beautiful. Staff were lovely and food was fab

Paul Cole 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Food is lovely

Jamie Robinson 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great gold club - very welcoming!

Freda Larmour 5 years ago

Positive experience: The food was great and the place looks great

Mairead Mageean 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent food and service good value for money and very friendly.

john mcfadden 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Rebecca the bar manageress was extremely helpful to me to day, and I sent her my thanks.

Nicola Lynn 5 years ago

Positive experience: Good food but the service was slow

Ian Elliott 5 years ago

Positive experience: Excellent service

Anne Norrie 5 years ago

Positive experience: Good food.

James Todd 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great club Best indoor practice facility in UK Alan and Rick are 2 gents

Alan McClenaghan 5 years ago

Positive experience: Great food, friendly staff

Ben Thompson 5 years ago

Fantastic experience: Epic

Tim Crawford 6 years ago

Positive experience: Lovely food

MrFishyFisshh 6 years ago

Negative experience: Staff are unwelcoming and bothersome to communicate with

Gregor Galway 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely staff

R 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Class course

Neville Boyd 6 years ago

Positive experience: Rory's home. Pretty cool.

Brian Jazz 6 years ago

Negative experience: £75 a round is a an absolute joke, just because rory played here as a boy. course is very average. could pay less an play a proper links in scotland

Tina Calder 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Attended the golf club for a charity day and had lunch. Lovely surroundings, great staff and all round nice place to visit.

David Flynn 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Holywood golf club has just added to its facilities and now includes a brand new high performance gym, golf driving bays and 2 state of the art golf simulators. This is in addition to its existing bar and restaurant serving tasty food and drink. Definitely worth a visit if you are in the area.

Lila Lewis 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Had a great time at my son's engagement party thank you will definitely be back

Anita Mcclure 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great food staff lovely

Neomai Makasiale 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great food, great service, and the music was fabulous...

Elaine Mc Candless 6 years ago

Negative experience: Not empressed

Castlewellan Opticians 6 years ago

Positive experience: Nice course

Rosemary Sloan 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Arranged 50th wedding anniversary here. Superb service, food, atmosphere.

David Nelson 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great night very nice people

Daniel Paton 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic golf course

Peter Millar 6 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent

Ruthie 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly atmosphere -good food - excellent views of Belfast lough - whay more could you ask?

Lorraine English 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant 21st birthday party Well done to Claire Brodies parents and The Golf Club

John Stevenson 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Short but testing course with beautiful views and the clubhouse is welcoming with great food too.

David Moore 7 years ago

Negative experience: Not for me

paul bedford 7 years ago

Negative experience: Having the opportunity to call in fur lunch been from galway waited nearl hour for blt sandwich for my son only maybe 10 people eating come on guys gotta do better payed and left before it arrived my son was so dissapointed

A Cinn. 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very enjoyable course. The restaurant has tasty food at reasonable prices and the club house offers amazing views over Belfast Lough and the golf course

Andy Bannister 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great club

Leonard Coey 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Golf course in good order

Garreth Davidson 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely place to play golf and have dinner!!

Tommy Johnston 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great course. Very busy but enjoyable.

joey vlogs 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Brilliant club

Elaine Williams 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great food ,lovely staff ,beautiful setting

Cater Waste 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great location - 5 min out from Belfast

marshall dougherty 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great staff super food good value

Raymond Fox 7 years ago

Positive experience: Excellent staff and food

Julie Stevenson 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great food, great staff & fabulous location!!

patricia jardine 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: We had a great Christmas party here . We were treated very well . people who looked after us were very attentive to us all Thank you

robert senior 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendliest club in co down. Great exhibition of Rory trophys and artifacts. Get your picture taken with US Open cup. Priceless.

cor rainey 7 years ago

Positive experience: Really enjoyed it going back for old years night

IAN HEDLEY MASTERSON 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent night,great food,great company

Adam Uprichard 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Friendly staff with amazing views over Belfast lough and holywood.

John Watson 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Lovely food and great course. Would recommend booking a buggy for the back 9

Joey Mulligan 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Nice

David Stevenson 7 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great golf course. Nice friendly atmosphere in clubhouse.

Hilda Collins 7 years ago

Positive experience: Big cold barn of a place great views overlooking Belfast Lough it might be Rory McIroys home club but just didn't do it for me although I've heard food is good .

Campbell Taylor 7 years ago

Positive experience: Great club, good facilities and helpful staff. Home club of Rory McIlroy. Campbell Taylor

David Ivery 7 years ago

Positive experience: We had a super Sunday lunch in comfortable lounge and dining rooms. Great views over Belfast Lough and the golf course. Excellent food very well presented and the service team were very helpful attentive.

David McCleery 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Great food n great course!

jennifer smith 8 years ago

Positive experience: Great

John Davin 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Excellent golf course with super catering and bar facilities

Gerald Nesbitt 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Good food reasonably priced Friendly helpful staff Lovely view looking out to Belfast Lough and over to County Antrim You will not be disapointed

Hannah Jean McCadden 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Food excellent. Staff super. Everyone speaks to you,very friendly.

Stu A 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Had a party here and it was excellent. Super views of Belfast Lough, very friendly and helpful staff, great supper and drink prices were very reasonable too.

Fionnuala Ashe 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Fantastic staff amazing views and gorgeous food...

Colin Elliott 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Perfected located 10 minutes from Belfast City Airport and 15 from Belfast City Centre. The course is always in great shape and has some of the best conditioned greens in NI. Tight fairways with plenty of tree lined holes to punish the wayward golfer. Signature hole is the downhill 120y par 3 5th. Rory's Corner features replica trophies of McIlroy's biggest wins. Definitely a course worth visiting

Auto Q 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: I've been a member for 25+ years and the club is a great place to socialise and/or take guests

Alan Armstrong 8 years ago

Positive experience: Wonderful course in good order and great weather. Food in club house is very good too.

johnny connolly 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Had a very good meal and great service

Dean Armour 8 years ago

Positive experience: Great wee course but needs directional signage

Paul Mccormick 8 years ago

Fantastic experience: Very friendly people

Ian Hutcheon 8 years ago

Positive experience: Played today with Lady Captain Marlyn and course in good order. Had lovely round of golf and will be back whenever possible.

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