A stunning modern links that funnels its way through centuries-old dunes created by and still whipped by the winds coming in off the Atlantic Ocean. A must play links course for serious golf enthusiasts. Perhaps the best praise that can be given Sandy Hills is that there is not one weak hole on the course. In fact I would venture to say that there is not even one average hole on the course. With the Atlantic winds blowing, Sandy Hills simply offers a test of golf at its purest and toughest.

Played Rosapenna Golf Club as a group of 8 golfers on a weekend in May. Despite some of the most brutally tough weather I have ever played in, the golfing experience was second to none. Old Tom Morris was the easier of the two courses, but still a stern test in its own right. Sandy Hills is a real epic, crafted naturally through the abundant dunes with multiple elevation changes, there are no boring holes, no straight forward shots. Rosapenna Sandy Hills at Rosapenna Golf Club is a real tough test of golf but remains fun rather than torturous, even for golfers with handicaps ranging from 9 to 26 as in our group. Many of us commented that it was the best course we have ever played (including places such as Celtic Manor 2010, St Mellion, Killarney where we have been before). I would endorse that view entirely.