Royal County Down (Annesley)

Like the much underrated Valley golf course at Royal Portrush, the Annesley at Royal County Down is often overlooked by visiting golfers when they make the pilgrimage to play one of the finest links layouts in the land. It’s a very short layout at only 4,548 yards from the back tees, which is hardly surprising when you consider there are no par five holes, only one par four measures in excess of 350 yards and six of the holes are par threes. Nonetheless,…