Kirkistown Castle Golf Club is in
Down, near
Newtownabbey. It offers an 18-hole, semi-links course whose dryness enables it to be open for play when many other courses are closed due to weather. It is an open course that is renowned for the challenges it sets low handicap golfers, and its forgiving nature with high handicappers. The course borders the Irish Sea. PAR: 69; SSS: 70; SIZE: 6167 yds. Practice facilities - nets, putting, bunker and chipping, all day catering.