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County Sligo Golf Club's main course at Rosses Point is now presented by the club as the Colt Championship Links. The club dates to 1894, while Harry Colt redesigned the original course in 1927, a contribution important enough that his name is now attached to the championship layout. The 18-hole links plays to par 71 and extends to 7,157 yards from the longest published markers.
Its tournament history is unusually substantial for a club course: Rosses Point has been the home of the West of Ireland Amateur Open Championship since 1923 and has also staged the Irish Amateur Open, Irish Close Championship, R&A Home Internationals, Irish Interprovincial Championships and Irish PGA Championships. Pat Ruddy later carried out a programme of alterations intended to update the strategic demands of the course while retaining Colt's underlying design. His work affected virtually every hole other than the four par threes and included additional championship pin positions and selected green changes.
The course is an 18-hole links golf course. It plays to par 71, 7,157 yards. Designed by Harry Colt, the course originally opened in 1894. It is open to the public. On-site facilities include Pro shop, Practice facilities, Clubhouse, Junior Membership, Country Membership.
Golf at Rosses Point developed from the County Sligo Golf Club founded in 1894. The decisive architectural chapter came in 1927 when Harry Colt redesigned the original course. That work established the fundamental character of the championship links and the club has subsequently adopted the name Colt Championship Links for its principal 18-hole course.
Colt's routing uses the natural links ground at Rosses Point rather than relying on artificial features. In a much later programme, Pat Ruddy deliberately chose a relatively restrained approach to modernisation. The club's history records that he considered the equipment and players of the modern game significantly different from those for whom the earlier course had been built, but sought solutions beyond simply adding length.
Ruddy's programme improved every hole other than the four par threes. New sections were added to existing greens to create additional championship pin positions. The third green was moved, while the fifteenth was redesigned.
The intention was to strengthen the course for modern championship golf without replacing Colt's underlying design.
Rosses Point has a long competitive pedigree. It has been home to the West of Ireland Amateur Open since 1923 and has hosted a range of national and international amateur and professional events.
The club operates the Colt Championship Links alongside the separate Bomore nine-hole course. The main links remains the tournament course and is marketed independently from the shorter layout.
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| Front 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Out |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 36 |
| Yards | 398 | 323 | 588 | 179 | 540 | 447 | 431 | 484 | 167 | 3557 |
| Index | 9 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 13 | - |
| Back 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | In | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Par | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 71 |
| Yards | 466 | 480 | 531 | 174 | 460 | 422 | 210 | 470 | 387 | 3600 | 7157 |
| Index | 16 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 10 | - | - |
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