Coordinates: 54°37′30″N 5°57′11″W / 54.625°N 5.953°W / 54.625; -5.953 Cliftonville Golf Club is located on Westland Road in north Belfast. It consists of a 9-hole course with an eighteen-hole par of 70.
The club was founded in 1911 and is one of the oldest golf clubs in Belfast. The course lies underneath the shadow of Cavehill. The first hole has been nominated twice in BBC NI's toughest Par 3.
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