As on the neighbouring Killeen course, the ever present views of Macgillycuddy's Reeks (mountains) and Lough Leane give this course a wonderful aura of natural beauty. However, you may be left with a longing for more holes played beside the lake, like the par-4 17th, and the exquisite and very photogenic long par-3 18th. Most of the Killarney Mahonys Point golf course is set back from the lake and has a parkland/heathland feel to it - fairly open, with gorse and small copses of fir trees providing good definition to the holes. After the bruising your golfing pride will inevitably take on the seaside links courses hereabouts, you'll find it a relief to play a more traditional parkland layout with a bit of room for manoeuvre off the tees. The very gently undulating terrain at Mahonys Point is not at all tiring, and you may even get the chance to admire a passing deer or two, as they quietly go on their way, seemingly unconcerned by the golf.