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Golf?s 'Great Man of Putting' commits to Irish players who want to get serious
The first golf club in Ireland to host a Yes! Golf Putter Custom Centre opened at the Island Golf Club in Donabate on Thursday 13th December. The inventor of the phenomenal Yes! Golf Putter and European Tour putting guru Harold Swash flew in especially for the occasion to offer close-up coaching sessions to invited guests of the head pro Marcus Casey, the young South African who now advises the 1200 members of the Island Golf Club, one of Ireland's most venerable links courses.
THE KERRY CHALLENGE
The South West corner of Ireland has long been a mecca for golfers wanting to play the best golf, and particularly links, courses in the world. With the fame increasing as a result of the visits of Tom Watson, Mark O?Meara and Tiger Woods the demand and cost has started to rise. However a new initiative has come from a joint venture between Killarney Golf & Fishing Club and Bally bunion Golf Club to offer a special package, to be called the Kerry Challenge. This will offer the chance to play the best courses at very reasonable rates.
PGA National Ireland
This extraordinary golfing retreat is located in the seclusion and beauty of a once world famous stud farm. However, it is not only the tranquillity that makes it such a special setting; the golf course is set amidst a myriad of stunning mature trees, impressive bunkering and exquisite use of water. Palmerstown House truly is a golferýs paradise.
ERNIE ELS PUTS HIS SIGNATURE ON KINSALE COURSE
Ernie Els is to bring world class status to the €200 million Kinsale Harbour Resort by designing the signature 18-hole championship course at this prestigious new development near Kinsale, County Cork in Ireland. The course, which takes its name from an historical local landmark, will be known as Hangman’s Point. It has been built around the natural landscape of the Kinsale coastline. It is designed over 260 acres at a spectacular location overlooking the Celtic sea and incorporates breathtaking views.
The Host for the Amex 2004 - Mount Juliet
There are the Majors and there are the very major championships in golf, namely the Tour Players, the Volvo PGA and the World Championship events. You can add to this list the respective end of season finales on both sides of the Atlantic, the Tour Championships, but in just a handful of years, World Championship Golf has taken its place in the Golfing calendar.
The man who grows the best grass - and his course.
The man in charge of the grass on a golf course has one of two probable titles . He could be the greenkeeper or perhaps the Superintendent - whatever his nomenclature he is the man in charge and the billion or more blades of (hopefully) green grass on his course are the love and the bain of his life.