Dun Laoghaire Golf Club

The course is divided into three nines: upper, middle and lower.  We played the upper and lower.

Dun Laoghaire Golf Club clubhouse seen from the 18th fairway

Green fees would have been €50 each.

Approach to the par 5 2nd hole

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Dargle View is a pay as you golf course.  Green fees are €10 for 9 holes and €12 for 18 holes.

Wicklow Golf Club with clubhouse in the background

Accuracy is rewarded on this course.  In my case the opposite applied.  Between water, gorse and scrub there are lots of opportunities to lose golf balls.  At the end of the round my golf bag was quite a bit lighter!

There’s a lovely variety of holes with wonderful views over the sea and the Wicklow Mountains.  The course is quite hilly (especially the back 9).  By lunchtime I had certainly worked up an appetite.

We had a very pleasant lunch in the clubhouse over looking the Irish Sea.

17th Hole at Wicklow Golf Club - "The Glen"

I’m looking forward to playing here again.

The 2012 Chamber Golf Challenge features the famous Druids Glen course, one of the finest, most challenging and most enjoyable golf courses in Europe. Known worldwide as the “Augusta of Europe” this championship course is a must for the discerning golfer and the perfect forum to build and develop customer relations with both new and existing customers. Playing in early May, golfers will find the course at its optimum playing level.

Druids Glen Course
Druids Glen Golf Resort, Wicklow
Thursday 3rd May
Teams of 4 – €365 for members or €395 for non-members
Individual Players – €95 for members or €100 for non-members

Prizes for

• top three teams,
• longest drive,
• nearest to the pin and
• yellow ball.

Your round includes goody bag, a famous Hick’s sausage in a bun out on the course and golfer’s grill afterwards.

Tee times from 11.00 am to 2.00 pm.
Individual players are welcome!
Get to know other local business people by joining a team for the day.

Update

Congratulations to DLR Chamber on a wonderful day.  Druid’s Glen was glorious with perfect weather. The food break by Hick’s  in between the 9th and 10th was really welcome. They even supplied me with a vegetarian option. I was really happy with the driver I had bought the previous day in McGuirks Golf.

The highlight of my round was a 3 on the par 3 17th – 168 yds over water onto an island green.  Thanks to Martin Toner for his coaching on the run up to the event.

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In aid of

Powerscourt Golf  Club
Enniskerry, Co Wicklow

Friday 27th August 2010

Sponsored by
NEWBRIDGE SILVERWARE

Shotgun Start at 14.00
Teams of 4 players – men &/or women,
(any combination)

Format: Stableford, 2 scores to count

COST : €700 per team
Includes: golf, prizes, BBQ

For further information please contact:
Heather – 086 0864772 /01-2863509

IHWT Website

Focus Ireland is inviting you to participate in this exciting pre-qualifier for 2010′s most exciting golf event and at the same time help raise money for people who are homeless in Limerick.

Where: Limerick Golf Club
When: April 23 2010
Teams of three.
Cost: €300 per team

All players are invited to join us for food and refreshments after they play. And all players receive free entry to the JP McManus Invitational PRO-AM as a spectator.

Call Melissa on 1850 204 205
Email – golf@focusireland.ie

Or download the application form and send it to JP McManus Pro Am Pre-Qualifier, Focus Ireland, 9-12 High Street, Dublin 8 or fax to 01 881 5950.

Focus Ireland
9-12 High Street
Christchurch
Dublin 8
Ph: 881 5982
Mobile: 086 604 2849

Everyone has a right to a place they can call home.

The Players and Padraig Harrington who will do the prizegiving.

Golf With Stars.com is Bóthar‘s new fundraising initiative that is aiming to raise €300,000 and send 500 dairy cows to Africa.

For just €20 you (or whoever you buy the ticket for) and 2 friends could be playing a round of golf with one of these 16 stars at the K Club on Friday 9th October.

Paul O’Connell | Tommy Bowe | Anthony Foley | Peter Clohessy | Mick Galwey | DJ Carey | Johnny Murtagh | Kieran Donaghy | Eoin Kelly | Colm Cooper | Stevie McDonnell | Oisin McConville| Benny Tierney | Donal O’Grady | Denis Hickie | Charlie Swan

Tommy Bowe and Paul O'Connell - two of the stars

After your round of golf, you and your 2 friends will join the sports stars for a gala dinner in the K club and prizes will be presented by 3-times Major Champion, Padraig Harrington!

1 entry costs just €20 and it’s 3 for €50 and you can enter as many times as you like!

For more details and online competion entry log onto www.golfwithstars.com.

Deirdre, Mary & Austin Crowe Proprietors with Brian Murray Aspects of Ireland and Roisin Wallace CMV.

Last month the Crowe family welcomed tourism partners, tour operators, members of the local corporate sector, golf specialists and media representatives to their inaugural Corporate & Golf Event in a new initiative to attract golf and corporate business to this renowned Tipperary family owned resort.

On the 6th hole with Philip Walton Golf Professional were Derek Davis Tipp FM with fellow team members Denis Wade, Brian Cleary and Morris Ryan of Cordis ( Johnson & Johnson) Co. Tipperary.

More than 70 guests participated in this event, enjoying a challenging round of golf on what is now ranked one of the top 50 golf courses in Ireland. Course designer Philip Walton played with each team on the 6th hole sharing his expertise. He played the hole seventeen times and scored 8 birdies, 8 pars and 1 bogie over the course of the day. The teams couldn’t say enough about the terrific condition of this mature course despite one of the heaviest downpours the night before, a true test for any golf course.

William Crowe Director of Golf at Dundrum House Hotel, Golf & Leisure Resort, Pat Short Comedian, Philip Walton Golf Professional and Charlie Swan, Horse Trainer.

Crowe Family host Tourism & Corporate Golf Event

Dundrum House Hotel is a major tourism provider of extensive golf, conference and leisure facilities in the South East Region, providing employment for more than 100 people within the local community and region. This stunning Manor is renowned as one of the leading Wedding Venues in Ireland and it has to be said, the secret to this hotel’s success is the Crowe family’s warm hospitality during their 30 years in business.