Connemara Championship Links
Amateur golfFaolan CahillAIG Irish Women's Close, Connemara Championship Links, Anna Abom, Kate Dillon, Beth Coulter

Coulter, Abom and Dillon tied for first round lead in AIG Women's Close at Connemara

Defending champion Beth Coulter is in a three-way tie for the lead after the opening round of the AIG Irish Women's Amateur Close Championship at Connemara Golf Links. 

Amateur golfFaolan CahillAIG Irish Women's Close, Connemara Championship Links, Anna Abom, Kate Dillon, Beth Coulter
Coulter, Abom and Dillon tied for first round lead in AIG Women's Close at Connemara
Amateur golfBrian KeoghConnemara Championship Links, Cormac Sharvin, David Byrne, Irish Amateur Close, Jonathan Yates, Paul Dunne

Sharvin joins legends with perfect Close win

Cormac Sharvin (Ardglass) holes his birdie putt on the 18th green to win the AIG sponsored Irish Amateur Close Championship at Connemara Golf Club. Picture by Pat Cashman Just five years after taking up the game, 20-year old Cormac Sharvin from Ardglass Golf Club beat Greytsones’ Paul Dunne by 1 hole to claim the AIG sponsored Irish Amateur Close Championship at Connemara, writes the GUI.
Amateur golfBrian KeoghConnemara Championship Links, Cormac Sharvin, David Byrne, Irish Amateur Close, Jonathan Yates, Paul Dunne
Amateur golfBrian KeoghChris Selfridge, Connemara Championship Links, Irish Amateur Close, Paul Dunne, Robbie Cannon

'Close' looks wide open at Connemara

Connemara Championship Links. Leinster golfers have captured every major Irish title so far this season but any one of two dozen players could walk away with the coveted AIG sponsored Irish Amateur Close title at Connemara.
Amateur golfBrian KeoghChris Selfridge, Connemara Championship Links, Irish Amateur Close, Paul Dunne, Robbie Cannon
ArchitectureKen KearneyBallybunion Golf Club, Carne Golf Links, Connemara Championship Links, Eddie Hackett, Enniscrone, Murvagh, The Island, Tralee Golf Club1 Comment

Remembering Eddie Hackett

Eddie Hackett is widely regarded as The “Father of Golf Course Design” in Ireland. Few, if any have had such an influence over the game of golf in Ireland and how we play it to- day. Already in his late fifties before designing his first 18 hole course, there is little doubt that his legacy lives with us today.

ArchitectureKen KearneyBallybunion Golf Club, Carne Golf Links, Connemara Championship Links, Eddie Hackett, Enniscrone, Murvagh, The Island, Tralee Golf Club1 Comment
Remembering Eddie Hackett
TravelBrian KeoghArdglass, Ballyliffin Golf Club, Carne Golf Links, Connemara Championship Links, County Sligo GC, Donegal Golf Club, Enniscrone, North & West Coast Links Golf, Portsalon, Rosapenna, Royal Portrush2 Comments

North West wins “European Golf Destination of the Year 2011”

The Old Course at Ballyliffin is one of the gems of the North WestNorth & West Coast Links Golf has been voted “European Golf Destination of the Year 2011” by the International Association of Golf Tour Operators (IAGTO).
TravelBrian KeoghArdglass, Ballyliffin Golf Club, Carne Golf Links, Connemara Championship Links, County Sligo GC, Donegal Golf Club, Enniscrone, North & West Coast Links Golf, Portsalon, Rosapenna, Royal Portrush2 Comments