Thursday, November 22, 2012

Rosapenna - an 81 hole golfing mecca

In what will be seen as a brave move, given the economic climate, Rosapenna Hotel and Golf Resort has acquired a further 36 golf holes that were once known as St. Patrick's Links. One of the courses was designed by Jack Nicklaus, which will give you an inkling of just how good it is.


[Photo: From the 7th tee on Rosapenna's Sandy Hills course you can look across at St. Patrick's]

It means Rosapenna can now boast 81 holes, wrapped around a four star hotel in Downings, making it a mecca for golfers, and enhancing Donegal's reputation as the links county of Ireland.

If you want to read more details, you'll find an excellent article on Rosapenna's evolution here, on Brian Keogh's Irish Golf Desk


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  1. AnonymousNovember 26, 2012 at 4:40 PM

    Kevin, neither of the courses was designed by Jack Nicklaus. His crew got as far as stripping the turf on four holes before work stopped. Original 36 designed by Eddie Hackett and Joanne O'Haire

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  2. Kevin MarkhamNovember 26, 2012 at 6:20 PM

    Thanks for that - I knew Joanne O'Haire had designed one and I was under the impression that Nicklaus had got a fair way in redesigning Hackett's layout, but four holes of turf stripping doesn't exactly count!

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