Which is Ireland’s Best Golfing Bar?

The Wicklow Wolf Golf Championship at Druids Glen aims to answer that question.

Now, this is a smart gem of a marketing idea. What better way to promote your beer – and Wicklow Wolf is one of the best craft breweries out there (if you haven’t tried the Elevation Pale Ale, it’s heaven) – than doing a tie-in with Ireland’s most thrilling parkland course. For golfers, it’s the best of both worlds. 

Approach to the par four 15th

The first ever Wicklow Wolf Golf Championship will be held at Druids Glen Golf Club on Thursday 26th April.

The competition has been set up to find Ireland’s best golfing bar and is open to teams of two, male and females over the age of 18, who will represent their local bar or pub. The maximum handicap allowances men 28 and ladies 36.

The par three 17th. You might need a touch of Wicklow Wolf to calm your
nerves before teeing off on this beast.

On the day there will be two separate shotgun starts one at 9am and one at 2pm. I don’t envy those golfers who find themselves starting at the 13th or the 17th… or the 18th for that matter. All brilliant holes but utter knee-tremblers too.

The entry fee is €200 per team which includes complimentary range balls, a goody bag including Wicklow Wolf Pale Ale, dinner and prize-giving.

The par three 8th at Druids Glen

The winners will receive a special Wicklow Wolf Golf Championship winner flag to fly from their local bar, the Championship Trophy (to be held for one year), a golf outing for 20 people at Druids Glen, complimentary PGA professional golf clinic and three kegs of Wicklow Wolf Pale Ale for the local pub or bar entered.

Tasty prizes, yes!

To enter contact Druids Glen Golf Club, 01 287 0812 or email aaron.byrne@druidsglenresort.com.

Participants will be notified of their starting hole following the draw that will take place on 25th April. Fingers crossed it’s not one of the three mentioned above.

Masters 2018 Day 1

A few bits and pieces from the opening days of the Masters.

Par three tournament

Tom Watson is the oldest winner by seven years (over Sam Snead, 1974), at 68. He birdied the first four holes and doesn’t have to worry about the curse that befalls the winner of the

The Appeal of the Sports Capital Programme

Slade Valley Golf Club appealed successfully and received
€97,760 for grass cutting equipment.

Do you ever have one of those days when the news just gets your blood boiling - especially when it's something you're so very passionate about. 

But there are two sides to every story.

The Sports Capital Programme appeal process was finalised last month and, immediately afterwards, Sinn Fein Deputy (Imelda Munster) started banging her drum about how unfair the funding allocations had been. Golf clubs was a key target of her ire. What was so infuriating was that she was tarring every golf club with the same brush: namely that they are elitist establishments not deserving of tax-payers money. It is clear from