St Patrick's Day Weekend Golf 2019

Fota Island's 18th

It's becoming a tradition.

In 2019, St Patrick’s Day falls beautifully on a Sunday. As if we needed more of an excuse to celebrate our Irishness we are presented with a long weekend to relax and enjoy ourselves.

And many of us will be doing that on the golf course. It’s the start of Spring, when the fairweather golfer tentatively comes out of hibernation and golf clubs nationwide open their doors and embrace the masses. That three day weekend ensures it will be all the more embracing.

Golf clubs up and down the country are running Open events so there’s no shortage of choice. Your only challenge is choosing the course to play and the companions you want to bring with you. With luck, we won’t have to endure a snow storm like the one that arrived last year and cancelled almost every St Patrick’s Day golf event. No, this year we deserve some cool sunshine and a light breeze.

Here is a selection of events at over 30 courses... but this is by no means an exhaustive list.

MUNSTER

Ballyneety

A parkland outside Limerick that continues to improve and return to its best, Ballyneety has

Killarney Golf Club Finds a New Synergy

The 1st green views

This is an interesting one and it demonstrates how the reach of golf management companies continues to grow in Ireland. In recent years, a number of golf clubs have sought the assistance of these companies to help them with various aspects of their golf business. It can be as simple as performing the marketing function or it can run much deeper and involve every aspect of the business from management of the club to maintenance of the course and machinery.

One such company is Synergy Golf and the company recently netted a big fish in the form of Killarney Golf & Fishing Club, one of our most prestigious and historic