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top photo: Old Head Kinsale
Regional travel info : East
County travel info : Wicklow
Druid's Glen Golf Club
Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow
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| Course Type: |
Parkland |
| Founded: |
1995 |
| Designed By: |
Tom Craddock |
| Length (yds): |
7026 |
| Par: |
71 |
| SSS rating: |
74 |
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If you book an Ireland golf vacation package with us, all of your tee-times are reserved in advance for you! Please click here for more info on our Ireland golf vacation packages.
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| Druids Glen is one of the true wonders of more recent Irish golf course development. It is located just 20 miles south of Dublin in beautiful County Wicklow, the garden of Ireland. Course architect Pat Ruddy, whose achievements include Ballyliffin and the highly regarded European Club, joined forces with Tom Craddock on the assignment. Money, the pair was told, was to be no object. Druids Glen opened to much acclaim in 1995, and within an amazingly short period of just one year was hosting Ireland's premier golf event, the Murphy's Irish Open, an honour repeated for each of the next three years. Voted European Golf Club of the Year in 2000, the meteoric rise of this relative youngster has continued and in 2002 Druid's Glen hosted the first Seve Trophy, a European Tour event pitting a combined Great Britain & Ireland team against the best from continental Europe in true Ryder Cup fashion. Architects Ruddy and Craddock have come up with a stunningly beautiful design that many compare to Augusta National. The landscaping is, to say the very least, lush and extravagant, providing a sense of maturity well beyond its tender age, resulting in the course being a riot of colour throughout the year, even in winter. Druids Glen presents a technically demanding challenge to even the pros on the European Tour, who were uncommonly flattering and respectful in their evaluations of the course. There can be no question that Druids Glen is difficult and in parts, extremely so. It demands that you have every aspect of your game working perfectly if you are to come up with a decent score. Druids Glen can be conveniently fitted in any itinerary that includes a Dublin-area stay, with the option of staying directly on the course at the recently opened Druids Glen Marriott Resort. |
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