Limerick Golf Club
Limerick, Co. Limerick
Course Type: Parkland
Location: Ballyclough is south of Limerick City off N20
Tel: +353 (0)61 415 146
Fax: +353 (0)61 319 219
Founded: 1891
Location: Ballyclough is south of Limerick City off N20
Tel: +353 (0)61 415 146
Fax: +353 (0)61 319 219
Founded: 1891
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Limerick Golf Club
Limerick Golf Club is a mature par 72 parkland course measuring over 6,500 yards in length, with a number of holes designed by Dr. Alister McKenzie, architect of Lahinch and Augusta National, and others by John D. Harris.The course starts off benignly enough with a couple of shortish opening holes. Any sense of security that may have set in from playing these is quickly dispelled as the fifth hole is negotiated. This is a monstrous hole and demands two big shots to a well protected green.
After this, the golfer is well and truly into the round at Limerick. The course is a mix of demanding holes interspersed with some good birdie chances, notably the tenth and the short fifteenth.
The long eight is an outstanding hole, with a stream meandering its way through it, coming into play for all shots to a severely sloping green. Another notable hole is the seventeenth, one of the surviving McKenzie holes, a downhill, sharp dogleg.
The course used to become quite wet and suffered at the hands of the adverse weather conditions in past years. A drainage programme has been implemented to tackle the worst affected areas of the course, utilising more modern drainage techniques than were previously available.
This, coupled with a long term sanding programme, has transformed the course into one of the driest and most playable parkland courses in the entire Mid-West region.
| Professional: | Lee Harrington |
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| Number of Holes: | 18 |
| Type: | Parkland |
| Designer: | John Harris, Dr. Alister MacKenzie |
| Championship Length: | 6,001 metres |
| Greenfees: | €50 Mon-Thurs; €70 Fri-Sun & Bank Hols |
| Par: | 70 |
