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Limerick
Golf Club is located at
Ballyclough, on the
southern outskirts of Limerick City and is one of the oldest golf clubs
in Ireland, founded in the same year as the Golfing Union of
Ireland, 1891. The course and clubhouse are located on the original site
of Roxboro Castle and grounds. The club boasts a mature parkland course,
with a number of holes designed by Dr. Alister McKenzie, architect of
Lahinch and Augusta National, and others by John D. Harris. The current
layout measures 6500 yards in length and has a par of 72. Limerick has
one of the largest memberships in the country with over 1300 members. |
| Limerick Golf Club has a proud
tradition in competitive golf in Ireland, having won twelve national
titles, and was the first Irish club to win a European title at senior
level. The most recent Irish title was the Pierce Purcell Shield in 2008. It has
played host to many championships over the years, not least an
exhibition match in the 1930s which included the famous American golfer,
Walter Hagen, and our own John Burke. |
| The JP McManus Invitational Pro-Am, the biggest
pro-am event of its kind in Europe, had its home at Limerick Golf Club
from 1990, with the last staging in July 2000. The field included some
of the biggest players in the game, such as Tiger Woods and Mark
O'Meara, and was an enormous success, raising over €19,000,000 for local
charities. Both of these players returned to Limerick Golf Club in 2001
and were conferred with Honorary Life Membership. Tiger Woods presented
the flag from the 18th green of The 2000
Open Championship, held at St. Andrews, to the Club. |
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