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Killarney Golf & Fishing Club tees up for success
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THERE were celebrations for Killarney Golf & Fishing Club during the week as its Killeen course has been awarded the Best Parkland in Munster at the 2017 Golfer’s Guide to Ireland Awards.
The results were announced last Tuesday at a function held in Carton House Hotel, Co Kildare. The award echoes Killeen’s recent climb in the Irish Top 100 which now sees the four-time European Tour venue climb inside the top 10 parkland layouts in the country.
Incidentally, Mahony’s Point also improved by four places in the year’s rankings and these improvements are in recognition of the investment in both courses over the past three years.
The function was attended by over 100 golf club and golf sector interests. Guest of honour Bernard Durkan TD presented the awards which recognise leadership roles played by individual Irish golf clubs and associated Irish golf interests, both North and South. These included awards for best parklands and links, golf club managers, hidden gems, golf resorts and hotels and restaurants specialising in golf travel and tourism.
Each of the winners received a specially commissioned trophy in recognition of their achievement. All awards were won on the basis of an All-Ireland poll undertaken from within the golf and golf related business community.
Pictured above: Bernard Durkan TD, Aoife Nolan, Killarney Golf & Fishing Club, Ger Humphreys, Tipperary Crystal, Cormac Flannery, Killarney Golf & Fishing Club, and Paddy McCarthy, Golfer’s Guide to Ireland.