Favourite Hole: The par four 4th can be a knife in
the heart so early in the round but it is a beauty. You
drive straight through a tight channel of trees to a flag
always on view but protected by water.
What's in the Bag? Mount Juliet is all about the
approach shot. This is where the best challenges lie
and where your scorecard will tick over or peter out.
Mount Juliet
The sylvan setting of the Mount Juliet estate is home to one of
Ireland’s most popular parklands. The course was designed by
Jack Nicklaus, and opened in 1991. Mount Juliet also boasts two
magnificent hotels and the Michelin-starred Lady Helen Restaurant.
This is top-tier stuff and the course is just as elegant, sweeping over
the landscape, through the trees and throwing in the occasional but
dramatic splash of water – the 3rd, 4th 13th and 18th most notably.
It is a generous course where golfers of all abilities will find plenty
to excite them, be it the short par three 3rd over water, the tree
enshrined setting around the 13th green or the par five 17th, curving
between sentinel-like oaks. But perhaps most exciting of all is the
entire package, because the Mount Juliet experience is something
truly special. All will be on show during the 2020 Dubai Duty Free
Irish Open.
www.mountjuliet.ie/golf
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