Carton House Hotel
Glasson Country Hous
Faithlegg Golf Resort
Maynooth » Ireland
Carton House Hotel
Carton is home to two magnificent golf courses , The O ’ Meara , a stunning parkland spread , and The Montgomerie , an inland links-style creation . The transformation of the estate into a first-class golf resort began in 1999 . In 2002 , the first phase of the development saw the opening of the Mark O ’ Meara course . This gorgeous parkland layout makes splendid use of the historic demesne ’ s rolling hills , specimen trees and the River Rye . Feature holes include the 13th , 14th and 15th – a pair of par 3s wrapped around a heroic par 5 – crossing the lazy loops of the river . The opportunity to gamble is paramount as is the sense of tranquillity that the holes create . Quite different yet complimentary to The O ’ Meara , is The Montgomerie , opened in June 2003 . This magnificent course was Colin Montgomerie ’ s second course design – his first in Ireland and the UK . Monty said of it : “ This is a unique project and I am privileged to be associated with it . You can ’ t call it a links course , but it plays like a links and has all the characteristics of a links . In designing this course , I attempted to go back to a more traditional course .”
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Athlone » Ireland
Glasson Country Hous
Located just over an hour from Dublin a stunning lakeside setting and offers Lough Ree and Killinure Bay . With a s hotel on-site , Glasson is ideally placed travelling across the country or for an golfing destination close to Dublin . Th by Christy O ’ Connor Jr , is an exhilara parkland course , measuring 7,210 yar holes that will challenge and excite all 15th , has both its tee box and green s most photographed golf holes in Irela With the first nine holes overlooking L looking out across Killinure Bay , O ’ Co Tom Reid to develop the course , desc scenic pieces of land I ’ ve ever seen in recognised by the Irish Golf Tour Ope awarded the prestigious title of 2011 I
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