[Cascais] Visit Cascais and I guarantee you will be planning the next trip before you leave or checking out property prices! Glorious sunshine, magnificent golf courses, amazing food, wine, friendly happy faces everywhere and just over two hours from Dublin, what more can you ask for! For forty odd years I have been holidaying on the Algarve mainly with friends to play golf, I love the golf courses but they can be busy and expensive. In the past ...
Suzanne Corcoran (Portumna) claims three in a row defeating Maria O’Reilly from Headfort in the final. Anita McCaw (Royal County Down Ladies) wins the Shirley MacDonald Plate trophy defeating Fiona Corbett from Castletroy and Alison Taylor wins the Therese O’Reilly trophy as leading qualifier. Corcoran overcame leading qualifier Alison Taylor (Malahide) in a tight semi final tussle to claim her berth in the final while O’Reilly beat past Champion Sheena McElroy (Grange). In the Shirley MacDonald (Plate Trophy), Fiona Corbett (Castletroy) defeated home ...
Jon Rahm has won The Dubai Duty Free Irish Open for the second time in three years. The number 11 in the world shot a 62 in the final round on Sunday to take the title at Lahinch. The 24 – year old trailed leader Robert Rock by five shots heading into the final round. Rahm made four birdies on the front nine then shot five under on the back nine, flying high to the ...
St. Malo (France), July 7, 2019 – Frédéric Lacroix made golfing history with victory in the Saint-Malo Golf Mixed Open: the first full-field mixed professional golf tournament in Europe, co-sanctioned by the Alps Tour and LET Access Series. The Frenchman finished two strokes clear of Italian Enrico Di Nitto, with Belgium’s Manon De Roey two shots further back in third place. It was his third Alps Tour victory of the season following wins at the Ein Bay ...
Fáilte Ireland will this week help to showcase Ireland as a top golfing destination through its support of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. Golf tourism is a hugely lucrative sector for Ireland and one that Fáilte Ireland, as the National Tourism Development Authority, is working to grow across key markets. Speaking about the importance of golf tourism and hosting events like this, Head of Commercial Development at Fáilte Ireland, Paul Mockler said: “This is a very lucrative ...
About: Advancements in technology, lighter overall club weight, expanded fitting options and premium materials combine to make the new G Le2 family PING’s highest performing women’s clubs to date, the company announced today. The complete line of clubs is available at authorised PING golf shops from 18th July and for pre-order around the world beginning today. “The G Le2 represents our continued commitment to providing women golfers of every skill level with premium, high-performance equipment optimised ...
Toptracer, an extension of global sports and entertainment leader Topgolf Entertainment Group, is the the world’s leading ball-tracing technology revolutionising how fans watch and play golf, and has added the hallowed grounds of the Old Course at St Andrews to the list of world-class courses available to play in Toptracer Range’s ‘Virtual Golf’ mode. Toptracer develops on-screen solutions that show shot shape and data such as distance, ball speed, launch angle and height, to drive enhanced ...
Amateur golfers have the rare opportunity to compete alongside former Ryder Cup stars and golfing legends when the European Tour Destinations Senior Classic gets underway at PGA Catalunya Resort, near Girona, Spain, from July 12-14, 2019. Winning captain of The 2014 Ryder Cup Paul McGinley, former World Number One Ian Woosnam and six-time European Tour winner Thomas Levet, are all set to tee it up in the third edition of the tournament, which heads to Spain ...
It took 55 holes, but Daniela Iacobelli (Melbourne, Florida) captured her third career Symetra Tour victory at the ninth annual Island Resort Championship with a birdie in the first frame of a sudden-death playoff against Cindy Ha (Demarest, New Jersey). Each of Iacobelli’s three wins have come after she missed the cut the week prior. “It feels good, there are a lot of memories here and this will just add to the list,” said Iacobelli, who also captured the 2012 Symetra ...
With The 148th Open at Royal Portrush set to shine a global spotlight on Northern Ireland like never before, Tourism NI unveiled a fitting and fun tribute to our own golfing legends. In a specially commissioned visual, the iconic cliffs of Fairhead in County Antrim have been digitally transformed into an eye-catching sculpture featuring the images of local golfing greats, past and present. Rory McIlroy, Graeme McDowell and Darren Clarke, who will all now be competing in ...