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Fota Island Golf Club

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Carrigtwohill, Cork

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Fota Island Golf Club, Cork, Ireland : Reviews of Fota Island Golf Club - Yahoo! Travel
Just a few minutes' drive from Cork city, in the heart of a 780-acre estate, sits Fota Island Golf Club. It's a traditionally styled par 71 championship course; th...
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Fota Island Golf Club - Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland
Following its redesign, Fota Island has won universal praise from many quarters. It has joined the list of great golf courses that have hosted to Murphy's Irish Open Golf Championship a list that includes Ballybunion, Portmarnock, Druids Glen, the Killeen Course at Killarney and Mount Juliet. Accord...
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Fota Island Golf Club - Golf Course Reviews - Today's Golfer
It's believed golf was first played at Fota Island before 1886 though it was as recent as 1993, that a new golf course was developed and designed by Irish Ryder Cup star, Christy O'Connor, Jr. and twice English Amateur Champion, Peter McEvoy. While essentially a resort course, it has hosted a number...
todaysgolfer.co.uk

Fota Island Resort : Golf Club : Welcome to the Fota Island Golf Club
Fota Island Golf Club is located a few minutes drive from Cork City with it's international airport and passenger ferry terminal. It lies in the heart of a 780 acre estate which is included in, The Inventory of Outstanding...
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Fota Island Golf Course - An Irish Golf Adventure
During my visit, the evidence of the club's commitment to course quality was obvious though it meant that I had to play a course that was still being coaxed into top condition. Due to very poor subsurface drainage, the club had been engaged in a sanding program, laying down huge amounts of sand in s...
golflink.com

Fota Island Golf Club, Golf Ireland Vacation, Golf in Ireland, Golf Break Ireland, Golf Ireland, Golf Holidays Ireland, Ireland Golf Vacation, Ireland Golf
In the beginning of 1998, Fota Island golf club was purchased by the Killeen Group, the owners of the prestigious Mt. Juliet Resort in Kilkenny. Under the direction of Jeff Howes Golf Designs, work commenced immediately on upgrading the course to "European Tour standards". The course reope...
golf.ireland-guide.com

Fota Island Golf Course
While essentially a resort course, it hosted a number of tournaments including the Irish Club Professional Championship, the Irish PGA Championship and no fewer than 3 Irish Amateur Opens. In 2001 & 2002 Fota Island had the honour of hosting the Murphy’s Irish Open and is set to host the AIB I...
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Fota Island Golf Club Ireland - Fota Island Golf Course Cork
The club is located in the heart of a 780 acre estate, which is included in the 'Inventory of Outstanding Landscapes of Ireland". The splendid woodlands are woven into a challenging par 71 championship course, which is complemented by an impressive driving range, with practice putting and chipp...
irishgolftravel.co.uk

Play the Best Golf Game of your Life in Fota Island Golf Club
The Fota Island Clubhouse has all the amenities that you can ever ask for. Inside, you will find that the clubhouse is more like a first-class hotel instead of a conventional golf clubhouse. On the first floor, you will see an informal bar and the reception area. Upstairs you will see a fully seated...
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Fota Island Golf Club - Top 100 Golf Courses
Early records suggest that golf was first played at Fota Island back in 1886, but the club was not founded until 1993. Former British Amateur Champion Peter McEvoy and Irish Ryder Cup star, Christy O'Connor, originally designed the course. In 1998, Fota Island was stiffened up to European Tour stand...
top100golfcourses.co.uk

Britannia Golf: Ireland - Fota Island Golf Club
Fota Island Golf Club is located a few minutes drive from Cork City and lies in the heart of a 780 acre estate which is included in, The Inventory of Outstanding Landscapes in Ireland . The splendid woodlands are woven into a challenging, par 71, championship course which is very much in the traditi...
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Fota Island Golf Club - Cork - Golf breaks, golf weekends and golf holidays at Fota Island Golf Club - Golfbreaks.com
Arguably one of the finest golf course challenges in the region, Fota Island was the venue for the 2001 and 2002 Murphy's Irish Open. A classic championship venue, Fota has also hosted the Irish PGA Championship and no fewer than three Irish Amateur Opens. It lies in the heart of a 780 acre estate w...
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Fota Island Golf Club, Co Cork, Ireland
Be careful though - just when things seem straightforward the subtle obstacles of this course will bite you! The dogleg on the par 5 10th for example, just 50 yds short of the green, is tightly bordered by heavy woods on either side so that any inaccuracies are heavily punished. Similarly on the par...
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Fota Island Golf Course, Co. Cork - Irish Golf Courses & Golf Breaks & Vacations Ireland
Best said by Golf Digest…. It's a mark of imaginative design when a new course appears old before the paint has dried... Some of their innovations evoke other times and other values. Purists will delight at the old fashioned features... you'll stan...
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