Golf
To play the best golf, Ireland is surely the best place. Lush green fields, well maintained and beautifully designed golf courses are specialities of Ireland. You can't resist playing or watching golf here.
If you are a true golf lover and don't want to miss your game here, then visit us and we will tell you about the game schedules and championships. Not only that we will also tell you about famous and best golf clubs in Ireland.
Golf Courses
For golf lovers, the golf courses are heaven. Our golf courses section provides you information about best golf courses, terms of membership and all the other expenses. So come and play golf in large lush green golf courses. more...
Tournaments
The most important professional tournaments for men are the Masters, the U.S. Open, the British Open, and the PGA Championship. Collectively these four events form the grand slam of golf. more...
- Ryder Cup
- The Open Championship
History
Golf has one of the most glorious histories of any sport still played. It is said that golf started off from a game played on the eastern coast of Scotland in the Kingdom of Fife during the 15th century. more...
- The Birth of Golf
- Arrival in Ireland
Professional Golfing
Professional golf is one of the more lucrative sports in the world for both men and women, but it is has a very different structure from other sports, especially team sports. Majority of professional golfers make their main income as club or teaching professionals. more...
The Game Play
Golf is a game in which a ball is hit with a club from a prepared area, known as the 'teeing ground', across fairway and rough to a second prepared area, which has a hole in it, known as the 'putting green'. The object of the game is to complete what is known as a hole by playing a ball from the teeing ground into the hole on the putting green in the fewest possible number of strokes. A 'round of golf' consists of playing 18 such holes.
Architecture & Design of a golf course
A golf course is divided into 18 sections, called holes. The standard course is about 6,500 to 7,000 yd (about 5,900 to 6,400 m). The individual holes may vary in length from 100 to 600 yd (about 90 to 550 m). Each hole has at one end a starting point known as a tee and, imbedded in the ground at the other end and marked by a flag, a cup or cylindrical container (also called a hole) into which the ball must be propelled to complete the hole. The cup is usually made of metal or plastic, 4.25 in (10.8 cm) in diameter, and at least 4 in (10 cm) deep. more...
Other Forms of Golf
Variations on traditional golf, many of which can be played in urban areas or at night under lights, have been developed from time to time. more...
- Pitch & Putt
- Long Drive
- Golfcross
- Speed Golf
Ryder Cup 2006
The 36th Ryder Cup Matches will take place in Ireland between Friday 22nd and Sunday 24th September 2006. These matches will take place at the prestigious Kildare Golf Club. more...
