K Club Golf Course - North

The venue for the 2006 Ryder Cup and home to the Smurfit European Open Championship, this beautiful and challenging course is a fitting stage for the biennial match between the United States and Europe which is the ultimate test of a golfer's nerve and skill. The Kclub is set in 210 acres of prime Kildare woodlands in the grounds of Straffan House, which had itd orgins around AD550. The appeal of water as a hazard is its finality.

Arnold Palmer Course
If ever a golf course reflected the personality of its architect, it is surely this Arnold Palmer designed course. It may seem odd to describe a golf course as charismatic and cavalier but from the instant you arrive at the first tee, you are enveloped by a unique atmosphere.

Ireland's First Ryder Cup Venue
You may have been forewarned that Ireland's first Ryder Cup Venue is no ordinary golf course, and that it is widely acknowledged as the country's most challenging inland layout, but still you will be unprepared for the ensuing drama.

The Palmer Course is, quite simply, one of Europe's most spectacular courses. It charms, it entices and invariably, brings out the very best in your game. It is unlikely that you will be asked to tackle the course from the championship tees, but this should in no way diminish the excitement of pitting your wits against Arnold Palmer, for, in a sense, this is precisely what you are about to do.

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