Golf In Killarney

As a golfer visiting Killarney you will find an unbeatable combination of thrilling championship golf courses, breathtaking natural scenery and unparalleled hospitality. Acknowledging that golf is one of the fastest growing sports in the world, here in Killarney there have been many developments, which compliment established courses.

The Killarney Golf & Fishing Club with its renowned spectacular settings beneath the watchful eye of the Macgillicuddy Reeks and on the shores of the restful Lough Leane, offers three championship 18-hole golf courses and has hosted the Irish Open. Club hire and professional lessons are available.

Castlerosse Golf Club which has a nine-hole golf course, is set on mature parkland while the course commands majestic views of Lough Leane, Killarney's Lower Lake and the Macgillicuddys, Ireland's highest mountains.

Dunloe Golf Course, a nine-hole golf course is set against the glaciated valley of the Gap of Dunloe, which offers spectacular views of Killarney's lakes and mountains.

Ross Golf Course maintains a unique championship 9-hole golf course, situated a half a mile from the town centre. It caters for groups and golf societies and professional tuition is available.

Beaufort Golf Club is a beautiful and testing 18-hole parkland course.

The ideally located town centre International Hotel boasts old world charm while offering you all the luxuries of the modern day. From the moment you step inside our doors a warm welcome awaits you. There are 90 beautifully appointed bedrooms, all rooms from deluxe to Suites are designed and decorated to the highest standard and offer you the ultimate in luxury and comfort. Our restaurants offer a choice of dining experiences both in classic and contemporary settings. Hannigan's Bar with its glowing hearth and convivial atmosphere is the ideal place to relax after a day of golfing.

For our golfing clientele we offer a Tailored and Personalized Service.

· Discounted Green Fees & Preferential Tee Times

· Golf Club Storage & Drying room Facilities

· Live Music Nightly

· Tailored menus.

· Private rooms for Welcome dinners, Prize Giving's or Drink Receptions

· Snooker Room

· 3D Golf Simulator.

· Gymnasium and Sauna.

Play the 1st Virtual Golf Simulator In The Golf Rich South West!

We are pleased to present the First 3-Dimensional Golf Simulator in the South West of Ireland, which allows you to play World famous courses and you don't even have to travel beyond the hotel's doorstep. It's every golfer's dream. You can play on all the famous courses, using real balls and real clubs. So whether its Pebble Beach or St Andrews takes your fancy - it's up to you!

You can use your own clubs to strike the ball as hard as you would on an outdoor course, directly into a wall-sized image of the world's most famous golf holes. All elements of the ball's flight are tracked by the built-in infrared systems, including flight angle, ball speed and spin. The system tells you where your ball is, what distance it travelled and the remaining distance to the hole.

Features

Play St Andrews, Pebble Beach, Valderrama and other famous courses available.

Latest swing analysis technology

1-8 players can play at any one time

Practise range programme

Lessons arranged with P.G.A professionals on request

Golf clubs can be provided.

Guide To Golf

The first game of golf for which records survive was played at Bruntsfield Links, in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 2005 Golf Digest calculated that there were nearly 32,000 golf courses in the world, approximately half of them in the United States. Golf is one of those games which is unique in having lucrative competition for older players.

When playing Golf at any given point, if the lead is equal to the number of holes remaining, the match is said to be "dormie", and is continued until the leader increases the lead by one hole, thereby winning the match, or until the match ends in a tie. When the game is tied after the predetermined number of holes have been played, it may be continued until one side takes a one-hole lead.

In the case that one team or player has taken a lead that cannot be overcome in the number of holes remaining to be played, the match is deemed to be won by the party in the lead, and the remainder of the holes are not played. The two basic forms of playing golf are Match Play and Stroke Play/Stableford Points scoring. For example, if one party already has a lead of six holes, and only five holes remain to be played on the course, the match is over.

There have been alternative ways to play golf have also been introduced, such as miniature golf, sholf and disc golf. Penalty strokes are not actually strokes but penalty points that are added to the score for violations of rules or utilizing relief procedures. A game of putting a small ball into a hole in the ground using clubs was played in 17th century Netherlands.

Golf Equipment

Golfers wear special shoes with exchangeable spikes (or small plastic claws termed soft spikes) attached to the soles, designed to increase grip on greens or in general wet conditions. A golf ball is also used and when on the green, the ball may be picked up to be cleaned or if it is in the way of an opponent's putting line; its position must then be marked using a ball marker (usually a flat, round piece of plastic or a coin). In addition to the officially printed rules, golfers also abide by a set of guidelines called Golf etiquette.

Woods are also used and played for long shots from the tee or fairway, and occasionally rough, while irons are for precision shots from fairways as well as from the rough. Golf shafts are used between the grip and the club head.

Golf is one of the few ball games that doesn't use a standardized playing area; rather, the game is played on golf "courses," each one of which has a unique design and typically consists of either 9 or 18 separate holes. A course consists of a series of holes, each consisting of a teeing area, fairway, rough and other hazards, and the green with the pin and cup.

Golf Techniques

A hole of golf consists of hitting a ball from a tee on the teeing box (a marked area designated for the first shot of a hole, a tee shot), and once the ball comes to rest, striking it again.

For a right-handed player, a subtle curve to the left is called a draw. At any given point, if the lead is equal to the number of holes remaining, the match is said to be "dormie", and is continued until the leader increases the lead by one hole, thereby winning the match, or until the match ends in a tie. Sidespin makes the ball curve left or right, and can be used intentionally or occur unintentionally. A golfer who plays right-handed, but holds the club left-hand-below-right is said to be "cack-handed" or "cross-handed". A shot which fades too much, or unintentionally and thus uncontrolled, is called a "slice".