Carlow Golf Club
The natural terrain remains unchanged and the fine draining soil gives rise to a superb springy turf which earns for Carlow the reputation of inland links.
The four par 3’s are excellent, the best being the 6th which can vary from a seven iron to a long iron or even a wood for the shorter player. Christy O’Connor snr. selected the 16th to feature as one of his “best 18 Holes”. Joe Car who won six Midland Scratch Cups here, maintains the 7th is a superb two shotter, calling for a long well placed drive, to be followed by a perfect iron to hold the “away sloping” green. Peter McEvoy, three time winner of the Midland Scratch Cup, favours the 12th, where after a perfectly placed drive, you must hit a delicate pitch across a deep ravine to the fastest green on the course.
The most pleasant and picturesque hole is the 8th where the tee shot is played to the West into the setting sun from the highest point on the course down to a sloping fairway below. To left and right of the drive are located two stone faced raths, overgrown with adult beech. Many tee shots have been lost here and some say they are taken by the “little people” from the raths or fairy rings.
The legends of golf, professional and amateur, national and international have trod these hallowed fairways with success and failure and always with some pleasure.
Carlow Golf Club
Deerpark
Dublin Road
Co Carlow
Tel : +353 599131695
Email : info@carlowgolfclub.ie