Lahinch Golf Club makes its debut at the European Tour this week whilst it hosts the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open. And sure, Lahinch is referred to as "the St. Andrews of Ireland."
Lahinch is a links path in Munster, Ireland. It hosts the South of Ireland Championship, an amateur tournament that commenced in 1895. The massive speak approximately the route has been the 154-backyard par-three 5th hollow, that's a blind shot into the wind and over a 30-foot high hill so it performs longer. I observed this thrilling tidbit about the hole over at turfnet.Com:
The blind nature of the hollow requires a massive white stone be placed on pinnacle of the hill to mark the day's pin placement, as the width of the green permits for many pin placements on distinctive traces.So yes, this could be a very interesting hole to watch!
While the direction can be new to the sector, the defending champion isn't. Russell Knox has been around for some time now, with a WGC win and a pair greater wins at the ET and the PGA Tour. And as a Scottish golfer, I'm positive he's performed publications like Lahinch usually in his existence.
All of which makes the Irish Open the appropriate begin to this little run-as much as the Open. First the Irish Open, then the Scottish Open and eventually THE Open. I cannot help but sense that the players who play all three events could have a distinct gain over all of us else.
GC lists their TV coverage starting at 5:30am ET on Thursday. It will run until 1:30pm ET if I read their schedule correctly. I hope so -- I really want to see the pros play that fifth hole!
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