Author: Barry McLoughlin

In this episode of Club Choice Chats, we speak with Terry Martin, the Director of Golf at Mount Wolseley Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort. This gorgeous parkland course was designed by the late, great Christy O’ Connor Jnr and Terry gives us a flavour of its wide fairways, sloping greens and multiple water features that […]

In Part 2 of our chat with Marcus Doyle, Golf Manager at the 5 Star Druids Glen Hotel & Golf Resort, we begin by getting to know more about the resorts’ second course, Druids Heath Golf Club and what makes it different to it’s older and more famous sibling, Druids Glen GC. We discuss the […]

This week we’re chatting with Marcus Doyle, the Director of Golf at the 5 Star Druids Glen Hotel & Golf Resort in County Wicklow. Known to many as the “Augusta of Europe”, Druids Glen has hosted the Irish Open on four occasions and in 1999 saw an 18 year old Sergio Garcia claim his first […]

Welcome to another episode of Club Choice Chats where this week we’re speaking with Colin Browne, the 2020 Captain of Westport Golf Club. A course where a “genuine welcome” awaits you, Colin speaks proudly of a place that’s been voted ‘The best town in Ireland to live in’ and about this West Coast course having […]

In this episode of Club Choice Chats, we’re speaking with Emmet Staunton, Operations Manager at Headfort Golf Club. Emmet sets the scene by bringing us back in time to the Marquess of Headfort and the golf clubs origins nearly 100 years ago. We get an understanding of the differences between the original ‘Old Course’ and […]

Welcome to part two of our chat with David Costigan, Head PGA Professional at The Island Golf Club in North County Dublin. David gets into more depth on the unique features that make the course a true ‘shot makers’ paradise. We discuss the Back 9 and it’s many memorable holes and David drops a few […]

In this two part episode, we chat with David Costigan, Head PGA Professional at The Island Golf Club in North County Dublin. In Part 1, David recounts how his “dreams came true” when he secured the head professional role at The Island. We hear about the amazing history of the club dating back to 1890 […]

Today’s Club Choice Chat is with Gavin Hunt, General Manager at the wonderful Powerscourt Golf Club which boasts two Championship golf courses set in stunning surrounds at the world renowned Powerscourt Estate. On top of delving into the design and unique features of both courses, Gavin also tells us about the estate’s extraordinary history, the […]

In this episode, we chat to Caroline Dunne, the General Manager at Bunclody Golf & Fishing Club. Caroline’s natural passion & enthusiasm for the place comes across in spades when describing this stunning course which is situated in 300 acres of breath-taking parklands in the former Hall-Dare Estate on the Carlow Wexford border. We chat […]

In part 2 of our chat with Matt Sandercock, the Director of Golf at Mount Juliet Estate, we find out about his favourite hole on the course, the stunning development of Hunters Yard and the difference the additional 93 bedrooms has made to the property and we talk about the proximity of the estate to […]