{"id":2836,"date":"2020-07-06T18:32:12","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T18:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/?p=2836"},"modified":"2020-11-21T11:47:05","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T11:47:05","slug":"club-choice-chats-to-westport-golf-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/blog\/2020\/07\/06\/club-choice-chats-to-westport-golf-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Choice Chats to&#8230; Westport Golf Club"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another episode of Club Choice Chats where this week we&#8217;re speaking with Colin Browne, the 2020 Captain of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/blog\/golf_clubs\/westport-golf-club\/\">Westport Golf Club<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A course where a &#8220;genuine welcome&#8221; awaits you, Colin speaks proudly of a place that&#8217;s been voted &#8216;The best town in Ireland to live in&#8217; and about this West Coast course having some truly unique views of Clew Bay and Croagh Patrick.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fNVwFgCHpD4\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/westport-dummy-youtube.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6160\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a course located along the Wild Atlantic Way and is described by Colin as a &#8220;Roller coaster experience&#8221; to play. We chat about one of Paul McGinleys favourite Par 5&#8217;s, the hosting of Rory McIlroy in the 2005 Amateur Close Championship and the club&#8217;s staging of last years Cups &amp; Shields final.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/westport-thumbnail-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6161\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ideally located just a 5 minute drive from the town that shares its name. Westport Golf Club is a beautiful parkland course set amid the stunning scenery of Clew Bay and Croagh Patrick.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/westport-thumbnail-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6162\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Designed by the renowned golf course architects Fred Hawtree &amp; Sons, the club has been voted Best Parkland in Connaught 2018 and played host to the All Ireland Cups &amp; Shields in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re interested in exploring the West Coast of Ireland with a trip to Westport Golf Club, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/blog\/resort_hotels\/castlecourt-hotel\/\">Castlecourt Hotel<\/a> is the perfect base from which to experience the Wild Atlantic Way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/blog\/resort_hotels\/castlecourt-hotel\/\">Find out more about the Castlecourt Hotel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to another episode of Club Choice Chats where this week we&#8217;re speaking with Colin Browne, the 2020 Captain of Westport Golf Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2923,"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2836\/revisions\/2923"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}