{"id":2839,"date":"2020-07-14T18:31:15","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T18:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2020-11-21T11:46:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-21T11:46:23","slug":"club-choice-chats-to-druids-glen-hotel-and-golf-resort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/blog\/2020\/07\/14\/club-choice-chats-to-druids-glen-hotel-and-golf-resort\/","title":{"rendered":"Club Choice Chats to&#8230; Druids Glen Hotel and Golf Resort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week we&#8217;re chatting with Marcus Doyle, the Director of Golf at the 5 Star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/blog\/resort_hotels\/druids-glen-hotel-golf-resort\/\">Druids Glen Hotel &amp; Golf Resort<\/a> in County Wicklow. Known to many as the &#8220;Augusta of Europe&#8221;, Druids Glen has hosted the Irish Open on four occasions and in 1999 saw an 18 year old Sergio Garcia claim his first European Tour title.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YTd3PEnIRDw\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/druids-glen-youtube-video.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marcus sets the scene by giving us some background into the founder of Druids Glen, Hugo Flinn, and his wish to &#8220;Build a golf course and spare no expense!&#8221;. We discuss the unique Pat Ruddy design and Marcus shares a Club Choice exclusive regarding the layout of the golf course. We chat about holes 12 &amp; 13, the Irish &#8216;Amen Corner&#8217;, and how you&#8217;ll always receive the &#8220;warmest of Wicklow welcomes&#8221; on arrival at Druids Glen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/druids-glen-chats-thumb-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6193\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the 5 star Druids Glen Hotel &amp; Golf Resort, nature and luxury meet to create a memorable escape. Nestled in 360 acres of countryside between the Wicklow Mountains &amp; the Irish Sea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/druids-glen-chats-thumb-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6194\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Whether it&#8217;s an after round drink in Woodstock House, a lesson at the Academy or a round on one of two unique Pat Ruddy designed golf courses, Druids Glen has everything a luxury golfing break requires. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/blog\/resort_hotels\/druids-glen-hotel-golf-resort\/\">Find out more about Druids Glen Hotel &amp; Golf Resort<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week we&#8217;re chatting with Marcus Doyle, the Director of Golf at the 5 Star Druids Glen Hotel &amp; Golf Resort in County Wicklow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":285,"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\/2839"}],"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=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2922,"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions\/2922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clubchoiceireland.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}