Favourite Hole: The par four 10th is a brute of a hole
but it promises a big tee shot out of trees and then an
approach shot with the lake beyond.
What's in the Bag? Definitely a course that requires
accuracy off the tee – there are enough fairway curves
to see to that.
Tulfarris
Tulfarris is a splash of lakeside heaven set on the Blessington
Lakes. Holes press up against the water time and again on both
the front and back nines, and even the inland holes have to
deal with some water features. All that water might make it
sound tough – and it is certainly no place for the faint of heart
– but this is beautiful golf with mature trees towering over the
Wicklow landscape. The course wraps around the hotel and
you only have to take a stroll around the buildings to appreciate
what the course has to offer. Recent investment has helped to
give the entire resort an important lift with pathways, drainage
and bunkering all being improved. And then there are the holes
themselves: the par threes are all delicious and the closing four
holes are an excellent mix of challenges and thrills... the 18th is
ferocious.
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