Lahinch`s Old Course in Ireland is links golf at its best
Released on = April 21, 2007, 12:48 pm
Press Release Author = GolfPublisher Syndications
Industry = Media
Press Release Summary = Lahinch\'s Old Course is links golf at its best. Golf course reviews at WorldGolf.com
Press Release Body = By Brandon Tucker, Staff Writer, Golf Publisher Syndications
The Old Course at Lahinch Golf Club, redesigned first by Alister Mackenzie in 1927, is a visual stunner to rival the British Isle\'s most spectacular and storied golf courses. There isn\'t a mundane shot on the entire golf course, and your jaw will often drop at the views. Undulating fairways, heavily guarded greens and blind shots are among Lahinch\'s challenges.
LAHINCH, Ireland - When Alister Mackenzie completed his redesign of the Old Course at Lahinch Golf Club in Ireland in 1927, he left with high praise for the land and the golf course he\'d just worked with.
\"Lahinch will make the finest and most popular course that I, or I believe anyone else, ever constructed,\" he said.
It was high praise from the Scotsman who went on to build Cypress Point in Monterrey, California the following year and later Augusta National in Georgia.
Mackenzie wasn\'t the first to be awestruck with Lahinch. In 1894, Old Tom Morris remarked that Lahinch\'s land made for the best natural course he\'d ever seen.
A century later, the superlatives still ring true at Lahinch\'s Old Course. It\'s a visual stunner, rivaling the British Isle\'s most spectacular stages. This especially holds true after the club\'s five-year restoration project from 1998-2003. Among the improvements was the amplification of trouble around the greens. Bunkers, swales and mounding make approach shots from any distance a challenge.
Despite this reputation for its eye candy, Lahinch\'s two most famous holes have gained their reputation based on blind shots. The 4th \"Klondyke\" and 5th \"Dell\" are Old Tom Morris as his most deceptive. Klondyke is an odd par-5 that plays closer to a par-4 in the modern era, but the second shot is straight over a towering dune. You can\'t see the green or anything for that matter, you just have to let it rip over the white aiming stone and hope it lands soft.
The par-3 \"Dell\" features a shallow green tucked entirely behind a dune. It\'s also been the sight of some dirty tricks by some caddies at Lahinch in the past.
\"If the ball was on the green or near the hole, the caddie might rush up and put the ball into the hole,\" John Rouine, superintendent at Lahinch. \"The golfer might come along looking for the ball and the caddie would say, 'check the hole\' and sure enough it would be in there. I think the club caught onto it and put a stop to it though.\"
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April 20, 2007 Any opinions expressed above are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the management.
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