Course Information
A golf course beyond everything
Designed by Tom Fazio, The Golf Course at Adare Manor is located along the banks of the River Maigue. Measuring 7,509 yards with a par 72 from the Championship tees, the course has many tee options for all levels of skill. The course features meticulously groomed turf, wall to wall, with no real rough in play. 14 of 18 greens are elevated and boast tightly mown low-cut A4 bentgrass surrounds which place the emphasis on a variety of short game recovery shots. Off the tee, the wide fairways have strategic bunkering, mature hardwood trees, and contoured slopes which place an emphasis on shot placement. This firm and fast sand capped layout requires the proper line and angle of attack to score. The subtle greens has the latest Pure Distinction bentgrass with full Sub Air system feature unique shapes that create a variety of hole locations requiring careful thought and club selection on the approach shots.
In the past, most players have travelled to Ireland to play the wild Atlantic Links layouts. Now Ireland can also offer the finest inland parkland traditional style layout, with an emphasis on strategic shot placement, set on the grounds of one of the finest manor hotels in the world.
However, as every great golfer knows, it’s all about the numbers, so here they are:
- 12,055 square metres of Pure Distinction bentgrass USGA putting surfaces
- New perennial ryegrass tees and fairways
- 170 acres of low-cut sand capped grass, wall to wall, with no rough in play
- Sub Air systems in all greens to remove moisture through vacuum pumps to maintain firm conditions
- 77,000 linear meters of gravel trenches and perforated pipes
- 41 capillary concrete strategic bunkers with the finest Scottish sand
- 220,000 tonnes of sand
- 1,291 sprinkler heads
- 77 new tee boxes measuring 10,777 square metres
- 6,600 square metres of closely-mown teeing area on our new practice facility
- 17,003 square metres of A4 bentgrass approach surfaces
- 6,641 square metres of bunkers
- 170,000 square metres of perfectly manicured fairway
- Water features on 14 holes
- 1 River Maigue