Eddie Hackett gave his life to golf and no Irishman to date has left a richer legacy to the game. A compassionate, kindly man, he will be remembered with great affection particularly by those who were fortunate enough to know him. Eddie, on...
Cork is Ireland’s second city and is a vibrant and interesting place to visit. Eddie Hackett has long been deemed Ireland’s leading golf course designer. He started late being in his fifties before designing his first eighteen-h...
This is a Hackett trail in the West and North West of Ireland that you can follow in the footsteps of Ireland’s foremost golf architect. He was often called the father or godfather of Irish golf course architecture. In the 1960’...
This is a trail that you can follow in the footsteps of Ireland’s foremost golf architect. Some of Eddie Hackett’s best work was on the wild and rugged linksland of the West and Northwest coast of Ireland. As a minimalist he did...
Edward James Hackett (1910–1996) was an Irish golf course architect whose colourful career spanned 70 years. As a boy in Dublin he had tuberculosis which left him without the vigour or strength to play active sports and so he began pl...
Dublin native Eddie Hackett designed, extended or modified over 100 golf courses over his lengthy career. No job was too big or too small and his design philosophy remained tastefully minimalist throughout his lifetime. He worked similarly ...
The UK and Ireland have the majority of the world’s true links golf courses. Many International golfers are attracted to Scotland for two main reasons. First It is recognised worldwide as the “Home of Golf” which they asso...
The Open Golf Championship, often referred to as The Open or the British Open, is one of the four major championships in professional golf.
The championship has been held at various courses across the United Kingdom, including Royal Li...
This week Valderrama is to host The LIV Golf Tour with some of the world's finest golfers attending. Located in Sotogrande, Andalusia, Spain, is widely regarded as one of the premier golf courses in Europe.
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There are three main reasons why Ireland is popular with International golfers for golf tours.
1. Ireland is a golfing country with a significant number of true links golf courses (about 60). These are mainly available in quantity and wi...
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