Irish Golf Holidays: K Club
The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club famously known as the K Club is a luxurious golf and leisure complex situated at Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland. It is considered a 5 Red star hotel, an honor given only to a few hotels in Ireland. The said venue is just 40 minutes from Ireland’s capital city as well as the Dublin international airport. It has a classical as well as relaxing surrounding with the best luxurious accommodation.
The K Club, designed by an architect Luigi Rota Caremoli, has a prominent 9-hole golf course with double departures which opens out to its green fairways under the shade of the coconut palms. In the middle of the course, you can see three small salt lakes making the golf course more technical with a 19th century iron bridge crossing one branh of the river which connect the fairway to the green.. This golf course was designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay which opened in the year 1990. The course was used to be frequently damaged because of heavy rainfall, so they have decided to incorporate a drainage system in the area. The entire golf course measures about 6,776 yards featuring wide and flat bunkers with water everywhere. It has modest elevation changes together with beautiful vistas of the hotel and grounds
This golf course happens to be a prestigious venue because athletes can play there for both European Open Golf Courses and the Ryder Cup. They as well offer golf lessons, corporate gifts, organized tee time as well as caddies, together with a GPS navigated golf carts plus club and shoe cleaning. Within the course is a meticulously designed modern clubhouse overlooking the golf course that provides a memorable theater during the Ryder Cup. At present, this famous golf course continues to draw a lot of European and U.S. golf athletes because of its ambiance as well as technical features perfect for golfing.