LAHINCH

"Lahinch will make the finest and most popular course that I, or I believe anyone else, ever constructed" (Dr. Alistair MacKenzie)

Lahinch, located on the rocky coast of Liscannor Bay, looks out on the ever changing Atlantic Ocean, and is subject to all her mood swings. This course, which has frequently been referred to as the St. Andrews of Ireland, was originally designed by Old Tom Morris in 1892, and revised in 1928 by Dr. Alistair MacKenzie, who had also worked on Augusta, Pebble Beach and Cypress Point.

Two holes on this 6,753 yard par 72 course remain two of the most famous holes in golf. The 5th, 475 yard par 5 Klondyke, is a blind hole, where the approach shot to the green is played over a 30 foot sand dune situated in the middle of the fairway; the equally blind Dell is the 6th, 145 yard par 3, where the green is hidden between two massive sandhills.

One of the finest weeks in Lahinch's illustrious history fell in September, 1987, when the Home International Championship was played here for the first time. The weather was not the best, but the crowds showed up to cheer Ireland to an unprecedented Triple Crown success.

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