Portmarnock Golf Club
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Portmarnock Golf Club was established in 1894, and lies just North of Dublin, in Portmarnock
, Fingal
, Ireland
. The course was laid out by William Pickeman on land owned by the distiller John Jameson
, and originally consisted of just 9 holes, with another nine being added two years later.
Portmarnock was the venue for the first Irish Open
in 1927, and has hosted the tournament on many occasions since, including 13 following its revival in 1975. Many other important golf
tournaments have been held at the club, including the British Amateur Championship in 1949, the Walker Cup
in 1991, and the Canada Cup in 1960.
The club has been at the centre of controversy, by continuing to bar women from becoming members. An initial ruling that the club were in breach of equality laws was overturned in 2005, allowing the club to keep its men-only policy.
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Portmarnock
Portmarnock is a small suburban village to the north of Dublin, Ireland. It is in the administrative county of Fingal.-Location:Portmarnock lies on the coast and, owing to its proximity to Dublin city, is a form of dormitory village north-northeast of the city centre...
, Fingal
Fingal
Fingal is a county in Ireland. It is one of three smaller counties into which County Dublin was divided in 1994. With its county seat located in Swords, it has a population of 239,992 according to the 2006 census...
, Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Ireland , described as the Republic of Ireland , is a sovereign state in Europe occupying approximately five-sixths of the island of the same name. Its capital is Dublin. Ireland, which had a population of 4.58 million in 2011, is a constitutional republic governed as a parliamentary democracy,...
. The course was laid out by William Pickeman on land owned by the distiller John Jameson
Jameson Irish Whiskey
Jameson is a single distillery Irish whiskey produced by a division of the French distiller Pernod Ricard. Jameson is similar in its adherence to the single distillery principle to the single malt tradition, but Jameson combines malted barley with unmalted or "green" barley...
, and originally consisted of just 9 holes, with another nine being added two years later.
Portmarnock was the venue for the first Irish Open
Irish Open (golf)
The Irish Open is a professional golf tournament on the European Tour, currently played at the end of July or early August each year. The event has been played in many locations on the island; its current home is the Killarney Golf & Fishing Club in County Kerry in southwestern Ireland...
in 1927, and has hosted the tournament on many occasions since, including 13 following its revival in 1975. Many other important golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournaments have been held at the club, including the British Amateur Championship in 1949, the Walker Cup
Walker Cup
The Walker Cup is a golf trophy contested biennially in odd numbered years between teams comprising the leading amateur golfers of the United States and Great Britain and Ireland...
in 1991, and the Canada Cup in 1960.
The club has been at the centre of controversy, by continuing to bar women from becoming members. An initial ruling that the club were in breach of equality laws was overturned in 2005, allowing the club to keep its men-only policy.
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