Fond memories of an old golf course

I read Charlie Mulqueen’s article on Mahony’s Point Killarney with interest, especially when he talked about the original 18 holes before they were broken up into the two courses we know today.

As one of a dwindling number of golfers who played the old course many times, I still hanker to play once more the original course and talking about this to a few golfers yesterday, who are involved over the weekend in the senior cup, I was trying to remember the exact layout.

It started out as the same 1st, 2nd and 3rd of the present Mahony’s Point, and then the 4th hole was an absolute delight played from just right of the 3rd green to the 1st green of the present Killeen course. This was a truly wonderful golf hole, with the lake on the right a serious hazard for the faded second shot. The next two holes were the 2nd and 3rd at Killeen.