Open fans can double their fun at the ‘Fringe’

It will not just be Fota Island Resort inviting Irish golf to party in two weeks’ time, the Irish Open hosts’ fellow Corkonians are also getting in on the act as a nation of golfers descends on the county for the prestigious European Tour event.

And no one is pushing the welcome mat out more than East Cork neighbours Castlemartyr Golf Club, with club professional Brady Sherwood putting on a ‘Fringe Festival’ at the attractive and accessible inland links course designed by esteemed US architect Ron Kirby.

Things are already looking up for Castlemartyr as the green shoots of economic recovery begin to sprout in Ireland’s golf industry, with Sherwood reporting the club is attracting more green fees and golf societies than for the same period last year.