Ian Mallon: Three key factors driving Irish golf’s ‘exceptional’ recovery

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GOLF IRELAND: Seamus Power during a practice round at The K Club. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile.

IN THE two years since Irish golf reopened for business, the period was viewed as an artificial landing point, with an expectation that such a meteoric recovery would level off around now.

The year ahead would be a period of readjustment as international visitor numbers return to more realistic levels, having satisfied an initial frenzy of activity from the US market in particular.