Veterans hold Barton key for Cork
The annual festival has come to a new venue and there is palpable excitement in the air at Lisburn, a club dating back to 1905, but which has only been at its present home at Blaris Lodge since 1973. The layout was designed by Fred Hawtree, the father of Martin Hawtree who has been responsible for a considerable amount of remodelling of Irish courses in recent years and most notably the famous old links at Lahinch.
David Feherty shot a record shattering 64 here on the way to winning the 1989 Ulster Championship by 18 shots with an aggregate of 262 (65, 64, 68 and 65), although the planting of something like 10,000 trees and the addition of several bunkers and other hazards over the years has turned the 6,647 yards, par 72 course into a very formidable proposition.
