‘Better than Pebble Beach’ as Els blown away by Hangman

SOUTH African golfer Ernie Els spent the weekend in Ireland looking over the sites for his proposed courses at Kinsale, Co Cork, and Kilmore Quay, Co Wicklow.

International property development consortium XCES anticipates that the two projects will cost around €370 million, and create over 600 jobs.

Els flew into Cork Airport on Saturday morning and immediately made his way by helicopter to the site near Kinsale known locally as Hangman’s Point. He was greeted by gale force winds on this, his first visit there, but was still thrilled by what he saw from the air.