Els to make a E200m Point

Declan Colley

The South African superstar's company has come on board to design the 6,966 metre Hangman's Point layout, which will be a PGA designated course and managed by PGA Golf Management. The Hyatt hotel chain will operate a 200 room five-star hotel as well as a separate resort facility and an international indoor and outdoor equestrian complex, all of which will be located on the 650 acre site.

The project has been brought together by Cork-based XCES Projects and its main shareholder, Sean Rainey, who said yesterday it was hoped the project would initially create 350 full-time positions directly involved in the running of the resort, with an estimated 450 more created indirectly. A further 300 jobs will be involved in the three-year construction phase which is estimated to cost 160m.