Nicklaus to design a second Irish golf course

JACK NICKLAUS is set to be the architect of a second outstanding golf course in this country, 14 years after he designed the widely acclaimed Mount Juliet in Kilkenny.

The Golden Bear has been in Dublin for the past couple of days looking over a site at Killeen Castle near Dunshaughlin in Co Meath, and indications are another multi-million Irish golfing venture will get under way over the next couple of years.

There are in the region of 500 acres at Killeen Castle affording considerable scope not only for a modern, top-class golf course but also a hotel and other such facilities. Having Nicklaus associated with such a project lends considerable cachet. When he designed Mount Juliet, he agreed a five year moratorium on designing another Irish course, but that limit is now well up and the hope is he will deliver another gem.