A weekend to savour as majestic Mahony’s Point hosts Munster finals

The many hundreds who turn up to support Waterford Castle, Limerick, Tralee, Cork, Adare Manor, Tramore, Muskerry, Ballybunion, Doneraile and Nenagh in next weekend’s Munster finals of the Irish Senior and Junior Cups and Barton Shield have a treat in store.

They will enjoy seeing fortunes swing to and fro on the Mahony’s Point course rather than Killeen which has become synonymous with the game in this golfing haven in recent years.

The Irish Opens of 1990 and 1991 and 2010 and 2011 were played over the Killeen layout and will be remembered as four superbly attended events that provided entertainment and excitement so typical of our national championship. And when staging other important tournaments at “Heaven’s Reflex”, the preference has usually been for Killeen with the results that its immediate neighbour has been pushed more and more into the background.