Ryder Cup course at K Club tops Irish parkland poll

The K Club’s Ryder Cup course has been voted the country’s top parkland course for 2014 by readers of Golfing Weekly. Its sister course at the Straffan estate, the Smurfit Course, came in at No 15.

Sat, 07 Dec, 2013 - 00:00

Tony Leen

The vote was the most comprehensive golf course ranking ever compiled in Ireland as 4,165 golfers cast 96,125 online votes.

Golfing Weekly pointed out the vote was transparent, with votes coming from golfers rather than experts.

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