Competition restart will bring Irish golf nearer normality

The centre of golf club life for many thousands of members are set to return in Phase 2, which will also see courses made accessible to those living up to 20 kilometres away.

The social life of Ireland’s golf clubs is still on hold but there will be an extra dimension returning next week if the Government moves the country into Phase 2 of its Roadmap out of Covid-19 lockdown.

Clubhouse restaurants will have to remain closed until Phase 3 kicks in, on June 29, but competitions, the centre of golf club life for many thousands of members are set to return in Phase 2, which will also see courses made accessible to those living up to 20 kilometres away.