Mount Juliet aiming to make it third time lucky

Mount Juliet prepares to host the Irish Open Mike Hyde, Carefree Photography

The grandstands are going up, the signage is in place and less than two weeks out from the 2022 Horizon Irish Open, the Mount Juliet Resort in Co. Kilkenny is starting to transform into a championship tournament venue.

After one false start in 2020 and a toned-down 2021 event 12 months ago, both due to the Covid pandemic, Mount Juliet will finally get the chance to showcase its Jack Nicklaus-designed course and majestic surroundings to the world and 15,000 spectators per day when the first round gets underway on Thursday, June 30.