Pampering Adare Manor's special guests: 'We want to ensure they make the most of their couple of days here'

Overseeing the mammoth project that is the JP McManus Pro-Am at Adare Manor is the resort's deputy GM, John Kelly. "This is the sixth pro-am that JP will host and he said he wants this one to be the best. Things are lining up nicely for it to be the best.'

John Kelly at Adare Manor

The scoring format for the JP McManus Pro-Am is a shamble, a tweaked version of a Texas scramble - it is a safe prediction that at no other point across the two-day event will the term be used to describe anything that is happening at Adare Manor.

Thousands of hours of both professional and unpaid local community effort have gone into ensuring that the best golfers in the world, and 40,000 spectators each day, enjoy a unique experience on Monday and Tuesday.