Killarney Golf & Fishing Club will host the 2011 from 28th -31st July next year. This news was confirmed last night by European Tour Chief Executive George O’Grady and Fáilte Ireland Chairman Redmond O’Donoghue at the Irish Links Society Dinner in the Burlington Hotel in Dublin and will be the fourth time in history that the tournament has been staged at the renowned County Kerry venue.
This year’s event was a fantastic renewal of the tournament and many Irish golf fans will welcome a return again next year to Killarney, which also hosted the Irish Open in 1991 and 1992. The Bank Holiday date should also help keep the Irish Open at the forefront of the European Tour calendar and help bolster the crowd numbers that came out in their drooves to wacth Padraig Harrington’s Seve Ballesteros impression around the Killeen course this year.
Maurice O’Meara, General Manager of Killarney Golf and Fishing Club said: “Killarney Golf and Fishing Club is delighted and welcomes the announcement that the 2011 Irish Open will return to Killarney to be played on the world-class Killeen Course. Following the amazing success of last year’s Irish Open, we hope that we can build on this success and add even more to this year’s event.
“We look forward to working closely with The European Tour, Fáilte Ireland and all of the local businesses in Killarney to make the 2011 Irish Open one of the Irish sporting events of the year. Having welcomed the leading European Tour players in 2010 we hope that they and their families will return again in 2011 for a Bank Holiday festival of golf.”
Best of luck for 2011 Maurice, we hope to make it down to see the golf in 2011. Here’s hoping for an Irish winner next year!!
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