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 Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 9:37 pm Post subject: Backspin Irish Course Rankings |
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PORTMARNOCK AND MOUNT JULIET TOP
BACKSPIN¹S 2010 IRISH COURSE RANKINGS POLL
A change at the top in the links category....Mount Juliet retaining pole position in the parkland category....and four new entries in the top-30 in the parkland category are the highlights of the 2010 Irish Golf Courses Rankings results determined by a panel of 54 distinguished voters and announced in the Spring issue of Ireland's influential Backspin Golf Magazine.
For full details of Ireland's most authoritative course rankings survey visit www.backspingolfmagazine.com
In the links category Portmarnock Golf Club has reversed positions with Royal Co. Down, which topped Backspin's inaugural poll two years ago. Royal Portrush and The European Club have retained their 3rd and 4th positions.
Portmarnock received 12 top votes (250 pts), 10 votes of 225pts and 9 votes of 200pts. Royal Co. Down received 13 top votes (250 pts), 11 votes of 225pts and 5 votes of 200pts.
In the parkland category there's no change in the top-4 with Mount Juliet impressively topping the poll again while K Club Palmer, Adare and Druids Glen retain their positions. The top-6 courses in the parkland category have all staged international events, reflecting the quality of Ireland's parkland jewels.
Mount Juliet received 15 top votes (250 pts), 10 votes of 225pts and 5 votes of 200pts. K Club Palmer received 10 top votes (250 pts), 7 votes of 225pts and 7 votes of 200pts.
New entries in the parkland category are Killeen Castle (11th), Lough Erne (13th), Concra Wood (23rd) and Bunclody (27th).
The only club to receive votes from all 54 voters was Co. Louth / Baltray.
ABOUT THIS UNIQUE RANKINGS SURVEY...
Two years ago, when we conducted our inaugural Irish golf course rankings poll, BACKSPIN GOLF MAGAZINE broke fresh ground by becoming the first golf publication ever to treat Irish links and parkland courses separately.
Since the magazine was introduced to the Irish market in 2000, by a team immersed in the traditions of golf since the Palmer and Nicklaus era, BACKSPIN has always sought to be vibrant, imaginative and distinctly different.
Our unique and imaginative approach to ranking Irish courses serves to showcase the Irish golf product in an entirely new light to the golfing world at large.
We adopted the same format for our 2010 IRISH GOLF COURSE RANKINGS. This poll reflects the views of 54 experienced and highly respected golfers with a deep knowledge and appreciation of the Irish golf product. See list of voters below.
To assist them in making their choices each voter was provided with a complete list of Irish golf courses in both categories (Links/Shoreline and Parkland/Inland).
Voters were asked to nominate their 15 favourite courses in both categories...courses that impress and delight them most, in order of preference. Special emphasis was placed on design, presentation, setting, challenge and the personal enjoyment factor.
Points were awarded in both categories as follows...
1st - 250; 2nd - 225; 3rd - 200; 4th - 175; 5th - 150; 6th - 140; 7th - 130; 8th - 120; 9th - 110; 10th - 100; 11th - 90; 12th - 80; 13th - 70; 14th - 60; 15th - 50.
To arrive at our final rankings in both categories we added the points awarded to clubs on the 54 voting forms.
Our 2010 Voting Panellists were....
IRISH PROFESSIONALS: Raymond Burns, Eamonn Darcy, Eddie Doyle, John Dwyer, Noel Fox, Peter Hanna, George Henry , David Higgins, Liam Higgins, Francis Howley, Ian Kerr, Graeme McDowell , Brendan McGovern, Harry McKinney, Christy O'Connor Jnr, Peter O¹Hagan, Denis O'Sullivan, Des Smyth, Gordon Smyth, Paul Thompson , Simon Thornton , Philip Walton
IRISH AMATEURS: Keith Bardon, Michael Burns, Barry Doyle, Eddie Dunne, Jody Fanagan, Mark Gannon, Loyal Goulding, Niall Goulding, Dougie Heather, Tony Heverin, Ken Kearney, Enda Lonergan , Mary McKenna, Adrian Morrow, Christy Moylan, Pat Murray , Sheena McElroy (O¹Brien-Kenney), Paddy O¹Looney, Eddie Power, Eileen Rose Power, Niall Quinn
GOLFING MEDIA: Pat Cashman, Cathal Dervan, Paul Gallagher, Brian Keogh, Dan Murphy , Ewen Murray, Declan O'Donoghue, Philip Quinn, John Redmond, Colm Smith, Liam Spratt
Our 2010 Poll Results....
TOP 25 LINKS/ SHORELINE CATEGORY:
1st - Portmarnock - 10,090 pts
2nd - Royal County Down - 9665
3rd - Royal Portrush (Dunluce) - 9460
4th - The European Club - 7775
5th - County Louth (Baltray) - 7480
6th - Waterville -7385
7th - Ballybunion (Old) - 7345
8th - Lahinch (Old) - 6910
9th - County Sligo (Rosses Point) - 4785
10th - The Island - 3470
11th - The Royal Dublin - 3205
12th - Doonbeg - 3200
13th - Tralee - 2865
14th - Ballyliffin (Glashedy) - 2440
15th - Enniscrone - 2330
16th - Ballyliffin (Old) - 2255
17th - Old Head Kinsale - 1720
18th - Portstewart (Strand) - 1665
19th - Connemara - 1510
20th - Donegal (Murvagh) - 1215
21st - Belmullet (Carne) - 960
22nd - Portmarnock Hotel & Links - 910
23rd - Rosapenna (Sandy Hills) - 900
24th - Dooks - 690
25th - Rosslare - 650
A total of 44 golf courses received votes in this category
TOP 35 PARKLAND/INLAND CATEGORY:
1st - Mount Juliet - 9760 pts
2nd - K Club (Palmer course) - 8295
3rd - Adare - 7955
4th - Druids Glen - 6115
5th - Killarney (Killeen) - 5515
6th - The Heritage - 4955
7th - Palmerstown Stud - 4855 (formerly PGA National)
8th - Headfort (New) - 4055
9th - Carton (Montgomerie) - 3410
10th - Carlow - 3250
11th - Killeen Castle - 3245
12th - Fota Island - 3230
13th - Lough Erne - 2890
14th - Cork (Little Island) - 2415
15th - Malone - 2405
16th - Slieve Russell - 2230
17th - K Club (Smurfit) - 2115
18th - Carton (O¹Meara) - 1725
19th - Hermitage - 1575
20th - Westport - 1460
21st - Belvoir Park - 1450
22nd - Killarney (Mahony¹s Point) - 1345
23rd - Concra Wood - 1325
24th - Mullingar - 1160
25th - Tullamore - 1130
Luttrellstown Castle - 1130
27th - Bunclody - 1090
28th - Mount Wolseley - 980
29th - Rathsallagh - 920
30th - Grange - 845
31st - Tramore - 810
32nd - Glasson - 735
33rd - Knightsbrook - 730
34th - Shannon - 670
35th - Powerscourt (West) - 655
A total of 79 golf courses received votes in this category |
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