Waterville Golf Club

Waterville Golf Club
County Kerry Ireland

Golf Course Details: 7309 yards, par 72.
Course Designer: Eddie Hackett, Claude Harmon. Updated by Tom Fazio in 2006

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Golf at Waterville is a mystical experience - the beauty of classic links land, surrounded by the sea, yet forever challenged and shaped by the elements. Over 100 years old, Waterville is rated among the top 5 courses in Ireland and the top 20 links courses in the world

More recently Tom Fazio was commissioned to update the memorable Eddie Hackett masterpiece. Fazio has assisted many of the worlds leading clubs including Winged Foot, Pine Valley and Augusta National. This work has now been completed.

Links golf combines sand dunes gorse and native grasses, firm fairways, sod faced bunkers and subtle putting surfaces all intertwined by the ever changing weather. Waterville now plays 7,309 yards off the back tees, but don't let that intimidate you as there are several tees to choose from.

Fazio has has radically re-shaped the front nine and delivered a greatly improved finish comprising spectacle and quality. But his most significant contribution was in reconfiguring the sixth and seventh holes, so creating a fine new practice ground between what is now the par-four seventh and the first.