New York, NY- The Waterville House in County Kerry, Ireland received the prestigious 2016 IGTOA award for Best Boutique Hotel.
The IGTOA National Golf Tourism Conference and Gala is the largest gathering in the Irish golf tourism industry and is the highlight of the Golf Tourism Industry Calendar. This conference brings together golf tour operators, golf club managers, golf resorts and industry professionals from across the Island of Ireland.
Waterville House Manager, Miriam Courtney and Waterville Golf Links General Manager, Noel Cronin attended the event and accepted the award on behalf of the owners and entire staff of the Waterville House.
The magnificent 18th century Waterville House is an elegant period Irish Manor House set on the Wild Atlantic Way amidst the natural beauty of a forty-acre estate overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. Waterville House has 13 bedrooms en-suite, sauna, steam room, health facility with massage room, billiard room and private golf practice facility. Guests of Waterville House enjoy preferential tee times and access to fishing in private lakes and rivers including Lough Currane. Waterville House provides the most famous sea trout and salmon fishery in Ireland.
Waterville Golf Links is one of the world’s most coveted links golf courses set on the magnificent South West Coast of Ireland in Co. Kerry. Waterville Golf Links now showcases the vision of noted international golf architect, Tom Fazio who was commissioned to update the memorable Eddie Hackett masterpiece. Fazio has assisted many of the world’s leading clubs including Winged Foot, Pine Valley and Augusta National. Over 125 years old, Waterville Golf Links is currently positioned at No.2 in the Golf Channel’s Top Courses in Ireland and ranked No.3 in Ireland by Golf World UK.
A Fazio designed practice facility was in recent years added to the Waterville House Estate grounds and a state of the art health facility was added for the enjoyment of residents. All these projects have firmly positioned Waterville’s reputation one of Ireland’s premier links golf destinations.
Waterville Golf Links has been recognized for its outstanding achievements in the past including the following awards from the IGTOA:
– Waterville Golf Links – Best Golf Course of the Year Award
– Noel Cronin – Golf Manager of the Year Award
– Jay Connolly – Jerry Donworth Outstanding Contribution to Golf Award
For more information about Waterville Golf Links and The Waterville House visit http://www.watervillegolflinks.ie/ For reservations and information for the Waterville House email: Miriam Courtney: info@watervillegolflinks.ie / Tel:+353669474102 For Media/Marketing Contact: Elisa Gaudet elisa@execgolfintl.com
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