World-Class Event Features Five Rounds on Acclaimed Irish Links Courses, Luxury Accommodations
(DUBLIN, Ireland) – Carr Golf – Ireland and Scotland’s premier provider of unforgettable golf vacations – announces its second-annual World Links Invitational Pro-Am will be held in the southwest of Ireland Sept. 27 – Oct. 3 in partnership with The Pinnacle Experience.
Carr Golf and The Pinnacle Experience have 50 years’ experience hosting exceptional affairs, both on and off the golf course. This invitational features tournament rounds on five of Ireland’s most acclaimed links courses: Waterville Golf Links (Sept. 27), Dooks Golf Club (Sept. 28), Tralee Golf Club (Sept. 29), Doonbeg Golf Club (Oct. 1) and Lahinch Golf Club (Oct. 2). An optional round on Killarney Golf & Fishing Club is available for play on Sept. 30.
Also included in the first-class experience are five-star accommodations for three nights each at Killarney’s The Europe Hotel and The Lodge at Doonbeg. Other highlights are luxury transportation, daily breakfast and lunch, evening receptions, dinner functions, nightly entertainment, an awards ceremony and professional hospitality throughout courtesy of Carr Golf and The Pinnacle Experience. More details may be found here. The starting price is $4,715 (?4,500) per person based on double occupancy and $5,280 (?4,950) for single occupancy.
“Our inaugural World Links Invitational Pro-Am last fall was a smashing success and this year’s event promises to be even bigger and better,” says Marty Carr, executive chairman of Carr Golf. “We’re honored to once again team up with The Pinnacle Experience to showcase the incredible golf courses of southwest Ireland as well as the region’s world-famous hospitality.”
Last year, CBS golf commentator Gary McCord, PGA TOUR stalwart Kevin Stadler and Gregg Tryhus, owner of Whisper Rock Golf Club in Scottsdale and Arizona’s Grayhawk Development, were participants in the event.
The victorious team was comprised of PGA professional Evan Belcher and his amateur team: Spencer Rowley (San Luiz Obispo Golf & Country Club), Damon Vickers (Talatin Country Club), Jeff Anderson (Arizona Country Club), John Ciciora (Whisper Rock Golf Club), Chris Nash, Joe Dollarhide (Boomerang Golf Links) and Allyn Walker (Kings Country Club).
For more information on Carr Golf: www.carrgolf.com, 1.855.617.5701 (U.S. toll free) or +353.1.822 6662.
About Carr Golf Travel
For nearly three decades, Ireland-based Carr Golf Travel has built its impeccable reputation on creating the ultimate golf escapes to exceptional courses in Ireland and Scotland like Ballybunion, Royal County Down, Royal Portrush, Waterville, The Old Course at St. Andrews, and Turnberry. Deeply passionate about the game’s history and traditions, the family-owned company creates, plans and implements customized and unique itineraries that include tee times, luxury accommodations, transportation, sightseeing, fine dining, caddies and anything else needed for stress-free, unforgettable golf vacations and memories.
Joe Carr, the company’s late founder, was one of Ireland’s greatest golf heroes with over 40 championship victories including three British Amateur titles. He was the recipient of the Bobby Jones Award (1961), Walter Hagen Award (1967), and played in three Masters Tournaments at Augusta National. In 1991 he was the first Irishman to be honored with Captaincy of the Royal & Ancient and in 2007 he was the first Irishman to be inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame.
Today, Joe’s son, Marty, operates the business as executive chairman. His brother Roddy is also actively involved. Named winner of Golf Digest’s Editors’ Choice Award as 2016’s “Best Tour Operator,” Carr Golf Travel hosts numerous prestigious annual events including the World Invitational Father & Son Tournament, Invitational Father & Daughter Tournament and a number of Invitational Links Pro-Am tournaments in both Northern Ireland and Ireland’s southwest. Moreover, the company is at the forefront of corporate event implementation, as well as developing itineraries built around the Ryder Cup, Solheim Cup, College football and NFL games held at London’s Wembley Stadium.
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