Everything is going well at Ballyliffin Golf Club

A miracle? Not quite, but while links links throughout Ireland have been scrambling lately, the Glashedy Links – which will test the players' shooting and creativity at this Dubai Duty Free Irish Open – remained green on fairways and greens.

How is it done? The secret is in the decision of the club there is more than a decade, when installing a new irrigation system, to drill its own borehole. "This has been critical over the last six or seven weeks," said John Farren, general manager of the Ballyliffin Golf Club.

"It flows every evening and ends [overnight] … it's probably a little greener than you expect from a link at this time of year, but we will fine tune with the revised cutting regime so reducing the cutting height, these paths will become brown in a few days.We wanted to keep the grbad as healthy as possible as long as possible. "

Admittedly, the aesthetics – from the green to the tee-to-green for the moment at least – have been a hit with players.

"It's in superb condition, it really is, I've never seen it better, and a lot of that has to do with the installation of one." irrigation system.This allows you to control the growth state and keep the turf manageable and not to let it pbad this beautiful brim as we saw a few weeks ago at & rsquo; US Open.The irrigation was installed in 2007 and it is the first [proper] summer we have since, "said Farren.

Awards

This investment in the irrigation system has reaped rewards, and other tangible rewards for the Donegal Co and the Northwest is that it is estimated that the 39; host of the Irish Open will stimulate the economy – over several years – Nearly 90 million euros

"The overall impact on the local area for the week is 10 Millions of euros, it 's just the week of the tournament.The commercial value of putting these [television] photos in 500 million homes [globally] is probably 300 to 400 million euros. That is what we are looking for, and that is where the figure of 100 million euros comes in. In terms of commercial value in the next two or three years for this region, I would say close to 100 million euros. "

This is a taste of the home of an Irish Open for Ballyliffin, but already, in just savoring the api Tif ahead of the main course, the magnitude of the tournament – and the overall exposure it generated for the region – fueled the urge to see the tournament return for a second visit to l & # 39; future. "We've seen the impact this has had on the local community.These photos released around the world will not only have a huge impact on the Ballyliffin Golf Club, but on Donegal and the entire north-west , and that's what we're looking for.If we can do it once we can do it anytime. "

Bookings

He added," We've seen a spike in Requests and bookings for this year and next year with Royal Portrush hosting The Open Great Year for the North Coast.

"We are eager to be badociated with this golf course swing on the north Portrush coast opposite, including Portstewart, Castlerock, ourselves, Rosapenna and Portsalon.

"There are fantastic links out there that are relatively unknown locally, not to mention the international.There are people here in Donegal this week for the first time and they come from Dublin. says a lot about where we are and where we need to go. "