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Description: Arklow Golf Club, Abbeylands, Arklow, Co. Wicklow. Tel: 00 353 40232492 Fax: 00 353 40232492 ... more

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Newest Review: ... with most Irish golf clubs, you can be assured of the warmest of welcomes. Look out for “Mr. Arklow”, Paddy Lipsett, an octogenarian of nearly seventy years who has played this course almost daily, man and boy, since it first opened in 1927. He will regale you with stories that will have you in tears of laughter, such is his “blarney”, and a finer gentleman and ... more

... golfer you could never wish to meet. Incidentally, he still plays to a handicap of six!! So if he gets you on the golf course, watch your wallet closely, it could easily lose some weight. THE COURSE +++++++++++ ~ ~ When Arklow first opened its doors in 192...more

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Arklow: Beware of Paddy!! (1719 words)
by kenjohn - written on 19/01/01 (Very useful, 48 readings)
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INTRODUCTION +++++++++++++ ~ ~ This is a review I have been looking forward to writing, as this little Co. Wicklow course is one of my favourites within easy striking distance of Dublin, being 45 miles from the capital Dublin, on the main Rosslare road. ~ ~ A par 69 of around 6,700 yards in length, it is often said in golf circles that “if you can play to your handicap at Arklow, you can break par anywhere else”. In other words, it is no “pushover”. ~ ~ Now, I might as well come clean up-front, and tell you that I was a member of this Golf Club from 1980 to 1998, so it will always have a special place in my memories. ...

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