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Faithlegg, Suirside splendour

Nestled in mature woodland, on the banks of the River Suir, sits Faithlegg House Hotel and Golf Club. Afour star luxury retreat, Faithlegg’s 18th century mansion has been sensitively refurbished to form the centre piece of a little piece of heaven in the South East.

Boasting 14 master rooms in the original house, the hotel also includes 65 guest rooms in a new wing as well as two junior suites and a fully equipped leisure and health centre beauty salon offering a wide range of treatments.

Body treatments at the Estuary Club include Therapeutic and Aromatherapy massage, Reflexology and Reiki, Body Wraps and Mud Treatments while beauty treatments include Facials using the award winning French Matis range of products, Waxing, False Tanning, Manicures and Pedicures, Eye Care and Makeup.

And for the golfer, a 18 hole championship golf course forms the perfect setting to make a visit to Faithlegg the ultimate experience. This Paddy Merrigan designed par 72 layout boasts some wicked slopes and borrows on immaculate greens and with some testing holes like the 432 yard index 1 17th or the testing dogleg 18th, Faithlegg is a superb test of golf for all levels.

The course has hosted a number of professional events from Irish PGA tournaments to the Ladies Irish Open as well as the EuroPro tour and with a wonderful landscape, mature trees, rolling parkland and five lakes, Faithlegg is a golfing wonder.

After a round, the welcome surroundings of the refurbished coach house provides the setting for a impressive finish to what will be a testing but memorable round of golf.

Faithlegg offers discounted green fees to residents and the resort also boasts a collection of 65 various self catering houses which offer great facilities and units with up to four bedrooms for groups of all sizes.

This inland links style golf course blends seaside tall fescue grasses with undulating fairways and grand putting surfaces, all presented immaculately. It is a course designed to test golfers, but first and foremost to provide enjoyment. Golfers of all levels will find enjoyment, in the experience of shaping shots to protected pins, or simply to face down the challenge of hitting a golf ball over water to an island green.

It is our aim at Moyvalley to provide golfers with the relaxation and enjoyment they seek from arrival until departure. Our staff will do everything they can to look after you and help you make the most of your leisure time.

Members and visitors can avail of unrivalled practice facilities including a full driving range with covered bays and 3 chipping and putting greens. Add to these the beautifully appointed clubhouse with 360 degree views of the golf course and sun baked balconies for those warm summer evenings, and you have everything a golf club is meant to be.

Come and visit us today to see golf in a whole new light. We are located just off the M4 West, 5 minutes from Enfield and only a stone’s throw from Dublin, Mullingar and Trim. Society offers are available as well as a great selection of open days and fun days.

For a chance to experience this on a more regular basis, contact our Membership team on 046-9548085 or john.lawler@moyvalley.com

Ladies European Tour

The Ladies European Tour (LET) is thrilled to be competing in Ireland. Last year, Portmarnock Hotel and Links proved a magnificent venue for the AIBLadies Irish Openand we can expect another tremendous display of women’s professional golf this summer.

Ladies Golf Times has been supporting women’s golf in Ireland for many years. It is the only golf magazine produced solely for Irish lady golfers and we are delighted that the Ladies European Tour’s players feature so prominently. Thanks go to Geraldine and her team at Ladies Golf Times for publishing stories on the action from the Ladies European Tour and for highlighting the exciting accomplishments of our talented members.

Women’s golf in Ireland has come a long way in the last few years thanks to the dedicated individuals who give so much of their time to making it happen. We owe a debt of gratitude to the Promoter and Event Organiser, Roddy Carr and Twenty Eleven, as well as to the title sponsor, Allied Irish Bank (AIB) and Fáilte Ireland Sports Tourism Initiative, who are supporting the AIB Ladies Irish Open in the run up to our staging of The 2011 Solheim Cup at Killeen Castle.

We are all looking forward to returning to Ireland over the coming years in the lead up to The 2011 Solheim Cup, but first there is the small matter of The 2009 Solheim Cup at Rich Harvest Farms in Illinois, this August. We hope that you will join us in cheering on Alison Nicholas and her 12-woman European team as they attempt to win The Cup for the first time in the United States.

Thank you for your continued support of our players and organisation.

Alexandra Armas
Executive Director
Ladies European Tour

Fairmont St Andrews as a Destination

St Andrews is known as the Home of Golf for very good reason. Not only was the game founded here but golfers can also explore 45 courses within the general vicinity. Although the Old Course is the best known, several other courses including Fairmont St Andrews Torrance and Kittocks courses provide authentic Scottish golf experiences that won't be forgotten.

If you require a little pampering off the tees, The Spa at Fairmont St Andrews will indulge both body and soul offering a wide range of luxurious treatments to relax you from head to toe. Complementing the spa is a full range of the latest in fitness equipment with steam, sauna, Jacuzzi and an 18 metre indoor pool.

A 15-minute drive from the Fairmont St Andrews is the breath-taking coastline known as the East Neuk of Fife. Fresh sea air, wide sweeping beaches, picturesque fishing villages with bustling harbours and a unique maritime heritage are all waiting to be discovered. Crail, Anstruther, St Monans, Elie and Pittenweem... place names as picturesque as the villages themselves. Pittenweem’s unique atmosphere has attracted many artists over the years and presently has about thirty artists resident in the village. Several small galleries and shops have opened in the past few years, showing changing exhibitions of mainly Scottish work; what better a memento to take home with you?

For further information contact;
T: 01334 837000
www.fairmont.com/standrews

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