Causeway Coast Golf Pass

The 15^th at Galgorm Castle Golf Club

Galgorm Castle Golf Club is pleased to announce the PGA EuroPro Tour will be returning to the Ballymena venue once more, ensuring the 2011 event will be the most high profile professional event to be staged in Northern Ireland. 

After the phenomenal success of the inaugural event in 2010, Galgorm Castle can confirm the 2011 PGA EuroPro event will take place from June 27th-July 1st and promises to be the province’s standout tournament of the year where the stars of the future will battle it out over the championship parkland. 

The international event will attract visitors to the province from far and wide placing Northern Ireland in the global shop window and Galgorm recognised as one of Ireland’s great golfing destinations. 

Golf in Northern Ireland is currently riding on the crest of a wave with US Open champion Graeme McDowell enjoying a standout year. He and Rory McIlroy helped Europe to victory in the Ryder Cup, while Darren Clarke was an integral cog at Celtic Manor as one of the vice-captains. The 2011 PGA EuroPro event at Galgorm is just another ingredient to play its part in the ongoing success of golf in Northern Ireland. 

To get a taste of golf in Northern Ireland and experience some real Golfing Gems the Causeway Coast and Glens are offering a fabulous package to play four great courses for only £199. The package includes one round at the famous Royal Portrush one of the great courses of the world. 

In addition, there is a choice of playing one round at three out of the following four courses - Ballycastle with its great mix of Links and Parkland, Galgorm Castle one of Ireland's Finest courses, Gracehill offering American style water hazards and Radisson Roe Park with its challenging water features and beautiful setting. So whether it's Links or Parkland you are looking for there has never been a better time to experience it. 

For more information on golf pass info@bookgolfireland.com or Tel : +44 28 90 455 115 

Honorary Member - Sean Kelly

John James 'Sean' Kelly (born 24 May 1956 is an Irish former professional road bicycle racer and one of the most successful road cyclists of the 1980s and one of the finest classics riders of all time. 

From turning professional in 1977 until his retirement in 1994, he won nine monument classics, and 193 professional races in total - the Paris–Nice seven years in a row and the first UCI Road World Cup in 1989, the 1988 Vuelta a España with multiple wins in the Giro di Lombardia, Milan – San Remo, Paris–Roubaix and Liège–Bastogne–Liège. 

Other victories include the Critérium International, Grand Prix des Nationsand smaller tours including the Tour de Suisse, Vuelta al País Vasco and Volta a Catalunya.

Although Kelly never won the World Road Race Championships, he twice won bronze medals (1982 & 1989) & also finished 5th in 1987, the year compatriot Stephen Roche won gold. Kelly was first to be ranked No.1 when the FICP rankings were introduced in March 1984, a position he held for a record six years. In the 1984 season, Kelly achieved 33 victories.

Sean Kelly Racing

Focus On - ICGA

John Greene UCD, 2010 Golfer of the Year

The Irish Colleges Golf Association is in place to encourage competitive golfers to continue to practice and pursue their chosen sport while in College and University. The ICGA offers these young golfers the opportunity to play golf to a very high standard while pursuing their studies. 

Universities and Colleges from throughout the entire island of Ireland compete in the ICGA intervarsity league. The intervarsity competition is scratch match-play, each team consisting of five players for men and three players for ladies.

www.irishcollegesgolf.com