LAOIS INTERNATIONAL GOLF CHALENGE 2009
Monday May 18th through to Thursday May 21st 2009
Sponsored by 4 Aces Wholesale Ltd, Laois County Council & GALA
There will be a choice for golfers to play in individual day competitions or a 4 day event. The Laois International Golf Challenge is a fourball, betterball competition played over six excellent golfer courses in County Laois - Portarlington, Abbeyleix, Mounthrath, Rathdowney, The Heath, Portlaoise. A draw will take place & this will decide who will play on each course. The leading players with the best accumulated scores over the three days will qualify to play the Grand Final on Thursday 21st May at the magnificent Seve Ballesteros designed Heritage Golf & Spa Resort. Each day, there will be individual competitions sponsored by local businesses & prize presentations. The Final Presentation & Special Tournament Reception will be held at The Heritage Golf & Spa Reception will be held at The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort at Killenard on the Thursday evening. All participants are invited. Golfers, not qualifying for the final will play another competition on this day.
The cost of entry is only €120 per participant and this guarantees 4 days of golf and invitation to the presentation evening. Entry on individual days is €25 per person.
Open to all individual golfers & golfing societies. The event truly has an international flavour with golfers from Wales, Scotland, England, Northen Ireland, Belgium, Germany & Sweden.
There is a wide variety of prizes on offer from individual day competition prizes to overall Challenge Prizes and the 'Best International Golfer'
For further information, please contact Honor Deevy, Laois County Council, Aras an Chontae, Portlaoise, County Laois, Tel: 00 353 57 86 64132, www.laoistourism.ie www.golfirelandmidlands.com
SEVE TROPHY TOURNAMENT 2007
Seve Ballesteros designed Heritage Course staged the Seve Trophy Tournament in September 2007 where Nick Faldo captained Great Britain & Ireland ahead of his Ryder Cup role for 2008. Nick Faldo acted as non playing captain of the Great Britain & Ireland team against Continental Europe non playing Severiano Bellesteros in what was a mighty clash of legendary Ryder Cup record holders.
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THE HERITAGE ACC BANK CORPORATE AND CELEBRITY PRO AM 2006
The Heritage ACC Bank Corporate and Celebrity Pro Am 2006 was held at The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort's world renowned golf course over the weekend of the 23rd and 24th of June 2006. Co-designed by Seve Ballesteros and Jeff Howes Design the 18-hole championship golf course attracted a host of golfing professionals and celebrities from the worlds of sport and entertainment. Former Ryder Cup players Eamon Darcy and Philip Walton joined Keith Duffy, Des Bishop, Niall Quinn, Minister Tom Kitt T.D., soccer international Alan Kelly, Kevin Moran and Champion Jockey Conor O’Dwyer among others to help raise funds for DEBRA Ireland and Fighting Blindness. There were 40 teams in total which included one professional golfer, one celebrity and two amateurs. While the teams battled it out on the course the ‘non golfers’ enjoyed some serious pampering in the 37,000 sq ft resort spa and tried their hand at bowls in the international indoor bowls stadium. Later in the evening over 300 people enjoyed a pre dinner drinks reception, sipping Dom Perignon before sitting down to a five course gala dinner in the magnificent ballroom on Friday evening. Audrey O’Dwyer, Gillian Doran, Eleanor Moran, and Elaine Whelan stepped out in amazing style for the evening while Gillian Quinn looked stunning as ever.
The action continued on the golf course the next day with Niall Quinn’s team emerging victorious. The winning team also included professional Philip Walton, John Givens and Jack Tierney, bringing in a score of 178 points for the two rounds. The amateurs were presented with a piece of specially commissioned Galway Crystal inscribed with the Heritage and ACC Bank logos.
The winning professional was Simon Thornton from Royal County Down Club who won €9,000. Colm Darling CEO, ACC Bank made the presentations on behalf of the title sponsor.
LAOIS GAA GOLF CLASSIC 2005
Laois GAA golf classic was held at The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort on the 11th July 2005. Host venue to the AIB Irish Seniors Open. Click here to view the flyer
THE HERITAGE PRO AM CHALLENGE 2005
The Heritage Challenge at The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort in association with Seve Ballesteros acting as a host took place on Sunday 9 th and Monday 10 th October 2005. The event was ran under auspices of the Irish PGA for a prize fund of Euro 50.000 with some European Tour Cardholders participating as well as Gary Murphy who represents The Heritage on Tour
AIB IRISH SENIORS OPEN 2005
The prestigious AIB Seniors Open tournament took place at The Heritage Golf & Spa Resort from Friday 3rd to Sunday 5 th June 2005.
Golfing legends of Irish and International caliber came together to compete in the outstanding golfing tournament. The Pro Am commenced on the morning of Wednesday 1st June followed by the Greenstar Corporate Pro Am in the afternoon. On Thursday 2nd June players of the AIB Corporate Pro Am also competed.
European Senior Tour Press Release 2005
Press Release by Tom Keane April 2005
THE HERITAGE CHALLENGE 2004
The 1st Heritage Challenge, was held in July 2004. The most exciting 4-ball competition ever held in Ireland. The Challenge featured Vijay Singh, John Daly, Padraig Harrington, Seve Ballesteros and The Heritage European Tour Pro, Gary Murphy.