The European Club
Pat Ruddy design of 1993 with 18 holes in towering dunes
Overview
Pat Ruddy built the European Club on rugged Wicklow coast with long par 4s and deep pot bunkers everywhere. It cracked world top 100 lists within a decade. The back nine along Brittas Bay rivals anything on the island.
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