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Tralee Received A Boost For Golf Tourism This Week

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Pictured welcoming Denis Kane, Chairman IGTOA & the board members to The Rose Hotel are Mark Sullivan, General Manager, Dick Henggeler, Proprietor and Michele King, Director of Sales & Marketing.

TRALEE was showcased a place to visit for golfers this week with golfing media figures playing Tralee Golf Club and the holding of the Ireland Golf Tour Operators Association AGM in a Tralee hotel.

Fáilte Ireland is this week hosting a group of predominantly US golfing media in Ireland to play a number of courses on the Wild Atlantic Way and they are taking in a visit to Tralee Golf Club.

The group includes writers, broadcasters and online media (such as Yahoo Sports) from the US as well as Ben Smith, a top UK blogger.

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With a combined audience reach of over 9,000,000, the travelling media who have just arrived from the British Open will play and experience first-hand a range of courses on their visit, including Lahinch Golf Club, Doonbeg Golf Club, Dooks Golf Links, Killarney Golf Club (Killeen course) and the Tralee Golf Links.

Golfing media from US and UK at Killarney Golf and Fishing Club, were from left, Rory Matthews, Fáilte Ireland, Bernard McMullin, Tourism Ireland, Aoife Nolan, Killarney Golf and Fishing Club, Cormac Flannery, Killarney Golf Club Manager, Tim Gavrich, Golf Channel, Michael Williams, CBS Radio, Sheila Crowley, Lady Captain, Killarney Golf and Fishing Club, Matt Ward, Golf Writer, Judd Spicer, ESPN Radio, Trent Bouts, South Carolina Golf, Jack Buckley, President, Killarney Golf and Fishing Club. Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan

Meanwhile, The Rose Hotel hosted the Ireland Golf Tour Operators Association AGM and were welcomed by the hotel’s owner Dick Henggeler.

The IGTOA is an organisation that represents Ireland’s leading Golf Tour Operators. The IGTOA embodies Ireland’s leading Golf Tour Operators, Golf Courses, Golf Resorts, Accommodation Providers, Transportation Providers and companies who offer supporting services to the golf tourism sector such as Golf Media, Golf Merchandising, Golf Course Services and Golf Equipment.

In addition to hosting their AGM in The Rose Hotel, they also attended a reception in Ballygarry House Hotel where they were welcomed by proprietor, Padraig McGillicuddy.

Padraig McGillicuddy of Ballygarry House Hotel welcomes members of the IGTOA>

“Tralee is the ideal base for golfers visiting the South West of Ireland with an array of world renowned championship links and parkland golf courses all within a short distance for golfers to experience in Kerry,” said Mr McGillicuddy.