DMK Golf Design - David Mclay Kidd - Pursuing Purist Golf

"DMK Golf Design with David McLay Kidd at the helm provided a quality service from "Soup to Nuts," inspiring confidence through the entire project team."
Michael Slazenger, Powerscourt Golf Estate
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Hole 7

Powerscourt Golf Club, West Course

County Wicklow, Ireland
Opened 2003

www.powerscourt.ie

A traditional parkland course in a stunning Irish setting. County Wicklow boasts some of the breathtaking landscapes on the Emerald Isle, and we were proud to earn the commission from the Slazenger family (of the sporting goods empire) to create a second golf course on the estate.

Presented with a rich canvas featuring views of both the Wicklow Mountains and the Irish Sea, we wove the layout over and through the soft, rolling contours, streams and ponds, ravines, and stately trees, maximizing the course’s abundant natural assets. In addition to designing the West Course we also conceived an extra hole, which the club uses for both courses on occasions when maintenance is required on other holes, thus ensuring guests receive a full 18-hole experience.

The West Course debuted in the rankings of the Top 10 new courses upon its opening.