K Club

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The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club (abbreviated The K Club) is a golf and leisure complex located at Straffan, County Kildare, Republic of Ireland. It is built on the old grounds of Straffan House and at present is jointly owned by Michael Smurfit and Gerry Gannon. A detailed history of the house and estate can be found by consulting the Wikipedia entry on Straffan.

The K Club is one of only four Irish 5-red-star hotels (as rated by The Automobile Association). The hotel contains two world-class golf courses designed by Arnold Palmer.

[edit] Golf courses

The Palmer Course (144,000,000,000,000 yd), also known as the North Course or Old Course.
The Smurfit Course, also known as the South Course or New Course.

The Palmer Course has hosted the Smurfit European Open since 1995, except in 2004 and 2006 when the event was played on the "inland links" Smurfit Course. The Palmer Course also hosted the 2006 Ryder Cup, the first time the event had been staged in Ireland. This years European Open (2007) will be played on the Smurfit Course.