A very enjoyable event despite the weather disruption.
Great days entertainment.
Exceptionally well organised. Attention to detail & the attentiveness of the staff…. Grounds were immaculate & the ambiance exciting. Very much enjoyed the overall experience & the prefab on the 18th an excellent addition & idea. See you next time.
Great time . Disappointed more big names were absent
The golf course was fantastic. It was easy to get holes and directions giving were easy to follow. The staff were very helpful and gave good information about what was happening on the day. Parking was handy to get to. Watching the golfers was brilliant and how close you could get to them. Overall it is my best experience since i started coming 4 years go.
Absolutely fantastic few days. The atmosphere was amazing. Biggest crowd I’ve seen over the past few years. Only downfall this year was the Heineken tent. Very small compared to other years. Queues were over 40mins long. Need some more food tents to accommodate the crowds.
Went to the see the golf on Saturday with my son. He left his car in the park & ride.
Excellent day at the event in Straffan. Staff friendly and courteous. Would go again however when I left early and returned to the park and ride where my wife was due to pick me up a young garda on traffic duty would not allow her to turn into the park & ride to turn even though the stewards on duty told me she could do so. This left a dangerous situation for my wife as she had to turn further up the road and pick me up from the road. Pity, as it ruined an otherwise excellent day. Maybe a better plan re-drop offs and pick ups at the park & ride
A great experience from start to finish. We went to KClub on Friday and Saturday. The event was well sign posted to Park and Ride. Plenty buses around to ferry people to K Club. Entry was quick through security and ticket checker. There was a variety of food outlets in the The Village. Also a bar, Coffee etc Van and Ice Cream van. All that we used were quick and efficient. Plenty staff in all places. Other facilities there for children and a Putting Green for donation to Make A Wish. An information stand and we were assisted by a very good lady. Toilet facilities there were well attended and always clean when I used them. There were more food and beverages trucks at different holes on the course. Also Toilet facilities around various holes. We had a lovely 2 days going around the course watching golf. A really enjoyable 2 days. Would recommend to snuone to go even if not a golfer. Will be back in 2025. Please God we will be there. Thanks to all the organisers. Well done.
Fabulous location and great day out. Knowledge of Security Staff and Stewards re certain locations of hospitality areas was not very good. Perhaps in future a detailed plan of each location could be available to them.
It was obvious that a lot of effort went in the organisation of this event. Well done to all concerned. Three improvements I would suggest is to have more scoreboards and all groups must have a scoreboard with them.
Secondly, the queue for food later in the day on Friday was so long that we thought our friend who had gone for it was lost.
Thirdly, more transfer coaches needed for going back to the car park in the afternoons.
The Park and Ride route requested was difficult to follow, in particular the L1010 road noted to be used on the route requested. It didn't have a sign confirming this road as being the one for the Irish Open Park and Ride. The L routes aren't as well marked, and as you were not supposed to use you Sat Nav, as it would take directly to the venue (which you were not allowed to do), the missing yellow sign turned into a big problem. It cost us an extra hour and a half to at last find the Park and Ride car park. That left us frustrated and missed out on the starts we wanted to see. The frustration colured the days enjoyment. As we had booked a hotel in Lexlip we then decided to go the shortest route the next day and we were parked and on a bus within 16 minutes, a big difference!
I paid for a stand ticket on the 18th. A wast of money as there was only the one stand and only half of it for pre paid ticket holders. The stand was also very far back from the 18th whole, making the extra paid ticket unnecessary. I don't think I'll bother purchasing another stand ticket in the future . I have purchased them in the past and they were a much added bonus on different courses.
Food purchase - I'm a celiac, gluten free, you can purchase snacks like crisps gluten free but no sandwich/rolls or meals. I'd like that to be included.
Map of the course - This was a biggie, although I'm very into being green and recycling, the no paper policy which stopped the distribution of a course map was an extreme let down. Yes you could take pictures of the large course map displayed in a couple of places on the course or view it on "Your Tour" option of the Horizon site. However it was hard to read the detailed information on a phone. The course was a little complicated to find the crossings. It also had a couple of "cul de sac" tee to greens. Meaning you would be trying to follow a group and find you had to go back the "long" way to find a crossing/route, and hopefully pick them up further on down the course. It made it hard to navigate and to be honest at least a good paper map, which used to be given out at the "Information desk" would definitely have helped. We ended up emailing a screenshot of the course map to our hotel reception and they printed one out for us for the 2nd day. It help enormously with several people asking where we got our map! I'll remember that in future. We've attended several Irish Opens and I'm sure this won't be our last.
A lovely sunny day. Golf entertaining on the day.
Excellent experience
Great experience. Good atmosphere.
From the moment we arrived at the car park to time we got back to car later everything was so well organised Bus drivers so friendly, ticket booths gave us wonderful welcome The coffee and food experience excellent The golf was top class Was great to be close to so many legends Being Irish we were very proud of the golfers and of The Irish Open Thank you Excellent facilities Felt the shop could have displayed more products No caps in which I love to collect until 3rd day of Open otherwise we had a fantastic time