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The K Club
The K Club Logo.png
Club information


K Club is located in Ireland
K Club


Location in Ireland

Coordinates
53°18′25″N 6°37′30″W / 53.307°N 6.625°W / 53.307; -6.625Coordinates: 53°18′25″N 6°37′30″W / 53.307°N 6.625°W / 53.307; -6.625
Location
Straffan, County Kildare, Ireland
Established 1991, 28 years ago
Type Private
Owned by Michael Smurfit
Total holes 36
Tournaments hosted
Ryder Cup – (2006)
European Open
(1995-2007)
Irish Open – (2016)
Website www.kclub.ie
Palmer Course
Designed by Arnold Palmer
Par 72
Length 7,350 yards (6,721 m)

Smurfit Course
Designed by Arnold Palmer
Par 72
Length 7,277 yards (6,654 m)


K Club clubhouse.jpg
Part of the clubhouse in 2012




















The K Club

Restaurant information
Established 1991
Rating
1 Michelin star Michelin Guide (1993-1994)
City Straffan
Country Ireland

The Kildare Hotel and Golf Club (abbreviated The K Club) is a golf and leisure complex in the Republic of Ireland, located at Straffan, County Kildare, west of Dublin. It is built on the old grounds of the Straffan estate, incorporating the 1830s Straffan House, and is owned by Michael Smurfit.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Restaurant


  • 3 Golf


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





History


In 1831, Hugh Barton of the wine firm Barton and Guestier bought land at Straffan and nearby Barberstown Castle from the Henry family and had Straffan House built whilst he and his wife stayed at Barberstown. The design was based on a French chateau, with the later addition of a bell-tower, and now forms the east wing of the present complex. From Hugh the property passed, via his eldest son Nathaniel, to his eldest son Hugh Lynedoch, after which it passed to Hugh Lynedoch's brother, Bertram Francis. All served in turn as High Sheriff of Kildare. The estate remained in the Barton family until 1949, when Derick Barton was forced to sell the property to manufacturer John Ellis.[1]


Following a succession of different owners, including film producer Kevin McClory, property developer Patrick Gallagher and property magnate Alan Ferguson, the house was purchased in 1988 by the Jefferson Smurfit Group and transformed into the K Club, which opened three years later. Gannon and Smurfit privately purchased the K Club in 2005, following the sale of Jefferson Smurfit to Madison Dearborn Partners and its subsequent merger with Kappa Packaging.[2] In 2012, Michael Smurfit bought the 49% stake Gerry Gannon owned, through the NAMA for a reported 40 million euro.[3]


The K Club is one of only four Irish 5-red-star hotels (as rated by The Automobile Association).[citation needed]



Restaurant


Byerly Turk Restaurant is a quality restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star both in 1993 en 1994.[4] The star was earned by head chef Michel Flamme.[5][6]



Golf




The opening ceremony of the 2006 Ryder Cup at the K Club


The hotel complex also contains two golf courses, both designed by Arnold Palmer. The Palmer Course was the venue for the Ryder Cup in 2006, the first time the event had been staged in Ireland. The course also hosted the Smurfit European Open on the European Tour from 1995 to 2003 and again in 2005, with that tournament being played on the resort's "inland links" K Club Course in 2004, 2006, and 2007. The Palmer Course hosted the Irish Open in 2016, won by Rory McIlroy.




Sign giving the history of tournaments at the K Club



References





  1. ^ "HISTORY OF STRAFFAN HOUSE AND THE BARTON FAMILY". Archived from the original on 14 September 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2012..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ "Ireland's K Club Spends Smurfit Millions to Grab Ryder Cup Fame". Bloomberg. 20 September 2006. Retrieved 21 October 2008.


  3. ^ Smurfit buys out Gannon's 49pc stake in K Club for €40m


  4. ^ Michelin Online Archived 8 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine


  5. ^ "Relaxed elegance". Sunday Life via HighBeam Research. 7 December 2008. Archived from the original on 23 June 2018. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
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  6. ^ Golf Vacations Ireland - K Club Archived 4 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine




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