Ryder Cup Diary

Well after a week off last week to celebrate the arrival of the elusive Irish Summer there’s two weeks news to catch up on this week. Two weeks during which there was been no shortage of Ryder Cup news on both sides of the Atlantic.

Two weekends ago the big event in Europe was the Wales Open at Celtic Manor (home to the Ryder Cup 2010). The honours, top prize money of €364,352.49 and those valuable Ryder Cup points went to Sweden’s Robert Karlsson. Paul Broadhurst came second, Jose Filipe-Lima third and it also showed a good return to form for fourth placed Colin Montgomerie. Broadhurst, who is sanguine about his Ryder Cup hopes, is begining to look comfortable for automatic qualification if he can hold his form.

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Cars will be banned from an 8km exclusion zone around the K Club.

With over 40,000 people expected to descend on the K Club for the Ryder Cup through the tiny village of Straffan the authorities have realised there may be a small issue with parking! To help alleviate the congestion for those who intend to drive to the event, a new car park is under construction at Weston Aerodrome. Planning has been granted for a 30,000 space car park at the airfield and Bus Eireann plans to provide a shuttle service to the K Club from the Aerodrome which is about 6.5 miles – or a 15min bus journey .
For those who wish to avoid mixing with the Hoi Polloi we believe that a Helicopter service will also be available to whisk you from Weston Aerodrome to the Ryder Cup Matches.

If you are starting out from Dublin I notice that Irish Rail have put together a special Ryder Cup Package to help you get to the event from Dublin City Centre. This involves a train from Connolly station and a shuttle bus service to the K Club from the closest station at Leixlip. An inclusive day return costs €20 per person.
Tickets can be purchased here from Irish Rail. There are some terms and conditions, which can be seen here.

If you’re not sure where Straffan or the K Club are have a look at this map to help get an idea of where they are located in relation to Dublin (Which is the capital of Ireland).