Playing fees for Co Clare’s Old Course ‘jewel’ will rise from €275 last summer to €325 between April and October this year
Bumper green-fee revenue contributed to Lahinch Golf Club enjoying another record-breaking year as its operating surplus increased to €2.1 million.
In comments attached to the club’s 2023 annual report, club chairman John Gleeson stated that “it was a record financial year for the club” with an operating surplus of €2.1 million. It tops the then record-breaking surplus of €2 million the previous year.Read Dean Rock and Michael Murphy every week in The Irish Times
“Golfing activity was at record levels by both members and guests, which has allowed us to rebuild our finances as we engage on several major capital projects over the next few years,” Mr Gleeson said. Current US Masters champion and LIV tour member Jon Rahm won the highly successful Dubai Duty Free Irish Open staged at Lahinch in 2019, which raised the course’s international profile.
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