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Tue 07 Jul 2003Palmer creates something special
Philip Reid on how €2 million alone was spent on the wonderful signature hole, the Swallow Quarry.
The mind of a golf course architect knows no bounds; and, of course, it helps if the purse strings are not too tightly pulled. On what was once a mundane piece of flat farmland, on the south side of the River Liffey in Straffan, Co Kildare, a spectacular new course - called simply the South Course, as distinct from the North Course, which is contracted to play host to the 2006 Ryder Cup at The K Club - has been created at a cost of over €12 million.
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