Mount Juliet Golf Club

Clive Richardson Limited were appointed in 2016 to carry out works to create a new Golf Academy at Mount Juliet Estate in County Kilkenny. The golf course facilities at Mount Juliet is set in lush, rolling parkland, part of a 1,500-acre old Irish country estate with an 18th century mansion as the clubhouse.

The new Academy was officially opened in September 2018 by the 2014 Ryder Cup-winning captain Paul McGinley who had helped work to redesign what was already there as well as reconfiguring and updating the facilities to create a specific coaching and fitting centre.

As a result of McGinley Golf Course Design’s plan, the new Academy gives Mount Juliet a newly sculpted 15-acre driving range, which replicates all golf course shots – including full length fairways – providing draw and fade shots. Facilities also include two putting greens and a short game area, while the Academy is using the most advanced teaching software to allow all aspects of the game to be developed and taught.

Works carried out by CRL included:

1. Strip existing putting green surfaces and stockpile
2. Excavate topsoil from surrounds and stockpile
3. Reshape subsoil to level site
4. Spread previously stripped topsoil
5. Seed out the area
6. Strip surface of the existing practice tee and reshape
7. Lay new synthetic tee off mats at selected points
8. Re-spread sand from the putting green surfaces and sow out
9. Use previously excavated material from the practice Tee for target areas and banks, and sow out
10. Excavate top soil from site of new practice green
11. Shape subsoil to new gradients
12. Install drainage and gravel raft
13. Place previously stripped rootzone and sow out
14. Installation of a suitable drainage system across the entire area
15. Installation of irrigation pipework and heads to the entire area and connection of the pipework to the existing pumping system.
16. Construction of a range of bunkers to USGA Specifications
17. Construction of associated pathways around the entire area.