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  Rebuilt 1st Hole now open for play  Construction sign  
   
  Here's a graphic of how it changed.
 
First hole overhead
First hole projected
First hole overhead
First hole projected
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After the long wait our newly extended first hole  is now open for business.

The opening par four has been extended from 246 to 370 metres with three brand new bunkers, one with a grass island. It's now finished and ready for play and promises to be a great opening hole - it certainly won't stay Index 15 for long!

Our thanks to all the greenkeeping crews who put such work and dedication into the transformation - we now have a magnificent opening hole.

We wish you happy golf on this fabulous new hole (stay out of the bunkers!).

We show the progress of the build in the photos below.
  New First Hole 2
  28th March 2015: Captain Peter Carroll and President Frank Barrett gets things started Photo: Fred Brereton
     
  First green
               8th June 2014:        The strip bunker on the first is no more! Photo: Fred Brereton
   
  Elmgreeen 1st
                8th June 2014:    The diggers making short work of the first green. Photo: Fred Brereton
     
  First Hole works
  14th June 2014:   The new bunker on the front right of the green is a doozy! Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
  First Hole bunker
                      14th June 2014:     We filled in the sand for you in this photo! Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
  Fred 1st hole bunker
  18th June 2014:     Fred Brereton getting the hang of being in the new bunker at the first green. Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
  1st hole under clay arrow
  18th June 2014:   The new first fairway under clay ... seeding begins on Friday 20th June Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
    1st from the tee
          18th June 2014:   View from the first tee Photo: Fred Brereton 
     
  1st hole under clay 2
  18th June 2014:   Looking back toward the tee from where the green used to be. Photo: Ronan Quinan
     
  1st Hole 3
  20th June 2014:   The seed is sown on the first fairway - it's up to Mother Nature now Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
  1st Hole 4 copy
  20th June 2014:   The seed is sown - pic taken from opposite where the first green was Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
  Sign on first fairway copy
  20th June 2014: We can only hope this sign is referring to the new bunkers (centre & right) Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
  Sign first copy
  A sign of bygone times ... the 246 metre (269 yard) sign on the first. Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
  1st grass
  5th July 2014:  The first shoots of grass making an appearance on the new fairway Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
  1st grass 2
           5th July 2014:   The grass is on the way .... Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
    Grass on fairway 1
           16th July 2014:  The grass is getting greener... Photo: Ronan Quinlan 
     
    Grass on fairway 2
                16th July 2014:  And greener... Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
  1st Hole hdr
             16th July 2014:  Almost there .... from the first tee.. Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
  First July
                 24th July 2014:   It's definitely getting there now... Photo: Fred Brereton
     
  11th September 1
                 11th September 2014The island bunker on the left of the fairway Photo: Ronan Quinlan
     
  11th September 2
   11th September 2014:  Trees to mark 150 metres have been planted on all holes Photo: Ronan Quinlan 
     
    11th September 3
  11th September 2014: The island bunker - trees will be planted on the hill to the left of fairway,  Photo: Ronan Quinlan