Mount Juliet Estate Kilkenny, Ireland
Home to the World Golf Championship in 2002 and 2004, the Irish Seniors Open in 1999 and the Irish Open in 1993, 1994, 1995, 2021 and 2022, Mount Juliet Estate has hosted tournament winners including Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, Bernhard Langer, Nick Faldo and Sam Torrance. This 18-hole course includes 6 holes that are enhanced by 5 lakes, while over 80 bunkers have been strategically placed throughout. The course’s most unusual feature is on the 16th hole, where you will find a walled green almost entirely surrounded by a bunker.
You’ll stay at contemporary Hunter’s Yard while at 5-star Mount Juliet, soaking in centuries of Irish history. Enjoy a full Irish breakfast and lunch with your PGA/LPGA professional each day, while gaining full access to the health club, swimming pool, boutique cinema and use of courtesy hotel bicycles to explore the estate. You can ride through open pastures or explore woodland trails on horseback, fish for salmon in the River Nore or refine your archery and falconry skills. This estate provides a thrilling nexus of historical traditions and modern pursuits.
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Pricing Of Our Golf Schools
Peak Golf Season
May 15 – Sept 15
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Eagle 1:1
Buddy 2:1
Peak Season
Eagle 1:1
May 15 – Sept 15
Buddy 2:1
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Day To Day
01 On The Range
Start your day on the range establishing your individual goals for your golf school. You will baseline your current swing with swing video analysis before you move into your applicable swing drills, customized specifically for your own game.
02 On the Greens
Your instructor will help you understand the fundamentals of the putting stroke using a variety of aiming tools and techniques. Your instructor will help you understand distance and direction control and help you brush up on proper green reading techniques.
03 Pitching and Chipping
Focus on your short game by beginning with proper set up and approach to the ball and the green. Your instructor will evaluate your chipping and pitching alignment and help you make repeatable, proper contact with the golf ball. Most of your short game will come down to club selection. Your instructor will help you understand how each club selection leads to trajectory control, distance control, loft/lie angle selection and understanding different lies.
04 Bunker Game
An area many golfers struggle with is the sand game. You and your instructor will work through bunker shots, both greenside and fairway bunkers. Golf shots out of poor lies will only improve with practicing each bunker scenario.
05 Playing Lessons
Afternoons are all about taking “your game” to the course. This includes playing within yourself, developing a consistent routine, and reinforcing swing changes.
We don’t just show our students how to hit the ball better on the driving range…we play with them each day of their school. How often has someone taken a golf lesson only to go to the course and ‘lose’ everything that they just learned? We know that the most important part of changing is trust. It is that trust in something new that we abandon when it matters most; on the course. Playing lessons allow us to observe ‘how’ a person plays, both in thought and mechanics and then to show them how various intangibles like lie, wind, pin placement, and course condition affect each shot. We teach them how vital course management can be. It is also essential to show students how important it is to play ‘in your personality” and to play “within yourself”.
End your round post-game analysis.
06 The Mental Game
Mentally, golf can be more than a little demanding. Consistent performance on the course requires a mental approach that is effective for a casual weekend round or a high-pressure tournament. We teach students how to think like pros. We coach a mental program that allows for thinking clearly on the golf course. In addition to our one-on-one concept, we focus on the mental side of the game. This singular approach allows us to show our students how to take their game and swing from the driving range to the golf course…where it really matters.
Hotel
Hotel
Hunter’s Yard at Mount Juliet EstateJust 20 minutes from Kilkenny, two hours from Dublin and 30 minutes from Waterford, you’ll stay at contemporary Hunter’s Yard while at 5-star Mount Juliet. Soak in centuries of Irish history while riding through open pastures or exploring woodland trails on horseback. Fish for salmon in the River Nore or refine your archery and falconry skills. This estate provides a thrilling nexus of historical traditions and modern pursuits.
What’s Included
Full Irish breakfast and lunch with your PGA/LPGA professional each day, while gaining full access to the health club, swimming pool, boutique cinema and use of courtesy hotel bicycles to explore the estate.
What’s Included
What’s Included
- Students stay in a deluxe king or double bed suite
- Unlimited practice and play at the courses
- Player evaluation
- Lunch with your PGA/LPGA professional each day
- “Clear Key” analysis
- Full Irish Breakfast
- Lunch with your PGA/LPGA professional each day
- The ultimate golf learning experience®, with 18, 24, or 30 hours instruction with your Bird Golf Academy Professional
- All taxes are included
What’s not Included
What’s not Included
- Golf Balls and Tees
- Golf Clubs, however, rental clubs are available through our golf course partners
- Airfare and transportation to and from the golf school locations
- Personal items purchased during the golf school
- Additional golf rounds before or after your school days
- Golf Rounds for other members of your party, not in your golf school
- Instructor gratuities are not expected but always appreciated. If you would like to leave a gratuity for your instructor, €75-€100 per day is customary.
Travel Details
How To Get There
Dublin Airport
Approximately 90 Miles
1 hr 45 minutes
Planning For Your Trip
1 Packing and Weather
In Kilkenny, the summers are comfortable and partly cloudy and the winters are long, very cold, wet, windy, and mostly cloudy. Over the course of the year, the temperature typically varies from 36°F to 67°F and is rarely below 28°F or above 74°F.
Please check the weather of your destination before you leave and be sure to be prepared for all possible conditions with the right gear – this includes bringing removable layers, sun protection, rain gear, vest or wind jacket. Check the Weather
2 Ready to book?
To book your golf school, you can reserve your package today here, or call us at +44 330 808 9819 to speak with a booking specialist. Your booking will be finalized once your deposit of 25% per golfer is paid at the time of booking. If you reserve your school less than 30 days prior to the first day of school, the full balance will be due at the time of booking. Once your school is booked and your lodging is confirmed, you will receive an email confirmation with important information pertaining to your school, and a player profile to be filled out and returned.
3 What happens once I book?
Once your golf school is booked, you will receive a confirmation email along with a player profile to be filled out and returned prior to your school start date. The night prior to your first day of school, your instructor will call you and let you know the meet up location and time for your golf school.
4 What if I have to cancel my trip?
Our student-first cancellation policy makes it as easy as possible to change your golf school. Even in uncertain times, you can rely on us to provide flexibility so you can book your trip with confidence.
You can always take a mulligan on your golf school in the occasion life events get in the way. If you need to take a future school credit with us, there is no expiration and you can redeem your credit on any golf school location, even if it is different from your original booking. As long as you don’t quit the game of golf, your credit will always be redeemable.
We want to make it as easy as possible to change your golf school to fit your schedule. Have a question? Give us a call, +44 330 808 9819.
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