County Wicklow, Ireland
Brittas Bay Club emerges from a comprehensive Kyle Phillips redesign of Pat Ruddy's European Club on Ireland's east coast. The transformed championship links reopens 2027 with improved playability, expanded sea views and restored native ecosystems. Located 58km south of Dublin in County Wicklow's dramatic dunes overlooking the Irish Sea.
Brittas Bay Club emerges from a comprehensive Kyle Phillips redesign of Pat Ruddy's European Club on Ireland's east coast. The transformed championship links reopens 2027 with improved playability, expanded sea views and restored native ecosystems. Located 58km south of Dublin in County Wicklow's dramatic dunes overlooking the Irish Sea.
Brittas Bay Club (formerly European Club)
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Pat Ruddy was born in the small town of Ballina in County Mayo, but raised in the even smaller town of Ballymote, in County Sligo, where his father Martin (who was known as ‘Sid’) ran the local post office.
Pat Ruddy was born in the small town of Ballina in County Mayo, but raised in the even smaller town of Ballymote, in County Sligo, where his father Martin (who was known as ‘Sid’) ran the local post office.
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Kyle Phillips graduated from Kansas State University in 1981 with a degree in Landscape Architecture. That same year, he began his career in golf working with Robert Trent Jones Junior, eventually rising from the position of Design Associate to Vice President.
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