A Greenside Chat: "The Story of Ireland's Latest Links Redesign" ~ Narin & Portnoo Links

This week our guest for a Greenside Chat is Liam McDevitt, a lifetime golfer who grew up in Northwest Ireland playing Narin & Portnoo Links among the many other fine links in the region. Three years ago Liam purchased the club with Larry Foley, both men sharing a grand vision for restoring what was fundamentally a solid, if slightly dated layout. A complete renovation masterminded by Gil Hanse began in 2018 and was completed earlier this year.
In the coming weeks PerryGolf Co-Founder Gordon Dalgleish will interview good friend Joe Plecker, who has the coolest title in golf as the Chief Swing Officer for Swing AI, a fascinating bit of mobile technology for remote coaching; and Gary Lisbon, a leading worldwide golf course photographer from Australia and a wide-ranging golf entrepreneur. His new jigsaw puzzles are something to see!
Please enjoy Liam's story.
www.linksmagaz...
www.narinandpo...
www.perrygolf.com
Greenside Chat Library: • A Greenside Chat
www.perrygolf....

[@Conor_Shuryenoyerself]

Liam McDevitt has betrayed his Irish upbringing to exclude locals right of way through and around this course. Membership fees are extortionate and green fees are essentially a deterrent to anyone who isn't a member already. Catering to helicopter Americans with more money than sense, an absolute travesty and utter shame regarding what he's done to this course and the local walkers. He operates methods of intimidation and obstruction without even asking for forgiveness after the fact. His brown envelope offers will be rejected every time he tries.