Louth’s Lawlor launches G4D event 

Louth Village golfer Brendan Lawlor will host the inaugural disability golf event at Carton House Golf Club from September 23rd to 25th and will feature a €35,000 prize fund. 

This three-day event will feature eleven of the world's best disability golfers together with a pro-am competition to raise money for charitable causes. 

There will be 24 teams competing in the pro-am each comprising one professional golfer, one celebrity, and two amateurs. Each pro-am team will pay an entrance fee of €1000. 

The main objective of the event is to raise awareness of disability golf and persuade organisations to provide prize money for disability golf competitions in the future, because the G4D Tour does not currently award prize money. 

Speaking on the event Lawlor said: “This is the first ever disability event with a substantial prize fund and this has been in the making for quite a while. 

“We worked closely with Modest Golf, Carton House and Golf Ireland and some great organisations to get this over the line. The message we want to show to organisations is that just because we have disabilities doesn’t mean we can’t earn prize money from the beautiful game. 

“We have 12 fantastic players coming to the event and some huge celebrities from Ireland and the UK coming across to support the event.”