YOU ARE THE KING
County Kerry
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County Kerry
The golfer who walks on like they already own the place.
Superpower — Influence
You do not need to say much. Your presence changes the energy of every group you play in. People play better around you.
Blind Spot — Entitlement
You expect things to go well. When they do not, the adjustment takes longer than it should.
How You Play
Already moved on. Next week is a fresh card. The round was better because you were in it.
Who You Clash With
The Warrior — County Mayo
The Warrior will grind for every single shot regardless of the score. You move on. They endure.
Why This Tribe Fits You
Already moved on. Next week is a fresh card. You were already suggesting somewhere better. The group followed. That is authority.
Tribe Oath
We lead. Others follow.
— YOUR TRIBE'S STORY —
Some golfers chase the moment. Kings control it. County Kerry takes its name from the ancient kingdom of Ciarraí, and its landscape backs up the title. The MacGillycuddy's Reeks are the highest mountains in Ireland, and monks built a monastery on the rock of Skellig Michael, out in the Atlantic, in the 6th century, and held it for 600 years.
Daniel O'Connell, "The Liberator," was born here in 1775 and led the campaign that won Catholic emancipation in 1829 — one man from one county, changing the law of an empire. At Tara in 1843, one of his “Monster Meetings” reportedly drew a crowd in the hundreds of thousands — among the largest political gatherings Ireland had ever seen, called together by one man's voice.
Where Ballybunion sits on the wild southwestern coast as one of the greatest links courses on earth. Kerry has never had trouble producing people who expect to be listened to.
Kerry didn't stop at scenery. In 1866, Valentia Island became the eastern end of the first successful permanent transatlantic telegraph cable, linking Europe to North America for the first time in history. A message that once took two weeks by ship suddenly took minutes.
Belonging to The King
To belong to County Kerry is to walk in like you already own the room, because on this ground, you might as well.
Golf Connection — Ballybunion
Kerry also gave the game Tralee — Arnold Palmer's first European design, opened in 1984. Even Palmer said the back nine wasn't his work.
Play This Ground — County Kerry
Waterville, where Tiger Woods and Payne Stewart have both played — a statue of Stewart stands by the clubhouse. Killarney's Killeen course, three-time host of the Irish Open. Dooks, a quieter links on Dingle Bay that visitors too often drive straight past.