Lough Erne Challenge Lough Erne Challenge The Lough Erne Challenge is an annual invitational golf event played on The Faldo Course at the Lough Erne Resort, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. The inaugural Lough Erne Challenge, played in July 2009, was between Rory McIlroy - touring professional at Lough Erne Resort - and Pádraig Harrington. McIlroy won the 18 hole strokeplay match with a four under par round of 68 to Harrington's two under par 70. In July 2010 McIlroy teamed up with Darren Clarke to form a Northern Ireland team that took on Harrington and Shane Lowry, representing the Republic of Ireland. The
Lough Erne beyond 1820. The RNLI has an inland lifeboat and rescue watercraft based at Gublusk with a further station at Carrybridge on the Upper lake. The Lough Erne Golf & Hotel Resort was opened in October 2007 by Irish businessman Jim Treacy. It is situated on a 600-acre peninsula between Castle Hume Lough and Lower Lough Erne. On 12 May 2011 it was announced that Castle Hume Leisure Limited – the owner of the hotel – had gone into administration, and as of May 2011 its future is uncertain. The area also hosts the Lough Erne Challenge, a golf tournament. Lough