The public Blue Shamrock Golf Club will be hosting several events for the next few days beginning with its grand opening ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday at 2230 Fireline Road, Palmerton.

The festivities will begin at 6:30 p.m. with live music by the Steel Creek Band until 9:30 p.m. The ribbon-cutting will take place between 7-7:30 p.m. There will be a Silent Auction with 50 percent of the proceeds to benefit the Aquashicola Fire Company. A Putting and Closest to the Pin Contest will be played and there will be golf and restaurant giveaways.On Friday activities begin with a golf tournament with a 1 p.m. shotgun start and a Clam Bake Golf Outing from 5-8 p.m. In addition there will be a Putting Contest, live entertainment with Jim Mcgee's New Kind of Talk from 6-9 p.m., a free fishing contest from 6-7:30 p.m., and outside games and giveaways.On Saturday a Pig Roast Golf Outing begins with a 9 a.m. shotgun start. The pig roast is from 1-6 p.m. and The Rob Band will entertain from 2-5 p.m.Owner Joe Nagle is hoping the whole community comes out to enjoy the events and to get a good look at the changes, which include a remodeled upstairs bar and dining room, a downstairs Irish pub with outside patio and a remodeled golf shop with a snack bar area.Another change is the newly finished seven-acre driving range."We're happy with what we've accomplished in a short time. We will continue to make improvements. I encourage everyone to come play golf here at the Blue Shamrock and we want people to come and hold their special events here," he says.The Blue Shamrock, formerly the Blue Ridge Country Club, opened April 5. The golf course is open seven days a week at 7 a.m. and the bar and restaurant is also open seven days a week, beginning at 11 a.m. Greens fees range from $17 to $59, depending on whether or not the golfer uses a cart and time of the day or day of the week.For more information, call 610-826-2504 or visit

www.golfblueshamrock.com.