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{{short description|Governing body for pitch and putt in Ireland}}
'''Pitch and Putt Ireland''' ({{Irish place name|Teilgin agus Amais Éireann}}<ref name=ppui/>), formerly the '''Pitch and Putt Union of Ireland''' (PPUI), is the governing body for [[pitch and putt]] in [[Ireland]].<ref name=ppui>{{cite web|url = http://www.ppui.ie/docs/const.pdf | website = ppui.ie | title = Constitution of Pitch and Putt Ireland as amended at Annual Convention 9 March 2019| date = 10 April 2019 | accessdate = 10 September 2019 }}</ref>
The sport of pitch and putt originated in [[County Cork|Cork]] in the 1930s, and developed elsewhere in Ireland throughout the 1940s.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.athgarvanpandp.com/club-history.html | website = athgarvanpandp.com | title = History of Athgarvan Pitch & Putt | accessdate = 29 August 2018 | quote = ''the sport of Pitch and Putt originated in Ireland [..] Around the mid 1930s the game first came to be in the seaside resort of Fountainstown, Co Cork''}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.fountainstown.com/pitch-and-putt.html | via = fountainstown.com | work = Evening Echo | date = 27 December 1969 | title = Pitch and Putt's Roots are Deep-set in Cork's History | accessdate = 29 August 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ppui.ie/Organisation/Index/428 | website = ppui.ie | publisher = Pitch and Putt Union Of Ireland | title = Pitch and Putt - Cork County Board | accessdate = 20 August 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://fippa.org/news/members/88/birthplace_of_pitch_and_putt_launches_website | website = fippa.org | title = Birthplace of Pitch and Putt Launches Website | publisher = Federation of International Pitch and Putt Associations | accessdate = 20 August 2018 }}</ref> Originally governed by two separate organisations (the Irish Amateur Pitch and Putt Union in Munster, and a separate later organisation in Leinster), these formed a "united union" in 1960.<ref name="ppuihist">{{cite web|url = http://www.ppui.ie/About/History | website = ppui.ie | publisher = Pitch and Putt Union of Ireland | accessdate = 29 August 2018 | title = History of the Union }}</ref> This new organisation, the Pitch and Putt Union of Ireland, would later become a founding member of the [[European Pitch and Putt Association]] in 2000, and the [[Federation of International Pitch and Putt Associations]] from 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://fippa.org/pages/eppa | website = fippa.org | accessdate = 29 August 2018 | title = EPPA - the European Pitch and Putt Association | publisher = Federation of International Pitch and Putt Associations }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://fippa.org/pages/fippa | website = fippa.org | accessdate = 29 August 2018 | title = FIPPA - the International Pitch and Putt Federation | publisher = Federation of International Pitch and Putt Associations }}</ref>
The organisation runs a number of national pitch and putt competitions within Ireland,<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.ppui.ie/InterClub/Index | website = ppui.ie | publisher = Pitch and Putt Union of Ireland | accessdate = 29 August 2018 | title = PPUI National Inter Club Competition }}</ref> as well as coordinating entries to international competitions. The [[Ireland men's national pitch and putt team]], managed by the PPUI, won the [[2008 Pitch and Putt World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://fippa.org/competitions/world_cup/2008 | website = fippa.org | accessdate = 29 August 2018 | title = World Cup 2008 | publisher = Federation of International Pitch and Putt Associations }}</ref>
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==External links==
* [http://www.ppui.ie/ Pitch and Putt Ireland's website]
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