A week in Ireland: Day six — Royal Portrush and Castlerock
(This is the sixth in a series about my 2005 trip to Ireland. Day one can be found here.) [photopress:Castlerock_9th.jpg,full,centered] Ireland: Day Six — Royal Portrush and Castlerock GC There’s...
View ArticleA Week in Ireland: Final Day — Royal County Down
(This is the final feature in a series on golf in Ireland stemming from a trip I undertook in 2004. The first segment of the series can be found here. Other features covered Portmarnock, the European...
View ArticleTo Ireland I Will Go
Starting Monday, G4G is going overseas — to the western coast of Ireland for a lot of golf and a fair bit of driving. In the company of two golf architects, I’ll be traveling to see 9 courses in a...
View ArticleIreland Day One Review: Dooks (Glenbeigh)
Dooks Golf Club, Glenbeigh, Ireland It has been a long day. Not that I’m complaining. After all, my last overseas trip started with a cop threatening to knock out my teeth. So after an overnight...
View ArticleIreland Day Two Review: Waterville’s Americana
Day Two: Waterville has the reputation as being an American experience. It was created by an American, and from the time you roll into the parking lot (in our case after about a half-hour drive from...
View ArticleIreland Day Three: Ballybunion Old and Cashen
Day Three Ballybunion Old and Cashen After a two-hour drive from Waterville, we pulled into Ballybunion in the late afternoon, scheduled to play the Cashen Course, a much-discussed design by Robert...
View ArticleIreland Day Four: Enniscrone Captures the Imagination
Courses: Co Sligo and Enniscrone Sometimes expectations get in the way when you approach a golf course you haven’t played before. You come at it anticipating greatness, and occasionally find out it...
View ArticleIreland Day Five: Carne Golf Links
Review: Carne Golf Links (Belmullet, Ireland) Designer: Eddie Hackett “This feels like we’re at the edge of the world.” That was uttered by the inimitable Yannick Pilon, the learned golf architect from...
View ArticleIreland Final Day: Lahinch and Doonbeg
Course Reviews: Lahinch (Mackenzie, Hawtree) and Doonbeg (Greg Norman) It had rained for at least one hole every round we’d played by the time we reached the end of our trip, we’d discovered Tim...
View ArticleLucky Charms: 10 Lessons Learned from Irish Golf
So I’ve been back from the north-west of Ireland for a week now and have still only played one round in Ontario this year — can’t imagine the last time that happened. Maybe 20 years ago? I remember...
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