Posts in Tag: Golf
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Doonbeg – Playing Trump’s Irish Fantasy
This is my fifth review of golf courses in southwest Ireland based on a trip there in September 2019 with Barry McGuigan’s former company Golf NI. We started out with the fabulous Old Head of Kinsale followed by Arnold Palmer’s magnificent course at Tralee. Unfortunately at our third course, Waterville the weather was so bad […]
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Lahinch – Playing the World’s Craziest Par Three
This is my fourth post from last fall’s amazing golf trip to southwest Ireland with Golf Travel NI which unfortunately doesn’t exist as of right now. We did three trips with them and enjoyed them all immensely. Hopefully owner Barry McGuigan will have his new venture up and running for our next trip. We have […]
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Ballybunion – Why Tom Watson Loves It
This the third post from last fall’s amazing golf trip to southwest Ireland with Barry McGuigan’s Golf Travel NI. The first post featured the one and only Old Head of Kinsale and the second, Arnold Palmer’s Irish masterpiece, Tralee. In between we played Waterville, but the weather was so nasty that I couldn’t get a […]
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Old Head – Hole by Hole in Golfing Heaven
What happens when you combine one of the most beautiful pieces of property in all Ireland steeped in over 3,000 years of history with eighteen holes of golf? You get what, for the avid golfer, is nothing short of heaven on earth. There are not enough superlatives to describe the Old Head Golf Links located […]
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Old Quarry G. C. – A Pete Dye Masterwork
I’ve been playing golf longer than I care to remember and at courses around the world I do care to remember. Among golf architects, Pete Dye has always been my favourite, although I know others who abhor his signature railroad ties and the difficulty of some of his courses. My personal favourites about which you […]
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Apes Hill Golf Club Hole by Hole
Barbados in not generally considered a golf destination in and of itself. Most people come here for the sun, sand, sea and the incredible Bajan culture and the legendary welcoming attitude. On this website you’ll find thirteen different posts on various must do and see things in Barbados including this one on how to get […]
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True Blue Golf Course – A Hole by Hole Description
True Blue is the late Mike Strantz’ companion course to the wonderful Caledonia Golf and Fish Club which I posted on during my last visit to Myrtle Beach. While it does not have the natural beauty of Caledonia, True Blue is still a magnificent golf course highlighted by the outstanding hole design by Strantz. […]
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Turnberry – The Ailsa Course.
Today we get to play the last of four current British Open venues on our tour of Scotland, the legendary Ailsa course at Turnberry. Golf Travel Northern Ireland has done a fantastic job of getting us on these prestigious courses as well as others like Kingsbarns, North Berwick and Prestwick. For comparative purposes, you can read my […]
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Troon – A Great Open Venue
This is the sixth post on the 2017 golf tour of Scotland which was put on for eight Maritimers by Barry McGuigan of Golf Travel Northern Ireland, which Barry has subsequently sold. If you are wondering why we chose an Irish tour operator for a Scottish trip it was because Barry had done such a […]