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Dooks 07/12/2018

4^th 27^th

If you've not been over there before, this makes for an excellent introduction to links golf in Ireland, before moving on to more esteemed neighbours. The views are - at...

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Ballybunion (Old) 07/12/2018

1^st 1^st 7^th 19^th

Arriving at Shannon Airport after an overnight flight, hopping in the car hire, and making one's way to Ballybunion, is a fantastic way for the traveling golfer to start...

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Lahinch (Old) 07/12/2018

1^st 2^nd 11^th 29^th

Lahinch is firmly ensconced in Ireland's Big 5 and rightly so. Home of large dunes and blind shots. Weather forecasting goats. Views of Liscannor Bay. So many good things...

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Gamble Sands 06/12/2018

1^st 91^st

Played 36 holes (07/16) and I have to say it is a fantastic piece of property with a really fun golf course laid out over top of it.Played the first morning round with a...

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Royal Portrush (Valley) 06/12/2018

2^nd 6^th

A fine second 18 and second round of the day. This is a perfectly good golf course, but pales in comparison through no fault of its own, to one of the true greats next do...

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Portmarnock (Championship) 06/12/2018

1^st 4^th 15^th 48^th

Maybe the best conditioned course we played on our most recent trip? The greens looked and rolled lovely. There was a nice definition to the cut of the fairways and the t...

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European Club 06/12/2018

1^st 5^th 33^rd 93^rd

The passage of time may be marked by a hairline that starts higher up for me and with the use of a buggy on Mr. Ruddy's part, but 20 years after I played the course for t...

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Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Links 06/12/2018

3^rd 21^st

This is a solid, functional golf course. It has the crisp turf, wispy fescue, some riveted bunker faces, and all the other trappings of a proper links. It gets off to a f...

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Laytown & Bettystown 06/12/2018

3^rd 67^th

I wouldn't pretend this is a world beater, but I would also say I don't think you need anything more in a golf course than what is on offer here. It starts out with a cou...

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Ballybunion (Cashen) 05/12/2018

5^th 30^th

I don't know why we persist in playing this thing. Target golf and links golf don't go together, and if there was any doubt just venture onto the back 9 of the Cashen cou...

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