| Nothing can really prepare you for the West Coast of Ireland.
Maybe it's the quality of the light, maybe it's the elegant
and melancholy solitude, or maybe it's the gentle and relaxed
hospitality of the people - whatever the reason, visitors to
the West Coast always leave feeling they have acquired something
special. Needless to say the golf to be found on the West Coast
reflects the stunning scenery, and the weather that comes off
the Atlantic makes for some of the most challenging golf on
the island. This 9 day tour combines legendary golf, the best
of Irish hospitality and the pure and unforgettable magic that
is the Irish West. |
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| Price Per Person
From: $4175 CDN |
| based on 8 people and double occupancy. |
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| Accommodation Includes: |
2 nights @
Woodstock
Hotel, Ennis |
2 nights @
Rock Glen Country House Hotel |
2 nights @
Cromleach Lodge, Roscommon |
2 nights @
Sand House Hotel, Rossnowlagh |
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| Itinerary includes: |
| 8 nights accommodation |
| Full Irish Breakfast each morning |
| 7 Rounds of Golf |
| Chauffeur driven luxury coach |
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Doonbeg
Golf Club
Designed by the "Great White Shark", Greg Norman has created
in Doonbeg Golf Club what writers and critics are calling "one
of the greatest golf course designs in the world". By allowing
the natural terrain to dictate the route of the course, Norman's
design is a classic links that looks like it has been there
for a hundred years. The course recently won the prestigious
Golf Digest Best New International Course and is already being
touted as a future for the Ryder Cup. |
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Lahinch
Golf Club
Often referred to as the Irish St. Andrews, Lahinch is one of
the country's most established courses. Old Tom Morris designed
the original course in 1892, and Alistair Mackenzie, who also
helped to create Augusta National, transformed it in 1927, building
holes in dune land previously thought too wild for golf. Further
improvements have just been completed this year, and have added
to Lahinch's already excellent reputation, although it has retained
many of its original features, including the resident goats! |
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Connemara Golf Club
Connemara is one those Irish golf courses that makes you feel
as if you are at the very edge of civilization. In fact, its
hard to believe there is actually a golf course in this remote
part of County Galway. The Par 72 is hard to achieve, partly
due to the fact that calm days are rare when you are at the
mercy of the Atlantic Ocean, and partly due to the vastness
of the last six holes. Consolation can be found however in the
breathtaking backdrop of the Twelve Bens Mountains and the white
sands of Ballyconnelly Bay. |
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Enniscrone
Golf Club, Sligo
For many years Enniscrone was coveted by those in the know as
one of Ireland's hidden gems, but of late this wonderful course
is fulfilling its potential as one of Ireland's finest links.
This championship venue provides the ultimate experience - dramatic
dunesland, an inspired design concept, superb greens all year
round and breathtaking views. This is a course you will hear
much more about in the near future. |
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County
Sligo Golf Club (Rosses Point)
This great Championship links was designed in 1927 by the famous
golfing architect, Harry S. Colt, with a variety of holes to
create a test for the very best golfers. Over the years legendary
players such as Walter Hagen, Bobby Locke, Henry Cotton, Tom
Watson, Nick Faldo and Darren Clarke have made the pilgrimage
to this classic course that lies under the imposing shadow of
Ben Bulben. Peter Aliss described this fascinating links course
as "a tremendous test for the highest quality player and great
fun for the modest competitor and one which stands at the very
top of great Irish Golf Courses." |
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Donegal
Golf Club (Murvagh)
Lying in the bosom of Donegal Bay, this superb links occupies
an elegant peninsula which is backed by the magnificent Blue
Stack Mountains. "Hauntingly beautiful and an excellent test
of Golf", is how Peter Dobereiner of the English Observer described
it. The course is presented in two loops of nine where the fairways
wend their way by the Atlantic dunes and the sage-green grasses
of the bay. The course suits big hitters of the ball as the
ever-present ocean breezes ensure that it plays long and challenging
most of the time. The par 3 fifth is called "The Valley of Tears",
and it has proved just that for the golfer short on skill and
nerve. |
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Cruit Island Golf Club
This is links golf as primitive as it comes. Cruit is a top
class course, very short but also very challenging. The wild
Atlantic is never far away and provides a magnificent backdrop
for many shots. There's always a wind blowing and it's usually
never the same 2 days in a row. The par 3 sixth is one of the
best par threes you will ever play. Both the green and tee are
set on peninsulas so either too short or too long and you're
gone, with the wind blowing it can vary from a 3 wood to a wedge.
It's only 9 hole but it will be challenging for even the best
of golfers |
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