| As you watch 3,000 miles of Atlantic Ocean rolling towards
you, you'll understand why some of the best courses in Ireland
- if not in the world - are to be found on the most northern
Atlantic headlands. The links courses included in this 7-day
tour have been defined by the forces of nature, and the wind
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| Price Per Person
From: $2450 CDN |
| based on 8 people and double occupancy. |
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| Itinerary includes: |
| 6 nights accommodation |
| Full Irish Breakfast each morning |
| 5 Rounds of Golf |
| Chauffeur driven luxury coach |
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Royal
Portrush Golf Club
Simply put, the Dunluce course at Royal Portrush is one of the
world's finest links courses and the only course in Ireland
to have hosted the British Open. Overlooked by the ruins of
the 13th Century Dunluce Castle it is a masterpiece of golf
architecture. Famous for its magnificent turf and excellent
holes, many of which require long and accurate drives made all
the more difficult by the high winds. Unimaginable rough and
tricky greens, thrown with windy conditions make this course
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Portstewart
Golf Club
A claim is often made that Portstewart has the best opening
hole in Irish Golf - some say in the world. Situated on Ulster's
magnificent Causeway Coast, Portstewart Golf Club is one of
the very few 45 hole complexes in Europe. Going back to 1951,
when the course was used as a qualifying venue for the Open
Championship at Royal Portrush, it seemed that Portstewart was
destined to be forever cast in the shadow of its more illustrious
neighbour. Not any more. Everything changed when the new championship
layout of the Strand Course hosted the Irish Close Championship
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Castlerock
Golf Club
Castlerock is another great links course on the Causeway Coast,
lying where the River Bann enters the Atlantic Ocean. Set among
rolling sand dunes it offers stunning views of Donegal, and
even Scotland on a clear day. The Championship Mussenden Course
is a par 73. The best known hole is the fourth, called the "Leg
O'Mutton", a 200 yard par-3 with a railway line to the right,
a burn to the left and a raised green. |
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Rossapena
Golf Club
It is here, where the bays of Sheephaven and Mulroy converge,
that a unique experience awaits. The wild Atlantic has chiselled
the rugged features of Rosapenna and the beauty is spectacular,
the air is invigorating and the welcome is warm and sincere.
Each hole is both a challenge and a charm, with picture postcard
scenes composed of mountains, oceans, sky and dunes. Rosapenna
offers golfers an unparalleled opportunity to enjoy links golf
at its best. |
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Ballyliffen
- Glashedy Links
Described as "The Ballybunion of the North" Ballyliffen is Ireland's
most northerly links and comprises 365 acres of spectacular
dune land, surrounded by rolling hills and mountains with the
Atlantic Ocean as its western boundary. Glashedy Links opened
for play in August 1995 and its location on the north western
Atlantic Coast makes it a magnificent setting. Designed by Pat
Ruddy and Tom Craddock, it has been laid out on predominantly
higher ground above and beyond the Old Links. The challenge
presented by the Glashedy Links is almost as formidable as it
is exhilarating. |
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