| This is the ultimate Irish golf vacation. This 14 day tour,
aptly called "The Grand" is quite simply the best golf in Ireland,
including two Royals, the venue for the Ryder Cup 2006 and some
of the most famous championship courses in the world. Stretching
from East to West and North to South, this itinerary is our
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| Day 1: |
Arrive and transfer to "K"
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Travel to Hayfield Manor, Cork |
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Travel to Woodstock Hotel, Ennis |
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Travel to Bayviewhotel, Antrim |
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| Cost: |
| Price Per Person
From: $7935 CDN |
| based on 8 people and double occupancy. |
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| Itinerary includes: |
| 13 nights accommodation |
| Full Irish Breakfast each morning |
| 9 Rounds of Golf |
| Chauffeur driven luxury coach |
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Kildare
Hotel Country Golf Club
The K Club is currently the most talked about course in Ireland
as it has been chosen for the venue for the 2006 Ryder Cup.
Designed by Arnold Palmer there are some incredible holes here
including the double dog-leg Par5 7th: The River Liffey sparkles
and bubbles along left of the fairway then curls into create
an island green. The course has already hosted the 1992 and
93 Irish Professional Golf Championship and the Smurfitt European
Open was held here from 1995 -98. |
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Portmarnock
Golf Club - Old Course
Portmarnock is on everyone's "must-play" list. It is one of
Ireland's greatest courses and has hosted more professional
tournaments than any other course in the country. It is an intelligent
and masterful design - demanding yet fair. It's a real ball
striker course needing unerring tee shots and searching irons,
as well as a subtle touch around the greens, many of which are
raised with shaved run-offs. It has recently been updated with
lots of work done on the back nine with excellent green-surround
shaping and new fairway bunkering. Sheer brilliance. |
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Old
Head, Kinsale
Old Head Golf Links is built on a 220-acre diamond of land,
jutting out over two miles into the Atlantic; the promontory
is almost an island with numerous caves running beneath your
feet as you play the course. The links and practice area occupy
180 acres and the remaining 40 acres of unspoilt cliff frame
the course and rise in places to over 300 feet. Comprised of
five par 5's, five par 3's and eight par 4's, the links stretches
to over 7,200 yards from the tips and with a minimum of six
tees on every hole, the course provides a stern test to the
touring pro and high handicapper alike. |
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Fota
Island Golf Club, Cork
Fota Island Golf Club was the venue for the 2001 and 2002 Murphy's
Irish Open - one of the most prestigious events of the European
Tour. This is a par-72 course that runs to nearly 6,900 yards,
one that will require you to use every club in the bag. The
British publication Golf Monthly said of Fota, "purists will
delight at the old fashioned features, you'll stand in wide-eyed
admiration", Golf Digest in the USA observed "it makes you think
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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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Ballybunion
Golf Club
An American golfing aficionado thought so much of Ballybunion
Golf Club that on his deathbed he ordered his body to be flown
from Los Angeles for burial in the graveyard beside the first
tee at the famous Old Course. That last request underlines the
captivating spell cast over all those blessed with the fulfillment
of having made the pilgrimage to one of the world's greatest
links. The legendary Majors champion Tom Watson, and the renowned
course architect Robert Trent Jones are prominent among the
many admirers. "Playing Ballybunion is similar in many respects
to playing Cypress Point in America and I like that style of
golf," says Watson. |
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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
in 1992. |
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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
an admirable test for a seasoned golfer. |
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Royal
County Down
Royal County Down is one of the worlds great golfing destinations.
Consult any list of top golf courses around the world and you
will always find Royal County Down somewhere near the top. County
Down is everything links golf should be - undulating greens,
deep pot bunkers and tight fairway lies. Laid out beneath the
imperious gaze of the mountains of Mourne, the course enjoys
a magnificent stage-like setting as it stretches out along the
shores of Dundrum Bay. It is spectacular to look at and even
more thrilling to play. |
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