Ireland

The morning we played Waterville started with rain blowing horizontally past the hotel window before sunrise. One of the guys in our group came down to breakfast in flipflops because he had decided, looking at the weather, that golf was off and he might as well be comfortable. There were eight of us. We told him fine, stay at the hotel, we'll pick you up after the round.

The famous Arnold Palmer quote about Tralee, the one every review uses, is that he may have designed the front nine but God designed the back nine. It's a great line and Palmer was good at great lines, but I think it does the front nine a disservice. The back nine at Tralee is genuinely spectacular and deserves the praise it gets. The front nine is also very good and people don't talk about it enough because they've been told for forty years that it's the lesser half.

Most reviews of Old Head start by trying to describe the setting and immediately reaching for the same comparisons. Pebble Beach on steroids. The Cliffs of Moher with golf on top. A video game come to life. I've read all of these phrases multiple times and they all undersell what the place actually is. Old Head is a 220-acre piece of land that sticks two miles out into the Atlantic Ocean, hooked to the south coast of Ireland by a narrow road barely wide enough for two cars to

Adare Manor Golf: When Everything Is Just Right There are good golf courses, great golf courses, and then there’s Adare Manor. This world-class venue completely redefines for you what modern championship golf is. This neo-gothic manor is found amongst one of Irelands largest and most impressive estates, and instantly transports you to the world of 19th century period dramas. Adare Manor mixes all the elements of championship golf with the classical, unspoiled, Irish parkland

St Patrick's Links at Rosapenna is unbelievable course making you feel you are not in Ireland but in Caribbean

Sandy Hills at Rosapenna is magnificent links course on the shore with a feel of Caribbean

Old Tom Morris Links at Rosapenna is pure fun to play.

Royal Portrush Golf Club – Dunluce Links is a course that doesn’t reveal its full power at first glance.

Set beneath the Mourne Mountains along the shores of Dundrum Bay in Northern Ireland, Royal County Down is a links course that feels utterly timeless.