The Northern Ireland golf experience is always special. It doesn’t matter when you visit. Expect exceptional links courses, majestic landscapes, first-class hospitality, and exciting nightlife. But something extraordinary awaits in 2025: The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush. And you can be among the lucky few to witness this historic….
The Open is the greatest ‘major’ golf event of them all. It is truly the peoples’ tournament. This year 240,000 spectators will grace the dunes of the Ayrshire coast, overlooking the Irish Sea. There, at Royal Troon, they will witness who will become the Champion Golfer of the Year. It….
One of the great things about golf is that you can play it until you get very old. This sets the sport apart from most other active ball sports, where ‘father time’ dictates that it’s time to stop before your hurt yourself. The handicap system also ensures that both young….
I remember distinctly my first experience playing on ‘browns’. It was in my early years, on tour in the Nigerian Open in the 1970s. It took me completely by surprise to play golf to flat greens, that were just oiled sand, that had been rolled early that morning. They didn’t….
The names of the holes on Valhalla this week give some insight into the DNA and personality of the course designed by Jack Nicklaus in 1986. The 3rd ‘Honest Abe’, 7th ‘Genuine Risk’, 8th ‘Float Like a Butterfly,’ 12th ‘Sting Like a Bee’ 14th ‘On The Rocks’ and 18th ‘Photo….
Tucked into the Southwestern pocket of Ireland, golf is used to forge friendships between fathers and their daughters. The story goes, a man brought his daughter to play in a golf tournament in Ireland. She was new to the game, and after a brief session at the driving range, flanked….
There is something very grounding about the deep rich hue that is known as Augusta Green. It’s actually Pantone 342. And it would be the kind of streak my father relished on any course he attacked. He loved 2’s on his card – because he reckoned they made up for….
It is hard to believe ‘Pop’ as we called him left us 20 years ago at the age of 83. I often think of him when I look at where the game of professional golf is at present and the effect it is having on the image of the game….
Roddy Carr December 2023 It’s great to see Christy and my father JB at the ages of 46 & 48 in the twilight of their careers promoting Irish golf in this 1970s Golf in Ireland video. They were the two most famous names in Irish golf for 25 years during….
Not many come to Ireland for the sun, but the World Invitational Father and Daughter Golf Tournament always brings a unique warmth to Waterville, on the republic’s south-western tip. For the 15th edition in July 2023, in the middle of Ireland’s wettest July on record, the biggest surprise seemed to….
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