A Week of Irish Golf
Eight guys, a house, and the links.
For eight days in August we took four “young boys” (Me and three friends) and four “old fellas” (My Dad and his three friends) and made our way through the western half of Ireland’s golf courses. We rented a great airbnb together, a few SUVs, threw our clubs in the back and hit the links. We played rounds at Louge Erne’s Faldo Course, Donegal Golf Club, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo Golf Club, and Bundoran.
On our non golf days we hung out in the tiny town we were staying in called Pettigo. Pettigo is right on the border of Ireland and Northern Ireland, so much so that our airbnb host’s property was a bit in each. We also loved the local hotel/pub The Pettigo Inn. The cheesy garlic bread and the toasties were the favorites, as well as enjoying a few pints while listening to a live music duo play. They even snuck in a little Sweet Caroline for the gang from New England.
Outside of Pettigo, we spent the day working our way from pub to pub in Donegal. While it is not a big city, Donegal is a beautiful little town set on a river with traditional old pubs and a quaint little town square to explore. Between our day in Donegal, and our time spent around our airbnb recovering from the golf days, we didn’t do much outside of golfing. That doesn’t mean we didn’t have plenty of fun.
The Golf
All of our rounds of golf were really fun. Outside of one downpour day we had great luck with weather as well. I would highly recommend anyone unfamiliar with links style courses check out Enniscrone. It was challenging and far different from any course I had ever played in America. Here are some photos from the rounds we played that week. If you have any questions let me know in the comments.
