Tour the Links of Ireland, Scotland and Wales

Golf Tour Samples

Since there are over 400 great courses in Ireland, please contact us for tour estimate of courses your group would be interested in playing whether they are links or parkland courses trough out Ireland. We will also estimate tours for 7 days, 6 nights and 6 days 5 nights for those with less vacation time.

Other courses can be substituted on request – prices adjusted accordingly.

Link Courses

Especially in the U.S., the term "links" is frequently misapplied. "Links" refers to a very specific type of course. But nowadays it is common for any golf course that is relatively treeless to call itself a links course, and that's not accurate.

A traditional links course will have many – perhaps all – of the following features:

• The course is built along the seaside;
• The soil is sandy and drains easily;
• The course is laid out naturally, so that unusual bumps and slopes in the fairways and greens remain, rather than being smoothed over;
• The rough features natural seaside grasses;
• Bunkers are numerous, very small and very deep (to keep the seaside breezes from blowing the sand away);
• Fairways are rarely (if ever) watered and play firm and fast;
• Links courses usually have few if any trees;
• The course routes out and back. The No. 1 hole begins at the clubhouse and the front nine plays straight out so that No. 9 is farthest hole from the clubhouse; the direction turns back in at No. 10 and the course ends with No. 18 back at the clubhouse.

Parkland Courses

Parkland golf courses are inland courses, often set amongst native oak trees, many of which are hundreds of years old. The natural hilly terrain of Ireland makes for the perfect material for any golf course designer.

There are mature trees to grace fairways and torment those guilty of errant shots. There are water features, meandering streams, rivers and full-blown lakes – water hazards that please the eye and intimidate the mind. North and south, east and west, there are courses built within old country estates and under the shadows of medieval castles.

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