A Path Less Travelled
Jan 07, 2021
4 minutes
Words and Photography Kevin Markham
You stand on the 1st tee, bend down and slip the tee into firm turf, position your ball and stand up to eye the fairway ahead. This is a course you’ve never played before and such an adventure always evokes a sense of anticipation.
Playing somewhere new is always a thrill. Across the UK and Ireland there are approximately 3,000 golf courses, so there are many opportunities to renew that thrill time and again. Yes, you could visit the world-famous courses or you could take a path less travelled and go in search of that needle in a haystack.
Ireland has over 400 courses, and while everybody
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