![]() It also hosted the 148th Open Championship in 2019 with Irish pro Shane Lowry taking home the cup.Īccording to Golf World Top 100, the course "provides brilliant hole after hole tests to challenge every part of your game and the rough punishes any offline shot, and providing you can hit the fairways, the incredible greens require a wide array of approach shots." The 36-hole club has two links courses, the Dunluce Links (the championship course) and the Valley Links. This world-class club is set in rolling sand dunes with fabulous coastal views in Portrush, Antrim, in Northern Ireland and goes back as far as 1888. (Photo by Atlantic-Lens-Photography/Getty Images) So if you fancy teeing off somewhere breathtaking, or even if you're not a golf fan, these spots are perfect for a remote break when the time is right, some top-class restaurants and, of course, lots of bracing fresh air. ![]() Obviously, it's also an outdoor pursuit, so even better for keeping fit while not being in a sweaty, enclosed space like a gym. Golf is also a great activity for observing social distancing rules, while still being able to take part in a sport with others. One of the oldest courses in the country, the Royal Curragh Golf Club in Kildare opened in 1858 and is still open to this day - so this small nation has a very rich history in the sport. Golf originated in Fife, Scotland in the 15th century and it soon spread to Ireland. So perhaps it's not surprising that some of the sport's greatest players also come from the Emerald Isle, including Rory McIlroy, Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley. There are some incredible cliff-top locations, and Ireland is home to 25% of all the natural link courses in the world. Thanks to Ireland's dramatic coastline, majestic mountains and mythical history, it makes for a pretty spectacular location for golf. We will be here to help you prepare, whether it is next month or next year. If you can get in.Editor’s note: As the travel industry reopens following COVID-19 shutdowns, TPG suggests that you talk to your doctor, follow health officials’ guidance and research local travel restrictions before booking that next trip. ![]() Eighty thousand square feet of what has been called the world’s best sports bar. Does membership at ANGC have its privileges? OMG. But the Old Course might have something to say about that. The images are seared into our collective memory. Gentle Ben doubled over with emotion, Lefty’s little leap, Tiger five-times triumphant in red. 1 is Augusta National’s sixth hardest hole. Those ceremonial first tee shots at dewy dawn? This tournament gets going with a wake-up call for every golfer. On Wednesday afternoon of Masters week, all the action (and all the fun) is found right here. Digs for Dwight, whose lust for presidential golf rivaled The Donald’s. Where you’ll drink in the crowd and many head-spinning Azaleas - the fruity cocktail, not the fragrant flower. Cozy quarters for each year’s Masters amateurs are perched above the Champions Locker Room and the main clubhouse, both of which are as exquisitely appointed as you’d imagine. CROW’S NEST/CLUBHOUSE/CHAMPIONS LOCKER ROOM. Provides shade - and the ultimate setting for meetups and dealmaking. Which, during Masters week, sports a pretty lavish buffet and some security-guard muscle. Sign in here - if you own an emerald green club coat. This is where you’ll first go, “Holy Bobby Jones, I’m at the freakin’ Masters!” Land of a thousand logoed golf shirts and hats - and a very select number of gnomes. So secretive, if we told you we’d have to… Okay, okay! It’s a hidden green tucked next to the golf course’s multiple maintenance sheds - for groundscrew putt-offs or sod experiments… who knows? On the chance it happens to you some day - or if you just want a sense of being there - allow us to show you around a bit. Put it this way: It’s a very short journey from jarring the winning putt on the 18th green to being green-jacketed (and Jim Nantz-ed) in Butler Cabin. 9 and 18), historic buildings, bustling patrons, a cocktail outpost and buzz. The area immediately surrounding the pristinely white ANGC clubhouse is a magnificent mash-up of tee boxes (Nos. ![]() TV doesn’t prepare you for something else about Augusta National: its intimacy. The ubiquitous birdsong, real or (rumored to be) prerecorded. The intoxicating (unless you’re allergy-prone) bouquet of springtime flora. Anyone lucky enough to have attended the Masters Tournament remembers the initial sensory overload. Want a tour of Augusta National Golf Club, home of the Masters?
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