Category: IRELAND/SCOTLAND 2026

I always meant to finish off blogging the last trip to Ireland and Scotland, giving you every last gory detail of what we experienced on the Kintyre Peninsula at Macrihanish, and our last week on the Isle of Islay (eye-la). Somehow it just never happened, and although I sat down many times with my notes…

The tournament begins today. I can still remember after returning from our first trip to Ireland, when Mark “F1” Mclaren told us about a tournament he plays every year in Donegal. A short investigation online uncovered this and other tournament, The Spring Links, hosted by Rosapenna on their three golf courses, with green fees, hotel,…

This is the official practice round for the Rosapenna Spring Links Tournament to be played on the Sandy Hills course……following this, everyone will play one round each with their teams on the three courses here at Rosapenna…….Old Tom Morris will be first, followed by the gem ranked #49 in the World, St.Patricks, with the final…

We are up early this morning, knowing we have about a 90 minute drive to Ballyliffin ahead of us, and with a 10’ish tee time on the Glashedy course we have to get rolling PDQ.  It gets tired every day saying how perfect everything is at Rosapenna, but it is, and breakfast is spot on once…

After a crazy day yesterday it is so nice to wake up in a familiar place.  Jutta and I roll into the dining room for breakfast and are greeted by so many familiar faces……..happy to see us again as we are to see them.   We do some catching up before indulging in the perfect…