GLOBAL GOLFER IRELAND PART 1
Seaside
Splendor Ireland BY DICK STEPHENS • CG PUBLISHER
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here are slivers of locales on the global golfing map where bliss, abundance and solitude all exist. One could add the words ‘comfortable decadence’ to this
list, too. And in the case of Portmarnock Resort and Jameson Golf Links in the seaside, suburban Dublin town which bears the destination’s name, all those words push together neatly and most appropriately. And, yes, that Jameson. These are hallowed grounds as this place is the original home of the Jameson whiskey dynasty. Wherever you might go to play bucket-list golf in Ireland or anywhere for that matter, you may have to make tradeoffs to fulfill your desires. A true links runs alongside the ocean or a large body of water and to experience that, you must travel to the coast, which could mean a bit of a drive or stretch of rail to get you there. And what surrounds many links courses, might lack resort amenities. When it comes to comforts, cuisine and character, it’s rare to find a single pin-drop course that has all that. And let’s do it one better — legend and historical significance on the very grounds where you walk, play and stay. If you can relish a spot that has that, too, with all items outlined above, you are in a place that would be called a true sliver. 42
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