Phone, WiFi & Staying Connected on an Ireland Golf Trip Modern Ireland golf trips run on bandwidth as much as on golf balls. You’ll want GPS guidance to a remote links course tucked behind a winding boreen, real-time weather updates as an Atlantic squall sweeps across Donegal, group chat coordination with foursome partners, scorecard apps…
Currency, Payments & Money Tips for Golfers in Ireland Plan an Ireland golf trip and you discover quickly that “Ireland” is actually two monetary jurisdictions sharing one island. The Republic of Ireland uses the Euro (€). Northern Ireland, as part of the United Kingdom, uses the Pound Sterling (£). The moment your itinerary includes Royal…
Understanding Irish Golf Etiquette and Dress Codes Irish golf clubs have a reputation that doesn’t quite match reality. Visitors arrive expecting stuffy gatekeepers, archaic rules, and a frosty welcome at the pro shop. What they actually find is something quite different: clubs that are warmer, friendlier, and more relaxed than almost anywhere else in the…
Travelling Between Golf Courses in Ireland: Distances, Routes & Transport Here is the single most important fact for anyone planning an Irish golf trip: drive times in Ireland are routinely 25–40% longer than Google Maps estimates suggest, and on rural R-roads and L-roads the gap can stretch even wider. Tractors, narrow lanes, sheep crossings, sudden…
Tipping Etiquette in Ireland for Golfers: Caddies, Hotels & Restaurants Few aspects of an Irish golf trip generate more quiet anxiety among visiting Americans than tipping. You arrive at Royal County Down or Lahinch carrying instincts shaped by a US service economy that expects 18 to 25 percent on every restaurant bill, dollar bills for…
Ireland Weather for Golfers: What to Expect and How to Prepare Let’s get the obvious truth out of the way first: it will rain on your Ireland golf trip. Probably more than once. Possibly during your tee time at Ballybunion. Almost certainly while you’re standing on an exposed dune at Lahinch wondering whether your waterproofs…
Flying to Ireland for Golf: Best Airports, Airlines & Routes Your airport choice determines your golf region. Land in Dublin and you’re well-positioned for the east coast and Northern Ireland’s Causeway Coast; touch down at Shannon and you’re already inside the orbit of Lahinch, Ballybunion, and Doonbeg; arrive at Belfast and Royal County Down sits…
Ireland Golf Travel Guide: Practical Tips for Visiting Golfers An Ireland golf trip rewards detailed planning. The courses themselves, Lahinch, Royal County Down, Ballybunion, Old Head, Portmarnock, justify the journey on their own merits. But the practical experience surrounding the golf often determines whether the trip becomes a transcendent memory or a frustrating series of…