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Welcome to Talking Golf Travel: March 2025.
Finally, the new season is almost underway in Ireland and Scotland.
And there’s been plenty of must-see content, glitzy events, important updates, fresh rankings, and hot takes to whet the appetite for another unforgettable year in the world’s greatest golf destinations.
So you’ve got plenty to catch up on.
Start scrolling and see…
Let’s begin Talking Golf Travel issue #6 with a feel-good story about ordinary golfers achieving their dreams.
Meet the Golf Digest Open winners:
A min-tour journeyman, a war refugee, a firefighter, and a bartender.
Marc Engellenner and Drazen Trkulja battled through a playoff to clinch the gross title at Streamsong Resort in Florida.
Meanwhile, Ryan O’Neill and Patrick Tansey – childhood friends from New York – defended their net division crown.
Their prize?
The golfing getaway of a lifetime courtesy of Irish Golf Tours!
Get the whole story here.
Some of the biggest names in the game gathered in Aberdeenshire for Scottish Golf Tourism Week.
As always, the much-anticipated awards ceremony brought the curtain down on this celebration of all things golf in Scotland.
The categories included Best Course, Clubhouse and Pro Shop.
Here are four handpicked winners you should explore more:
Great craic. Creamy Guinness. Legendary music. Tasty grub. Iconic landmarks.
Visiting the pub is essentially par for the course on your Irish golf tour.
Hit the links by the day. Hit the taverns by night.
This helpful guide in Love to Visit Ireland will help you find the best watering holes across the land.
Why do some incredible golf courses get overlooked?
Oftentimes, it’s a matter of location.
Remote places, even golfer paradises like the majestic Scottish Highlands, tend to fly under the radar.
So, it’s no surprise the region dominates this mouthwatering list of lesser-known courses complied by Scotland Where the Game Began.
You’ve got to hand it to Top 100 Golf Courses.
Their team went above and beyond with its newly updated rankings for Ireland’s best courses.
In fact, they created three distinct categories:
Let’s focus on the third – because it’s a new concept for Top 100 Courses and covers the entire Emerald Isle.
And because you can access tee times for 22 of these 25 world-class courses with Irish Golf Tours.
Here’s a sneak peek at the top 6:
Looking for the perfect place to stay and play?
Check the latest rankings.
Leading Courses just released their Europe’s Best Golf Resorts ranking. Notably, the award-winning Dundonald Links in Ayrshire hit No.11.
Elsewhere, the new Top 100 Golf Resorts in the UK & Ireland from Golf World featured two luxury links retreats:
‘I may have designed the front nine, but surely god designed the back nine.’
Arnold Palmer and the Almighty certainly created something heavenly at Tralee Golf Club.
Still, even the divine duo’s captivating links course needs the occasional upgrade. So, over the winter, the club revamped the layout of the par-5 18th.
And the new and improved Goat’s Hole looks absolutely incredible.
See for yourself.
Old Tom’s ears must be burning from those fairways in the sky.
Because Robert MacIntyre, as reported by bunkered, named Royal Dornoch among his must-play courses.
Imagine that:
Even the Scottish Open champion has yet to visit all the top venues in his homeland, including the one-of-a-kind Brora Golf Club.
The scenery alone is worth the journey to Rosses Point.
You can’t help but gaze open-mouthed at the endless Atlantic Ocean and brooding Benbulben and Knocknarea mountains.
Welcome to County Sligo Golf Club:
Home of March’s Course of the Month.
The Colt Championship Links plays exactly how it looks.
Eccentric routing and a wonderful variety of unique holes ensure non-stop entertainment from start to finish.
But stay sharp.
Tricky undulations, bunkers, burns, dunes, and raised plateau greens demand your fullest attention.
Finally, some trivia.
Padraig Harrington, Shane Lowry and Rory McIlroy won next month’s West of Ireland Championship at Sligo.
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