Castlegregory Golf Club

Castlegregory is a 9 hole links course on the north side of the Dingle peninsula. This is the first links course we have played in ages and just when we needed the good weather we’ve been having to continue, it promptly turned. It was a pretty grey morning and by the time we teed off at 13:30 the wind had really picked up and clouds were getting lower and more threatening - not very nice conditions at all.

This is a very nice little course. There’s a testing enough par 5 to start, nicely set along the water. On a good day it could be driveable in two but it would be a brave man who tries even then as the green is very well positioned at the water’s edge. There are some difficult par 3s which have either elevated greens you must hit or you’re in the serious stuff, or there’s a giant pond to carry all the way to the green. There are only a couple of where you would feel truly comfortable taking out your driver.

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Kerry Radio

A bit of fame at last!

Colm, who we met at Beaufort, also does a bit of radio and he thought our story would make for a interesting report. So he called us yesterday at about 11:40 while we were waiting to tee off at Castlegregory and recorded an interview with us.

Thankfully, Clive did most of the talking and he spoke very well about what we get up to and the courses we’ve played. When he handed the phone over the me my mind promptly went blank. Colm asked me about the courses we had played in the Kerry and Cork area but, even though we’d just played Beaufort and Bantry Bay, I had to ask Clive what we had played. So I fumbled my way through a bit about Bantry Bay. Hopefully, Colm will have edited that bit out!

Anyway, thanks to Colm for doing the interview. Hopefully we’ll get a few more hits on the site!

Beaufort Golf Club

When we arrived at Beaufort last night we learned two things immediately. It has a fantastic location - the McGillicuddy’s Reeks provide a spectacular backdrop - and they have peacocks, which have an unmistakeable call.

We met Joe, the barman, and Hans, the chef, and spun our tale. A quick phone call to Tim was all it took to make sure it was OK to park the camper overnight, then came the two pints of Guinness. It wasn’t busy so we chatted with Joe and Hans some more before they engaged each other in a putting competition on the practise green. It looked like Hans was winning as we headed back to the van for the evening.

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