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Welcome to Ireland. Larry, Paul and Brian flew into Shannon and explored southern Ireland for 7 days. The arrows show all 9 courses we hit.
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We did not screw around with our gear - Larry made us authentic Ireland hats so that the locals would see our Irish roots when we walked into every Clubhouse.
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Here we are in Doonbeg. Same ownership as Kiawah Island's golf.
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The living room in our cottage at Doonbeg - we used the fireplace every night!
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The entrance to Doonbeg
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And the practice green and first tee overlooking the ocean...
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Push carts
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The bar here was great
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Wind whipping just a tad
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Larry and Dad before we got ready to tee off
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Dad practices some putts
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Brian
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Video of Doonbeg's first tee
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First tee
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Heavily guarded green
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O'Cherkis lobs one on the green
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Dad dials in a putt
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Constant flow of surfers crossing the fairways and heading to the beach for some riding
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Aiden, our caddie, shows us the line
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Blind fairway
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Marie helps us with the line
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The beach at Doonbeg
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This would be a good example of the typical Ireland fairway - a map is fairly helpful here.
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Par 3
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Beautiful countryside
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O'Cherkis delivers another out from the deep bunker on 13
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Bench overlooking the famous 14th.
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The 14th...Par 3 - must clear all of this...
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...and this...
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Here goes Dad
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Dad lands it on the green on 14
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Three gentlemen