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Drinking Guinness at Donegal GC.
DAY 5: LOUGH ERNE - County Fermanagh
As a contrast and break from walking the
links, we all set off in buggies to tackle the
Faldo course, one of two inland parkland-
style layouts (the other being Castle Hume) at
the luxury Lough Erne Resort, located in the
heart of the Fermanagh Lakelands. The Faldo
course (designed by six-time major champion
Sir Nick Faldo) meanders through pine forest
before making its way to the Lough Erne side,
and features wetland areas, elevated tees,
deep bunkers and sloping greens. We round
off a great day’s golf with a fine meal in the
3AA rosette Catalina Restaurant, enjoying local
dishes such as Kilkeel crab, Toombebridge eel,
Lisdergen Irish Spring lamb, Kilkeel pan-fried
hake and rhubarb tart.
Signature Hole: Hole 10 (Emerald Isle), Par-4,
347 yards. The green has been constructed
on a man-made peninsula jutted out into
the waters of Lough Erne. Big hitters will
be tempted to go for it, but for many, a
Harvey’s Point Hotel (© Harvey’s Point).
combination of a hybrid or mid-iron off the
tee followed by a wedge of some description
will be the sensible strategy.
lougherneresort.com
Overnight Stay: Lough Erne Resort
DAY 6: ENNISCRONE - County Sligo
Enniscrone started life as a modest nine-holer
in 1918, but it was the prolific Irish designer,
Eddie Hackett, who put the place on the map
when he extended the layout to eighteen in
the mid-1970s. Then, a few years back, Donald
Steel visualised another six holes in the dune
range and built three others, enabling the club
to spread its wings to 27 holes. The scenery of
the main championship course, appropriately
called The Dunes is second to none. Twelve
of the holes wind and twist their way through
a maze of the tallest and shaggiest dunes
on the coast, where a sense of isolation and
tranquility surrounds you, with only wild
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