As rated by Backspin Magazine’s 2010 Voting Panel — comprised of 54 Irish professionals, amateurs, and golf media — here are the top-ranked golf courses in Ireland for 2010.
Links Courses

Portmarnock
Royal County Down
Royal Portrush
The European Club
County Louth (Baltray)
Waterville
Ballybunion (Old)
Lahinch (Old)
County Sligo (Rosses Point)
The Island
The Royal Dublin
Doonbeg
Tralee
Ballyliffin (Glashedy)
Enniscrone
Ballyliffin (Old)
Old Head Kinsale
Portstewart (Strand)
Connemara
Donegal (Murvagh)
Belmullet (Carne)
Portmarnock Hotel & Links
Rosapenna [...]

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Fellow golf travelers, as a complement to Golf Adventure Guides I am creating a new business called GolfTripGurus.com so we can all share our wisdom and knowledge with fellow golf travelers — and in return, benefit from the wisdom and experience of others.

If you are interested in helping improve your golf travel experience and that [...]

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Do you want to take another ho-hum golf trip or do you want to create a Golf Adventure? You decide!

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The Ireland Golf Adventure Guide and Scotland Golf Adventure Guide have been updated for 2010.

The details for every golf course and accommodation — and everything else in the guides! — are carefully scrutinized and updated for each edition. Here’s an example from the Scotland Golf Adventure Guide.
All new purchases (immediate download and printed) will receive [...]

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The 2009 Irish Open is at Baltray (Co. Louth) Golf Club this week. In the field, of note: Padraig Harrington, Rory Macilroy, and John Daly. Watch video highlights from the PGA European Tour or watch it “live” on the Golf Channel.
Baltray is one of my favorite courses in the east of Ireland. This is a [...]

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New from Tom Coyne, A Course Called Ireland is the story of a walking- averse golfer who treks his way around an entire country, spending sixteen weeks playing every seaside hole in Ireland and often battling through all four seasons in one Irish afternoon.
Buy from Amazon.com: A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search [...]

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The Ireland Golf Adventure Guide and Scotland Golf Adventure Guide have been updated for 2009.
The details for every golf course and accommodation — and everything else in the guides! — are carefully scrutinized and updated for each edition. Here’s an example from the Scotland Golf Adventure Guide.
All new purchases (immediate download and printed) will receive [...]

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On a recent golf trip to Ireland and had the opportunity to again play one of my favorite courses in Ireland, Carne Golf Links (Belmullet). If you haven’t played Carne, I highly recommend it.

The November 2005 issue of Golf Magazine has an excellent article about Carne, and opens with this:
When you first see the links [...]

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Here’s a cool image created at Wordle.net using the text found on this blog:

Remember, now more than ever it pays to plan your own golf trip to Ireland and Scotland rather than pay a tour operator to do what you can easily do yourself.

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Finally, an online tee-time booking system for tons of great golf courses across Ireland and the UK! Brought to you by the good folks at BRS Golf.
In the past I have been hesitant about using online booking systems run by many of the golf clubs across Ireland, Scotland, and England. Why? Well, let’s just say [...]

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