The Cradle Of Golf

This is two recommended destination for those who believe that vacation + golf = true.

IRELAND: 400 Reasons

There are more than 400 good reasons why Ireland is regarded as one of the world's top golf destinations.

The green Island has everything a golfer could ask for, from cheap windswept courses to courses with world class standards. Golf in Ireland is huge. No matter where you are on the island, there will be a golf course nearby.

Perhaps the most exclusive course in Ireland is the K Club. It is located in Kildare, about an hour's drive from Dublin. The price is 120 euros.

Also Mt. Juliet and Druids Glen is the courts who score high on the rankings.

However, there is no problem to play cheap golf in Ireland. You can buy a round of golf, including food, for around 40 euros.

SCOTLAND: Golf Sport cradle

It was here on the windswept St. Andrews in Scotland that golf arose about 600 years ago.

It was also here that it was decided that a golf round will consist of 18 holes, not 22 as it originally was. It happened "only" 250 years ago. And that is where all the rules of golf originated.

For a passionate golfer is one round at St. Andrews Old Course almost like a pilgrimage. St. Andrews, has several courts that purely objective can be argued to be as great as The Old Course, but no golf courses in the world has the same sound as it.

You have four options if you want to play the Old Course: You can sign up for a lottery that gives the start time up to a year in advance, you can take the chance of being drawn into the daily lottery, you can set yourself up as a single player and hope to be invited in or you can buy a safe place. The latter is expensive. Two nights in a hotel and a round on The Old Course, plus one on the other tracks, costs between 14 000 and 24 000 respectively.

To get to St. Andrews, you can either fly to Aberdeen (and drive 84 miles north), Glasgow (90 miles west) or Edinburgh (48 miles south).

Prices at St Andrews Old Course:

High season: 130 pounds (19 April - 17 October)

Middle season: 91 pounds (19 October to 31 October)

Low: 64 pounds

The Cradle Of Golf

By: Christer Nyrud

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