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Links of Heaven: A Complete Guide to the Golf Journeys in Ireland

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Richard Phinney and Scott Whitley have produced the best book on golf in Ireland to date. It's full of first accounts of the Emerald Isles' best courses as well as interesting stories about Irish characters in the world of golf. You'll read it more than once.

This book is a very helpful and unique guide to those who are planning a golfing vacation in Ireland. There is very little information like this in the usual travel books. The authors provide discriptions and history of the top 30 courses in Ireland in a very organized easy to read format. (There is information about 100 other courses as well) There is also some information on where to stay, eat, costs and other sites. Only one criticism, I wish there was more! I would like to know more about the nuts and bolts of getting around with golf clubs, some out of the way golf interests and information on unusual golf (not just the famous). However, I must say, I did appreciate the listing of golf tournaments that foreigners can play

The best book ever written about Irish Golf. I read this book in preparation for a trip to Ireland last summer and took it along for the trip. The authors clearly love golf and do a great job in helping to explain why Irish golf is so special. If you only read one book on golf this year, let this one be it. However, after reading the book you might have an uncontrollable desire to make the trip yourself!

I have read and re-read this book since buying it 3 years ago. While it is now 9 years old and could use a 2nd edition (for example, the green fees have risen dramatically from those listed), Links of Heaven is still the best golf travel book I have ever read. The historical accounts of some of these courses, and the role of Irish golf architect Eddie Hackett, are engagingly written and utterly charming. Still a great help to anyone planning a golf trip to Ireland.