European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                By Hugh a. Mulligan associated Presse excerpts from 3 diary of Dipuma dreamed and divots dug during an Irish golfing Holiday the of act of these random ramblings. Among Lairy forts Emerald Hills and a coded lakes near Wale lord was to waggle a Mas hip Niblick Over a dozen different courses on As Many weekdays leaving saturday Lor the laundry Ninfi sunday to the lord and inc locals since Ireland Nofeh and South  o 32 counties carved up into More than ?00 Golf courier i scorned Prudon to keep moving on a Milo to Nai i were still Friendly the Odyssey began Eaily in fall at Lamch in county Clare a championship links about a Hall hour drive lion Shannon Airport a links course by Irish experience is a scattering of a dozen and a Ham velvety greens i3l connected by a my dunes hip High Marsh grasses and enormous natural bunkers burrowed Oul by sheep. Cattle and an occasional Gollner seeking shelter from the howling Allar Ilic winds monday the barometer in the  of the clubhouse lacks hands but carries a notice see boats " meteorological lore at Lamch Dic Lales thai in the goats employed to mow the a a ways Aie anywhere near the clubhouse Toul weather can Hie pc led ii they Are at Large on the links. Hail away on the morning to arrived two Nanny goats cowered in the Lee of the porch Wilh a Trio of shivering caddies who were frying to warm their hand around steaming mugs of Coffee. The Launa As subsequently will be seen play almost As important a part in Irish Golf As Trie Toub Leomo Lima which menaces with impede liable thickets of Golden gorse. Barbed wire nettle1 and purple Heather unlit Hooble As the nearby pounding Oconn a double Rainbow arched Over the Clims of Moher. One of Ireland s grandest sights so to ventured Oul ahead of the goats they Weic waiting Lor us at the Lahood 156 Yard sixth Hola. Which is totally hidden for the Loo Anci must be played off its surrounding precipitous Banks like a blindfolded three Cushion billiard Shol the Par-5 fifth Hole is also Worth a postcard Home a wild ramble across the dunes to a Green lurking behind the Klondike. A tremendous Hill lopped by a White Rock which indicates the me your Iron nil Musl a Ollove old Tom Morris the dour Scot irom St Andrews who Laid out the course along Lovely Lis Cannor Bay in 1893 Wilh inc help of engineers irom inc Black watch regiment Lound the terrain so pleasingly diabolical to Only had to indicate the holes tuesday by ferry across the Mouth of the Shannon to Bally Union a Lacky Seaside resort in county Kerry with a wind lashed Gall course hat torn Wal san an honorary lil Elime member numbers Imong the Best in the world Watson Whoso picture hangs Over the bar comes Here to tune up Lor the British open by blasting Airway Woods in Tho direction of Boson Over Europe s tallest Sand Hills onto greens clinging precariously to the Cliffs howling Atlantic gales and laughing seagulls provide a noisy gallery. An ancient graveyard with celtic crosses and weather faded headstones Borders the Lisl tee and lulls the Lavonte clubhouse game of conjuring up Apt epitaphs Lor golfers. Among suggestions overheard while we partook of some Bro Chan Folt Chep. Delicious Leek and Oatmeal soup before facing the moonscape Back nine o Leary s Only honest lie Dolan s first Hole in one Desmond s deepest Divot Here lies Callahan out of Bounds vat might Youb Handicap  not Bein Irish Page 14 the stars and stripes