European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 28, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse I As usual. Give Kiwi a free lift lord into your eternal Fairway. On the other Side of the cemetery american Goll architect Robert Trent Jones has Laid out. So to speak Anotle 1b Hoe Purgatory of sea and Sand that should inspire lore Tombstone humor. Wednesday Tralee Ireland s newest course designed by Arnold Palmer does t have a clubhouse yet or much of a Road leading up to its Clil Side location overlooking Dingle Bay but it does have a fully licensed bar and scenery so awesome As to cons Lille a valid Alibi Lor housing up a shot. Medieval castles guard the Entrance to Barrow Harbor which thanks the course in the distance loom the Lovely lumps of the sleeve wish mountains while at your feet curves the lonely stretch of Beach where Ryan s daughter was filmed. You la be an authentic Irish ruin yourself after taking aim Al the third Ohio a slender Finger of Green rising irom the crashing Waves like a Banshee s Echo of the seventh at Pebble Beach. Thursday Dool in gaelic Means dunes of which there is no shortage at the Dooks Goll club which Oiler s magnificent views of Kerry head and the purple Mountaine majesty of the Dingle Peninsula Irish Golf is relaxed Friendly and hospitable. A note irom the pro Al your Home course Public or private and a Telephone Call the Day before to the Secretary provokes an invitation to almost any course in the land. Dooks Captain Jack o Shea. A Kerry banker when not banking approach shots onto the rumble seat greens joined us on the Back nine. Again the Fauna dominated the Gall Chat. It seems that the rough bordering the 13th Green is one of the Lew surviving habitats of the Natter Jack Toad an endangered species protected by Law. The Toad a were told is very like a Golf Ball spotted and dimpled and hard to find. It neither hops nor jumps and Only ventures out in the celtic Twilight we took his word for it Friday m the Bottom of the ring of Kerry overlooking while capped Ballins Elligs Bay where Irish monks built heritages on the Liny Bald Rock islands lurks the Beautiful wat Ervite s punishing 7,135 Yards of dunes and Heather bounded on three sides by the thundering Atlantic would indeed try the patience of a Saint. It also presents a pious reminder of Ireland s tormented past. A plaque designates the Par-3 12th As the mass workmen refused to locate the Green in the adjacent deep Dell where mass was covertly celebrated in the Days o the pedals Laws when a Catholic could not own a horse of More than an acte of land and the priest had a Price on his head. The Crescent shaped par4 final Hole often lashed by 60-Mph winds coming from three directions is named round the Bend where in often drives hapless hackers Bui salvation awaits around the next Bend Al the Buccaneer a tiny restaurant serving huge lobsters recently dislodged from the Ball strewn rocks lining the Back nine. Second monday tha name Mulligan for a Charity second shot off the first Lee is unknown in Irish Golf but such an illegal Gilt is hereabouts called a Garryowen. " in keeping Wilh the words of the song carry on o or so i was Lold by the lads in the hand knit Fisherman s sweaters lugging their bags up 1he Sodden Hills of the uus Kerry club in county Cork where a laughing River gobbles up Golf balls. A soft Day they dismissed the Pelling rain. I Learned there is Only one motorized Golf car in All of Ireland. It belongs to a one legged member of the por Marnock club in said my informant in a Rich Brogue. He cautioned against retrieving a Ball hit into a ring of rocks in the Middle of a Airway because the enclosure was a lain fort where the wee Folk the leprechauns dance their shoes Oil on Moonlit nights. They have been known to make Oil with both trespassing Golf Ball and since Blarney Castle was Only a dog s leg to the left up the Road. I believed everything i was told. Second tuesday the Waterford club. I was assured in t in Waterford a tall a tall because part of the course lies in county Kilkenny. Anyhow the chandeliers in the clubhouse were genuine Waterford Crystal and the Irish soda bread straight irom the oven was also authentic. Clubhouse cuisine in Ireland we found is belter than in some of the Best hotels. Your leg of Lamb might recently have been bounding across the course As part of the ground keeping stall. Although cows and sheep Are Welcome on Irish courses apparently there Are limits As the sign on the front Gale indicated no racing greyhounds on the second wednesday. Royal Tara which deserves the Lille flows gently Down the slopes of the Hill of tar a. Here until St. Patrick came along the Pagan High Kings summoned bad and a pits and Druid priests to tha great banquet Hall. On Inis hallowed ground you still must watch your language because lha foursome ahead of behind is sure to include a monsignor or a com to Worth Patean Hoof. Bishop or a Mother Superior with a Superior vocabulary. One Field away irom Royal Tare is the missionary Headquarters of the Columban fathers who according to the assistant pro often pass through the Hedges to meditate and do penance. After all1 he allowed Golf spelled backwards is second thursday. Seve Ballesteros feigns As King at Royal Dublin of having mounted the most memorable invasion since the Spanish Armada. His Pic lure dominates the clubhouse foyer. He won the Irish open Here in 1983 and 1985 and again this year Al nearby por Marnock. Seve is almost As famous locally As Christy o Connor sr., the pro Here since 1959 who is often called upon in the bar Lor an instant replay of perhaps the most thrilling rally in Golf history playing in wild winds in the lint round of the 1966 Carrolls International o Connor came 1o the 16th tee 3 strokes behind Erie Brown from Scotland. As he is known around the premises fired Eagle Birdie Eagle to win by 2 shots. Clubhouse chroniclers credit o Connor a gregarious Man who Hales to see a party end Wilh even More panache under pressure. It seems Christy arrived late and terribly Hung Over Tor an important tournament and almost missed his tee off time which would have meant disqualification. In desperate need of a restorative he implored a crony to Meel him with a Container of Black Coffee under a certain tree in the rough about 250 Yards Down the left Fairway. A then landed his drive almost at his Benefactor s Leel. Those lacking Chris by s precision May find themselves psyched out by Royal Dublin s colonies of huge hares who raise their Lall ears above the cavernous bunkers and smile their idiotic bugs Bunny smiles As if to inquire. What s up Duffer second Friday from Deer Pafk on Iho Heights above Howth Castle seven other Golf courses can be seen across sparkling Dublin Bay. The problems of the outside world intrude even on this Serene scene. An elderly groundskeeper climbed Down from his Taclof to help us Hunt a Ball gone astray in the Golden gorse. I hate Lor the kids to Lind them he sighed. They sell Idem to buy final monday Royal county Down in strife Lorn Northern Ireland makes almost every list of the world s great courses in 1889, old Tom Morns Laid out this jewel of a course where the mountains of Mourne sweep Down to the sea. King Edward Vii waved a Brassie Over the Emerald fairways and bestowed the Royal title in 1908, but the off Chi presence always has been a problem. In recent years the Graceful sleeve Donard Hole upon which Ona lakes aim from several Lees has been blown up and rebuilt a number of limes. Rifle shots have echoed across the bunkers but the gentleman s game carries on and the civilities must be observed. Jackets and ties Are required in the dining room even at lunch. Tuesday the final round. On tha windswept crags of Bun Doran across Donegal Bay from the Mountain that Yeats called Bare Ben Hulben s head i was thoroughly skunked by a rail Bald 70-year-old Proesl who had us undergone a quadruple heart bypass. Not hitting the wee Bailie like i used to he complained while bashing out 250-Yard drives without removing the slump of a pipe from his clenched Teeth. As he pocketed the 5 Pound note. I Hall expect Ltd this twinkling image of Barry Fitzgerald to Craw like the old pastor in going my Way Goll is just a Pool table moved maybe someday i la go Back to Ireland Wilh my Goll clubs but if i do i want the name of his heart burgeon. Also i want to take a Lew lessons from the Ruddy faced starter in the Weed Cap at Romoland Castle who was overheard telling an american Matron ii you Don t mind me saying so Madam you lift your Hind leg Loo the stars and stripes Page 15
