A golf trip to Northwest Ireland led to the discovery of new friends and childhood home of the author’s grandmother.
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MR. NICE GUY
Golf swings come in an unlimited variety. So do opinions.
The former is why I enjoy watching the World Long Drive Championship, where I once saw a guy using a Happy Gilmore-style walk-up for each drive advance through several rounds.
The latter is proof that we’re all different.
NORTH TO BRORA
I suspect that even among the most intrepid TROON Magazine readers there are few who have felt a burning compulsion to venture as far north as Alaska to test their short game skills perhaps on the little nine-hole golf club on Kodiak Island and dodge the native bears in this sub-Arctic wilderness. I confess I have never felt the urge myself, although I am sure it would be a memorable experience.
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LUCK OF THE IRISH
A golf trip to Northwest Ireland led to the discovery of new friends and childhood home of the author’s grandmother.
MR. NICE GUY
Golf swings come in an unlimited variety. So do opinions.
The former is why I enjoy watching the World Long Drive Championship, where I once saw a guy using a Happy Gilmore-style walk-up for each drive advance through several rounds.
The latter is proof that we’re all different.
NORTH TO BRORA
I suspect that even among the most intrepid TROON Magazine readers there are few who have felt a burning compulsion to venture as far north as Alaska to test their short game skills perhaps on the little nine-hole golf club on Kodiak Island and dodge the native bears in this sub-Arctic wilderness. I confess I have never felt the urge myself, although I am sure it would be a memorable experience.
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