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Arrive into Dublin Airport. Board your luxury motorcoach and travel to the city centre for your accommodation at The Schoolhouse Hotel. Today you will play the beautiful and challenging Island links. This course, in splendid isolation nestles itself between the highest sandunes of any links course in Ireland. Golf World rank The Island as #70 in the Top-100 golf courses in the British Isles and The Island will be the Irish qualifying course for The Open Championship from 2005-2010.Overnight Dublin.

Golf at the European Club. A true and great links designed and owned by Pat Ruddy, one of Ireland's foremost golf architects. South of Dublin on the County Wicklow coast, the course tumbles through massive sand dunes and provides stunning views of the Irish Sea. Tiger Woods recorded the course record 67 on his first visit to the club. Overnight Dublin

Golf at K-Club (Palmer Course). The Palmer course hosted the Ryder Cup matches in 2006. One of the finest and most testing inland courses in Ireland requiring accuracy, skill and nerve. The River Liffey and other water hazards feature on the majority of holes. Overnight Dublin.

Golf Old Portmarnock Links. This is an outstanding links. It demands accuracy and skill together with a high level of commitment, nowhere more than the par-3 fifteenth, where a tee-shot should be aimed out over the beach to allow the wind to bring it back to the green. Portmarnock occupies a small peninsula and provides a splendid sense of isolation. Overnight Dublin.

Check out of your hotel this morning. Travel north for you next round of golf to Baltray, Co Louth. Probably Ireland's most underrated links, Baltray has long been a favorite with Irish links enthusiasts. On the mouth of the River Boyne, the course is situated in natural and unspent linksland. Baltray hosted the 2004 Irish Open. After golf continue on to you next overnight in Portrush, Northern Ireland at The Bushmills Inn.

Golf today is at the excellent Royal Portrush. Host course to the 2004 Senior British Open Royal Portrush is consistently ranked as one of the world's greatest golf courses. The dramatic sea views should not (but do!) divert one's attention from the serious challenge posed by the 6,900 yards. Overnight Portrush.

Today?s round is at Royal Portstewart. For a long time Portstewart was overshadowed by it?s near neighbour Royal Portrush. However the addition of seven new holes through the dunes in the late 1980's has made the Strand Course a must play for the visiting golfer. The first hole is widely regarded as the best opening hole in Ireland. Overnight Portrush

Depart Portrush and travel down to Newcastle to play Royal County Down . This course is consistently rated as one of the world's best courses. It is an excellent test of golf and the outward half are the equal of any nine holes anywhere. Overnight Newcastle at The Slieve Donnard Hotel.

Sadly your tour has come to end. After breakfast you will be transferred to Shannon Airport where there is time for duty free shopping before boarding your return flight to the U.S.A., arriving the same afternoon.