The Grand Hotel, Malahide - Ideally situated for quick and easy access to several different key cour

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Such impulses include having an array of fine food and drink locations, non-golf attractions (perish the thought but one cannot live on golf alone!) and just a sense of being connected to the outside world at your immediate doorstep. How glorious it is to have such a linkage but still having the wherewithal to shut everything out as soon as the tee peg breaks travel nursing jobs for dialysis the surface of the ground travel nursing jobs for dialysis and the game commences.
My return travel nursing jobs for dialysis visit to Dublin this past summer reinforced to me any visit to Ireland must always include the capital city. The range of activities in the downtown core never lacks for a dull moment -- the Dublin pub crawl is clearly something any devotee of the bending of the elbow will need to schedule.
One of the best locations to use as your base of operations travel nursing jobs for dialysis is centering yourself travel nursing jobs for dialysis in the seaside community travel nursing jobs for dialysis of Malahide. Located just minutes from the Dublin International Airport -- Malahide has enough cache to hold its own but it ideally provides a very close proximity for several of the key area courses for the golf aficionado.
No question travel nursing jobs for dialysis -- it helps to schedule a bit of time to visit Ireland's largest city. Dublin is concentrated rather nicely with a center core area so if you wish to avoid taking the car you can easily access public transportation -- given the crush for parking spaces it's often the wiser option to follow.
The evolution of Dublin has gone through several stages - courtesy of the economic health experienced. The investment -- from local and international sources -- has clearly raised the profile and while Dublin doesn't have the international pedigree of London - it does have less of the least desirable elements found with the UK's largest city -- namely ruthlessly insane congestion and insanely high prices literally across the board.
Irish hospitality is well known internationally and rightly touted. The golf offerings reviewed below are generally amendable to visits provided you contact them sufficiently prior to any planned visit. In sum - Dublin never disappoints.
Without question -- the premier tournament layout in the immediate core Dublin area. A few years back the storied 27-hole layout went through an internal re-examination. How to improve an iconic course that was growing tired -- turf conditions were at-best mediocre and the celebration of the past was more of an emphasis than the planning of the future. The good news to report from my latest visit to Portmarnock is the layout been majestically rejuvenated and is once again providing the golf experience that it so ably had done for many years. The club smartly hired the former superintendent from famed Carnoustie in Scotland and the level of detailing is clearly evident when playing the course now. Green cuts are precise and the course travel nursing jobs for dialysis has been free from internal trees and other debris that took away from the experience. Among all the links courses you can play in Ireland -- Portmarnock is the fairest test in rewarding shots accordingly travel nursing jobs for dialysis and penalizing those that are not. www.portmarnockgolfclub.ie
Going to Royal Dublin involves taking a narrow access road which whisks you away from an industrial park and transports you to Bull Island - a tiny sliver of land that fronts the Irish Sea yet just a very short drive from city center. Royal Dublin is a straightforward links layout dating back to 1935 with the fingerprints of the legendary architect travel nursing jobs for dialysis Harry S. Colt on its design.
Royal Dublin follows a predictable links routing -- the holes literally go out until you reach the furthest travel nursing jobs for dialysis point of the property and then make a bee-line back in the opposite fashion. The outward bound holes usually find a prevailing helping breeze and players will need to score low because the inward side can mean a relentless headwind that will shake all but the soundest of swings. The par-4 10th, 13th and 17th each play extremely long when the wind is blowing into the player and are solid holes even with no wind.
The finishing hole is quite strange -- a dog-leg right protected by OB with the putting surface on the far side -- there's no need to hit driver and have your tee ball encounter an increasingly narrow drive zone. Be sure to tour the clubhouse and take in the history and accomplishments of the golfers who have strode these grounds. www.theroyaldublingolfclub.com
To appreciate a true links one must have the good fortune in having turf prepared to provide the ideal mix of firm and fast conditions. The challenge is not easy to attain but when such a happening occurs -- golf magic is in the air. The Island -- originally named because it required a boat passage to get to the course which ended in 1973 -- has strived to do all that it can in terms of course presentation and design heft. No question travel nursing jobs for dialysis the lengthy shadow of neighbor Portmarnock can be a long one -- but The Island provides travel nursing jobs for dialysis a quality test without the overall intensity found with its nearby neighbor. Top tier routing and a marvelous mixture of holes that twist, turn and always push the player to execute time after time. A clear contender for one of my top 10 spots in all of Ireland golf. www.theislandgolfclub.com
Opened in 1995 and adjacent to its namesake big brother -- Portmarnock Links is a good layout travel nursing jobs for dialysis that only gets better the deeper the round progresses. travel nursing jobs for dialysis The outward half is fairly dull but from the moment you arrive at the par-4 7th the design elements begin to rise noticeably. The inner half of holes works you closer to the ocean and the intersection of mound and bunkers is always there to keep you guessing on just how much one dares to tackle these constant elements. The final quartet of holes is well done and brings you home in stellar fashion. www.portmarnock.com
Opened in 1992 and located travel nursing jobs for dialysis roughly an hour south of Dublin -- Pat Ruddy -- designer of many courses throughout Ireland -- scoped out land along Brittas Bay and decided to both design and own his own links layout. Part of the fun in playing The European Club is having an audience with Ruddy. travel nursing jobs for dialysis The affable gent is always quick on the verbal whip -- with an array of Irish quips that could easily fill an encyclopedia. Be sure to have a tape recorder on hand because the stand-up show is one of a kind.
The European Club is arguably Ireland's most difficult layout. The passageways from the tip tees get especially narrow and the rough areas for any stray shots can often mean a quick "re-load." Candidly, The European Club would be better served in following a "less is more" design approach. There are holes that follow that maxim -- the superb par-4 17th is one clear example. Ruddy added two par-3 holes as extras into the mix and when the weather cooperates -- far from a certainty -- the intersection of land and water is memorable. Only real downer -- the concluding holes on each side follows the same pattern as long par-4's. Good holes -- but not uniquely different. www.theeuropeanclub.com
Founded 1892 -- with the present layout carried out by Tom Simpson in 1938 - the man responsible for The Old Course at Ballybunion -- the 190-acre site provides two-nine-hole loops. Wind direction always varies from moment to moment travel nursing jobs for dialysis as you track your way around the links. One of the main strengths of the course is that it provides for constant change of direction of the holes -- the routing is not the garden variety of going out in a line for number of holes and backtracking the reverse direction.
County Louth is well respected by locals but often is under-appreciated and sometimes not even played by visitors -- don't make that mistake when visiting. The course has few dull moments and when the dunes are encountered be sure to execute with the surest of strokes. The challenges presented will reward fine shots but like an honest travel nursing jobs for dialysis judge - no bribes or short cuts provided. www.countylouthgolfclub.com
The Grand Hotel, Malahide - Ideally travel nursing jobs for dialysis situated for quick and easy access to several different key courses. Just a short stroll to all the key attractions within Malahide itself. Staff is most attentive and food offerings are good. The only small thing of note: during my stay this past July a miniature heat wave -- temps in the high 70's each day with not a cloud in site. The rooms do not have air-conditioning -- not unusual in Ireland -- but there are also no ceiling fans which would have been a plus. www.thegrand.ie
The Marker Hotel / Dubin - Any visit to Dublin travel nursing jobs for dialysis should include a bit of time in the regenerated Dublin Docklands. Staying at The Marker gives you the ideal location to sample the qualities of a first rate lodging location in tandem with a wide range of fascinating alternatives all within an easy walking distance. The Marker is far from staid -- a real bounce and beat is clearly apparent the moment you arrive. The rooftop bar is a must for those who wa