Torsten Pamp moves along the Irish coast southwest from Ballyliffin. He stops at Rosses Point, where he in this chapter of The Tour of Ireland Project gets the chance to play the challenging Co Sligo Golf Club.
Co Sligo at Rosses Point is the last great links destination before we arrive at the west coast. On a small promontory just outside town, Rosses Point invites us for a tough challenge. Sandwiched as a watershed and with Ireland’s response to Table Mountain as a backdrop, the holes vary from short tee-offs from the dunes over water against almost island greens to long drives along the waterline on narrow fairways.
For the first time in a week we realize that more poeple than ourselves want to play. The tee times are fully booked, with two slots available in one group. As it turned out, they were two fellow Swedes on a two week golf trip.
The views are stunning from Co Sligo Golf Club with breath taking sceneries from the ocean to the mountains.
Next stop: Stranddhill — from beach to moguls
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Hoppsan, vi är inte ensamma
Sista stora linksmålet innan man hamnar på västkusten hittar vi i Sligo. På en liten udde precis utanför stan bjuder Rosses Point på tuff utmaning. Inklämt som en vattendelare och med Irlands svar på både Taffelberget och Lapporten som bakgrund varieras hålen från korta utslag från dyntoppen ner över vatten mot nästan ögren till långa drivar längs med vattenlinjen mot smala fairways.
The wind is always a factor at Rosses Point. Even more so on the greens close to the sea, like here on hole 12 at the far end of the course.
För första gången på veckan upplever vi att det är fler som ska spela. Tiderna är fulltecknade men det fanns plats i en boll – med två svenskar på egen flerveckorsturné.
Next stop: Stranddhill — från stranden till puckelpist
