Ian Fota Golf

Thanks for the info! Yes I am really looking forward to it, made a Pennstate game when I was visiting PA in 09. It was great fun but I hear that the school football games have atmosphere to match in TX. Also the live music is meant to be great. Yes this is apparant, do you reckon that the Europeans hold true handicaps so if thats the case. LOL.

I also think it is interesting the way a good percentage of golfers increase there handicap when the come and play here. Any views??

Ha. Yes I bet you are. I would advise to play 5 days golf and 5 days to actually check the place out. I see to many groups off there feet from golf. Tired from all the golf and the travelling they tend to be too rushed to truly enjoy Ireland in its entirety. There is a lot more to the place than just the golf, and I honestly think a bit of sight seeing and craic in the local pub only adds to the golf, rather than the trip comprising of all your time spent in the hotel-tour bus/car- golf course.

Yes it sure would be cold in comparison to TX. I am heading to Austin in October so looking forward to the weather there, should be a big change from what I am used to. I think the main thing is to prepare for all types of weather conditions in the one day. On the coast with a strong wind you can very easily experience the four seasons in one round of golf. Yes the history is great. That's a shame. Every where you go here there are historic buildings and land marks.

It would get a lot colder in Canada yes! Average summer temperature is about 19 °C and winter is about 2.5 °C. The last few winters have been some of the coldest on record but that is neither here nor there when it comes to golf talk as all the courses close if there is a hint of frost on the ground. Yes the one piece of advice would be to pack your water proofs. I wear my rain pants but shorts underneath as I find one can heat up very quickly with all the walking and a good few courses would not have golf buggies so you have no option but to walk. This is to encourage the use of a caddy. The rain tends to be in showers and there is no point in bringing an umbrella to any course on the cost as it becomes a burden trying to hold on to it with the wind.

Lol. Yes it can be wet. I wouldn't go as far to say cold though. The wind and rain really depends on where and when you go! The east of the country gets far less rain fall than the west coast. The way the seasons are working out it seems the summers are getting wetter while the rest of the year seems to be some what drier. Most of the Golfers that come to play from my experience are usually from the east coast of the States. NY, MA, TX, PA, etc. One thing that is very obvious is people finding it very hard to deal with the conditions that come with links golf, i.e. the wind!

Also what do ye guys expect weather wise???

Hey Guys, I'm new to this but thought I could add some interesting discussion. I have caddied at the famous Waterville Golf Links in South Ireland all through my summer holidays in school and college and have been lucky enough to do rounds with a few pros, namely Tiger, Mark O Meara and Stewart Appleby. I am now working at marketing in Fota Island Golf Club, Cork, Ireland. I have an idea of why we get so much American golfers here. I want to know why do American golfers think Americans have such a draw to the Emeralde Isle when it comes to golf. What do you guys expect from your experience here and if you have already been, has it been what you had predicted or something completely different??