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Ljunghusen Golf Club has what Europeans describe as a "moorland" flavor. It's a very peaceful scene, with the course enclosed within a nature preserve and bordering an area of protected marshland. Several of the holes are close to the beaches of the Baltic coast, Tim McDonald writes.
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"My wife and I have played lots of courses throughout Ireland and have played this beautiful course about 4 or 5 times now, and we both agree that it is one of the best golf courses in Ireland," GolfEurope.com reader Don Kirkaldy reports.
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Welcome to Royal North Devon Golf Club, also known as "Westward Ho!", England's oldest links, and where to the visitor, nothing seems to have changed since its founding in 1864. These links have a rich history, most evident in the clubhouse, full of old trophies and photos of past visitors like Harry Vardon, James Braid and Herbert Fowler.
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Royal Copenhagen Golf Club is in the middle of Dyrehaven, one of Denmark's prettiest natural areas. It was here that King Frederik III in 1669 decided he wanted his own hunting grounds, and so he herded in thousands of deer and fenced off the area. Hence the name Dyrehaven, which means "deer park" or "deer garden."
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Ten holes hugging the cliffs, a pub after the 15th, a 'blowhole:' Nefyn & District in north Wales will bring any golfer touring Wales plenty of firsts.
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Cardigan Golf Club on Wales' southwest coast, when stripped down to the course itself, is simply a joy to play. You may not hear infamous legends of the great ones playing here, or see many plaques or famous faces in black-and-white photographs, but when you leave Cardigan, it may be your most enjoyable round during your Wales golf trip.
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There's a big secret emerging on the Emerald Isle: a handful of golf courses in its undiscovered northwest are welcoming golfers with open tee sheets and links as fine as anywhere else - but at a fraction of the cost. Among northwest Ireland's budding golf scene, lies one links jostling for the area's top spot: Enniscrone Golf Club.
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Greg Blake: "El Chaparral Golf Club near Malaga, Spain is one of the best golf courses i've played on, the service from breakfast thru to the 19th hole is second to none, scenery is amazing, tees to fairways to the greens are in fine condition too, would recommend here to everyone."
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Eight miles west of the coastal city of Swansea in Wales is Pennard Golf Club, a timeless links sure to garner strong opinions from any visiting golfer. Experiencing the one-of-a-kind links of Pennard toes the line between driving you mad and blowing you away.
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After years of complacency, one of Wales' finest links golf courses, Ashburnham Golf Club, is back on track and is a 'must play' round on the British Isles.
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The host sites of so many majors in America are posh privates, open only to members and their guests. But anyone willing to travel to Scotland can play the famous 18th hole at Carnoustie Championship Links, site of the 1999 British Open and Jean Van de Velde's embarrassing triple bogey that found him ankle-deep in a burn as the world watched dumbfounded.
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Just north of Newcastle, where Royal County Down draws in full tee sheets and £125-150 greens fees, sits a can't-miss hidden gem: Arglass Golf Club. If you leave Northern Ireland without seeing this stunningly unique links course, you haven't really seen all the north has to offer.
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A GolfEurope.com reader and Castle Hume Golf Club member says this course in County Fermanagh is an underrated parkland gem following a decade of improvements.
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Home to Calamity and Big Bertha, Royal Portrush Golf Club's Dunluce Links is one of the finest walks in links golf and perhaps the best play in Northern Ireland.
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Just as Christy O'Connor's playing career will forever be linked to his magical 2 iron to the 18th green against Fred Couples that allowed Europe to retain the Ryder Cup in 1989, all his designs will likely be compared to the new course at Headfort Golf Club about 45 minutes northwest of Dublin in County Meath.
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After a disappointing first visit to Waterlandse G.C. near central Amsterdam six years ago, this GolfEurope.com reader returned recently and found a challenging layout with greatly improved conditioning.
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Located in Limavady, the Radisson Roe Park Hotel and Golf Resort doesn't compete against Northern Ireland's century-old links. But it offers the region's only four-star golf resort and a golf facility that includes an 18-hole parkland course.
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Ballyheigue Castle Golf Club near Tralee in County Kerry, Ireland, is a golf club that plays around an early-19th-century ruin and offers golfers a mix of scenery and history, Brandon Tucker writes.
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Lush fairways and well-conditioned greens impressed one GolfEurope.com reader on a recent round at La Marquesa Golf Club in Alicante, Spain.
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Built near the landing site for of the first nonstop transatlantic flight, Connemara Golf Club is one of northwest Ireland's many overlooked links.
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