Today
sees the official launch on my blog of the new 3rd edition of Hooked… still the most comprehensive
guide to the golf courses of Ireland.
I’m
giving away prizes, so don’t hit the snooze button quite yet.
The
previous edition came out in 2011 and the first edition was published in 2009.
Between then and now the Irish golfing landscape has endured many changes.
Courses
have closed, re-opened, re-named… clubs have built new clubhouses, introduced
new holes, new routing, new greens, new bunkering. Storms have flattened trees
and stolen dunes and fairways. So here are the six key changes to Hooked and Irish golf
courses in the last six years: