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IRELAND JULY 2019 BRITISH OPEN TOUR - AUSTRALIAN GOLF TOURS TOP 100 TOUR | 14 NIGHTS - Australian Golf Schools
AUSTRALIAN GOLF TOURS
          TOP 100 TOUR | 14 NIGHTS

IRELAND JULY 2019
BRITISH OPEN TOUR
IRELAND JULY 2019 BRITISH OPEN TOUR - AUSTRALIAN GOLF TOURS TOP 100 TOUR | 14 NIGHTS - Australian Golf Schools
BRITISH OPEN 2019 - IRELAND TOUR

                                                             ITINERARY
Whether it was watching Seve Ballesteros play a recovery shot to tap in distance
from the most impossible circumstances, watching Tom Watson & Jack Nicklaus
slug it out like heavy weight boxers on a Sunday afternoon or seeing Tiger Woods
blitz the field at the peak of his powers, The Open Championship well and truly
harvests golfing folk law. So instead of turning into a nocturnal species this July, why
not come on this ‘5 star’ golfing tour and play some of the greatest golf courses that
Ireland has to offer and witness The Open being played in Northern Ireland for the
first time in 68 years.

On this tour we will be playing 4 golf courses that are ranked in the ‘World Top 100’.
So stop dreaming about your mystic Irish golf adventure and make this dream come
to reality with Australian Golf Tours.

Courses                                Designer/Architect                          Est.
Carton House                           Colin Montgomerie                           2003
Royal County Down (Championship)       George L. Baillie, Old Tom Morris,          1889
                                       Harry Vardon, Harry Colt
County Louth Golf Club                 Tom Simpson, Molly Gourlay,                 1892
                                       Tom Mackenzie
Portmarnock Golf Club (Champion-       William Pickeman                            1893
ship)
The K Club (Palmer Ryder Cup)          Arnold Palmer                               1991
Lahinch Golf Club (Old)                Old Tom Morris, Charles Gibson,             1894
                                       Dr Alister MacKenzie, Martin Hawtree
Trump International Golf Links         Greg Norman, Martin Hawtree                 2002
Ballybunion Golf Club (Old)            Jo Mckenna, Lionel Hewson, Tom Simpson,     1893
                                       Molly Gourlay
Tralee Golf Club                       Arnold Palmer                               1984
Waterville Golf Links                  Claude Harmon, Eddie Hackett, Tom Fazio     1889
Old Head Golf Links                    Joe Carr, Ron Kirby                         1997
European Club                          Pat Ruddy                                   1987
Royal Portrush (Dunluce)               Harry Colt                                  1888

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Monday - 8th July
•   Arrive
•   Carton House (Montgomerie)
•   Guinness Brewery Tour
•   Carton House – Guinness Store House (26 min drive)
•   Night at Carton House

The start of our Mystic Irish journey begins with
A.G.T collecting you from the airport or your hotel
depending on when you are arriving in the Irish
Isles. Once checked into our hotel at the Carton
House estate we can get out and play on the
Colin Montgomerie designed golf course which
is situated on the estate grounds. Having hosted
the Irish Open in 2005 Carton House is ranked the
25th best golf course in the whole of Ireland. This
tree lined park land beauty will be one of the few golf courses on the tour that is protected from the wind.

After our round of golf it is time to get acquainted with the most iconic Irish export in the world. The
delicious black gold that is Guinness. We will drive into Dublin and go on the brewery tour of the Guinness
factory and learn everything we need to know about what goes into making a Guinness and more
importantly, the correct specialised way to pour a pint.

Tuesday - 9th July
                                                •        Breakfast
                                                •        Royal County Down Golf Club (Championship)
                                                •        Carton House – Royal County Down (2 hour drive)
                                                •        Night at Carton House

                                                Royal County Down Golf Club is simply one of the best golf
                                                courses on the planet. Always ranking in the top 5 courses
                                                in the world according to Golf Digest and Golf Magazine it
                                                sometimes actually takes out top spot in their 2 year voting
                                                cycles. A short ride over the boarder in Newcastle, Northern
                                                Ireland it was first ready for play in 1890 designed by the one
                                                and only Old Tom Morris.

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Wednesday - 10th July
                                                          •   Breakfast
                                                          •   County Louth Golf Club
                                                          •   Gaelic Football match at Croke Park
                                                          •   Carton House – County Louth Golf Club (1 hour drive)
                                                          •   Carton House – Croke Park (30 min Drive)
                                                          •   Night at Carton House

                                                          County Louth Golf Club is ranked the 10th best
                                                          golf course in Ireland. First ready for play in 1892
                                                          the golf club is barely 50km out of Dublin. A
                                                          quintessential Irish links that is renowned for
                                                          having some of the best and most challenging
                                                          greens in all of Ireland.

                                                          After freshening up back at Carton House it is
                                                          time go and experience Ireland’s indigenous
game of Gaelic Football at the hallowed turf of Croke Park that holds a capacity of 82,300 people and has
been hosting matches since 1884. A combination of Australian Football and Football (Soccer) it requires
players to be able to kick, handball, shepherd and run their hearts out in order to put the ball in the back
of the net or over the posts for points.

Thursday - 11th July
•   Breakfast
•   Portmarnock Golf Club (Championship)
•   Johnnie Fox’s Pub – Dinner and Hooley Show
•   Carton House – Portmarnock Golf Club (36 min drive)
•   Carton House – Johnnie Fox’s Pub (39 min drive)
•   Night at Carton House

Portmarnock Golf Club is a pure Irish links that
uses the natural features of the local terrain. Having
hosted important events such as The Irish Open, The
Canada Cup & The Walker Cup this golf course which
is ranked in the top 60 in the world has a prestigious
history as the premier golf course on the East coast of
Ireland.

Johnnie Fox’s Pub is the quintessential Irish
experience. With traditional Irish music and river
dancing playing every night this pub is famed for
being the highest pub in Ireland.

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Friday - 12th July
                                                                  •   Breakfast
                                                                  •   K Club (Palmer Ryder Cup)
                                                                  •   Depart: Dublin
                                                                  •   Arrive: Galway
                                                                  •   Carton House – K Club (17 min drive)
                                                                  •   K Club – Galway (2 hour drive)
                                                                  •   Night at The Galmont

The Arnold Palmer designed K Club is most famous for hosting the Ryder Cup in 2006 where Europe
dominated the Americans 18 ½ to 9 ½. This Ryder Cup had extra significance with local Irishman Darren
Clarke returning to the competitive golf for the first time after the passing of his wife Heather. This opulent
resort boasts the 20th best golf course in Ireland and will be the last time on the tour that you will have the
safeguard of trees protecting you from the elements.

After golf it is time to cross country from the East to the West coast and experience the famous town
of Galway. An amazing town that boasts more pubs than you can poke a stick at.... and that is saying
something for Ireland!!!

Saturday - 13th July
•   Breakfast
•   Depart: Galway
•   Cliffs of Moher
•   Lahinch Golf Club
•   Arrive: Westbrook House
•   Galway – Cliffs of Moher (1 hour 30 min drive)
•   Cliffs of Moher – Lahinch (12 min drive)
•   Lahinch – Westbrook House (30 min Drive)
•   Night at Trump International

After breakfast it is time to see one of the most iconic Irish landscapes, The Cliffs of Moher. Rising 120
meters above the Atlantic Ocean at Hag’s Head this tourist attraction entices over 1 million tourists every
year and is one of the must see attractions in all of Ireland.

Lahinch Golf Club is one of the most amazing naturally routed golf courses in the world. With so many
natural great features it is no wonder that different architects such as Old Tom Morris and Dr Alister
MacKenzie over the years have turned this golf course one of the best in the world.

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Sunday - 14th July
•   Breakfast
•   Trump International Golf Links
•   Westbrook House – Trump International (45 min drive)
•   Trump International – Ballybunion (1 hour 55 min)
•   Night at The Cliff House Hotel

‘Making Golf Great Again’ at Trump International Golf
Links in Doonbeg. According to the President he has
the best golf course in Ireland.... According to the
magazines he has the 6th. Well there is only one way
to find out and play it ourselves.

Monday - 15th July
                                                           • Breakfast
                                                           • Ballybunion Golf Club (Old)
                                                           • Night at The Cliff House Hotel

                                                           Ballybunion Golf Club is renowned the world over as
                                                           the best golf course in the Republic of Ireland and
                                                           ranking in many golf publications as a top 25 golf
                                                           course in the world. First laid out in 1893 this Irish
                                                           gem is truly something special. Hugging along the
                                                           Atlantic Ocean this course is quite the exhilarating
                                                           test when mother nature decides to blow some wind.

Tuesday - 16th July
•   Breakfast
•   Depart: Ballybunion
•   Tralee Golf Club
•   Arrive: Waterville
•   Ballybunion – Tralee (28 min drive)
•   Tralee – Waterville (1 hour 45 min)
•   Night at Waterville House

Tralee Golf Club was opened for play in 1984
and designed by Arnold Palmer. The course
hugs the coast line with beautiful views of
the ocean and beach. The golf course is not
the only place in Tralee that resonates beauty,
Tralee is world famous for the Irish beauty
pageant called the ‘Rose of Tralee’. So if you
are looking for love or consider yourself a
beauty you can stay an extra month and enter
the pageant for in August.

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Wednesday – 17th July
                                                   •   Breakfast
                                                   •   Waterville Golf Links
                                                   •   Waterville – Kinsale (2 hours 45 min drive)
                                                   •   Night Kinsale Penthouse

                                                   Waterville Golf Links in the Ring of Kerry is also renowned world
                                                   over as one of the best courses in the world. It used to be one
                                                   of the late Payne Stewart’s most favourite golf courses where
                                                   he always came to play and practice before going onto the
                                                   The Open Championship. The have a statue of the great man
                                                   outside the club house.

Thursday - 18th July
•   Breakfast
•   Old Head Golf Links
•   Kinsale – Old Head Golf Links (23 min drive)
•   Night at Kinsale Penthouse

Old Head Golf Links is one of the most modern golf
links we will playing on the tour and to boot it is one
of the most spectacular. Hugging along a cliff face of a
peninsula it feels like they have put a golf course right
along the top of the Cliffs of Moher. With waves of the
Atlantic Ocean crashing on the rocks below and sea
birds searching for lunch this truly makes you feel like
you are playing on the edge of the earth.

Friday - 19th July
                                       •   Breakfast
                                       •   Depart: Kinsale
                                       •   Blarney Stone
                                       •   Arrive: Wicklow
                                       •   Kinsale – Blarney Stone (40 min drive)
                                       •   Blarney Stone – Wicklow (3 Hour Drive)
                                       •   Night at Arklow Bay Hotel

                                       The Blarney Stone is a block of Carboniferous limestone that is built
                                       into the battlements of Blarney Castle. According to legend, kissing the
                                       stone endows the kisser with the gift of the gab becoming a master of
                                       great eloquence and flattery.

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Saturday - 20th July
                                                                        •   Breakfast
                                                                        •   European Club
                                                                        •   Depart: Wicklow
                                                                        •   Arrive: Belfast
                                                                        •   Wicklow – Belfast (2 hour 30min drive)
                                                                        •   Night at The Radisson

                                                                        Like Barnbougle Lost Farm in Tasmania,
                                                                        The European Club is a 20 hole links.
                                                                        Sometimes in life 18 holes just isn’t
                                                                        enough. Ranked the 4th best golf course
                                                                        in Ireland Rory McIlroy took out the Irish
                                                                        Amateur Championship here in 2006.

                                                                        For the history buffs Belfast has a lot
                                                                        to offer considering it’s role in the ‘Irish
                                                                        Troubles’ and also being birth place of
the Titanic. If you aren’t into history not to worry, they still have an unlimited amount of pubs and love
Guinness just as much!

Sunday - 21st July
•   Breakfast
•   Giant’s Causeway
•   4th Round - The Open
•   Belfast – Giant’s Causeway (1 hour 15 min drive)
•   Giant’s Causeway – Royal Portrush (20 min
    drive)
•   Night at The Radisson

Before heading to see The Open
Championship we will scoot via the Giant’s
Causeway which is an area of 40,000
interlocking basalt columns of an ancient
volcanic eruption. The declared Unesco World
Heritage site is truly something special.

The highlight of our Irish tour will be attending
the 147th Open Championship at Royal
Portrush which is being staged in Northern
Ireland for the first time in 68 years and only the 2nd time in history. With Irish major winners such as Rory
McIlroy, Darren Clarke, Graham Mcdowell & Pádraig Harrington there is real chance a local hero might
come away with the Claret Jug. Let’s also not forget about our Aussie boys who are also a real chance.

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Monday - 22nd July
•   Good bye
•   Belfast – Dublin (1 hour 52 min drive)

After 2 weeks of doing a loop around Ireland and playing some of the best golf courses in the world it time
for the Irish tour to come to an end. We can cater to dropping you off in Belfast, Belfast Airport, Dublin or
Dublin Airport depending on your itinerary after the golf tour.

Let’s do Scotland next year!

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TOUR INCLUDES
4 x Nights at Carton House (Dublin)                      Guinness Brewery Tour

1 x Night in Galway                                      Gaelic Football match at Croke Park

1 x Night at Westbrook House                             Johnnie Fox’s Pub – Dinner and Hooley Show

2 x Nights at Cliff House (Ballybunion)                  Cliffs of Moher

1 x Night at Waterville                                  Blarney Stone

2 x Nights at Kinsale                                    Giant’s Causeway

1 x Night in Wicklow (Arklow Bay Hotel)                  Sunday 4th Round of the The Open at Royal
                                                         Portrush (Ranked the 29th best golf course in the
2 x Nights in Belfast (The Radisson)                     world)

1 x Round of golf at Carton House (Ranked 25th best golf course in Ireland)

1 x Round of golf at Royal County Down Golf Club (Ranked Number 1 golf course in the world)

1 x Round of golf at County Louth Golf Club (Ranked 10th best golf course in Ireland)

1 x Round of golf at Portmarnock Golf Club (Ranked the 25th best golf course in the world)

1 x Round of golf at The K Club (Ranked the 20th best golf course in the world)

1 x Round of golf at Lahinch Golf Club (Old) (Ranked the 65th best golf course in the world)

1 x Round of golf at Trump (Ranked the the 6th best golf course in Ireland)

1 x Round of golf at Ballybunion (Old) (Ranked the 20th best golf course in the world)

1 x Round of golf at Tralee Golf Club (Ranked the 13th best golf course in Ireland)

1 x Round of golf at Waterville Golf Links (Ranked the 5 best golf course in Ireland)

1 x Round of golf at Old Head Golf Links (Ranked the 15th best golf course in Ireland)

1 x Round of golf at the European Club (Ranked the 4th best golf course in Ireland)

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TERMS & CONDITIONS
Package Does Not Include

- Flights

- Travel Insurance

- Meals not listed on itinerary

- Personal Expenses

Itinerary Changes

The itinerary may change due to availability of accommodation and golf courses. In the case of a situation
such as this the accommodation and golf courses will be substituted with a similar standard.

Deposits / Securing bookings

A $2500 deposit is required to secure your place on the tour by the 1st of September 2018. The final
balance for the tour is required to be paid on the 1st of March 2019.

Cancellation Policy

100% of deposit will be refunded in if a cancellation is requested before the 1st of January 2019

50% of deposit will be lost if cancellation is requested between the 1st of January and 28th of February

100% of package will be lost if cancellation is requested after the 1st of March 2019

Travel Insurance:

Australian Golf Tours requires all clients to purchase travel insurance for this tour

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