A Course Called Ireland Quotes

“If you had ever leaned sideways into the breeze with a sand wedge in your hands, staring through windblown tears at a golf ball entombed in four feet of fanged thistle, clothes soaked through to the skin, fingers like an overworked fishmonger, and yet you couldn’t bring yourself to stop smiling—then you got it.”
― Tom Coyne, A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee

“Doonbeg was a small town with a few shops and a busy restaurant, small even by Kilkee standards, which I found surprising, seeing how Doonbeg was one of Europe’s hottest golf destinations, home to Greg Norman’s much-blogged-about new links.”
― Tom Coyne, A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee

“The Lab hopped up on the picnic table, his coat matted with wet sand. He walked over and sat down next to me, looking out at the ocean as if to say, Pretty nice, huh? I took quick stock of my world as I stood there—thatched pub, clean bed, cool pint of stout, a Labrador—and it was pretty nice, indeed. hole 199”
― Tom Coyne, A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee