Quick FEGC SW Ireland Recap Ramblings

Please excuse the post 20-hour travel day grogginess, but before we get to our full written content coming out of our SW Ireland trip I wanted to do a bit of a rambling thoughts, emptying the notebook post here.

A group of 20 of us just got back from a whirlwind of a trip through SW Ireland. Across 8 days we had a total of two hours of rain and I legitimately returned with a tan. It was one of the more unexpected weather weeks I can remember from any golf trip and there are so many great memories to come out of it. Here are a few I hope will be relatable to those who have been to SW Ireland and notes that will hopefully inspire more of you to go in the future!

1. Dooks Golf Club absolutely knocked my socks off. It's not the most dramatic golf in the region but it is 100% a place I would want to play every day. It's a stunning property with gorgeous views and the golf course is incredibly fun.

2. I wouldn't recommend slamming pot roast and mashed potatoes 15 minutes before your tee time at Dooks, no matter how delicious it may be.

3. Killarney is a ton of fun and J.R. Reidy's might be the best bar in the world.

4. People should talk more about the front nine at Tralee. The back nine is all the internet seems to know about and yet there are a good chunk of strong holes on the opening nine.

5. Pro shop pricing in this region is staggering. Although money doesn't really matter on this kind of trip.

6. If you walk into a bar and someone has a mostly finished pint of Guinness and the head isn't stuck all along the sides of the glass, don't order the Guinness. It's a bad pour.

7. Waterville is a journey but the drive to get there might just be as enjoyable as the golf course itself.

8. It sounds stupid but the people really make a golf trip. We played top-notch courses throughout this trip but I really will mostly remember the people. Including our bus driver Paddy.

9. It's a serious financial commitment to do one of these trips and that's not something I take for granted. Golf in the UK and Ireland is special though and it's worth saving for and making a trip of it.

10. Lahinch is every bit as good as I thought it would be. Maybe better

11. My final night of the trip was spent sitting atop a dune between the 6th and 9th holes at Lahinch with the drone in the air during sunset. It was a magical experience that I cannot wait to write more about and share with you all.

12. Ballybunion is one of the better storytelling routings that I've played. it's not the original routing, but its current iteration is wonderful. I think the original may have been even better.

13. I'm filled with an immense sense of gratitude this morning. We started FE Events in 2019 with the aim of getting golf nuts together for golf trips and now we're sending dozens of people international on a yearly basis and having thousands more get together throughout the year in the states. It's been a hell of a journey and I cannot thank you all enough for your support of our team and our company. We truly believe in what we're building here and have big hopes for FEGC. The people that have joined in so far and the many more that are joining us this year are a testament to the eagerness to play with other golf nuts and travel the world together. I cannot wait for what the future holds.

Here's to many more years of FEGC