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    Ballyliffin's green fee income is down 30 per cent while the Northern Ireland clubs suffered less severely with a 20 per cent drop at Portrush and 15 per cent at Portstewart. "I look on our three clubs as the roof of Ireland and we're delighted to do business together" said Michael Moss, the long-time secretary/manager of Portstewart where a new clubhouse of 26,500 square feet, was opened last April at a cost of £4m. Full Article at Irish Independent
    I look on our three clubs as the roof of Ireland and we're delighted to do business together
    – Michael Moss SOURCE: Irish Independent 1 month ago
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  1. This is great value ... You'd pay more than £100 at the leading Lancashire courses like Birkdale, Hillside or Formby. And it's a wonderful opportunity for us to play outstanding links courses that we haven't seen before.
    SOURCE: Irish Independent 1 month ago
  2. The real pity of the place is that it stands on wonderful linksland.
    SOURCE: Irish Independent 1 month ago
  3. It's a straight, three-way split between the three clubs
    SOURCE: Irish Independent 1 month ago
  4. we can do the one-mile crossing in 12 minutes which saves about 40 minutes by road through Derry, and in the seven years up to now, 1.97 million people have used the ferry, many of them golfers.
    SOURCE: Irish Independent 1 month ago
  5. I'm three-quarters way through and it's very predictable
    SOURCE: Irish Independent 1 month ago
  6. Off my handicap, this format is very difficult, so we're treating it as a bit of fun
    SOURCE: Irish Independent 1 month ago
  7. Links courses are at their peak right now and I felt it was a good way to stimulate some profitable, end-of-season activity
    SOURCE: Irish Independent 1 month ago
  8. They did it in rowing boats before my time
    SOURCE: Irish Independent 1 month ago
  9. It's amazing the way golfers get together
    SOURCE: Irish Independent 1 month ago

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