A Royal County Down And Irish Open Primer
/For us west coasters the coverage from Royal County Down starts at midnight Wednesday, but with Golf Channel devoting at least 21.5 hours to the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, we should have plenty of opportunity to see one of the world's great courses.
Thanks to Rory McIlroy joining forces with the event, a strong field has assembled to see Royal County Down, relive Walker Cup memories or just collect a nice appearance fee.
Either way, I've assembled a primer on the course and Irish Open week at The Loop. We also previewed RCD on Morning Drive.
Also, do read Ran Morrissett's 2006 review of the course. If you haven't been to RCD in a while like myself, or you just want to know about some of the particulars before the telecast starts, it's well worth your time.
Anyone who has a ticket to the sold out event, please let us know how it all goes.
**Left out of my seven items: the vaunted gorse is in bloom, as I learned watching Stephanie Wei's Periscopes from a practice round with Robert Rock giving great insights into the course. And from Kevin Markham, who shared some images of what it looks like. Those who've made the trek to Royal County Down say the gorse in bloom at RCD is one of the more amazing sites in the game. And now, the world will see it in beautiful high definition.
Screen capture of Kevin's shots (embeds not working, sorry):
