Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakesBeing the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland . itt for the use ofhis guests. It is an eighteen-hole course, three miles in extent,and skirts the picturesque Dunfanaghy Bay. The scenery aroundis charming, and, when the links are got into proper order, thiscourse should rank high in the estimation of the most exactinggolfers, for, although they are newly laid out, the turf is of ex- SHEEPHAVEN BAY 57 (?client quality, the greens are natural, and there arc man
Picturesque Donegal: its mountains, rivers, and lakesBeing the Great Northern Railway (Ireland) Company's illustrated guide to the sporting and touring grounds of the north of Ireland . itt for the use ofhis guests. It is an eighteen-hole course, three miles in extent,and skirts the picturesque Dunfanaghy Bay. The scenery aroundis charming, and, when the links are got into proper order, thiscourse should rank high in the estimation of the most exactinggolfers, for, although they are newly laid out, the turf is of ex- SHEEPHAVEN BAY 57 (?client quality, the greens are natural, and there arc many naturalbunkers. On the outward and homeward journey, two streamsare met with. At the first tec the player is confronted by a stretchof rocky beach and a bad drive is disastrous at the outset ; thegreet!, however, is easily reached by a straight ball followed by astrong mashie shot. The third green is guarded by a tortuousstream, and requires a strong drive and straight brassy shot toreach it. The fourth hole presents no particular difficulty untilthe green is reached, when care must be taken lest the approachoverruns the green and lands in a ditch, some fifteen vards (lOl-F LINKS: 1)L .\F.\\.\(. H\ At the sixth tee a drive of one hundred and thirt\ \ards is neces-sary to negotiate safely the second stream ; a short ball here mayland among sand Ijunkers. The seventh green is approached overa stretch of marshy land ; but a straight drive from the tee willfind the green. .V decent drive, or iron shot, reaches the eighthgreen, and the ninth hole is a short one. The tenth hole runsparallel with the sea and is perilously near a rock-bound part ofthe shore ; through the green the player must be very cautious,and his approach shot requires careful calculation, otherwise hisball niay o\errini the sloping green and land in a deep sand\ bay 58 PI CT IRES O IE DONEGAL. below. This hole may be obtained in four. At the eleventh teethe drive is over a stretch of sandy beach, and a
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