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 . LOUGH S]\ILLV. 21 great scope for l^rassv plav, and oi .s\\anip\ ground there is whole course is kept in creditable order. Ladies are per-mitted to play. The charges for guests at the hotel and fortenants of several houses close bv, which Colonel Barton has tolet from time to time, are one shilling per day, five shillings perweek. Sunday play is permitted, and tournaments are held inJid\- or August of
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 . LOUGH S]\ILLV. 21 great scope for l^rassv plav, and oi .s\\anip\ ground there is whole course is kept in creditable order. Ladies are per-mitted to play. The charges for guests at the hotel and fortenants of several houses close bv, which Colonel Barton has tolet from time to time, are one shilling per day, five shillings perweek. Sunday play is permitted, and tournaments are held inJid\- or August of each year. The first hole, The Lodge (163 yards), requires a cleekonly. A clean shot over a small burn forty yards from the teeshould reach the green, a pulled ball will find a bad lie in the bent. ARCH Al DOAc, I IBKc. : SWILLV or sand to tlu left ol the hcle ; an ()\ercarr\ w ill land in a sand}road. The hole is a bogey four A plav club is required at the sec-ond hole, Meliamore (313 yards). There is plenty of space for driving, but a deepsandy road in front of the tee will catch a topped dri\e, and theground for 60 yards is broken and covered with bent. A gooddrive will find a safe lie; and the green, which is fast and trueand is situated in a hollow, should be reached with a cleek oi-iron. -V pulled approach will land the player in the burn which 22 PICrURESOUE DONEGAL. runs parallel to this and the next hole. Number two is a fourhole. The third hole, Strand (207 yards), is beset on three sidesbv the burn and on a fourtli by the strand. A pull drive willland on to the latter, while a slice will find the former. A gooddrive, however, should nearly reach a huge bunker which guardsthe green : this being crossed by careful play the hole is an easyfour. The green of
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