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GOLF &
CRUISING -- WHAT A COMBINATION
Imagine being on a cruise ship gliding along a
coast, then getting off every day with your own
golf clubs to play the most well-known courses
in the country. There are instruction videos
about golf; a golf pro accompanies the cruise,
discussing technique and giving individual analysis and
pointers, and a caddy cleans clubs and has them waiting at the next port ready
for play. Tee times and pairings are arranged, and passengers
arrive at each port finding their bags on the cart, ready to go.
You can
combine golf with a cruise on both small ships and big ones. Or you can charter
a ship and put together your own group
for a golf cruise or
combine golf with team-building and a corporate meeting at
sea.
Here are
small ships that offer popular golf programs on some of their cruises.
CANADIAN SAILING
EXPEDITIONS
Eastern Canada, Caribbean
HAPAG-LLOYD
Columbus and Europa both have golf cruises on various itineraries.
Great Britain
SILVERSEAS
Thee are programs with golf hosts, professional instruction,
video-computer teaching, and golf excursions.
One golf cruise goes from Edinburgh to Dublin
with golfers teeing off at Wentworth Golf Course, Royal Guernsey, Royal Portrush-Dunluce Links, Royal County Down Golf Club, and The K Club. Another
goes from Dublin to Lisbon with calls in Ireland, Belgium, France, Spain, and
Portugal with play at the K Club, Waterford Castle Golf Club, Golf de St. Malo,
Chateau des Vigiers, and Club de Golf La Coruna.
SPIRIT
OF LOCH NESS
This 8-passenger Scotland barge has a golf charter
with five nights on board and one night at Gleneagles and Carnoustie. Other golf clubs that may be visited include Royal Dornoch
(golf was played here in 1616), Carnegie Club at Skibo Castle (built by Andrew
Carnegie in 1898), Fort Augustus (where the greens are kept trim by grazing sheep), and Nairn
Golf Club. For even more golf, you can
book a 14-night combination golf cruise,
starting out on Loch Ness
for one week, then transferring to the SHANNON PRINCESS for a week on Ireland’s
top courses.
SCOTTISH
HIGHLANDER
This barge cruises the highlands
of Scotland beginning in Inverness and visiting Lochs Dochfour, News, Oich,
Ness and Lochy, Cawdor Castle, Urquart Castle, and Invergarry Castle, and
the Caledonian Canal. Passengers can play tennis, fish for trout, listen to
bagpipes, and
of course, play golf. A golf charter includes Gleneagles, Naira, Strathpeffer,
Carnegie, Royal Dornach, and Fort Augustus, depending on itinerary.
Lake Champlain, NE US
DANUBE RIVER
A new golf cruise opportunity is
an 8-day Danube river cruises
from Vienna to Vienna (via
Budapest, Passau, Bratislava, Melk). Minimum 16
and maximum 32 participiants.
Other cruise
lines that sometimes offer golf programs:
CARNIVAL
CELEBRITY
COSTA CRUISES
CRYSTAL CRUISES
CUNARD
DISCOVERY
DISNEY CRUISE LINE
FRED OLSEN CRUISE LINES
HOLLAND AMERICA
NORWEGIAN CRUISE LINE
PRINCESS
ROYAL CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL
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