Story Submitted by Jeff Blind,
account manager, Cleveland East CLS
Although Ireland is known for its
beautiful rolling green landscape, not
many people think of this small-scale
country as a golf destination.
Jeff Blind, account manager for
Cleveland East CLS office, would beg
to differ after Blind and his MyDavey
Bulletin took a week-long golf trip to
the glorious Emerald Isle.
"Ireland is home to some of the
greatest courses in the world," Blind
says. "Hands down."
THE MYDAVEY BULLETIN HITS THE GREEN
Blind was accompanied on the green
by his two brothers John and George,
his cousin, Bill, and their golf caddy
Kevin O'Loughlin. Together, with The
MyDavey Bulletin in hand, they
snapped a commemorative photo at
the first tee of The Lahinch Golf Club.
While Jeff's Bulletin made the trip, the
photo was too small to print.
Blind knew The Lahinch Golf Club
was going to be his favorite course
because of its rich history and es-
tablished designers. The course was
designed in 1894 by "Old" Tom Morris
and then slightly re-designed in 1926
by Alistair MacKenzie, who then sailed
back to the United States to design
Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia.
Blind will never forget his moments
on the greens of Ireland, golfing by day
and roaming the famous Ireland pubs
by night.
"Truly the trip of a lifetime," Blind says.
"Eight straight days of golf on the
greatest links courses in the world."
WORLD
DAVEY
AROUND THE
The Davey Tree Expert Company
P.O. Box 5193
Kent, Ohio 44240-5193
FUN FACT: Many of Ireland's golf courses
were designed in the 1850s, with the help
of small hooves. Sheep engineered the golf-
ing greens by nipping away native grasses
on flat lands and burrowing into the land to
hide from the wind, creating sand bunkers.
