 As our golfing group was fortunate to experience great weather, for Ireland anyway, and some of the most majestic views on any golf course that I've ever seen, yes, even surpassing the views I witnessed while playing iconic Pebble Beach, I was taken aback not just by the man-made golf course plopped onto this brilliant piece of land, but more so by the way the trip was arranged in the first place. A golf trip that actually I had nothing to do with arranging.