River Cup Tour of Ireland : Lahinch

River Cup Tour of Ireland: Lahinch
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Jim Nelson checks the map of Ireland on bus ride to Baltimore before flight to Ireland.	Rod Smith at BWI with umbrella statues outside terminal	Mary Kay Hull on first tee at Lahinch for first "official" ball of tour
First green at Lahinch with village and Castle Course in background	Jeff Hull, Wes Morck look down the 10 yards wide fairway of the famous 5th hole at Lahinch - "Klondyke"	Tee area for Klondyke with bay in back
Teeta Donlan stands over ball in 1st fairway as Jim Nelson looks on	Wes Morck on the green of the 148 yard par-3 3rd hole	Wes watches putt as caddie Mark holds flagstick
Mary Kay Hull getting ready to hit blind tee ball at par-4 4th hole	Warning sign on fairway of 5th hole - Klondyke. Fairway of 5th and 18th cross each other	A warm summer day in Lahinch lures folks to the beach behind 5th tee
Mary Kay's tee ball on Klondyke sails to its resting place in the middle of exceedingly narrow fairway. Dune in the middle of fairway has white stone across which players play their blind second shot	Two balls of the foursome in perfect position for second shot across the mound. Caddie scrambles up hill first to make sure the 18th fairway is clear	Green on #5. Paul Sinclair's second shot on right side of green leads to eventual birdie on the short par-5 hole.
One of the most unusual - and famous - of all the holes in golf. Blind par-3 Dell Hole at Lahinch is a medium iron across a dune to this sliver of green wedged between 2 high dunes.	Wes Morck's tee ball on The Dell left this short pitch to the green	Dunes on both sides of the 6 paces wide green at The Dell hole
Another view of The Dell	Tee area for The Dell	Yet another view of the fascinating Dell hole
Image does not do justice to the depth and devilishness of this hazard smack in the middle of fairway on par-4 7th. This nastiness is aptly called "the devil's asshole."	Wes Morck lines up for blind tee shot on par-4 8th. The line here is just to the right of the high mound on left.	Wes Morck, Jeff Hull, Paul Sinclair on the tee at 8
Jeff and Mary Kay Hull on tee at 9	View from the 10th tee of watchtower used on 15th century	Natural undulations in the green at 10th are not adequately visible in this image - but you should get the idea
Tee balls of Wes Morck, Jeff Hull, Paul Sinclair on 178 yard par-3 11th. Who would have guessed they would have knocked them all in for 3 birdies on the hole.	Jeff Hull and caddie Mark trundling down the 12th hole with watchtower in distance	Closer view of the watchtower
Tom McCandlish rolls trolley down the 12th at 8:00 pm Irish time	Chris Young watches after hitting second shot from light rough along the 12th fairway	Tom McCandlish watches as Chris Young moves back to ball before attempting carry across bottomless chasm 'twixt hole and green