Travel Report: 99 holes in Ireland | Golf News and Tour Information [Video]

*Ashley Mayo is not just a colleague, she’s a close friend and co-leader of the social media strategy for Golf Digest and Golf World. Mayo just completed Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism, and among other things, she carries a 4 handicap and an infectious laugh. Which is to say: you’ll have a good time with her on the golf course as she’s taking your money, squishing your ego, and then tweeting out pictures and the results to her thousands of followers. (No, I’m not still bitter about a recent round at Bethpage Black.)

Anyway, Mayo is just back from a bucket-list trip to Ireland, and she’s eager to share anecdotes and images to the readers of this blog. Enjoy. *

The first hole at County Sligo Golf Club is a straight par 4. Standing on the tee, I can see a narrow fairway guarded by three bunkers, a large, inviting …