18 Shades of Green
10th hole Tulfarris Golf Club & Blessington Lakes Autumn evening
There seems to be a lot of polarisation over golf. So many people play it and enjoy it but there are also a lot of people who think it a waste of space.
I am biased here. I do like my round of golf and would argue that whatever else, golf courses tend to preserve a plot of nature – land, plants, scenery and wildlife – that otherwise might be destroyed in another commercial exercise.
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This post is about Tulfarris Golf Club, one of the many fine courses in Ireland, and indeed Wicklow, and one of the prettiest.
Aiming at the 14th green Tulfarris Golf Club Wicklow in evening sun with moon
18th Fairway & Green from 13th tee Tulfarris Golf Club Wicklow Autumn evening
13th green & Blessington lakes Tulfarris Golf Club Wicklow in evening sun
9th green and Blessington Lakes Tulfarris Golf Club Autumn evening
Putting from the fringe 9th Green Tulfarris
…………………….Tulfarris is a challenging course but its real charm lies in its trees and views which help even the worst rounds and encourage wildlife. Deer, Foxes, Buzzards, Ravens, Little Grebes, Sedge Warblers, Mute and Whooper Swans as well as many other species can be found here.
Little Grebe feeding Baby on small lake Tulfarris Golf Club
Jackdaw at nest in Copper Beech Tulfarris GC Blessington
Blackbird M with Leatherjacket in the rain Tulfarris GC Blessington
Mute Swan claims victory on 8th Green Tulfarris
At the end of the day, though, it is the magnificent Oak and Beech trees that really show Tulfarris off.
Oak Trees beside 15th Tee from 13th tee Tulfarris Golf Club Wicklow Autumn evening
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