I'm bringing up this thread, in case some of the gang are still considering it. I just finished booking my outer edges of another epic trip, arriving Dublin Aug 30, booked at Talbot Sept 1-4, Ocean Sands 5-6. Then I am going to tour about the north. I am going to Dunfanghy Jazz for at least one day, then will look into a round at Portrush if a tourist can do so without a member sponsor. I'm looking at another hop over to Scotland through about Sept 19-20, then ship clubs home and on to Italy until Oct 2, returning to Dublin for the back haul to U.S. on Oct 4. If I can rent a car in Glasgow and drop it in EDI, I might do that and even give Ryan Air another chance to screw me around on flight DUB to Glasgow or EDI. I'll be using Luggage Forward again to get my clubs back home from Scotland. They do a great job!
Maybe I can still talk someone from 5th Major to join in on Buda. There will be plenty of time to book it from early July until early Aug and still get decent advance purchase airfares. I feel like I got a good price, several hundred less than last years RT Green Bay-Dublin.