Gopher Watch Competition – April 2025
In the last issue of GCA, Sandy was to be found on the tee of the par-five fourth, Trá Mór (meaning ‘big beach’), on the St Patrick’s Links course at Rosapenna in County Donegal, Ireland.
Rosepenna, essentially the world’s oldest golf resort, waited a long time for its best course, but Tom Doak’s design of St Patrick’s has been universally acclaimed, currently ranked as the 49 best course in the world by Golf magazine; a lot of us who have seen it think it will go higher. Self-confessed ‘links lover’ Peter Stead of Kirkbymoorside in Yorkshire, England, provided the first entry out of the hat, and wins the much-prized golf shirt.
This month Sandy is a little further afield, but the same architect has been involved with this course. For a chance of winning one of our golf shirts, let us know which course it is, in an email to gopher@golfcoursearchitecture.net.