A golf trip to Ireland is a memorable journey in any season or any weather. By W.P. Ryan J ust looking at the spread in handicaps made Tim Hayes, a 23 handicap from Plymouth, nervous. Never mind that it was his fi rst trip across the pond. Hayes was more worried about whether his golf game would fi t in with such a large group of golfers. To Hayes, the president of a mechanical contracting fi rm, the idea of 20 mostly middle-aged, type-A golfers (average handicap: 15) getting along agreeably for eight days in Ireland seemed remote. 12 MINNESOTAGOLFER Fall 2010