Portstewart Strand Course among the dunes on the North Coast

Golf · After the series

You watched A Course Called Ireland. Here is how to play it.

Bill Murray and Tom Coyne, six episodes, one coastline. The routes we would book for you, course by course.

Portstewart Strand. Photograph courtesy of Portstewart Golf Club.

The quick answer

The series is 6 episodes of about 30 minutes, on Paramount+ in the US from 25 October 2026. The broadcasters have not named the courses, and we will not guess. What we can tell you is where the trip goes: Ireland's coastal links, ending at the Giant's Causeway. Below are the three routes that let you play that coast, with every green fee taken from the clubs' own pages.

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The Atlantic links of the southwest

The episodes move along the Atlantic shore, and so does Coyne's book of the same name, a walk around Ireland's coast playing its links. In the southwest that means Lahinch, Ballybunion, Tralee and Waterville, the week most Americans take first.

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The wild northwest, for the second trip

Carne, Enniscrone, County Sligo, Narin & Portnoo and Rosapenna. Taller dunes, lower green fees, and fewer groups on the tee sheet. The route for golfers who want the spirit of the show more than the famous names.

The show is honest about the part golf trips leave out: the pubs, the weather, the friends. Plan for that. Read how much to tip a caddie, caddie, buggy or trolley, and for anyone travelling with you who does not play, the Parallel Fairway.

Questions

Which golf courses are in A Course Called Ireland?

Paramount+ and the BBC have not published a list of courses. The final episode goes to the Giant's Causeway on the North Coast. We will not name a course as featured until the broadcaster or the club confirms it.

Where can I watch A Course Called Ireland in the US?

On Paramount+, from 25 October 2026. It is six episodes of about 30 minutes. In the UK it is on BBC iPlayer and BBC One Northern Ireland from 23 October, then BBC Two.

Can I play the courses Bill Murray plays?

Most of Ireland's great links take visitors, with set visitor days and published green fees. Our How to Book guides give each club's own terms, and the Private Client Desk can plan the whole route.

Is the series based on Tom Coyne's book?

Yes. It is adapted from Coyne's book A Course Called Ireland, and Coyne plays alongside Bill Murray throughout.