Driving the Green

Mark Twain had it all wrong: golf is not a good walk spoiled, golf is a journey. And when Ireland provides the map it becomes an 11,000km odyssey for one man in a camper van. Kevin plays every 18-hole golf course in Ireland in all kinds of weather and with all kinds of golfers. He deals with a leaky roof, potholes, born-again Christians and even an Irish mammy. Ireland's beauty shines through but the people encountered along the way, the golf clubs visited and the idiosyncrasies of a twenty-year-old camper van form the fairways on which this story plays. From tee-off to putting the final hole, this is a true Irish golfing adventure.

Kevin Markham, born and educated in Ireland, started playing golf at the age of six and has played ever since. After 10 years working in London and Dublin, he became a freelance copywriter and took the opportunity to play a lot more golf. Not for the better it turns out. He writes about golf for newspapers, magazines and blogs. His first book was Hooked - An Amateur's Guide to the Golf Courses of Ireland (2011).