A lot of great courses have a hook, an elevator pitch of why they’re essential. St. Andrews is the home of golf and Augusta is home of the Masters and Amen Corner. In Ireland, Ballybunion is the rugged windswept course at one with nature, hugging the coast. But is it essential to boil down a great course into a few words? At first glance Donegal, in the northwest of Ireland, doesn’t jump off the page as extraordinary. It’s just a big and challenging pure links course with roller coaster fairways that wind between dunes along the sea. It’s not flashy, but it is special. There are so few courses like this around the world.