- A Course Called Ireland is a six-part, 30-minute series starring Bill Murray and author Tom Coyne.
- It premieres on Paramount+ on Sunday, October 25, outside Latin America and the UK.
- UK viewers get it first on BBC iPlayer and BBC One Northern Ireland from Friday, October 23, then on BBC Two on October 25 at 9.30pm.
Bill Murray is heading for the links. Paramount+ has released the trailer and key art for A Course Called Ireland, a six-part documentary series that follows Murray, author Tom Coyne and friends as they golf their way across Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The 30-minute episodes premiere on Paramount+ on Sunday, October 25, everywhere except Latin America and the UK. The series arrives on BBC iPlayer and BBC One Northern Ireland on Friday, October 23, with BBC Two following on the Sunday at 9.30pm.
Each episode features a different course and a different guest. The supporting cast includes members of Murray’s family, among them Joel and John Murray, and celebrity friends Chris O’Dowd, Joanne McNally and Jason Kelce. The courses themselves have not been named. Anyone who wants to guess where the cameras went could start with our tour of the island’s golfing heartland.
From the book to the box
The series was first announced in September 2025 under the working title Off Course. It is adapted from Coyne’s book A Course Called Ireland: A Long Walk in Search of a Country, a Pint, and the Next Tee, which chronicled a four-month odyssey covering 1,100 miles on foot and around 1,000 seaside holes.
Coyne said on Instagram that there would be “Much less walking in this story but no shortage of miles covered.”
Murray explained his reasons when the project was first unveiled.
“I started out caddying, and golf was the best education I ever received. Ireland feels like the right place to put all that to work. They’ve got this wonderful word there, ‘craic,’ which means fun, but it means a lot of other things. A lot of good things. And this show will be about us finding it.”
Skydance Sports and Stellify Media produced the series, which the BBC describes as an unscripted road trip that mixes rounds of golf with encounters with local people and their stories. Stellify’s chief executive, Kieran Doherty, admitted the trip did not go entirely to plan.
GolfToday Verdict: With no courses named yet, Murray’s company is the main draw, and if the series captures even half the charm of Coyne’s book, expect a fresh wave of links pilgrims booking their own trip around Ireland.
Simon Bale
Simon Bale is the publisher of Golf Today. A low single-figure handicap golfer, he was previously a major shareholder and course reviewer for Top100GolfCourses.com for over a decade, starting in 2010. Through this role, he developed extensive knowledge of golf course design and architecture while playing more than 300 courses worldwide.