Like sneaking into a dinner party, golfing requires a great deal of confidence, a shrewd game plan, and the ability to cover missteps by swallowing a golf ball whole. Show off distraction tactics with today’s Groupon to The Lakes Golf Club in Ben Eoin. Choose between the following options:

• For $79, you get a golf outing for two (up to a $158 value), a power-cart rental (a $33.04 value), and two buckets of balls (a $10.44 value) during peak season, valid through Monday, September 19 (up to a $201.48 total value).
• For $59, you get a golf outing for two (up to a $130 value), a power-cart rental (a $33.04 value), and two buckets of balls (a $10.44 value) during off-peak season, valid from Tuesday, September 20, through Sunday, October 30 (up to a $173.48 total value).

Carved from lush plateaus along the Bras d’Or Lakes, The Lakes Golf Club delights clubbers of all abilities with panoramic views, challenging links, and generous landing areas. Swinging duos can practice arm oscillations and iron handling by lobbing a bucket’s worth of dimpled orbs across the green during a pregame warm-up. Come game time, each of the course’s 18 holes unveils a unique vista to wedge wielders, which prompts an increase in divot creation and Where's Waldo skills as scenery-hungry eyes wander away from tees midswing to fill brain albums with mental pictures. A power cart ferries golfers around the verdant meadows, rock outcrops, and constantly changing elevation, giving fingers and toes a chance to rest up for postgame score calculation. The Lakes Golf Club recommends customers book their tee time at least 72 hours in advance.