AMERICAN ACTOR BILL Murray will golf around Ireland in a new series commissioned by the BBC.

The limited series is titled ‘Off Course’, and is comprised of six 30-minute episodes of Murray and friends tipping around the golf courses of Ireland.

The 75-year-old actor is joined by his long-time golfing companion Tom Coyne, the author of New York Times’ bestseller A Course Called Ireland, which inspired the series. 

Murray claims Irish ancestry (his paternal grandfather is from Cork, while his maternal ancestors hail from Galway) and the series promises to serve as “a love letter to both the game and the place that shaped the Murray clan”. 

Celebrity friends and extended family members join the Ghostbusters star on his travels.

“Off Course captures candid, unscripted moments woven with the wit, warmth, and wonder of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland,” the BBC said. “The series offers an intimate portrait into a country whose stories, people and craic are just as unforgettable as Bill Murray himself. Golf is just the excuse!”

Speaking about the show, Murray said he begun his life caddying and golf was the “best education” he 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,” he said.

The series is commissioned by the BBC and will be able to view on BBC 2, BBC One Northern Ireland, and BBC iPlayer.