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Best golf course in YOUR county

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    #92
    Miley Byrne
    Registered Users Posts: 1,387 ✭✭✭Miley Byrne


    Cork

    I would say Fota Deerpark

    I would even go so far as to say that it's the best 12-months-of-the-year parkland in the country. I've played it in the winter after lots of rain in the weeks beforehand and it would put some courses in their prime to shame. Always, always in top condition


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    #93
    Sean_pop
    Registered Users Posts: 301 ✭✭Sean_pop


    Laois - Portarlington


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    #94
    ThunderCat
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    Meath - Headfort New.


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    #95
    Slicemeister
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    Cork. Cork Golf Club, cos for some strange reason I always seem to play well enough there. Is it a better course than Fota Deerpark? No.


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    #96
    ShivasIrons
    Registered Users Posts: 746 ✭✭✭ShivasIrons


    Slicemeister wrote: »
    Cork. Cork Golf Club, cos for some strange reason I always seem to play well enough there. Is it a better course than Fota Deerpark? No.

    Why is Fota better?


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    #97
    Tilikum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 994 ✭✭✭Tilikum


    h2005 wrote: »
    Galway Golf Club

    +1


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    #98
    Finlay Harp
    Registered Users Posts: 144 ✭✭Finlay Harp


    In Down, take RCD out of the equation and Malone has to be up there for a parkland.


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    #99
    mike12
    Registered Users Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭mike12


    major deegan wrote: »
    Donegal. Bundoran.

    Joke????


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    #100
    blackwhite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,760 ✭✭✭blackwhite


    Kevinmarkham wrote: »
    Maybe Carrick on Shannon, Fix. It's claimed that every county in Ireland has a golf course, which is not strictly true as the club is well into Roscommon and is not in Leitrim... as claimed.

    But then that's the argument with New Ross, Bunclody and Waterford golf clubs, isn't it!

    Carton House - Monty course.

    The first tee is in Meath and the rest of the course is in Kildare.


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    #101
    blackwhite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,760 ✭✭✭blackwhite


    FixdePitchmark wrote: »
    I'm sure there are load - but New Ross Golf club is in Waterford. When you think it is in Wexford.

    I'd imagine there are some in 2 counties.
    Kevinmarkham wrote: »
    And again, Fix, the address is listed on their website as Wexford. Perhaps Wexford is just that much more attractive. Seeing as that's where I live, I can understand their rationale!


    New Ross GC is in Kilkenny, not Wexford or Waterford - (it's about a 20 min drive to the Waterford border).

    The OH's auld lad is a member there.


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    #102
    blackwhite
    Registered Users Posts: 8,760 ✭✭✭blackwhite


    And before I completely drag things off topic.

    Home county is Sligo.

    Co Sligo GC (Rosses Point) would be my pick, just edging out Enniscrone.

    Castle Dargan is the only 18 hole parkland in the county.


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    #103
    mickelson
    Registered Users Posts: 74 ✭✭mickelson


    mount juliet - kilkenny


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    #104
    major deegan
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭major deegan


    mike12 wrote: »
    Joke????

    No joke! Favourite links course in the county with the views to boot!


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    #105
    lorenzo87
    Registered Users Posts: 698 ✭✭✭lorenzo87


    I played Bundoran last summer and for me personally it was probably the worst links course I have played. Strandhill, County Sligo, Enniscrone, Carne, Lahinch light years ahead for me.


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    #106
    mike12
    Registered Users Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭mike12


    lorenzo87 wrote: »
    I played Bundoran last summer and for me personally it was probably the worst links course I have played. Strandhill, County Sligo, Enniscrone, Carne, Lahinch light years ahead for me.
    Fully agree of the 25 links courses i have played it is the worst. In a county that has so many super links to even rate it is strange. I hope by the time i have the 50+ links played it is still on the bottom.


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    #107
    Slicemeister
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,526 ✭✭✭Slicemeister


    ShivasIrons wrote: »
    Why is Fota better?

    Posted that on the phone, should've read yes.:-(. Far more character in Cork GC and a lot more variation than Fota. That's not to say Fota is a bad track, I just never play it well.


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    #108
    Telecaster58
    Registered Users Posts: 532 ✭✭✭Telecaster58


    mike12 wrote: »
    Fully agree of the 25 links courses i have played it is the worst. In a county that has so many super links to even rate it is strange. I hope by the time i have the 50+ links played it is still on the bottom.
    Bundoran really isnt a links course though, is it?


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    #109
    Shiraz 4.99
    Site Banned Posts: 824 ✭✭✭Shiraz 4.99


    mike12 wrote: »
    Fully agree of the 25 links courses i have played it is the worst. In a county that has so many super links to even rate it is strange. I hope by the time i have the 50+ links played it is still on the bottom.

    About 1/3rd of Bundoran plays more like parkland so I wouldn't call it a pure links.
    I've always hated a long par 4 where the tee box backs onto the hotel, think it's the 10th.
    It's a slog uphill & everytime I've played it the prevailing wind is back into your face, one of those golf holes you'll think you'll never reach.
    The views from the next hole are spectacular mind.


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    #110
    Triboro
    Registered Users Posts: 762 ✭✭✭Triboro


    mike12 wrote: »
    Fully agree of the 25 links courses i have played it is the worst. In a county that has so many super links to even rate it is strange. I hope by the time i have the 50+ links played it is still on the bottom.

    Everyone has a favourite i suppose but no need to run a course into the ground because you dont like it yourself.The thread asks about the best in your own county and not the ones you'd like to slate.


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    #111
    A.Partridge
    Registered Users Posts: 680 ✭✭✭A.Partridge


    2 counties for me:

    Dublin: Portmarnock

    Clare: Lahinch Old


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    #112
    DuckSlice
    Registered Users Posts: 2,885 ✭✭✭DuckSlice


    PARlance wrote: »
    OP has asked for the best course but also for the course we'd most like to play.
    For me, the two are very different.
    Carne gets the best course in Mayo just ahead of Ballinrobe for me.

    But the course I'd most want to play is Mulranny. If I could only play one course for the rest of my days, it would be Mulranny. (A 9 hole course Fix!!! ;))

    nice to see some love for mulranny. probably one of the most scenic courses in ireland IMO


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    #113
    tayto lover
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    Triboro wrote: »
    Everyone has a favourite i suppose but no need to run a course into the ground because you dont like it yourself.The thread asks about the best in your own county and not the ones you'd like to slate.

    Someone should start a thread on "the worse golf courses you have played".:D


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    #114
    Triboro
    Registered Users Posts: 762 ✭✭✭Triboro


    tayto lover wrote: »
    Someone should start a thread on "the worse golf courses you have played".:D

    Played some poor courses myself but wouldn't be posting on here about them, have to play whatever's available when you travel.. They might not be Augusta but what the heck,better than nothing!


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    #115
    The Big Easy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,907 ✭✭✭The Big Easy


    Triboro wrote: »
    Played some poor courses myself but wouldn't be posting on here about them, have to play whatever's available when you travel.. They might not be Augusta but what the heck,better than nothing!

    Worst day on the golf course.......and all that :)


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    #116
    leonards
    Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭leonards


    Any countys not done yet? Anyone fancy doing a list/table?


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    #117
    Triboro
    Registered Users Posts: 762 ✭✭✭Triboro


    The Big Easy wrote: »
    Worst day on the golf course.......and all that :)

    Yeah, tryin to break 100 and the like!


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    #118
    thewobbler
    Registered Users Posts: 857 ✭✭✭thewobbler


    leonards wrote: »
    Any countys not done yet? Anyone fancy doing a list/table?

    I've been meaning to get around to that.

    Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Tyrone don't have any entries that I remember.


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    #119
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users Posts: 20,888 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    Many interesting answers.

    Good debate about Laois and Cork. I've played a good bit of golf there and can see how they are all close there.

    Not too many parklands mentioned in Dublin.


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    #120
    lorenzo87
    Registered Users Posts: 698 ✭✭✭lorenzo87


    Triboro wrote: »
    Everyone has a favourite i suppose but no need to run a course into the ground because you dont like it yourself.The thread asks about the best in your own county and not the ones you'd like to slate.

    If someone feels a course doesn't deserve the praise it is getting they are entitled to voice their opinion.;) There is no way Bundoran can be the best in Donegal, so of course it is going to be questioned.


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    #121
    mike12
    Registered Users Posts: 2,331 ✭✭✭mike12


    Triboro wrote: »
    Everyone has a favourite i suppose but no need to run a course into the ground because you dont like it yourself.The thread asks about the best in your own county and not the ones you'd like to slate.

    I thought you were joking have played 6 courses in Donegal and it is the worst of them. Sorry


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