Boards Society - Luttrelstown Castle 25th February @ 11.30am

charlieIRL

Great day out today, bit wet in spots but was to be expected with the weather we had. Think 12 was effected the worst.
Not a day to remember golf wise, not enough practice from me and too much from Seve!!! Still, was very enjoyable and good crack. Got a few pars which I'm happy with but some terrible tee shots let me down badly.

tigerwood1

Well done to alanm another win another season, the golfing gods are treating you well:). i see big chap continued his good form from wicklow but what happened to roadrunner ? was he missing his partner ?, after quality of the golf he played in wicklow i would have put my house on him finishing in the top three today.
Unfortunately i had to work today but looking forward to Glasson as i have never played it before.

ps: congrats to seve on picking up another title today (most attended).:rolleyes:

ballyk

Ha ha Tiger!

Roadrunner was in contention again, he finished just outside the prizes.

Hopefully the boss will give you the day off on the 18th of March so you can join us in Glasson.

a post punk

We'll done Alanm on another win, I must borrow some of that magic dust:) I think it took us all untill the back 9 to get the feel of the greens ,the course was very wet in places don't think 12 should have been open for the upkeep of the course. It was a good day out and would love to play the course in the summer when the trees have it closed in more mabye the index 1 would play as index 1 then?! Looking forward to the next outing I still have an awful lot of practice and improving to do hopefully everything clicks this year!!

RoadRunner

Well done alanm. I played with bigchap and 3putt. Bigchap had a great game. A couple of things outside his control happened which cost him the win this time. His putting was excellent on difficult (and often - poor) greens. 3Putt 3putted everything sadly. I think it got into his head a little (I know how that feels). It's a pity because he could have taken this one too if is putting was better. Being away from the game for a little bit has taken from his short game but he'll get it back for sure. I was striking the ball well again, getting plenty of birdy putts, but leaving the hole with bogey (or worse!) I could have benefitted by giving myself a few minutes on the putting green beforehand.

Love the course, but the green were poor this time. And some of the holes didn't take the overnight rain so well.

Best moment, bigchaps near ace on 6!

Seve OB

Well Saturday did not go according to plan But well done to all the prize winners and fair play to all the lads who traveled from afar.

I started with a lesson and that was probably my downfall. It was my second in 2 weeks and was mainly to indicate to my instructor if I had been working on the right stuff. I'd been to the range 3 times and he said it showed and I was going in the right direction, but I knew I still needed a little tweak. We got there. Then he said he was going digging deep in the bag as I was ready and able and I am good enough for the next move. Irons were coming off the face almost perfectly, especially the short irons. Driver and woods not so much. But the signs were there, just coming up a little short on the execution. Nothing to worry about, just something to work on till the next lesson (I'm getting serious about the game this year:D)

By the time I got to the first tee, I think I had already hit enough balls for the weekend and the fact I now was not hitting the driver anywhere near as good as I was at the range on Friday was on my mind I guess. I hit 2 decent tee shots all day :rolleyes:. I just felt lazy around the course though and my mind wasn't tuned in. I'm not to bothered about it. I see the bigger picture. But am disappointed as I think the course was playing pretty easy being off the front tees and the rough has been severly cut down since last I played it. We actually played the course as normal and the way it has always been played, started on the 1st and played them in order, finishing on 18. The plan is though to re-arrange the holes to make the 9th the finishing hole... in front of the clubhouse. The plan is almost there, with teeboxes renumbered but no new cards yet, hence the bit of confusion.

We got a pounding last week with the storms and plenty of rain, so I guess you could excuse the course condition a bit. But for my money (and all the money they have in Luttrelstown) they could, should and need to invest in some drainage around the place. Most of it was reasonably ok, but the 12th hole was pretty much a marsh ..... even if I did just kiss the lips with my shortish birdie putt. The 4th & to a lesser extent 11th greens were holding a bit of water & they actually should have repositioned the pin on the 4th and it would have been fine. Otherwise the course was in reasonably good condition considering the weather we had, but it was a shame we didn't get it a bit later in the year cause it's one of my favourites. At least we had a pretty decent day weather wise, with a bit of strong wind and only a couple of showers. I'll play it again later in the year and hopefully do it a bit more justice. They do have a few opens and it's generally a good price, so I might see some of you back there again sometime.

Finally, and I hate to be the one to say this, but it has to be said lads. Something is going terribly wrong with our pace of play. Lads, I'm not pointing any fingers here, indeed I haven't even looked at the names on the timesheet, but our events are becoming excessively long. We were first out and stayed in touch with the group of ladies who were in front of us till somewhere on the back 9 & I lost sight them, but I think that's because they were members and playing only 14 holes so they must have skipped a few holes. We finished in 4:05. Being a 3 ball I feel we could have been a little quicker, but it was a slog out there with the conditions and we were looking for a few balls here and there.

We were coming down 16 and Charlie pointed out to me our guys coming off the 11th tee. This was our second last group. We only had 6 groups, with the first 3 being 3 balls! I worked it back and figured with us about to play second shots on 16, group 2 should be close to 15th green, group 3 close to long par 4 14th green, group 4 14th tee, group 5 par 3 13th and last group should have been getting close to the 12th green. The group behind us stayed pretty close all the way around and there was never anymore than about a hole between us. Till the 18th anyway when I looked back and saw a bunch of women on the tee and our lads up on the 17th green! I have no idea WTF happened there????

So maybe it was these ladies jumping in between us somewhere (but surely someone would/should have noticed and called them up on it?) causing the delay, but honestly it does seem to be a recurring theme at our outings. Our last group came in at 5 hours. So that's basically an hour lost in a couple of groups and that is not acceptable and nor is it fair on everyone involved from the guys you are holding up, the guys you are playing with, the guys who hang around for the prize giving and banter and the organisers. If you are slow, that's fine to an extent, but try and keep up with the group in front. If you loose any ground, please stand aside and call the guys behind through. It is unfortunate that for this reason alone, I know we have lost a good few decent lads out of the society. If we want to keep the society going, we are going to have to keep up!

BigChap1759

There were at least 2 groups of ladies - visitors, who got lost on the course!

Called the pro shop who told them where the 18th was and to head down there or at least that's what they told us. Two four balls of ladies had to have an effect on our layer groups

Seve OB

BigChap1759 wrote: »

There were at least 2 groups of ladies - visitors, who got lost on the course!

Called the pro shop who told them where the 18th was and to head down there or at least that's what they told us. Two four balls of ladies had to have an effect on our layer groups

if our groups had of been tight enough together, they would have seen them get stuck between and said something. only thing i can think is they may have jumped in on the 10th tee....

anyway, lets not dwell, we have good lads and great outings, long may it continue, but just try and keep the pace up a bit.

kieran.

2 groups of 3 ladies and a 2 ball cut in behind us on the the 12 after we teed off and there was easily a 3 hole gap at that stage to the next Boards group.

WHIP IT!

Sorry for butting in lads, but just wondering what change in order was made to the holes in Luttrelstown? Thanks

thewobbler

Interesting comments from SeveOB about drainage.

I played Luttrellstown at the end of January and the underfoot conditions were genuinely extraordinary - drives on most holes were gaining 40 yards of carry.

I'm guessing that as a course they've spent significantly in this regard.

So I guess my question would surround whether we perhaps a little too quick to criticise?

I mean after all, if we want playable courses 365 days in Ireland - even after a week long deluge - then courses awould need to invest literally millions upon millions on building and maintaining sand based soil.

Tell me, who is going to pay the appropriate rates to make such a venture possible?

Hoof Hearted2

thewobbler wrote: »

Interesting comments from SeveOB about drainage.

I played Luttrellstown at the end of January and the underfoot conditions were genuinely extraordinary - drives on most holes were gaining 40 yards of carry.

I'm guessing that as a course they've spent significantly in this regard.

So I guess my question would surround whether we perhaps a little too quick to criticise?

I mean after all, if we want playable courses 365 days in Ireland - even after a week long deluge - then courses awould need to invest literally millions upon millions on building and maintaining sand based soil.

Tell me, who is going to pay the appropriate rates to make such a venture possible?

How you attribute 40 yards of carry to the construction or otherwise of the course is just wrong.

You are correct however, in that almost anything is achievable with regard to the quality and year round playability of a course with the right budget, but carry isn't one of them.

kieran.

thewobbler wrote: »

Interesting comments from SeveOB about drainage.

I played Luttrellstown at the end of January and the underfoot conditions were genuinely extraordinary - drives on most holes were gaining 40 yards of carry.

I'm guessing that as a course they've spent significantly in this regard.

So I guess my question would surround whether we perhaps a little too quick to criticise?

I mean after all, if we want playable courses 365 days in Ireland - even after a week long deluge - then courses awould need to invest literally millions upon millions on building and maintaining sand based soil.

Tell me, who is going to pay the appropriate rates to make such a venture possible?

The 12th was really bad, footsteps were even leaving brown foot marks on the fairway. The area just left of the fairway for your second was really boggy there was was no where within 30/40 yards I could could take relief from standing water for my 3rd shot.

Some parts of the course were Ok but some were very poor considering the membership sub considering membership is €2,300

thewobbler

Hoof Hearted2 wrote: »

thewobbler wrote: »

Interesting comments from SeveOB about drainage.

I played Luttrellstown at the end of January and the underfoot conditions were genuinely extraordinary - drives on most holes were gaining 40 yards of carry.

I'm guessing that as a course they've spent significantly in this regard.

So I guess my question would surround whether we perhaps a little too quick to criticise?

I mean after all, if we want playable courses 365 days in Ireland - even after a week long deluge - then courses awould need to invest literally millions upon millions on building and maintaining sand based soil.

Tell me, who is going to pay the appropriate rates to make such a venture possible?

How you attribute 40 yards of carry to the construction or otherwise of the course is just wrong.

You are correct however, in that almost anything is achievable with regard to the quality and year round playability of a course with the right budget, but carry isn't one of them.

I meant roll, not carry.

I'd have thought that was obvious enough given the context. But sure here.

username?!

kieran. wrote: »

The 12th was really bad, footsteps were even leaving brown foot marks on the fairway. The area just left of the fairway for your second was really boggy there was was no where within 30/40 yards I could could take relief from standing water for my 3rd shot.

Some parts of the course were Ok but some were very poor considering the membership sub considering membership is €2,300

I drove through the torrential rain that hit the course night before. It was probably the worst downfall I have seen in years in Ireland. It was like something you see in Florida. The N4 came to standstill at one point over it.

So I think you can excuse, what is usually a perfect course.

BigChap1759

username?! wrote: »

I drove through the torrential rain that hit the course night before. It was probably the worst downfall I have seen in years in Ireland. It was like something you see in Florida. The N4 came to standstill at one point over it.

So I think you can excuse, what is usually a perfect course.

Fair enough but don't think the rain could be blamed for the state of the greens ðŸ™

Hoof Hearted2

thewobbler wrote: »

I meant roll, not carry.

I'd have thought that was obvious enough given the context. But sure here.

Say what mean and mean what you say;):pac: