Slievenamon Golf Club for sale

bobster453

Hi All,
I thought I had posted this earlier but obviously not as it seems to have disappeared into the ether.
As someone who was involved in this club at the highest level for a long number of years until 2013 it gives me no joy to see this happen.
For all the comments, innuendo and unfounded allegations made over the years against the club, be aware there were those of us who strived very hard and very long to adhere to all rules and regulations.
Last year did the club no favours unfortunately.
To all those genuine golfers involved, many of whom I know personally, I wish you all the best for the future.


http://www.nationalist.ie/news/home/263218/slievenamon-golf-club-for-sale-as-a-going-concern.html

Rikand

Hopefully it continues as a golf club for all those genuine members in the local area.

Keano

Keep replies civil and on topic.

Ollieboy

Makes sense for the members to buy it? It should be easily purchased for around 500k which would mean each member putting up 1k to be a shareholder, seems like a great opportunity for the members to own the club.

Skyfloater

Isn't agricultural land about 10k/acre?

Ollieboy

Skyfloater wrote: »

Isn't agricultural land about 10k/acre?

This isnt agriculture land due to all the chemicals used, it would take about 7 years to return it to agricultural land so it's only real use is golf in the short term. So 500k would be a generous offer in my opinion.

CMOTDibbler

Ollieboy wrote: »

This isnt agriculture land due to all the chemicals used, it would take about 7 years to return it to agricultural land so it's only real use is golf in the short term. So 500k would be a generous offer in my opinion.

I think you're thinking of organic farming. That has a seven year chemical hiatus before it can be used.

A golf course would require a lot of machinery in to flatten it, trees felled and stumps taken out before it could be used for agriculture. A lot of work basically, but chemicals wouldn't be an issue.

Ollieboy

CMOTDibbler wrote: »

I think you're thinking of organic farming. That has a seven year chemical hiatus before it can be used.

A golf course would require a lot of machinery in to flatten it, trees felled and stumps taken out before it could be used for agriculture. A lot of work basically, but chemicals wouldn't be an issue.

Then why are the eu banding all the chemicals used on golf courses?

CMOTDibbler

Ollieboy wrote: »

Then why are the eu banding all the chemicals used on golf courses?

I assume you mean banning. But you'll have to be more specific. There are pesticides used on golf courses that may not be used on farms, but I'm unaware of any that require quarantine periods for return of land use to agriculture.

CMOTDibbler

Just to expand on that, because I've read a bit about this now. The chemicals that are likely to be banned are pesticides that are primarily being used on greens. This is down to the type of grass being used which is very susceptible to attack and disease. So in terms of farming land, you're basically talking about a maximum of a couple of acres out of ninety. There wouldn't be much effort in actually cutting off the top layer and carting it away if necessary. Certainly less work than removing trees and levelling the ground. A lot of the time, you'd be lowering that part of the land as greens tend to be raised areas.

There's a lot of talk about using different grass types on greens from the ones that are susceptible to disease. That will eliminate the need for these pesticides but will change how greens run and take spin. It'll be interesting to see how this develops.