The Links Thread

dan_ep82 wrote: »

Worth saying the driving range was irons only last time I was there.

I'm out Monday, hopefully miss the rain

Played Carne on the weekend. In great condition and what a day it was weather wise. Greens weren't too fast but quick enough. Its a lot better sign posted since i played it last so is a lot easier to get around for newbies now. Couldnt get food after as they were too busy which was a bit disappointing.

Playing Portmarnock, RCD and Ardglass this weekend. Cant wait. I imagine they are going to be playing very tough with the great weather hardening up the ground.

Is it the Red/Blue course that is the championship course?

The Yellow is very close in quality and has a couple of the best holes on the links. Its green designs and the scale of the last couple of holes brings it down a notch on the Championship course (Red / Blue).

But unlike most 27 hole links, it shares one thing in common with Carne - you shouldn’t be disappointed whichever nines you are playing.

for those thinking about a spin out to corballis, 8th hole has a temp green until at least the end of the summer. Someone in the caravan park got a smack of a golf ball last weekend. Residents in there have been complaining for some time about the balls coming in ontop of them. The net in place was not fit for purpose

Had a great weekend of Golf. Played Portmarnock, RCD and Ardglass.

Was very impressed with Portmarnock and especially RCD. RCD is some challenge, and would love another craic at it especially as it was the hardest to pick lines etc with the blind Teeshots. Was so hard to judge distances as the fairways were completely burnt and the ball was running miles. Highlight for me was getting an eagle on the 12th par 5. We did encounter a snobby rude member who told us to pick up and move on. There was a 2 ball match coming up behind us, they only caught up to us on that hole so we had planned on letting them through next hole. We needed to speed up but he could have gone about it a lot nicer way. We were also delayed on that hole 3/4 minutes looking for a ball which another member/spectator had picked up just at the end of the fairway.

Portmarnock was a great course too, but for me I would prefer RCD. It reminded me a lot of Baltray, a flatter links, but still a fantastic course. The members we encountered were way more approachable. Greens were unbelievably quick. Really

Ardglass was a nice course too, obviously not to the standard of the other 2, but very friendly place and a nice test. Also had a great sale on in the proshop, 30% off Peter Millar stuff which is lovely gear.

My Top 5 Links now:

1. Royal Portrush
2. Royal County Down
3. Baltray
4. Portmarnock
5. Carne

It is. €70 for Portmarnock Links is absolute robbery. It used to be expensive at €50 for opens.

Off to St. Andrews on August 25th and 26th.

Courtesy of a new package deal almost unquestionably created for the UK and Irish market to make up for the dollar loss caused by the pandemic, but it has allowed us to secure times on the New and Old Course at very short notice. Still not at all cheap but a chance to take the pilgrimage that all golfers surely would hope to make with the 2 bros and the old man was too tempting to turn down.

Fingers and toes crossed we get half decent weather!

Literally taken down in the last 24hrs. The same link brings you to two new packages which are not dissimilar however:

https://www.standrews.com/the-150th-open/the-150th-open-old-course-packages-registration

Except it's not robbery at all

Portmarnock links is a fine golf course. I don't think it belongs on the top shelf of courses in this country but at 70 quid you get alot of golf for your money

Was planning on playing Rosses this Sunday but life has gotten in the way.

Can certainly attest to it being in great condition, it was when we played it a couple of weeks ago. It's always in great condition but just seemed to be even more pristine at time (the greens were running a little slower than usual but I'm guessing that was something to do with the great spell of weather? I.e not wanting to burn them out if cut too tight)

Enniscrone was also in fantastic condition, greens seemed to be running the same as Rosses.

If you think that place is on the top shelf of courses in this country I’d question how many of the better links courses you’ve played around the country...unless it’s a very big shelf.

😂 d’oh. Apologies.

Lahinch have some 'member guest event' opens on brs for 80 quid a fourball. It might be a mistake but it's a public website and they took the money. Worth a shout.

Maybe but if it requires a member then it shouldn't be publicly available. It's on a website specifically for open events.

Yes, I got an email saying it was a mistake and I'll be refunded. Some things are too good to be true.