Scratch cups 2016

Lucan's Junior and Senior Scratch Cups will be taking pace on May 1st.

It is anticapated the the Senior will be booked out quickly as the Barton Shield will be taking place three weeks later.

I will post up here when the timesheets will be going live. It will most like ly be the first week of April..

Junior scratch cup down for 29th in ballyb

fearruanua wrote: »

yeah that's the intermediate only.
sorry not sure when the junior scratch cup is on in tralee.

28th May????? Day before Ballybunion

The Tralee Junior Scratch Cup is 11th June.

Is Golfnet generally an up to date source for these?

slingerz wrote: »

Is Golfnet generally an up to date source for these?

Yep, all you need is 4 or 5 hours free time and your away

D Hayes wrote: »

Hey lads, like yourselves, I found that it's a pain in the a*se to find a full list of scratch cup details online. The boards 2015 thread was the main source of info for me last year.

With that in mind, I've set up a simple web page, which will list as many scratch cup details as possible this year - www.irishscratchcups.com.

I'll add a bit of additional functionality down the line - filter by County/Month/Course. For now, I'll update it based on this thread. Keep 'em coming :-)

Any feedback is also welcome.

Fair play, good idea.

D Hayes wrote: »

Hey lads, like yourselves, I found that it's a pain in the a*se to find a full list of scratch cup details online. The boards 2015 thread was the main source of info for me last year.

With that in mind, I've set up a simple web page, which will list as many scratch cup details as possible this year - www.irishscratchcups.com.

I'll add a bit of additional functionality down the line - filter by County/Month/Course. For now, I'll update it based on this thread. Keep 'em coming :-)

Any feedback is also welcome.

Fair play D,

It'll take a bit of getting used to... the domain name is a bit too clear, could you have not called it scratchnet.com or something a little more obscure? The user interface is far too clean, I hope you intend to mess that up... All in all a good start but you've a way to go before you can match Golfnet.

for anyone on facebook the following page is good for alot of irish golf info not just scratch cups but all the interclub event https://www.facebook.com/groups/irishgolfnoticeboard/1687142554831006/?notif_t=group_activity

Fair play, great to have a list in one location as the GUI site is patchy at best. Would be useful to have the facility of sorting by date or any of your headings ideally.
Another good source is http://www.topgolfer.ie/tour but I see you've already mentioned some of their events so something you've probably already aware of.

Just on scratch cups in general I played in New Forest last year for the first time. Fabulous tough course but thought it was over priced at €30 especially as the greens were sanded and it's quite remote so involves a decent journey for most. I mentioned the price to the organisers after while looks to have fallen on deaf ears since they're adopted a similar price plan this year and really hosing their own members for a staggering €20.

Also disappointed to see Portmarnock Links back on a Fri again this year, missed it last year because it was on a Fri. Scratch cups should really be weekend affairs but some clubs seem to be using them as an excuse to get players in on off peak times or alternatively charging a premium for playing in them which is not the traditional nature of scratch cups.

Thanks, one more to add to the list:
Slieve Russell Junior Scratch Cup, Sat 30th Jul, handicaps 4-9. 36 holes including halfway lunch for the princely sum of €60.

Fine course but on the expensive end for such a long journey but 36 holes does make such a trip a little more worth while. That said their opens are €30 this year so a 36 hole competition is not really an excuse to double the entry fee. With courses such as Lucan (Carlow in the past) offering 36 holes including lunch for €30 they're not offering great value.

pinkdoubleeagle wrote: »

Lucan's Junior and Senior Scratch Cups will be taking pace on May 1st.

It is anticapated the the Senior will be booked out quickly as the Barton Shield will be taking place three weeks later.

I will post up here when the timesheets will be going live. It will most like ly be the first week of April..

Updates on Lucan

The Senior Scratch Cup over 36 Holes will take place as a stand alone event on Sunday May 1st due to the high demand of clubs looking for slots prior to the hosting of the Barton Shield.

The Junior Scratch Cup will take place on Monday June 6th (June Bank Holiday). This will also be held over 36 holes and 72 slots are available for this.

I will have a definite date later this week as to when the timesheets are going live

I might have to burn a few brownie points, but definitely going to try and get to the Lucan Junior Scratch this year. I've been promising it to myself for years