Boards Society - Luttrelstown Castle 25th February @ 11.30am

Looking forward to this one. Great course and a good test. Really enjoy playing the course whenever I get the chance. LD 7th hole & NTP 15th would be my choice.

Early tee for me please Gaffer.

I generally try and get out on the course a few times each year. First tee is genuinely less than 1km from my front door

1. Straight away pa4 4. what you see is what you get, but to far left is OB.
2. Par 5, blind approach to green, keep left side
3. Tricky par 4, downhill, tight fairway and even tighter approach to green with water all around, short left lay up is the job.
4. Decent par 3, miss is left, right is water.
5. Dogleg left, tee shot is right of fairway, but don't be to long. top of the hill is fine. Approach over water and back up a hill, miss is right of the green
6. Short par 3. Big trouble left and trees right, but you should find your ball there but will be a tricky recovery What I reckon 3Putt wants as NDP. However, it can be slightly uphill and you more than likely won't see the hole. IMO there are better options.
7. Par 4 elevated tee box, the hole Space recommends for LD. Good Option.
8. Par 5, makeable in 2, but a high green can see your balls roll back down the hill if you come up short.
9. Decent par 4 a good drive can leave a short approach to the green
10. Tricky, big trees, be right of fairway, but not to long as she bends around to the left
11. This hole is a beast of the back sticks, but not to bad off the front, might be 100yards in the diff. Water all down left side, but plenty of room on right
12. Par 5, 2 fairway options, makeable in 2 with a very good drive. If you are not near the top of the hill with your drive, beware your second shot as water down right side and poxy rough down left. got to keep it straight here
13. Par 3. Great hole for NP. Super off the back but probably to tough back there for NP. We will be forward though
14. Looonnnnnnngggggggggg par 4. It will take 2 perfect shots here to make the green. Keep right of the big tree on your approach
15. Short and testing par 3 with a tricky green. Another good option for NP.
16. CAn't remember if this is a short par 4 or short par 5!! Pretty sure short par 4 actually, slight dogleg to right, but even right side of fairway here will be fine.
17. A beast. Long par 4, maybe index 1. must be long and right side to have a chance of making the green, tasty dogleg bending to the left and trees will catch you.
18. Par 5, great finish. risk reward hole with a big drive. water in front and there is more of it than you might first realise.

So, NP.... 13th or 15th. I think 15th could be good actually even thought it is shorter.
LD. lots of options. 1st, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 14th, 16th 17th & 18th all doable.

But I probably agree with Space, 7th is a good one, and if going with either 13 or 15 for NP, is spaces them out nicely

Seve OB wrote: »

Early tee for me please Gaffer.

I generally try and get out on the course a few times each year. First tee is genuinely less than 1km from my front door

1. Straight away pa4 4. what you see is what you get, but to far left is OB.
2. Par 5, blind approach to green, keep left side
3. Tricky par 4, downhill, tight fairway and even tighter approach to green with water all around, short left lay up is the job.
4. Decent par 3, miss is left, right is water.
5. Dogleg left, tee shot is right of fairway, but don't be to long. top of the hill is fine. Approach over water and back up a hill, miss is right of the green
6. Short par 3. Big trouble left and trees right, but you should find your ball there but will be a tricky recovery What I reckon 3Putt wants as NDP. However, it can be slightly uphill and you more than likely won't see the hole. IMO there are better options.
7. Par 4 elevated tee box, the hole Space recommends for LD. Good Option.
8. Par 5, makeable in 2, but a high green can see your balls roll back down the hill if you come up short.
9. Decent par 4 a good drive can leave a short approach to the green
10. Tricky, big trees, be right of fairway, but not to long as she bends around to the left
11. This hole is a beast of the back sticks, but not to bad off the front, might be 100yards in the diff. Water all down left side, but plenty of room on right
12. Par 5, 2 fairway options, makeable in 2 with a very good drive. If you are not near the top of the hill with your drive, beware your second shot as water down right side and poxy rough down left. got to keep it straight here
13. Par 3. Great hole for NP. Super off the back but probably to tough back there for NP. We will be forward though
14. Looonnnnnnngggggggggg par 4. It will take 2 perfect shots here to make the green. Keep right of the big tree on your approach
15. Short and testing par 3 with a tricky green. Another good option for NP.
16. CAn't remember if this is a short par 4 or short par 5!! Pretty sure short par 4 actually, slight dogleg to right, but even right side of fairway here will be fine.
17. A beast. Long par 4, maybe index 1. must be long and right side to have a chance of making the green, tasty dogleg bending to the left and trees will catch you.
18. Par 5, great finish. risk reward hole with a big drive. water in front and there is more of it than you might first realise.

All sounds so simple when you put it like that

RoadRunner wrote: »

Early tee time if possible for me too please.
What's the best side on 12 Seve, as in which side has more room. And is it driver?

Definitely driver on 12. The left side leaves the easier approach if you're long enough. If you go right it's a definite 3 shot hole.

Unfortunately I have a match that night so that rules me out! Hopefully get to most of the rest of the events. Best of luck to the new captain for the year!

ballyk wrote: »

Ok lads and lasses, just over a week now to the first proper outing of the year. At the moment we have 3 slots left. Any other takers or potential takers?

There could be some easy GOTY points for the taking and a chance to be at the top of the leaderboard for a month.... :P

Really looking forward to it, hope you have the usual nice weather arranged

At the moment it's looking like I won't be able to make it. I've declined on Teamer. If my plans change when's the cutoff for accepting?

ballyk wrote: »

That's fine. Do you think you'll know by Thursday evening?

Ya, defo know by then. Cheers

Damien M wrote: »

What's the going rate for a birdie these days?

We don't pay out for birdies, only for 2's (optional extra) and as per the rules you must collect on the day or at the next outing.

Visitors are entitled to compete for a visitors prize, nearest the pin, longest drive, 2's club but if victorious they must collect their prize on the day or at the following outing otherwise it will be forfeited and added back into the prize fund.

no need for the pm, i got your reply here!
pretty sure there was more to it than that, but lets just leave it there rather than chase you around the country to get the dollar to you.

Damien M wrote: »

My comment was in jest, hence the smiley face. (Birdies/2s; for the purposes of this comment they're the same thing....I paid into a competition for scoring a 2). The first time in my life I ever get a birdie/2 and I get two in a round. Normally I'm going around in 5s and 6s.

I've kinda resigned to not seeing any pot anyway.

But, your points are irrelevant.
A) the person with the pot had left by the time I reached the clubhouse.

I attended the next outing and the person in charge of the pot had left by time I reached the clubhouse. For what's it's worth I scored the two birdies at The Heritage and attended the next consecutive outing in the New Forest.

Yes I was late to the first tee, but I apologised to my playing partners. I had intended to join as a member but ultimately couldn't commit to enough outings.