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Boards Golf Society - Glasson 18th March 11.00
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28-02-2017 1:06pm#1I'm going to be out of the country for some skiing next week so I wanted to kick this thread off before I go.
Our next event sees us take a trip to the midlands to visit the Christy O'Connor Junior designed Glasson golf club on the shores of Lough Ree. Glasson has hosted European Challenge tour events in the past and it features at number 71 on the Golf Digest Top 100 courses in Ireland so it should be a venue well worth visiting.
The course measures 6,836 yards off the white tees but a more manageable 6,313 off the yellows. It's a course I've never played before so I'm looking forward to checking it out. Perhaps one of the locals like CharlieIRL may be able to provide a course guide for those of us who have yet to have the pleasure of a game here. Any thoughts on which holes we should use for nearest the pin/longest drive?
Fingers crossed we manage to avoid any storms beforehand. The Child of Prague will definitely have to be deployed this time!
The first tee time is at 11.00am and the last is at 11.40. Teamer invites have just been issued so let me know your availability at your convenience.
I'll update the GOTY standings in the next day or so as I've been up to my eyes for the last week.
Directions for those who may require them:
From Dublin: Take M50 west bound, continue on N6. On the approach to Athlone town at the first roundabout follow Galway signs onto bypass. On the bypass take the first exit (Cavan/Longford) and follow the signs for Cavan / Longford. Stay on the Cavan / Longford road until Glasson Village, at the end of the village beside Glasson Village Restaurant take a left turn. We are located approx. 1 mile down this road.
From Galway: Take N6 Dublin bound, on the approach to Athlone take the bypass. On the bypass take the fourth exit (Cavan/Longford) and follow the signs for Cavan / Longford. Stay on the Cavan / Longford road until Glasson Village, at the end of the village beside Glasson Village Restaurant take a left turn. We are located approx. 1 mile down this road.
From Limerick: Take N7 towards Dublin and turn off at Nenagh going in the direction of Borrisokane, continuing to Cloghan and then onto Ferbane. On the approach to Athlone take the bypass (Galway direction at the first roundabout). On the bypass take the first exit (Cavan/Longford) and follow the signs for Cavan / Longford. Stay on the Cavan / Longford road until Glasson Village, at the end of the village beside Glasson Village Restaurant take a left turn. We are located approx. 1 mile down this road.
As it's a bit of a trek for many car pooling may be worth considering.
ballyk13
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The provisional timesheet is below for our second counting event of the year towards Ryder Jug qualification/golfer of the year. The charge for the day's golf will be €35 for members of the society, €40 for non-members. Let me know of any further requests for any early/late timeslots.
Hopefully we won't have anyone needing to drop out due to overcelebrating St. Patrick's Day the day beforehand!
I'm also hoping my skiing injury
will have cleared sufficiently by Saturday to allow me to play.
Time: | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 | Player 4
11.00: | CharlieIRL | BigChap1759 | Alanm | The Big Easy
11.10: | A Post Punk | paulos53 | 3putt | doublecross
11.20: | RoadRunner | The cHamp26| benny79 | benny79's guest
11.30: | Break80 | Tigerwood1 | Macker1| ballyk
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Thanks, ye both just probably jinxed me!!!
Brief course guide, its not a tough course but it certainly is not easy and will favour someone who has played it before to know where to cut corners and where to lay up. Greens are normally extremely fast in summer but were slow-ish last time I was there. Hope it stays dry.
Practice area is kind of hidden away, you can either go to the right of the hotel and down past wall and trees.
1. OOB right on the first, hill on the left so need a straight tee shot.
2. OOB / trouble left off the second, dogleg right, 3 shot unless very accurate
3. Tough longer than it looks par 3, can be into the wind off the lake as well
4. Slight dogleg right Par 4, lots of trouble / trees left, well guarded green
5. Same as third, back towards the lake, trouble / trees left and right but not really in play
6. Par 5, long hitters can cut the corner on the left and catch the hill leaving a long iron into the green. Right or even straight off the tee and you are in trees, pond on the right as well
7. Uphill par 4, sparse trees on the left (hope the rough is still down) and trees on the right at landing area. Plays longer than you think as well.
8. Tough par 4 for anyone who has not played the course before, blind downhill left. Long guys can cut the corner, but not too much or rough will catch you and impossible to find the ball. First time playing - use a 5 iron or something that goes about 200 yards to land on flat part of fairway. Downhill second onto green surrounded by water, 2 clubs shorter than yardage says. My favourite hole on the course.
9. Uphill par 4, straight up the hill, trees to left of green and both sides of fairway.
10. Dogleg right par 5, another long one so 3 shots to green. Trees on left in play for long hitters.
11. Tough little par 3, trees to the left and OOB. Long one as well.
12. Dogleg left - have a look at this green as you park the car. Corner can be taken on by long hitters. Go right off the tee and you should find your ball but leaves a massive second shot to green.
13. Plays along the driveway in so left is OOB. Not too tough if you get a good tee shot away.
14. Mental / stupid / cool / silly hole if we are playing off the tee box up in the trees. Iron to end of fairway and 70degree right approach to green. I never know what to hit here as its either too short or too long. Par 5
15. Savage Par 3 - long and all over water. Chickens bail out to the right of green.
16. Tough uphill par 4, Index 1 I think. Not too much trouble just long, slight dogleg right but you can see everything.
17. Downhill Par 5, can't remember much of this hole as i normally just play the 13 hole competitions
18. Uphill par 4, long and tough, bunkers there to catch a good drive leaving it tough to get there in 2.0 -
charlieIRL wrote: »Thanks, ye both just probably jinxed me!!!
Brief course guide, its not a tough course but it certainly is not easy and will favour someone who has played it before to know where to cut corners and where to lay up. Greens are normally extremely fast in summer but were slow-ish last time I was there. Hope it stays dry.
Practice area is kind of hidden away, you can either go to the right of the hotel and down past wall and trees.
1. OOB right on the first, hill on the left so need a straight tee shot.
2. OOB / trouble left off the second, dogleg right, 3 shot unless very accurate
3. Tough longer than it looks par 3, can be into the wind off the lake as well
4. Slight dogleg right Par 4, lots of trouble / trees left, well guarded green
5. Same as third, back towards the lake, trouble / trees left and right but not really in play
6. Par 5, long hitters can cut the corner on the left and catch the hill leaving a long iron into the green. Right or even straight off the tee and you are in trees, pond on the right as well
7. Uphill par 4, sparse trees on the left (hope the rough is still down) and trees on the right at landing area. Plays longer than you think as well.
8. Tough par 4 for anyone who has not played the course before, blind downhill left. Long guys can cut the corner, but not too much or rough will catch you and impossible to find the ball. First time playing - use a 5 iron or something that goes about 200 yards to land on flat part of fairway. Downhill second onto green surrounded by water, 2 clubs shorter than yardage says. My favourite hole on the course.
9. Uphill par 4, straight up the hill, trees to left of green and both sides of fairway.
10. Dogleg right par 5, another long one so 3 shots to green. Trees on left in play for long hitters.
11. Tough little par 3, trees to the left and OOB. Long one as well.
12. Dogleg left - have a look at this green as you park the car. Corner can be taken on by long hitters. Go right off the tee and you should find your ball but leaves a massive second shot to green.
13. Plays along the driveway in so left is OOB. Not too tough if you get a good tee shot away.
14. Mental / stupid / cool / silly hole if we are playing off the tee box up in the trees. Iron to end of fairway and 70degree right approach to green. I never know what to hit here as its either too short or too long. Par 5
15. Savage Par 3 - long and all over water. Chickens bail out to the right of green.
16. Tough uphill par 4, Index 1 I think. Not too much trouble just long, slight dogleg right but you can see everything.
17. Downhill Par 5, can't remember much of this hole as i normally just play the 13 hole competitions
18. Uphill par 4, long and tough, bunkers there to catch a good drive leaving it tough to get there in 2.
It's funny to read somebody else's guide to a course you know well.
A few more points might be helpful.
The fourth doglegs left up the hill, not right. A drive up to left shortens the hole.
On 8, I'd hit driver to leave a shorter iron to the green. There is a pond left of the green that cones into play if you've a long iron in.
The out of bounds Charlie mentions on 1,2, 11 and 13 are well out of the way. I don't think they neeed to be considered.
There are internal out of bounds in the dogleg left of 12 and right of 14 which can come into play if you try cut the corners.
I like 14. There is no advantage to cutting the corner as you are left with a sloping lie. A hybrid off the yellows or 3 wood off the whites straight down the middle is the shot.
Many of the holes are uphill or downhill, rarely flat and you need to factor that into club selection.
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