The European Club - wow

golfsocietyirel

Played The European Club last sunday... fantastic... the rough has been cut back and has made it much more playable for the average Joe... Greens are fantastic... the hospitality was great too.. anyone else played it recently?

Dublin Spur

golfsocietyirel wrote: »

Played The European Club last sunday... fantastic... the rough has been cut back and has made it much more playable for the average Joe... Greens are fantastic... the hospitality was great too.. anyone else played it recently?

I play there every November in a society.
Probabaly my favourite course in the country.
Magnificent.

stringy

any good deals? would love to play it but dont like forkin out 100+ euro for a round

Trampas

I have played it a few times but was the first few years it opened.

Wasn't mad about the place I think Rosses Point is a much better links course.

Maybe it has improved since I have played it.

Do they still have that 100 yard green?

PhilipMarlowe

Yes, still a huge green there
Played it some kind of an alliance/league thing before christmas for €60.
As far as I know it is run very regularly (maybe every wednesday?) throughout the winter and for that kind of money it's great value for a fantastic, tough course.

ShriekingSheet

Sorry to dig up an old thread but I played in the European Club at the weekend. Course was fully open and fully playabe.

I played it about 5 times in my youth in the Wednesday Alliance thing. Always thought it was a cool set up but never overly liked it, and many of the pros/low-ams that played the Wednesday league at the time gave out about it quite a bit.

I know one or two other golfers who just refuse to go down to it. It just seemed to me to be one of those places that hyped itself via marketing and things like Ruddy himself having a hand in chosing the Top 100 courses and Top 100 holes in the world which, surprise-surprise, The E-Club featured in. And usually when that happens, you get the "I hate that place" brigade.

Anyway, having not played it in maybe 3 or 4 years, I went down for a friendly game at the weekend. I must say I changed my mind about the place. Really enjoyed it. Fair enough, it was sunny and not blowing a storm but still, for someone who plays 99% parkland golf, it was a great day out. I can see how some people can get frustrated. I hit it really well and scored quite poorly - something I remember us all doing years ago when I played there. You do just lose balls 10 yards off some fairways and wind up in bunkers with no shot, but it is still a great course.

I'd put it in the same bracket as PGA National - not quite up there with K Club, Druids Glen & co but still really good.

They're doing a deal at the moment for 4 rounds for €250 (any day of the week). It's non transferable- you have to use all 4 rounds yourself but for days when your own course might be closed, this place will usually be open, or just to play a great course in the preseason that'll probably make your own place feel like a stroll in the park when the March Medal rolls around, it's not a bad deal at all.

JMB88

With a bit of luck I'll get to play in the Wednesday alliance in the next few weeks. Does anyone know when the Alliance usually stops ... sometime in April I thought?. Super course though ... it's a serious challenge.

PhilipMarlowe

Fantastic course that grows on you too.. I must play it again soon. I played it in October/November and really enjoyed it.
By playing a bit smarter after learning the course I think I could score better but it's easy to play well and shoot 29 or 30 points.
For instance, I chickened out a fair bit on the 7th and left my drive out left (weak fade for me)... then hit a 3 wood straight at the flag but it ended up OOB barely 15 feet from the pin.
And on the 3rd hole, the par 5, I'd be better off playing as a 3 shotter and taking less off the tee because even a well hit drive for me will find trouble (that you can't really see off the tee) and I'd prefer to be 80 yards out for my 3rd than have my second drift way down the slope to the right leaving a tricky pitch.
There are so many great design elements to that course.

Myksyk

I think a sign of how good a course it is, is that I've played it three or four times now as my brother-in-law is a member, and I have never come remotely close to playing well on it .... and I still enjoyed it and still would like to go back.

billy3sheets

Played it on a lovely frosty day in early December last. No wind, perfect conditions. Found I either parred or scratched. Typical links, the punishment can be big when the crime is small.

Beautiful course, beautiful fairways and greens, but I wouldn't call it spectacular.