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Stackstown

  • 22-03-2009 9:22pm
    #1
    conno16
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    whats the verdict on this course?
    playing it tomorrow - been there last year and it has a few good holes as far as i recall


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  • #2
    ShriekingSheet
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    conno16 wrote: »
    whats the verdict on this course?
    playing it tomorrow - been there last year and it has a few good holes as far as i recall

    Yeah one or two decent holes. Didn't Harrington help design a couple of changes recently?

    Anyway, to be honest it's not a great track in my opinion. Much of it is on the side of a hill and the lay-out is quite basic. A few unfortunate features such as a big pylon near one of the greens and upkeep-wise it's generally a bit rough around the edges.

    Still though it has it's charms. And it's been a mainstay of talent production in recent decades, at least as far as Dublin is concerned. Aside from PH, Cambell and McDermot both put in good shifts for Ireland (possibly Walker Cup?) and had a go at tour golf but I'm not sure how they did, or are doing.


  • #3
    GreeBo
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    Greens are usually pretty fast and true but agree with the "rough" comments.
    also, if you dont know the course I would advise on not hitting your driver off some of the blind tee shots. I know it and still lose balls that land in the centre of the fairway... :(


  • #4
    ShriekingSheet
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    GreeBo wrote: »
    Greens are usually pretty fast and true

    Yeah, it's one of those courses where the lie of the landscape breaks the putts. If the hill the course is on slopes from your left to right, and the green is set into the hillside, putts that look straight or even right-to-left can often fall right with the slope of the whole course, rather than what that green itself seems to be doing.


  • #5
    conno16
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    so outa ten i think we might agree that stacks is prob around the five mark??


  • #6
    copacetic
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    I'd give it a 6 or 7 myself, some nice holes, but it is restricted by the landscape..


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  • #7
    f22
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    ShriekingSheet wrote: »
    Yeah, it's one of those courses where the lie of the landscape breaks the putts. If the hill the course is on slopes from your left to right, and the green is set into the hillside, putts that look straight or even right-to-left can often fall right with the slope of the whole course, rather than what that green itself seems to be doing.

    Sounds alot like Bray then, another place I wouldn't return to.


  • #8
    conno16
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    not very impressed - "rough" round the edges alright
    very hilly as well
    quiet though - which was good


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