Irish Times Golf Feature 7/4/09

Kevinmarkham

How coincidental that this article appears as more and more board members are asking questions about membership. If you haven’t got the newspaper, go out and get a copy. It’s revealing to say the least.

There are 64 courses covered and several really stand out:

No Entrance Fees:
Arklow
Athlone
Co. Sligo
Galgorm Castle
The Heath
Rosapenna
Rossmore

Minimal Entrance Fees:
Castlerock (£1,500)
Portumna (€400)


These are all very good courses, with Co. Sligo being an absolute star. Castlerock and Rosapenna are also superb, but if you prefer inland courses you’ll love the offers at Athlone and Portumna.

Talk about a buyer’s market!
Good luck
http://golfcoursesireland.blogspot.com/

conno16

well researched article
look at the European Club responses - lets see what they're saying in a years time

conno16

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0407/1224244146369.html

westdiv

I'd be grateful if someone would tell me what they tihnk of Roundwood and Druids Heath as clubs to join.

ShriekingSheet

Pretty underwhelmed by the whole piece myself.

Courses in less densley populated areas are cheaper.
Not news IMO.

conno16

westdiv wrote: »

I'd be grateful if someone would tell me what they tihnk of Roundwood and Druids Heath as clubs to join.

played roundwood before once
pretty middle of the road park, but good for learning and should be reasonable pricewise
i'd assume druids heath is decent enough given its close neighbour

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Here's a link to the article kevin was talking about:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/sport/2009/0407/1224244146369.html

Regards
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