Seafield Golf Membership??

MiniGolf

I have just noticed in my local free rag - (Wicklow Times!) that Seafield Golf are doing membership for €995 with no joining fee!
Any opinions on the course... did a search and only found a few non-descript comments! It is about 35-40 mins from me but it looks like good value as my local courses are still looking for silly money:( ..... Delgany, Greystones etc.
Any opinions appreciated

Also, I see that the golf shop in Kilcoole has re-opened! I have not managed to get into it yet. Again, any opinions??

MG :cool:

p.s. Just had a thought... any members from Kilcoole G.C. on here?? Any opinions... havn't played it yet ... Membership? I know its only 9 hole but it is about 4 minutes from home. Sorry for waffling

Brewster

MiniGolf wrote: »

I have just noticed in my local free rag - (Wicklow Times!) that Seafield Golf are doing membership for €995 with no joining fee!
Any opinions on the course... did a search and only found a few non-descript comments! It is about 35-40 mins from me but it looks like good value as my local courses are still looking for silly money:( ..... Delgany, Greystones etc.
Any opinions appreciated

Also, I see that the golf shop in Kilcoole has re-opened! I have not managed to get into it yet. Again, any opinions??

MG :cool:

p.s. Just had a thought... any members from Kilcoole G.C. on here?? Any opinions... havn't played it yet ... Membership? I know its only 9 hole but it is about 4 minutes from home. Sorry for waffling

Kilcoole is a tidy little course, well maintained. Not difficult. Ive played it 4 or 5 times. They were doing a leased annual membership earlier in year, you sould check it out.

Kevinmarkham

Hi MG, as a member of Greystones I should act indignantly to your comment about 'silly money'... but it's a fair point. Trouble is that there is still a waiting list - hard to believe, I know.

As for Seafield, if they're interested in attracting new members you should have no problems convincing them to let you play a round of golf to check out the place. It's not my favourite course and I would suggest Courtown which is a couple of minutes further down the same road. Arklow were also doing a deal (you should find a thread on here somewhere).

Can't help you on Kilcoole

ozymandias10

seafield is not great ..over priced and overrated...par fives are all short.

Courtown is a beter option and is down the road

BoardsRanger

I played seafield once and to be honest, i was not a fan! No holes that stood out as being great and alot of silly holes which require more luck than skill.
Kilcoole is a nice 9 hole course and i know a few members there who all speak highly of it.
With regards to the golf shop in kilcoole being open again, i wonder if it is under new owners or not? Previous owners owe me a new shaft!!

MiniGolf

BoardsRanger wrote: »

I played seafield once and to be honest, i was not a fan! No holes that stood out as being great and alot of silly holes which require more luck than skill.
Kilcoole is a nice 9 hole course and i know a few members there who all speak highly of it.
With regards to the golf shop in kilcoole being open again, i wonder if it is under new owners or not? Previous owners owe me a new shaft!!

New owners as far as I know....... they may have been former employees!
Looks like Seafield is a no, no then!!

Brewster

MiniGolf wrote: »

New owners as far as I know....... they may have been former employees!
Looks like Seafield is a no, no then!!

Arklow, 1500 euro a year. Smashing course. Check it out if Kilcoole option is no longer valid.

BoardsRanger

Brewster wrote: »

Arklow, 1500 euro a year. Smashing course. Check it out if Kilcoole option is no longer valid.

Also if you contact the staff at Arklow and inform them that you are interested in membership, they will sort you out with a free round no problem.

Kevinmarkham

MiniGolf wrote: »

New owners as far as I know....... they may have been former employees!
Looks like Seafield is a no, no then!!

If you end up deciding to look at Arklow, I'd be happy to join you if you want company. I need to photograph the place.
K

kaawaazoo

I played Seafield a week or so ago, paid 35 euro for a round at the weekend. If you are just starting out it's not a bad course... you shouldn't lose too many balls and some of the holes are actually quite nice to play. The back 9 is a bit dull but it's not al that bad. It's maintained well... I agree it is probably a bit boring but for that money it might be worth a bash for a year. If you are playing off anything lower than 14 or so you might get a bit annoyed at the challenge (or lack of) on some holes. My advice would be play a round and see what you think... or even go down and have a wander around.

'scorthy

Wouldn't completely write-off Seafield. Sad to see them having to reduce their fees. I remember when I moved to the area it was something like £22k to join, then £12K and now..Bunclody similar...I doubt you'll get into Courtown, at least not as a full membership for at least five years. They do a five day membership, excluding weekends, while they keep you on probation...(sorry, a little sour grapes there as they wouldn't even give me an application form back then..) Ron Breen's, Ballymoney, is now GUI and it's a nice maturing little course and cheap (I think somewhere around E800 p.a. no entrance fee) They have a pleasant local down to earth air, clubhouse and Captain etc...Coollattin is a fine course and probably within reach. Seafield IMHO is worth E995 & maybe they'll throw a few spa treatments in or do a deal for use of the spa. Arklow at E1.5k p.a. is ott.

Brockagh

They crammed as much property into Seafield as was possible. One par 3 you play into what looks like a housing estate.

These are holiday rentals. They are renting them for so cheap that you might get the odd holidayer shouting at you from his balcony while guzzeling a can of Dutch Gold. It's what happened to the people playing ahead of us. We were shouted at from a car as we played one of the holes. Something like: "Yizzers are playin' golf!". Maybe it was even more cutting than that.

Arklow is a beautiful course, but 1,500 sounds a bit much. Coollattin is also very good. They're making a few changes there that should make it better.

thegen

I agree the developer built a golf course to use as a sales tool to sell houses. It has worked for him but left the members very unhappy. He had to lower the yearly subs when 4 or 5 of his established members asked for a reduction from 1900 euro and were told no, they upped and left joining Bunclody. A week later fee reduced to 995.

I have played it quite a bit as I have a place near to it. Would not be my favourite course but played off the back markers which I did for the 1st time a couple of weeks ago not too bad. Having said that Courtown far superior and you also have, Coolatin, Woodenbridge, Arklow and Macreddin within driving distance.