Killeen castle ??

GorHugh

Just wondering what peoples opinions of Killeen Castle in Dunsany are ?

sector

GorHugh wrote: »

Just wondering what peoples opinions of Killeen Castle in Dunsany are ?

Beautiful, haven't been there this year but did ya hear about my eagle with an 8 iron on one of the early par 4's?!! lol

Facilities are excellent, service was high. Thought the fairways were forgiving for someone like me (cutter with occasional slice!) , greens are big and 4 puttable, trust me i know, ie first green is a biggie (hence the 6 i carded!)

Could play real long if they wanted, no shortage of land out there.

Bit of a trek for me in Lucan but I almost joined it.

GorHugh

sector wrote: »

Beautiful, haven't been there this year but did ya hear about my eagle with an 8 iron on one of the early par 4's?!! lol

I know about it now ....lol

I'll see if they have it recorded in the club house when i'm up there

thoscon

lovely course but found it quiet tough.maybe alot to do with me been in the heavy rough alot and alot of bunkers:(

carplates

played it last year, very hard fro 16+ handicap, you have to play the baall high into the greens, but worth the trip

Kace

Thread revival but had to get on here and praise the place. What a course ! Loved every minute of it - great design, REAL bunkers, huge greens, massive length. Clubhouse to die for - OK you need a degree to work the 2sq ft of showerheads afterwards but once you're in there it's tempting to stay there for half an hour

Staff obviously have the 'friendly' motto beaten into them at all levels - when I was driving in a guy driving a fairway mower gave me a huge salute ;-)

To sum it up, if you haven't managed to play there yet get on it - you won't be disappointed.

Benny Cake

Among the top 2 or 3 parklands in the country IMO, always try get out there when I'm in the area...

fullstop

Kace wrote: »

Thread revival but had to get on here and praise the place. What a course ! Loved every minute of it - great design, REAL bunkers, huge greens, massive length. Clubhouse to die for - OK you need a degree to work the 2sq ft of showerheads afterwards but once you're in there it's tempting to stay there for half an hour

Staff obviously have the 'friendly' motto beaten into them at all levels - when I was driving in a guy driving a fairway mower gave me a huge salute ;-)

To sum it up, if you haven't managed to play there yet get on it - you won't be disappointed.

Did you play it today? It's in great nick, greens a little bit slower than normal but wasn't a bad thing with some of the pins!

Kace

Benny Cake wrote: »

Among the top 2 or 3 parklands in the country IMO, always try get out there when I'm in the area...

Fully agree - for me it's up there with Druids Glen in terms of enjoyment, although I did get it on a benign day. I'd say it would be a monster off the blacks.

Oh - now that I remember. This would be mighty craic I'd say. Crazy crazy long !!!

Kace

fullstop wrote: »

Did you play it today? It's in great nick, greens a little bit slower than normal but wasn't a bad thing with some of the pins!

Played it on Friday in similar conditions. Yes the greens were not as fast as others I have played, but that didn't detract from the experience for me.