tralee ( the barrow )

curly from cork

heading tomorrow. does anyone know how far outside tralee it is and on what road out of tralee? i know its not the listowel road as i checked that out on the way to bally b last week ( a pro golfer does nt clock up the golf miles i do ... tough life i have )

Miley Byrne

curly from cork wrote: »

heading tomorrow. does anyone know how far outside tralee it is and on what road out of tralee? i know its not the listowel road as i checked that out on the way to bally b last week ( a pro golfer does nt clock up the golf miles i do ... tough life i have )

Lucky you Curly!! Head out the ballyheigue road til you get to a roundabout about a mile out. Turn left signposted for Fenit. Go out that road about 2-3 miles and there is a fork in the road. Turn right there. It's signposted from there (Small blue signposts I think!). You cant go wrong after that. It's about 15 - 20 mins from Tralee at the most.

I'm mad jealous cos I love the course. I played Ballybunion Old in blazing sunshine yesterday and I cant split the two courses. Best of luck on the Index 1 12th!!

curly from cork

perfect info , many thanks. really looking forward to it. weather holding up too.

aster99

what did you think of the course? i was in Tralee a couple of weeks ago and took a drive out that way. Walked down to the beech near the course, the path runs through one of the fairways. Thought it looked like a stunning course. Hopefully will get to play it someday

curly from cork

I thought it was a fantastic track. We are playing senior cup there in a couple of weeks , so luckily for me we are being dispatched again to get another round in !!
Give me a links course anywhere and Im sorted. Links golf is unbeatable in my opinion.
The back nine requires more thinking and is visually more stunning. Tighter off the tees with some well placed bunkers. Green feees are very expensive though. That being said the day we played, a pet of a day , not a puff, the course was pratically empty. We played as many balls in as we liked . No one around. I d say in previous years the place was full of Americans.
My vote would go to Ballybunion over Tralee , but still a wonderful course.

aster99

Intermediate scratch cup here on the 10th July. Anyone playing?
Thinking i will as it is a good chance to play the course and not have to pay €180 green fees for the pleasure

curly from cork

heaven on earth in this weather...go for it and good luck

Miley Byrne

aster99 wrote: »

Intermediate scratch cup here on the 10th July. Anyone playing?
Thinking i will as it is a good chance to play the course and not have to pay €180 green fees for the pleasure

Ya, I'm going to play in it Aster. Haven't booked it yet though. If you want to play let me know and I can book it. My regular partner for these can't make it that day but I'll play anyway.

Edit: Just checked the timesheet Aster, very few spaces left. About 3 lines with only one space left so I took one of them. There is a line left @ around 3.30 i think with 2 spaces on it but that was too late for me.

aster99

hey, just saw your message. I booked early this morning...got a space for the morning. seems the timesheet filled very fast, looking forward to it

aster99

any place there to hit a few shots before or warm up a bit?

Miley Byrne

aster99 wrote: »

any place there to hit a few shots before or warm up a bit?

Ya Aster, there's a practice area there alright. Chipping green, range etc.

Enjoy it because it's a cracker of a course. Especially the back nine. Forecast not great but hopefully we'll get a bit of a break with the weather. What time are you out?

aster99

Ya hoping the weather will be ok. playing at noon

curly from cork

last time we played you had to supply your own balls at the practice area !! nice chipping/ bunker / green area though. hope you enjoy it.

aster99

Stunning course. Shame about the weather today, would love to play there on a sunny day. Had spells of sunshine today but the majority of round was played during constant rain. Played quite well and was happy that i avoided any danger or big scores. A great experience

Miley Byrne

aster99 wrote: »

Stunning course. Shame about the weather today, would love to play there on a sunny day. Had spells of sunshine today but the majority of round was played during constant rain. Played quite well and was happy that i avoided any danger or big scores. A great experience

I didn't make it after all Aster. Played a football match Friday night and hurt my neck so I couldn't play Sat. Pity about the weather. Great course though.

aster99

Savage course. Hope the injury is ok. any idea where you could see the results? Be interested to see what sort of scores came in

aster99

78 gross was the winning score, great shooting in those conditions!