Julianstown Golf/Pitch & Putt Course

Mono25

I have been driving past this place for years and have never ventured in mainly cos i thought it was just a P&P course. But just found out there is a 9 hole golf course.

What I'm thinking is it would be handy just to get out a play a few holes instead of being in a driving range.

So has anyone played it? Is it any use?

Cheers

leonards

not great IMHO... its nine holes and v short.
if i want a quick 9, i play front 9 at bellewstown.
just up the road and better test....

boblong

The greens there can ruin your game. I agree with the notion that you should head up to Bellewstown.

Jimdagym

I've played it a good few times. Its grand for what it is. A cheap way to practice a few shots. Have never seen it busy, so you can fly around it.

Mono25

thanks,

sort of confirmed what i suspected and all i really wanted to use it for was to loosed up instead of the just hitting balls on a range

suppose the best thing is to just go and play it.

how short is it?.........would you need all your clubs?

ThunderCat

havnt played it in a few years but its not great. That said if you turn up not expecting much and just want to hit a few balls then it serves a purpose I suppose.
It does have poor drainage tho from what i remember so you'd want to pick a dry day that has been preceeded with a few dry days.
Its a mixture of par 3's and 4's with the 3's ranging from 130yards to about 190yards and the par 4's from about 240yards to about 380yards at a guess.
As a few lads have already said, Id personally opt for nine holes at bellewstown 10 times out of 10.

Fore Iron

Julianstown is very much as everyone here has said. And definitely can get quite soggy, but Bellewstown suffers a bit from that too.

If I play in Julianstown, I normally only bring a hybrid, 3, 5, 7, 9 and a wedge or something like that and carry the bag. If you play off the back tees (not that they're that far away from the forward tees!) two of the par 3's are a good test. The third hole (I think) can easily be a full 3 iron to reach on some days.

I normally have fun on the other holes by doing something like trying to hit the same club off the tee and the fairway - like if the hole is 340 yards long, then that should be two 6 irons, so I have to hit 6 off the tee and then 6 from the fairway regardless whether I flushed the tee shot or not. The shortist par 4 is around 240 or 260 ish so that should be 2 wedges. So even if you get a hard bounce off the tee and have just 100 yards left, you still have to use the same club. You get the idea......

Otherwise, the front nine in Bellewstown will give you a chance to hit everything in your bag, plus some chipping and putting too.

The greens in Julianstown P&P course will kill you. You'll be hitting putts 35 feet past everywhere else you play afterwards. The 9 hole course is much better though still slowish. Bellewstown have been suffering quite a bit with green troubles lately though too. So for cheap and cheerful, quiet, birds and trees and grass golf, Julianstown is fine. Mind you Bellewstown is pretty similar in that respect aswell!!

frankdaly

There is nothing too special about bellewstown all hills dont bother going near without golf car also dangerous enough in the wet

GreeBo

I played it once and didnt have more than a 5iron with me, it was not an issue...

P_1

It's a nice confidence builder of a course truth be told. Nothing too special but probably better than a trip to the driving range for prctice