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The Heath, Portlaoise

  • 28-04-2011 4:22pm
    #1
    MiniGolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 757 ✭✭✭


    I see there is an Scratch Cup on at The Heath this weekend....... Any opinions on the course?? Is it worth a trip from Greystones?? At a loose end this weekend so looking at opens etc.
    Thanks in advance!
    MG


Comments

  • #2
    ernieprice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 133 ✭✭ernieprice


    I was a member of the Heath some years ago. It is a lovely course and well worth a trip.


  • #3
    GetInTheHole!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭GetInTheHole!


    I played down there last July and thought it was very ordinary.

    There was also a lot of sheep roaming around the course so it was very annoying to have to clean s**t off my ball / shoes repeatedly (it was literally everywhere).

    I wouldn't play it again myself but then I'm not sure if the sheep thing is an all year round problem down there..


  • #4
    Kevinmarkham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,003 ✭✭✭Kevinmarkham


    I wouldn't call it 'ordinary' - it's a good heathland stretch (one of only a handful) and the sheep add a certain something to your day, as well as to your shoes. With the gorse out the course will look great. Condition will be good, without being over-manicured or exceptional. And it's a friendly place.

    I'd say it was well worth a visit.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmarkham/sets/72157621966394817/
    Some photos if these help
    K


  • #5
    killbillvol2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,178 ✭✭✭killbillvol2


    Kevinmarkham wrote: »
    I wouldn't call it 'ordinary' - it's a good heathland stretch (one of only a handful) and the sheep add a certain something to your day, as well as to your shoes. With the gorse out the course will look great. Condition will be good, without being over-manicured or exceptional. And it's a friendly place.

    I'd say it was well worth a visit.

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/kevinmarkham/sets/72157621966394817/
    Some photos if these help
    K

    Agreed, it's anything but ordinary and is an experience you can only have in a few places.

    +1 on the friendliness too. I love dropping down for a game there.


  • #6
    GetInTheHole!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭GetInTheHole!


    Ah I don't know - I just think that if I was the OP and drove over from Greystones I think I'd like a little more for my time.

    Please don't get me wrong - the track was fine and the clubhouse and pro shop was very welcoming. The 10th (I think) was a nice par 3.
    But nothing really stood out for me enough to want to go back a second time..

    Maybe it's just down to the fact that I have enough things going on in my head before a shot - without having to worry about sheep clearing from the fairways / greens!!


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  • #7
    BraveDonut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭BraveDonut


    Open Intermediate Scratch Cup in Bray tomorrow!


  • #8
    MiniGolf
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 757 ✭✭✭MiniGolf


    BraveDonut wrote: »
    Open Intermediate Scratch Cup in Bray tomorrow!
    Was looking at that too..... !! Thanks


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