Rathcore Membership

the lawman

Is there anyone thinking of joining Rathcore this year? Its 859 subs for the 12 months and no hello money. Lovely course that has been open all winter so far!

I'm a member who will be re-joining this year and I receive an incentive from the club for bringing in new members. Its a small bonus but every bit counts these days!

If you are currently looking for a course to join then drop me a PM and I'll answer any questions you want about the course and the club.

The only affiliation I have with the club is that I'm a member since mid-2011 so I'll be honest with every question asked.

Gary ITR

It is a beautiful course, I played it a number of times a few years ago. It was around €60 a round at the time and well worth it. Not like other courses in that area that were €30 and you felt like you were being robbed at that

the lawman

I think green fees are much lower than €60 at the minute.

Gary ITR

the lawman wrote: »

I think green fees are much lower than €60 at the minute.

I'd say so but at the time it was worth the €60. I think a lot of Kileen members went there when Kileen was undergoing huge works

limos

Im a member of rathcore myself and i think its excellent value for 859 and its a wonderful course, I think if you pay in full before the end of Feb you will get a reduction of the 859 not sure exactly how much but i think it will happen we will know shortly. there will be a double bay practice net put in place in the coming weeks and there's also talk of a practice area in the near future.

lubo_moravcik

I joined Rathcore for €200 from Sept til end of Dec and made good use of it. Lovely wee course and I'll be re-joining in the next couple of weeks again.

I don't have a GUI yet, so would any members on here be willing to take a relative newcomer out for a few rounds to help me get a handicap

ps, green fees were €25

the lawman

lubo_moravcik wrote: »

I joined Rathcore for €200 from Sept til end of Dec and made good use of it. Lovely wee course and I'll be re-joining in the next couple of weeks again.

I don't have a GUI yet, so would any members on here be willing to take a relative newcomer out for a few rounds to help me get a handicap

I would gladly take you out and sign your card lubo. I'm not gonna be playing there for a week or two but I'll drop you a PM when I know when I'm going out again. Good luck with it.

lubo_moravcik

the lawman wrote: »

I would gladly take you out and sign your card lubo. I'm not gonna be playing there for a week or two but I'll drop you a PM when I know when I'm going out again. Good luck with it.

Good man 'the lawman', appreciated and look forward to it. See if you can get a discount/small bonus for me joining by the way

thoscon

limos wrote: »

Im a member of rathcore myself and i think its excellent value for 859 and its a wonderful course, I think if you pay in full before the end of Feb you will get a reduction of the 859 not sure exactly how much but i think it will happen we will know shortly. there will be a double bay practice net put in place in the coming weeks and there's also talk of a practice area in the near future.

Is the net defo happening in the next few weeks ,there's been talk of if for a while now but still no sign of anything happening..

limos

I would be more than happy to go out for a few rounds with you and mark your cards for your handicap, Im already booked in for sat and sun but im free all next week or next weekend if that suits, Pm me if your free

limos

thoscon wrote: »

Is the net defo happening in the next few weeks ,there's been talk of if for a while now but still no sign of anything happening..

yep as far as i know its ordered and should have it soon enough

thoscon

Happy days ..i joined sept 2010 and it's the only fault I have with the place.

the culture of deference

Lovely course, some very tough holes.

Last played about 4 years ago during our wonderful torrential summer. Found it hard going in the wet.

the lawman

the culture of deference wrote: »

Lovely course, some very tough holes.

Last played about 4 years ago during our wonderful torrential summer. Found it hard going in the wet.

...sounds like a man who wants to join up for 2012.....

Twenty10

My other half is a member of Rathcore (I'm the golfing widow) - he's keen to see new blood in the club so would be happy to pass on the €100 member incentive to anyone who wanted to join through him.

So an even better price if anyone is interested! (Annual membership of a great club for €659 (€759 less €100).

Just pm me and I'll pass on your details.

http://www.rathcoregolfandcountryclub.com/membership.html

the lawman

Twenty10 wrote: »

My other half is a member of Rathcore (I'm the golfing widow) - he's keen to see new blood in the club so would be happy to pass on the €100 member incentive to anyone who wanted to join through him.

So an even better price if anyone is interested! (Annual membership of a great club for €659 (€759 less €100).

Just pm me and I'll pass on your details.

http://www.rathcoregolfandcountryclub.com/membership.html

Well thanks for completing obliterating my request.....in my own thread no less...

Redzah

the lawman wrote: »

Well thanks for completing obliterating my request.....in my own thread no less...

Hahahahaha, you got got!!

To be fair i think her intentions were in the right place and she didn't realise she was undercutting what you had originally posted.

the lawman

Redzah wrote: »

Hahahahaha, you got got!!

To be fair i think her intentions were in the right place and she didn't realise she was undercutting what you had originally posted.

Yeah I reckon you're right. Was just having a joke about!!

Twenty10

Sorry lawman, I didn't read the rest of your thread and I guess my other half didn't either - I didn't notice your offer, just thought it was another thread on membership offers. So apologies from me and him.

kc66

Maybe every Rathcore member should setup their own thread to recruit new members? :rolleyes:

the lawman

Twenty10 wrote: »

Sorry lawman, I didn't read the rest of your thread and I guess my other half didn't either - I didn't notice your offer, just thought it was another thread on membership offers. So apologies from me and him.

No problem at all Twenty10 I wasn't expecting anything from this but was merely hoping. The fact the thread fell down the page within a day says it all anyway.

No harm done.

the lawman

kc66 wrote: »

Maybe every Rathcore member should setup their own thread to recruit new members? :rolleyes:

Maybe people should mind their own business.:rolleyes:

thoscon

anyone looking to join rathcore pm me..great course great value

the lawman

thoscon wrote: »

anyone looking to join rathcore pm me..great course great value

Haha good stuff.

I'd pick this guy over me if I had the choice.

thoscon

Short and to the point.great sales pitch !!!

thoscon

Btw have u had any luck bringing in new members lawman ?

the lawman

I'll throw in a bag of tees and a €5 voucher for centra.

the lawman

thoscon wrote: »

Btw have u had any luck bringing in new members lawman ?

No not at all. There is a colleague in work who is 50/50 on joining or staying with society golf so we'll see!

thoscon

I got a lad I play 5 a side with to rejoin , he was a member 2 years ago but left..he was thinking of headfort but convinced him to come back.I brought him out yesterday to play for his handicap..I said it to Austin bout the discount for bringing him back he just laughed !!!

the lawman

thoscon wrote: »

I got a lad I play 5 a side with to rejoin , he was a member 2 years ago but left..he was thinking of headfort but convinced him to come back.I brought him out yesterday to play for his handicap..I said it to Austin bout the discount for bringing him back he just laughed !!!

I'm not sure what the criteria is to claim the discount but I'd keep very close to that new lad and Austin till it's sorted!!!

thoscon

Hell not play the course without me !! Maybe it doesn't count coz he was a member before

the lawman

thoscon wrote: »

Hell not play the course without me !! Maybe it doesn't count coz he was a member before

I'm really not sure to be honest. Ring Aillen in the morning she might know.

Good luck with it anyway thoscon.

tamloc

Savage Course, savage value!

PhilipMarlowe

Don't forget you might also get 33% extra free on your handicap too :rolleyes:

the lawman

PhilipMarlowe wrote: »

Don't forget you might also get 33% extra free on your handicap too :rolleyes:

This course is tough enough to do that anyway without all these amazing deals.;)

lubo_moravcik

Got my renewal letter in this week, looking forward to getting this sorted and back out on the 'rolling drumlins of Co Meath'

thoscon

was out for a few holes course is in great nick at the minute

the lawman

thoscon wrote: »

was out for a few holes course is in great nick at the minute

Heading out tomorrow hoping the wind calms down a bit.

thoscon

the lawman wrote: »

Heading out tomorrow hoping the wind calms down a bit.[/QUOTE
Was fairly windy today it's meant to be windy tmrw but not as windy Sunday ..hopefully thats right I'm out Sunday morning :-)

tang1

Couldn't find a more recent thread on Rathcore, I'm a former member and was still on the clubs emailing list. Closed its doors as of yesterday per an email I received this morning.

mafc

tang1 wrote: »

Couldn't find a more recent thread on Rathcore, I'm a former member and was still on the clubs emailing list. Closed its doors as of yesterday per an email I received this morning.

Very sad to hear that, checked their website and no mention so hopefully not closed,

tang1

mafc wrote: »

Very sad to hear that, checked their website and no mention so hopefully not closed,

Check the visitor posts on there Facebook page and it will confirm what I posted.

fred funk }{

Great little track, one of my favourites around those parts. Always sad when a course closes.

thoscon

It's very sad news, we had a buyer but he pulled out, hopefully someone will snap it up soon and keep it as a golf course

Ollieboy

I can't see it been re-open to be honest with so many good quality golf courses in the area doing great membership deals already. It's sad to see it going but I just don't believe that the area can support so many courses. The number of people playing golf as still not increased and green and society income is dropping compared to other years across the country.

Unfortunately I am hearing stories of three other clubs in North Dublin having to make very tough decisions at the moment, one club is looking for additional €350 to €500 from each member to survive till the end of the year and another as paid no rent in 6 months to the landowner and the other is been ran by the bank into the ground. I believe all 3 will survive but they will start dropping membership fees to help them sort out there financial issues which will just add pressure to the other clubs in the area. A lot of times these clubs are just delaying the the final outcome but you can't blame them for that.

It's always very important to join a members own club with a professional management committee in place and very little debt or none if you are looking for a long term golfing family.

Seve OB

WOW. shocked to hear this, loved this track, one of the hidden gems

Milkers

Really good course and deceptively tough. Wayward shots punished on nearly every hole. Sad to hear it's closed, its location is unfortunately a bit of a disaster.

the lawman

Milkers wrote: »

Really good course and deceptively tough. Wayward shots punished on nearly every hole. Sad to hear it's closed, its location is unfortunately a bit of a disaster.

Would agree with this. I'm a member since 2010 and I have a feeling if I join a different club next year my handicap may come down a shot or two. Hopefully anyway!

Seve OB

the lawman wrote: »

Would agree with this. I'm a member since 2010 and I have a feeling if I join a different club next year my handicap may come down a shot or two. Hopefully anyway!

I though you left? Or maybe I'm going mad.... were you not sniffing around at other options a while ago? Or maybe you just knew what was coming down the line?

Seve OB

tang1 wrote: »

Check the visitor posts on there Facebook page and it will confirm what I posted.

By the way, I don't know where you see it... nothing there from what I see. Mind you, looks like they have at least 2 facebook pages... :rolleyes:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rathcore-Golf-Country-Club/157232951003339?fref=ts

https://www.facebook.com/Rathcore-Golf-Country-Club-137889606262970/?fref=ts

the lawman

Seve OB wrote: »

I though you left? Or maybe I'm going mad.... were you not sniffing around at other options a while ago? Or maybe you just knew what was coming down the line?

No haven't left Seve. I have been looking at options the last while based on my playing partners need for a closer course to home. Still might be there if it opens again which I'm hopeful it will.