Knightsbrook

Tones69

I won a fourball in knightsbrook so gonna play in approx 2weeks, just had a look online and it looks a cracker, anybody played recently and what did they thinky

Benny Cake

Its a great track, quite long and tricky but always in great condition. I'm playing it Wednesday morning, €15 before 9am = great value! I'll let you know how its playing...

Ben1977

Played it 1 week ago. Lovely course, greens were just sanded, fairway were great. Played off the greens at 6600yds. Long as the wind will alway effect each shot it is open to the elements.

Tones69

Cool cheers let me know how she is, greens should be perfect by the time i get there in 2 weeks

Benny Cake

Played it this morning and its coming into peak condition. There is still a good deal of sand on the greens but it should be well washed in over the next week. Fairways, tee boxes etc. are all perfect. Knightsbrook offers exceptional value for money and is definitely worth trying out.

Tones69

Benny Cake wrote: »

Played it this morning and its coming into peak condition. There is still a good deal of sand on the greens but it should be well washed in over the next week. Fairways, tee boxes etc. are all perfect. Knightsbrook offers exceptional value for money and is definitely worth trying out.

Gonna hit her sat 2 weeks dude, should be mint by then yeah? Cant really find anything online for hole by hole though

Benny Cake

Tones69 wrote: »

Gonna hit her sat 2 weeks dude, should be mint by then yeah? Cant really find anything online for hole by hole though

Ya, it will be perfect by then. Its a fairly generous course off the tee & you can open the shoulders on most holes. It is, however, long as f*ck!!!

Tones69

Benny Cake wrote: »

Ya, it will be perfect by then. Its a fairly generous course off the tee & you can open the shoulders on most holes. It is, however, long as f*ck!!!

Ah cant be much in it distance wise with her and Mount Wolseley so not worried there, tight holes and pins and other things like that affect scoring more i reckons Looking forward to giving her a burst

Johnny_Fontane

Here ya go lads!
http://knightsbrookgolfclub.ie/course-panoramas

glad you are enjoying it.....

Benny Cake

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

Here ya go lads!
http://knightsbrookgolfclub.ie/course-panoramas

glad you are enjoying it.....

That is a class piece of software, gives a great feel for the course. Thanks Johnny!

spacecoyote

Played there a week ago & was a very enjoyable round. Greens were not 100% but fairly close to it. It was fair off the tee, and all of the par 3s involve water. It's an interesting run in finishing par 3,5,3

I'd say you'll have a very enjoyable day out, and the grub was good in the clubhouse afterwards too!

Tones69

spacecoyote wrote: »

Played there a week ago & was a very enjoyable round. Greens were not 100% but fairly close to it. It was fair off the tee, and all of the par 3s involve water. It's an interesting run in finishing par 3,5,3

I'd say you'll have a very enjoyable day out, and the grub was good in the clubhouse afterwards too!

Should be mint in 2 weeks time so looking forward to her now, love gettin away trynig new courses

johnnytalker

played wednesday evening off the whites, beautiful course, greens a bit grainy following work but should be spot on by the time you play. Good test but open enough off tee. Got out at 5:30 for 15quid and got 18 in in a 2 ball, played well so eager to head back.

AldilaMan

johnnytalker wrote: »

played wednesday evening off the whites, beautiful course, greens a bit grainy following work but should be spot on by the time you play. Good test but open enough off tee. Got out at 5:30 for 15quid and got 18 in in a 2 ball, played well so eager to head back.

How did you get it for €15? Teetimes?

€80 on their website

johnnytalker

just arrived on spec and asked for a price, the lad there was kind enough to give us a very decent rate. Given that it was pushing towards half 5 with a few showers, he may have thought we wouldn't get the 18 in.... we did. As a GUI member, I wouldn't pay over the odds to play any course, not in the boom and certainly not now. Off topic, played tralee last weekend in JSC for 35, their website says 180

AdpRo

Played here saturday, monster course, way too long for me! I thought the greens were really poor, slow and very bumpy.

AldilaMan

Tones69 wrote: »

Should be mint in 2 weeks time so looking forward to her now, love gettin away trynig new courses

Did you play it. How were the greens? Weetabix didn't think much of them. I'm due to play on Wednesday 2nd May - disappointed to hear the greens bumpy.

Tones69

AldilaMan wrote: »

Tones69 wrote: »

Should be mint in 2 weeks time so looking forward to her now, love gettin away trynig new courses

Did you play it. How were the greens? Weetabix didn't think much of them. I'm due to play on Wednesday 2nd May - disappointed to hear the greens bumpy.

Im playing this saturday, greens were only done a few weeks ago but thought theyd be mint by sat

AldilaMan

Tones69 wrote: »

Gonna hit her sat 2 weeks dude, should be mint by then yeah? Cant really find anything online for hole by hole though

So you meant 3 weeks (not 2) . See Weetabix comments. No looking good

Johnny_Fontane

Weetabix wrote: »

Played here saturday, monster course, way too long for me! I thought the greens were really poor, slow and very bumpy.

thats a pity, and I agree with you, greens were only ok yesterday. You think its a monster? Wait until you play if from the back tees. We did yesterday in the monthly medal. CSS was 77, winner had a net 71, second was 75.....

animal.

Tones69

AldilaMan wrote: »

Tones69 wrote: »

Gonna hit her sat 2 weeks dude, should be mint by then yeah? Cant really find anything online for hole by hole though

So you meant 3 weeks (not 2) . See Weetabix comments. No looking good

Was gonna go last weekend but didnt suit in the end, yeah hopefully theyre ok for the wknd

AdpRo

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

thats a pity, and I agree with you, greens were only ok yesterday. You think its a monster? Wait until you play if from the back tees. We did yesterday in the monthly medal. CSS was 77, winner had a net 71, second was 75.....

animal.

Nialed a drive and 3 wood on one of the par 4's and still was about 20 yards short!! Granted it was into a very strong wind....I think I will give the back tees a miss for now!

AldilaMan

Weetabix wrote: »

Nialed a drive and 3 wood on one of the par 4's and still was about 20 yards short!! Granted it was into a very strong wind....I think I will give the back tees a miss for now!

What tees did you play off? I was planning to play off the greens but ben1977 says they are 6600 which seems very long for the shortest tees. The course is going to play extra long tomorrow anyway after the rain on Sunday and more today. Can anyone tell me the yardages of each of the tees. Id like a decent test for the par 3's cos sometimes the forward tees ruin these holes. Par 4s that are reachable with long iron second shots or five wood is fine (not driver, 3 wood and then some).

Johnny_Fontane

AldilaMan wrote: »

What tees did you play off? I was planning to play off the greens but ben1977 says they are 6600 which seems very long for the shortest tees. The course is going to play extra long tomorrow anyway after the rain on Sunday and more today. Can anyone tell me the yardages of each of the tees. Id like a decent test for the par 3's cos sometimes the forward tees ruin these holes. Par 4s that are reachable with long iron second shots or five wood is fine (not driver, 3 wood and then some).

http://knightsbrookgolfclub.ie/the-course/the-card

Tones69

Bit of a beast alright Hopefully the weather will be good for saturday

Johnny_Fontane

they are a very good challenge off the whites, the green tees are a tiny bit forward, but even if you stick it miles out there, you might have one wedge into a par 4 (probably only the 10th with a monster drive) , mostly you are looking at 7 irons back to 3 woods.....for the mid handicapper with a 240/250 yard average drive.

thats the difficultly level, sure its open, but you need to be long and straight for the doglegs.

AldilaMan

Johnny_Fontane wrote: »

they are a very good challenge off the whites, the green tees are a tiny bit forward, but even if you stick it miles out there, you might have one wedge into a par 4 (probably only the 10th with a monster drive) , mostly you are looking at 7 irons back to 3 woods.....for the mid handicapper with a 240/250 yard average drive.

thats the difficultly level, sure its open, but you need to be long and straight for the doglegs.

they are a very good challenge off the Greens too !! Might strugle to hit 240/250 drives unless the course drys quickly for tomorrow. More like 220/230 in the conditions. It'll be tough but as long as it's dry

Seves Three Iron

Christy O'Connor Jnr designs great courses but length off the tee seems to be a prevalent feature; K'brook, Mt Wolseley, Concra, Headfort, R'town etc...Personally, I'd take Rathcore over them all.

AdpRo

AldilaMan wrote: »

What tees did you play off? I was planning to play off the greens but ben1977 says they are 6600 which seems very long for the shortest tees. The course is going to play extra long tomorrow anyway after the rain on Sunday and more today. Can anyone tell me the yardages of each of the tees. Id like a decent test for the par 3's cos sometimes the forward tees ruin these holes. Par 4s that are reachable with long iron second shots or five wood is fine (not driver, 3 wood and then some).

Played off the greens but it was very windy.

Just done a comparsion there, the average Par 4 in knightsbrook from greens is 400 yards v 341 from whites on my normal course.....no wonder I found it long!

Johnny_Fontane

Seves Three Iron wrote: »

Christy O'Connor Jnr designs great courses but length off the tee seems to be a prevalent feature; K'brook, Mt Wolseley, Concra, Headfort, R'town etc...Personally, I'd take Rathcore over them all.

love rathcore, but couldnt take it over Concra or Headfort New. The others its a toss up. I love playing rathcore, I'd probably take it over my own course if I lived closer.

Tones69

Playing tmrw, lookin forward to it, any do's and donts?

AldilaMan

Tones69 wrote: »

Playing tmrw, lookin forward to it, any do's and donts?

Watch out for par 5 13 index 17 reachable in 2. Keep your drive on the fairway or a bit left. If you go too far right over a mound you could be in the hidden lake. There'a sign about a local rule that you must hit again if you drive towards the water cos you can be sure. 17th par 5 is a great hole with a long enough 3rd shot with water on the left. All par 3's lovely.

Enjoy (greens still a bit slow)

Tones69

AldilaMan wrote: »

Tones69 wrote: »

Playing tmrw, lookin forward to it, any do's and donts?

Watch out for par 5 13 index 17 reachable in 2. Keep your drive on the fairway or a bit left. If you go too far right over a mound you could be in the hidden lake. There'a sign about a local rule that you must hit again if you drive towards the water cos you can be sure. 17th par 5 is a great hole with a long enough 3rd shot with water on the left. All par 3's lovely.

Enjoy (greens still a bit slow)

Cool cheers, seen the card and was thinkin ive never seen an 18th par 3? Was hopin greens wud be back by now? Tis feckin may

shaneon77

greens are about 90% at the minute and improving every day. you'll enjoy it though, the first 2 holes are a bit tricky due to length. 18th is a potential card wrecker as its all carry over water, 15th is a great hole too, you need to carry water on 2 occasions, my advice...... try to drive over the right edge of the line of trees in front of you as anything too far out to the right leaves more water for your second shot.

slave1

Fairways in KB are just superb

Bald? er, dash!

Yeah, agree about the fairways, played here during the week after several horrendous days of rain, and the fairways were excellent (save for one or two small areas). The greens though were very disappointing, worst I have played on recently. Hopefully they'll be back soon, nice course and love the 4 finishing holes

Tones69

Played it,nice course but if im honest nothing special & was a little disappointed!! Every hole kinda looks the same?! 18th is class. Will deffo return though in summer id say for singles, feel could deffo put in a score

tang1

Tones69 wrote: »

Played it,nice course but if im honest nothing special & was a little disappointed!! Every hole kinda looks the same?! 18th is class.

Same opinion as myself on it, course is always in supernick but it feels very open. Like you dont really get punished for a bad shot.

decko11

tang1 wrote: »

Same opinion as myself on it, course is always in supernick but it feels very open. Like you dont really get punished for a bad shot.

agreed - hard to lose a ball there -- way to much semi rough -- no real thick stuff -- last few holes are very good though -- back nine stronger than first ...

Tones69

decko11 wrote: »

tang1 wrote: »

Same opinion as myself on it, course is always in supernick but it feels very open. Like you dont really get punished for a bad shot.

agreed - hard to lose a ball there -- way to much semi rough -- no real thick stuff -- last few holes are very good though -- back nine stronger than first ...

Yup deffo agree, id fancy singles there over summer

Rabidlamb

Seves Three Iron wrote: »

Christy O'Connor Jnr designs great courses but length off the tee seems to be a prevalent feature; K'brook, Mt Wolseley, Concra, Headfort, R'town etc...Personally, I'd take Rathcore over them all.

Add Esker Hills to that list too, a real golfers test, not too enjoyable for the high handicappers though.

AldilaMan

Tones69 wrote: »

Played it,nice course but if im honest nothing special & was a little disappointed!! Every hole kinda looks the same?! 18th is class. Will deffo return though in summer id say for singles, feel could deffo put in a score

A come on ! It has length as it's protection. If you want it long and rough and bunkered go to the Monty in Carton House. A lot of very nice holes in Knightsbrook - It's a bit open - Typically Christ O'Connor designed course (similar to Roganstown). This week was the 1st time I played it. Had been told great things and it lived up to it for all 4 of us. Greens not great at the moment and there's no excuse for that in May. I wouldn't expect them to be lightning fast but they're way too slow at the moment.

If you design a very long course for amateurs then there has to be some give as regards width of fairways and height of rough. Very playable IMO

tayto lover

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Add Esker Hills to that list too, a real golfers test, not too enjoyable for the high handicappers though.

Concra Wood off the black tees is your real rest.

Tones69

AldilaMan wrote: »

A come on ! It has length as it's protection. If you want it long and rough and bunkered go to the Monty in Carton House. A lot of very nice holes in Knightsbrook - It's a bit open - Typically Christ O'Connor designed course (similar to Roganstown). This week was the 1st time I played it. Had been told great things and it lived up to it for all 4 of us. Greens not great at the moment and there's no excuse for that in May. I wouldn't expect them to be lightning fast but they're way too slow at the moment.

If you design a very long course for amateurs then there has to be some give as regards width of fairways and height of rough. Very playable IMO

Its not that long? It looks long on paper maybe but it doesnt play it imo, very very flat and open (which is nice but needs a bit more). Its a nice course no doubt but i just wasnt overly impressed is all, id deffo go back but like i said, a lot of the holes are kinda the same and nothing to exactly take your breath as you walk the fairways

blue note

I played this yesterday and was fairly disappointed to be honest. The greens were recently sanded and forked, but I don't mind that at this time of year.

But the fairways were outrageously big. There seemed to be no real punishment for bad driving as a result. And while there was water on all of the par 3s, it wasn't really in play on any of them except for the 18th unless you really hit a stinker.

One of my playing partners said it was shortlisted for the Solheim cup but lost out to Kileen Castle. I found this shocking.

I did have probably my best round ever there though. 80 gross and that was even with 3 3 putts and a duffed chip.:)

mag

aye, its great for opening the shoulders off the tee.
greens are generally decent though. 14 & 17 are the stand out holes imho

Milkers

It is very forgiving off the tee. I think the Junior Solheim was played there in the end. Handicap golfers are a funny lot, something sado-masochistic about them. Shoot 80 and complain that the course is too easy :-)

AFK123

what tees did you play off. While the course is very open its main defense is the lenght and wind. If you get it on a windy day some of the holes play really long.

That being said, it needs to be tightened up a lot which hopefully they will try and do in the coming years

dar_cool

Anyone know what the greens are like now? Playing here Saturday in a society.

shaneon77

Hollow cored last Monday ��

dar_cool

Thanks for that, played it on Saturday, greens were still pretty bad, nice layout though in fairness, very simular to roganstown