Course Conditions at the moment??

jod1983

Was just wondering how other courses are faring out at the moment with the continuous conveyor belts of rain hitting them.
I'm a member in Kenmare GC and the place is soaked, pity the greenkeepers cause they are trying so hard to make the course playable.
Think alot of courses will suffer financially this year.

soundsham

Most courses in Cork are f4cked from rain 3-400% over normal rainfall
Course manager of a local course told me that the course is out €180,000 on green fees from last year

GreeBo

jod1983 wrote: »

Was just wondering how other courses are faring out at the moment with the continuous conveyor belts of rain hitting them.
I'm a member in Kenmare GC and the place is soaked, pity the greenkeepers cause they are trying so hard to make the course playable.
Think alot of courses will suffer financially this year.

We had a couple of puddles in places today but other than that it was good. Greens were running 12 on the stimpmeter, fairways were damp though, ball was picking up mud.
Today was a cracker though.
Grange, Dublin.

bluebottle102

soundsham wrote: »

Most courses in Cork are f4cked from rain 3-400% over normal rainfall
Course manager of a local course told me that the course is out €180,000 on green fees from last year

€180,000 jeez that sounds like a huge intake for green fees. How much does it cost per round??

chalkie 501

jod1983 wrote: »

Was just wondering how other courses are faring out at the moment with the continuous conveyor belts of rain hitting them.
I'm a member in Kenmare GC and the place is soaked, pity the greenkeepers cause they are trying so hard to make the course playable.
Think alot of courses will suffer financially this year.

Dont know what yere talking about,i played Lumine golf club in Salou earlier and it was 32degrees,not a cloud in the sky and definatley no sign of rain:D

sorry,just had to rub it in!!
i know Killarney have suffered the same as everywhere else.

i think the saddest thing is that im here in Salou drinking a pint of san miguel and checking out whats going on in boardsland:o

jod1983

chalkie 501 wrote: »

Dont know what yere talking about,i played Lumine golf club in Salou earlier and it was 32degrees,not a cloud in the sky and definatley no sign of rain:D

sorry,just had to rub it in!!
i know Killarney have suffered the same as everywhere else.

i think the saddest thing is that im here in Salou drinking a pint of san miguel and checking out whats going on in boardsland:o

You know how to make a man jealous!!!

Thankfully going to Donegal in a forthnight, so will golf my brains out that week.

soundsham

bluebottle102 wrote: »

€180,000 jeez that sounds like a huge intake for green fees. How much does it cost per round??

Don't think so
€25 -€30
Just telling you via the horses mouth

bluebottle102

soundsham wrote: »

bluebottle102 wrote: »

€180,000 jeez that sounds like a huge intake for green fees. How much does it cost per round??

Don't think so
€25 -€30
Just telling you via the horses mouth

I'm not doubting you soundsham, just sounds like a huge amount of money. At €25 per green fee it's nearly 140 visitors per week!!!

Manach

Just need to invent a new game : aqua-golf anyone?

MiniGolf

Played Bodenstown on saturday in the first leg of the Leinster Fourball final. It has to have been the wettest conditions I have played in. Even though we won my match I really don't think the course should have been open. Balls plugging everywhere and lots of standing water on the greens isn't really condusive to good golf.... even for us hackers

In contrast I played my home course (Druids Heath) yesterday as a therapeutic antidote to saturday and it was practically bone dry!! Greens like lightening and balls actually bouncing on the fairways :eek:... and the rough (So I'm told :P)
MG

who_ru

I played Powerscourt west on saturday, place was absolutely soaking wet, if you hit a ball off the fairway you got water splashed in your face, pools of water on many fairways, the sand in the bunkers was like porridge.

lovely track though, but what i found toughest was that on most holes you seemed to be driving uphill into a strong wind, and i'm not a long hitter either!

slave1

Depressing read this, just back from a month in Florida and trying to get out this evening but the rainfall radar on met eireann is wicked at the minute, might be blown through by this evening I hope.

Johnny_Fontane

played knightsbrook yesterday, it was soft alright, with some mud balls, rough was soft, so you needed to hit the fairway.

All bunkers were in play and greens were receptive.

slave1

Right, sun is shining and rainfall radar looks okay, I'm outta here!!!

slave1

Got 13 in in Moate, very very wet, puddles abound and clean/place, drop/fairway rules in play