Cruit Island Golf Course Review

Kevinmarkham

If you haven't played this 9 hole beauty in Donegal, you're missing out. Finally got to it this year and was blown away.

Review here

Miley Byrne

Kevinmarkham wrote: »

If you haven't played this 9 hole beauty in Donegal, you're missing out. Finally got to it this year and was blown away.

Review here

That is definitely on the "to do" list!! Any chance of it ever expanding to an 18 hole layout? The 6th does look unreal alright.

neddynasty

Played it twice in the last few years. Was nearly blown away one of the times over the edge. Great course though. Not a place to go and expect to shoot a low score. It's a go and enjoy the place no matter how any balls you lose kind of place.

Kevinmarkham

denisoc16 wrote: »

Any chance of it ever expanding to an 18 hole layout?

Apparently some land alongside might be coming on the market, but financial constraints may mean it's implausible.

ccmp

Yah played last summer. Great experience.

SuprSi

I've played on this course on and off for the past 20 years as my parents always went on holidays to Cruit. It's a mad little course, with some unbelievable holes and scenery and if the wind gets up it becomes very difficult. It struggles when things dry out and the greens can become very bare, but I only have fond memories of it.

mike12

Is theere another book coming Kevin. All the wonderful 9 hole courses in Ireland. You should be able to get it done in a couple of months.
Mike

Kevinmarkham

mike12 wrote: »

Is theere another book coming Kevin. All the wonderful 9 hole courses in Ireland. You should be able to get it done in a couple of months.
Mike

I'll have a word with the wife...

link_2007

Kevinmarkham wrote: »

I'll have a word with the wife...

We can set up a petition if you think that might help?

charlieIRL

link_2007 wrote: »

We can set up a petition if you think that might help?

or tag along and help you try out new courses!!

link_2007

charlieIRL wrote: »

or tag along and help you try out new courses!!

Sliced: An Amateur's Guide to the 9 Hole Golf Courses of Ireland

By Kevin Markham........ and friends.

PARlance

link_2007 wrote: »

Sliced: An Amateur's Guide to the 9 Hole Golf Courses of Ireland

By Kevin Markham........ and friends.

NO TURNing Back: An Amateur's Guide to the 9 Hole Golf Courses of Ireland
By Mark Kevinham....and friends. (that'll fool the wife )

Cruit looks class Kevin, but it ain't got the fences around the greens like Mulranny does! No. 1 in my book for that alone.

For others, Mulranny is a 9 hole links down in Mayo, lovely course, prefab for clubhouse, course is on a farmers land so they have to put fences around the greens to stop the sheep from getting at them.
You get mud balls all year round...a different type of mud ball!

Class course all the same. Stunning scenery and a decent 9 holes.

Kevinmarkham

link_2007 wrote: »

Sliced: An Amateur's Guide to the 9 Hole Golf Courses of Ireland

By Kevin Markham........ and friends.

ajcurry123 wrote: »

NO TURNing Back: An Amateur's Guide to the 9 Hole Golf Courses of Ireland
By Mark Kevinham....and friends. (that'll fool the wife )

Quality, lads, quality.

Kevinmarkham

ajcurry123 wrote: »

Cruit looks class Kevin, but it ain't got the fences around the greens like Mulranny does! No. 1 in my book for that alone.

For others, Mulranny is a 9 hole links down in Mayo, lovely course, prefab for clubhouse, course is on a farmers land so they have to put fences around the greens to stop the sheep from getting at them.
You get mud balls all year round...a different type of mud ball!

Is this the type of mud you mean?

And other Mulranny Pics

As ajcurry says - it's a class course, and always worth a visit.

Maybe I need to do a top 50 nine-hole courses: Borris, Carrickmines, Helen's Bay, Connemara Isles, Spanish Point, Castlegregory, Rush, Glengarriff... what else am I missing?

PARlance

Kevinmarkham wrote: »

Is this the type of mud you mean?

And other Mulranny Pics

As ajcurry says - it's a class course, and always worth a visit.

Maybe I need to do a top 50 nine-hole courses: Borris, Carrickmines, Helen's Bay, Connemara Isles, Spanish Point, Castlegregory, Rush, Glengarriff... what else am I missing?

I've been on your Flickr account 100's of times now, how did I miss them. They'll be viewed on dark Monday & Tuesday mornings in future!

Ya, those are the mud balls I was on about! Lift clean and place a few of them and you'll have hair on your chest!

Glencullen not a bad 9 hole to add to the list.

FixdePitchmark

Kevinmarkham wrote: »

Is this the type of mud you mean?

And other Mulranny Pics

As ajcurry says - it's a class course, and always worth a visit.

Maybe I need to do a top 50 nine-hole courses: Borris, Carrickmines, Helen's Bay, Connemara Isles, Spanish Point, Castlegregory, Rush, Glengarriff... what else am I missing?

Is Sutton any good - looks a bit too small ?

neddynasty

Kevinmarkham wrote: »

Is this the type of mud you mean?

And other Mulranny Pics

As ajcurry says - it's a class course, and always worth a visit.

Maybe I need to do a top 50 nine-hole courses: Borris, Carrickmines, Helen's Bay, Connemara Isles, Spanish Point, Castlegregory, Rush, Glengarriff... what else am I missing?

Could add Lisselan to the list too. Lovely little ourse in West Cork. Only played it once but enjoyed it hugely.

http://www.lisselan.com/Golf/GolfCourse.aspx

Ed Winchester

Our extended family holiday for a few days near cruit every August and we play a little tournament in Cruit every year. It's a fantastic place, with the best views of any golf course I've ever played.

The 6th hole has to be seen to be believed. Can play anything from a 9 iron to a 5 wood. And with two teeboxes on it, its different when you play its as the 15th.

Every hole is a challenge. Great course.