Foxrock golf club anyone played it ?

jayunot777

Thinking of playing here one of the days this week ..Foxrock golf club anyone played it ? .

newport2

jayunot777 wrote: »

Thinking of playing here one of the days this week ..Foxrock golf club anyone played it ? .

Ye. Don't be fooled by the location, nothing special.

That said, I enjoy playing anywhere. Sooner be there than stuck in this office

kiad

What are the fee's like for it (can't seem to find that info on the website). I'm not too far away from it so I wouldn't mind giving it a shot. Let me know what the course is like when you play it!

realgolfgeek

it's a 9 hole isn't it ? Or has it changed ?

Dtoffee

Very nice 9 hole track, not a big hitters course and all about accuracy.

3rd hole is a saucer green surrounded by bunkers, a good drive will have you close but its all about the second shot as you can easily end up in the sand and suddenly be grateful for a par.

It depends on what you like, if you want a nice easy walk and a relaxing game of golf then Foxrock is ideal. If you want to be hitting drives and long iron/woods, then you will be disappointed. I think the best description is 'old school' in so far as its your short game that will be tested.

If you are in the area, I would also consider Carrickmines (5 minutes away). Its another 9 hole but a different style as its more hilly. It has a links feel to it at times (playable all year round) and the first green can be like glass and impossible to hold.

I think Carrickmines is the better course, but to each his own. Green fee's in Carrickmines are usually €35 whilst Foxrock can be over the €50 mark depending on availability.

What I like about both these courses is that you can play them many times and always come away feeling that you can do better next time .... that is the secret to a good golf course.

jayunot777

If its a 9 hole course I dont think i be playing it, 50 euro bit steep for 9 holes..I thought it would of been a 18 hole course. Think ill have to look else where .. Thanks for the info

PARlance

Dtoffee has a pretty much hit the nail on the head.

I played there quite a few times when I started out...was always bricking it that I'd snap hook the first tee shot into the clubhouse, think I developed my slice thanks to that hole

We used to play it with a member so we were availing of good rates.
Worth a visit, but I wouldn't considering playing it if I had to fork out €50 for it.

It was about 2 years ago when I played it, it was a 9 hole, there's no way you'd fit 18 holes onto the land available and it's surrounded by residential areas so you I'd be confident it's still 9.

Ronney

As said above grand short 9 hole track fairly open and not too challenging tee to green.

2nd off the back tee box (behind 1st tee) about the only par 4 you'll have anything of a long approach too, plays long up hill.

5th is a lovely par 3 secluded in its own little fores and had a new green put in this year.

Played it about 2 weeks ago with a member and there was a good bit of work going on mostly to do with drainage. A few trenches dug across fairways and one green (6th) out of action. They are also putting in some sort of stream/water hazard along and across some holes.

BillyBoy

Personally I love it, but then again I am a member The lads have pretty much summed it up. Its not a long course, but if you hit it off line, there always seems to be a bunch of trees or a bunker to catch your ball, so I wouldn't call it easy (you will nearly always find your ball, but may not have a shot).

We don't seem to do much in the way of green fees, I think because we are a 9 hole and have competitions on most days there isn't much space for them.

As mentioned there is some drainage work happening at the moment - with the course being so old (1893) some of the drains had collapsed over the years, so we are doing work to help with the drainage this winter.

If you get a chance to play with a member you should give it a go, I think most people seem to enjoy it.

Brodick

Carrickmines

I don't think you'd have to pay €50 for 18 holes, nearer €30 from memory. It's a 9 hole course with separate tee boxes for a back nine so you are not playing exactly the same holes again. Most fairways slope and the ball tends to gather downhill. For this reason I don't play it anymore. The clubhouse is usually dead with limited catering.

Dtoffee

Brodick wrote: »

Carrickmines I don't think you'd have to pay €50 for 18 holes, nearer €30 from memory. It's a 9 hole course with separate tee boxes for a back nine so you are not playing exactly the same holes again. Most fairways slope and the ball tends to gather downhill. For this reason I don't play it anymore. The clubhouse is usually dead with limited catering.

I dont think anyone said Carrickmines was €50, €35 was the last price I got there and I think its good value at that price. Everything else you say is correct, the clubhouse is quiet and the course is on the side of a hill, however its one of the few courses locally that is virtually playable all year.

BTW I am not a member there and have no connection other than I like to play there once or twice a year in winter.

Dtoffee

ajcurry123 wrote: »

I played there quite a few times when I started out...was always bricking it that I'd snap hook the first tee shot into the clubhouse, .

Ha ha you just reminded me of John O'Leary who used to play there quite a lot in his young days. Anyway, big John was not shy and would look the part no matter what the occasion. Back in th 70's, he was playing in the Foxrock ProAm and arrived on the first tee in a whirlwind of colour and attracting a huge amount of attention. It turns out that he had a new graphite shafed driver ..... this was probably the first time they were ever seen and of course big things were expected as the gallery gathered round the first tee. Up steps O'Leary all swagger and boom ..... the biggest duck hook you ever seen with the ball last seen heading for the neighbours garden. O'Leary turned around and threw the driver away over the putting green and towards the hedges near the artisans hut, before whipping out his 3 wood and smacking it down the middle of the fairway. We often wondered who found the club, but there was no way any of us kids would have chased after it .... we would have been run outta town so to speak :rolleyes:

coddlesangers

Ronney wrote: »

As said above grand short 9 hole track fairly open and not too challenging tee to green.

2nd off the back tee box (behind 1st tee) about the only par 4 you'll have anything of a long approach too, plays long up hill.

5th is a lovely par 3 secluded in its own little fores and had a new green put in this year.

Played it about 2 weeks ago with a member and there was a good bit of work going on mostly to do with drainage. A few trenches dug across fairways and one green (6th) out of action. They are also putting in some sort of stream/water hazard along and across some holes.

You must be a bit of a player if you aren't hitting a long stick into the 410 metre 13th....Overall it's a very tidy par 70, designed by one of the very best, and very different challenge to the newer designs around. Different tee boxes give you a good change from front to back 9's, and most greens are elevated. No problem hitting drivers on all the par 4's, but you'd want to be straight!

Ronney

coddlesangers wrote: »

You must be a bit of a player if you aren't hitting a long stick into the 410 metre 13th....Overall it's a very tidy par 70, designed by one of the very best, and very different challenge to the newer designs around. Different tee boxes give you a good change from front to back 9's, and most greens are elevated. No problem hitting drivers on all the par 4's, but you'd want to be straight!

Is 13th not a par 5 though?

BillyBoy

Ronney wrote: »

Is 13th not a par 5 though?

Na, it's a par 4. Par 5 first time around from the back tee box, then a low index par 4 the second time around from the tee box that is further forward.

Ronney

BillyBoy wrote: »

Na, it's a par 4. Par 5 first time around from the back tee box, then a low index par 4 the second time around from the tee box that is further forward.

Fair enough, wouldn't be too sure on which tee is which.

walshe_paul

Hey guys,

Just happened to stumble upon this post. I am a member of Foxrock. Just because its a nine hole don't think you are going to go there and destroy it. It will test every part of your game. You could be hitting anything from a five iron to a eight iron into the par threes. The par fours will make sure you get to use all your irons on the second shot and even your fairway woods for two or three of the holes. The fourth hole which is a par five and has a new tee box, which now means its a three shotter for 95% of players. The 18th is another par five and gives you the chance to attack if you're trying not to lose the money. After that you can use the clubhouse facilities which has excellent catering services.

Happy Golfing,

Paul Walshe.

Kingswood Rover

I loved Carrickmines, played there quite a bit as a green fee when taking up the game in the mid 90's, no grub in the club house though use to be a bummer. There was always a strange atmosphere about the place back in those days, i used to look at the lists of old dignitaries and officials names, a lot of Anglo Irish history on those walls. I never actually saw many people out playing, never heard of them winning any pennants and to this day i have never met a person who said they were a member there, which all adds to the mystery of course. I moved out of the area but last summer when passing i drove up the little lane leading up to the course but was met with large forbidding gates, still a mysterious place. Is there ever opens comps held there.

The Premier Man

After looking at both clubs websites I feel that these places are exactly what is wrong with golf.they seem to class themselves as better then everywhere else and I can only imagine the level of snobbery that must exist there.

Mezcita

The Premier Man wrote: »

After looking at both clubs websites I feel that these places are exactly what is wrong with golf.they seem to class themselves as better then everywhere else and I can only imagine the level of snobbery that must exist there.

Pffftt! From what? This?

"WELCOME TO FOXROCK GOLF CLUB.
The Club celebrated its 120th year in 2013 and is one of the longest established golf clubs in Ireland.

Foxrock Golf Club HouseThe course was originally laid out in 1893 by one Mr. Brown, a well known golf professional and was later, in 1914, redesigned by arguably the most famous golf architect of all time, Mr. Harry Shapland Colt, and as seen in his famous etching on the right hand side of the page, he's still keeping a close eye on us. Colt at the time was embracing a movement away from the traditional links courses and made some of his some greatest contributions to heathland and parkland locations. Foxrock is one such course. Colt and his design company, have also been responsible for Pine Valley (the No. 1 Golf Course in the World), Royal County Down (the No 3. Golf Course in the World), Royal Portrush (the No. 14 Golf Course in the World), and over 300 other famous golf courses around the world and Foxrock is honoured to be one of the published designs of this architectural great.

Located in the quiet suburb of Foxrock village, this 9 hole course and its elegant Clubhouse offer a peaceful haven to the Club member to enjoy the spoils of what Colt had envisaged, while being able to relax afterwards among family and friends in the comfortable surrounds of a house full of history and grace.

The Club has also recently completed the construction and development of a new short game academy area to complement the already existing mid iron practice area, the installation of new bunkers on the 3rd & 4th holes was also completed. All of these changes will greatly enhance what is already one of the finest and most manicured golfing locations in the Dublin region.

Like all great institutions, evolving with changing times is an important cornerstone of Foxrock and along with these initiatives underway, emphasis on the future generations of its members is ranked with particularly high importance.

Our website is designed to navigate you with ease around all aspects of our club, and we will be introducing new functionality features regularly. One of the main functions of the website though, is providing information and the Latest News section in the left panel will give you just that."

http://www.foxrockgolfclub.com/system/index.php

Maybe you should play the course and see whether it's full of snobs or not?

PARlance

It must be the font they've used on the website...

Foxrock was one of the most welcoming clubs I've played. It's a members club through and through and they don't really need green fees or societies but that's their prerogative. Their members pay good money to have it to themselves. And being a 9 hole, it wouldn't lend it to much visitor traffic anyway.

coddlesangers

The Premier Man wrote: »

After looking at both clubs websites I feel that these places are exactly what is wrong with golf.they seem to class themselves as better then everywhere else and I can only imagine the level of snobbery that must exist there.

Well, there are at least 3 members from foxrock on here, myself included, I'm not sure I'm that much of a snob. I've been even known to drive the Bentley GT over to the Lidls the odd time.

Dtoffee

coddlesangers wrote: »

Well, there are at least 3 members from foxrock on here, myself included, I'm not sure I'm that much of a snob. I've been even known to drive the Bentley GT over to the Lidls the odd time.

Are you OK? it must be difficult having to drive oneself around :P

Snobbery exists in many shapes and forms in Ireland and as someone who has played Foxrock on many occasions, it is not even ranked on my snob-ometer.

jcon1913

coddlesangers wrote: »

Well, there are at least 3 members from foxrock on here, myself included, I'm not sure I'm that much of a snob. I've been even known to drive the Bentley GT over to the Lidls the odd time.

What, old chap? When the driver has the day off?

Kingswood Rover

I suppose a lot of the alleged snobbery in Southside courses comes from too many people chasing the not enough places available in these clubs which meant that committee's could A. Stream people with testing enough interviews. B. Charge an entrance fee. This has lead to somewhat of an air of exclusivity being associated with these clubs. I had some personal experience of this when myself and one of my best pals were refused permission to join Kilternan golf club. when we inquired a week later how we got on, well lets just say "i Would'nt join a kip on the side of a hill anyway" was our kindest retort. Done us a massive favor in the end which to this day i remind the 2 planks that interviewed us. We must of been the only 2 people ever blackballed by Kilternan...Thinking about it now makes me kinda proud. Both of us went and joined Balliinascorney working mans golfing co-operative the following week. great days