Mount Juliet

Tones69

Played here for the birthday last saturday. Absolute cracker of a course if anyone is looking to play a quality track. We got it for 42 quid at 8.10 tee time Some very strong par 4's, the par 3's are quality! A good test,all are high indexes. Cant wait to go back to have a crack at a singles

Russman

Yep, a surprisingly often overlooked course. A lot of the newer "big" developments of the last 10 years or so can only dream of being as good a test as Mount Juliet.

Tones69

Russman wrote: »

Yep, a surprisingly often overlooked course. A lot of the newer "big" developments of the last 10 years or so can only dream of being as good a test as Mount Juliet.

I agree, had that real championship feel to it! Greens superb, fairways were in good nick but just very wet, i had a couple of big drives plug! Gotta be playing these course in summer to get the most out of them! I eagled that 5th, holed out from 60 yds, bday present to myself

TrapperChamonix

Tones69 wrote: »

Played here for the birthday last saturday. Absolute cracker of a course if anyone is looking to play a quality track. We got it for 42 quid at 8.10 tee time Some very strong par 4's, the par 3's are quality! A good test,all are high indexes. Cant wait to go back to have a crack at a singles

Was there much damage to the trees from the recent storms? Another poster mentioned over 300 trees down at Kilkenny GC so I assume MJ can't have got away without some impact.

Kevinmarkham

TrapperChamonix wrote: »

Was there much damage to the trees from the recent storms? Another poster mentioned over 300 trees down at Kilkenny GC so I assume MJ can't have got away without some impact.

Nothing serious from what I was told and nothing damaging the course itself - quite a feat when you consider the size of some of those trees around the 11th, 13th and 14th greens.

As for people saying it's a "surprisingly often overlooked course", I find that comment odd when it so regularly ranks as the best parkland in the country and many of the other big parklands are compared against it.

TrapperChamonix

Kevinmarkham wrote: »

Nothing serious from what I was told and nothing damaging the course itself - quite a feat when you consider the size of some of those trees around the 11th, 13th and 14th greens.

As for people saying it's a "surprisingly often overlooked course", I find that comment odd when it so regularly ranks as the best parkland in the country and many of the other big parklands are compared against it.

Amazing that 2 courses close together have such different fortunes.

Walked the course during one of the WGC events but never played it myself. Always understood it to be the best in the country. I'll be down that end of the world for a week in the summer and plan to play a number of times.

Kevinmarkham

TrapperChamonix wrote: »

Amazing that 2 courses close together have such different fortunes.

Walked the course during one of the WGC events but never played it myself. Always understood it to be the best in the country. I'll be down that end of the world for a week in the summer and plan to play a number of times.

Try to get to Gowran Park, as well (also badly affected by the storms!)

Benny Cake

Kevinmarkham wrote: »

Try to get to Gowran Park, as well (also badly affected by the storms!)

I'm a member in gowran and we only lost a handful of trees. None of any significance thankfully...

shane 007

Kilkenny GC seemed to have been caught right in the eye of the storm.
Fair play to the club management & groundsmen for all their hard work. The course is stunning condition & they are going all out on planting new trees, repairs, new bunkers all over the place.
I live just 2 miles out the the same road as it & I lost just 4 trees. I would have about 150 - 200 trees.
I think a lot of the issue was the evergreens had small root balls, along with being trimmed at low level for golfers. This made the trees top heavy.

Tones69

TrapperChamonix wrote: »

Was there much damage to the trees from the recent storms? Another poster mentioned over 300 trees down at Kilkenny GC so I assume MJ can't have got away without some impact.

Didnt seem to be any at all to be honest?

billy3sheets

Playing Mt Juliet on Fri March 21st. Hope the current good weather spell lasts till then.

Speak Now

Tones69 wrote: »

Didnt seem to be any at all to be honest?

They lost over 100.

Seve OB

Boards Golf Society Captains Day this year is in MJ.

No better reason than to join up with the society lads

Trekker09

stevieob wrote: »

Boards Golf Society Captains Day this year is in MJ.

No better reason than to join up with the society lads

When?

bobwilliams

billy3sheets wrote: »

Playing Mt Juliet on Fri March 21st. Hope the current good weather spell lasts till then.

what was it like,thought they were due to do the greens soon(hollow tinning or whatever it's called)

Seve OB

Trekker09 wrote: »

When?

Boards gof Society 2014 info is all in here

Regarding Captains Day in MJ, take a look here

Trekker09

stevieob wrote: »

Boards gof Society 2014 info is all in here

Regarding Captains Day in MJ, take a look here

Cheers, if I'm back from the jungle I'll join and play if there's room as I live right next to Mt. Juliet. Played it last time I was home and it was in cracking form.

charlieIRL

Trekker09 wrote: »

Cheers, if I'm back from the jungle I'll join and play if there's room as I live right next to Mt. Juliet. Played it last time I was home and it was in cracking form.

Just to note though - priority will be given to members who have played at least 3 events throughout the year, if all the spaces available are not taken only then will we have spots available but they will not be eligible for main prizes.

You need to come on down to the next few events!

billy3sheets

billy3sheets wrote: »

Playing Mt Juliet on Fri March 21st. Hope the current good weather spell lasts till then.

Played Mt Juliet on Friday afternoon.
Very mixed weather conditions but still very enjoyable. Surprised at how open the course was.

Found the staff there very friendly & helpful.

Played Knightsbrook on Saturday and found it quite a similar feel to Mt Juliet - open, long par 4s, similar length par 3s , cart paths.

Both lovely courses. Hope to play them both again in better weather.

Trekker09

charlieIRL wrote: »

Just to note though - priority will be given to members who have played at least 3 events throughout the year, if all the spaces available are not taken only then will we have spots available but they will not be eligible for main prizes.

You need to come on down to the next few events!

Thanks, I would love to play more events but I literally am in the jungle of Papua New Guinea! No probs though as I'll hopefully be working on a contract closer to home in the not too distant future.

BTW there's a cracking course where I live, Lae GC. They give really good Society rates

lester76

Playing mj 2moro morning hope the weather improves. Anyone know have the greens been done or not?? Really looking forward to this im out with my son & brother who haven't played it yet.

dar_cool

Weather is suppose to be lovely tomorrow. Not much wind with sun all day!!!

bobwilliams

lester76 wrote: »

Playing mj 2moro morning hope the weather improves. Anyone know have the greens been done or not?? Really looking forward to this im out with my son & brother who haven't played it yet.

I think the forecast is bad but I don't think the greens are done yet,i expect they are waiting for warmer days than we've be having

lester76

Thanks lads hopefully the weather wont spoil the day out for us at least..

lester76

Arrived at 8.20am lashing it down. We 1st out my god never played on fairways with so much water on them. Have they no drainage system ffs. Greens perfect but every fairway ball was plugged no joke. Played cat 95 strokes 30pts with 2 scratches & 3 lost balls. Had 3pars 9bogs 4 dbs 2 tbs. Playing there again this saturday, huge improvement needed.

shane 007

lester76 wrote: »

Arrived at 8.20am lashing it down. We 1st out my god never played on fairways with so much water on them. Have they no drainage system ffs. Greens perfect but every fairway ball was plugged no joke. Played cat 95 strokes 30pts with 2 scratches & 3 lost balls. Had 3pars 9bogs 4 dbs 2 tbs. Playing there again this saturday, huge improvement needed.

Playing there tomorrow. I think weather forecast is better, well I hope so.
First time playing it, even though it's local.
Can't wait!

golfguy1

Always bog soft imo. Cant understand its high ranking in the country when everybody complains how wet it is.
Some good holes but just ruined by its drainage problem

Miley Byrne

golfguy1 wrote: »

Always bog soft imo. Cant understand its high ranking in the country when everybody complains how wet it is.
Some good holes but just ruined by its drainage problem

Adare is similar in that is gets seriously wet at this time of year. The best parkland I know to take water is Fota. Other local courses could be closed & Fota would still be bone dry. Definitely the best conditioned course in Munster all year round in my opinion.

shane 007

golfguy1 wrote: »

Always bog soft imo. Cant understand its high ranking in the country when everybody complains how wet it is.
Some good holes but just ruined by its drainage problem

We just played it today. Very nice condition & not very wet. Rained in the afternoon but no water logging. A few parts a bit soft but nothing most courses wouldn't have.
Overall, a lovely course. I suppose I had built it up too high with my expectations and was expecting a bit more. I would certainly play it again. Par 3's & the par 5's were my favourite.

Really nice company with ballyk, paulos53 & recycled.

ballyk

Thanks for organising today Shane. Like yourself I had very high expectations of Mont Juliet based on the course rankings etc. The course was good but didn't quite live up to those expectations. I'm sure if you played it in the summer it would be a different story though.

Made it back to Dublin to play my tennis match (thanks for the directions). Long but enjoyable day!

callaway92

Playing Mount Juliet this Sat for the first time, so I'm looking forward to it (as long as the weather is nice).

Any good tips for it?

Dbu

callaway92 wrote: »

Playing Mount Juliet this Sat for the first time, so I'm looking forward to it (as long as the weather is nice).

Any good tips for it?

One of my favorite tracks. Keep the ball in the fairway and you will score.
another tip is put away the prov1 for the par 3 3rd

valoren

Fond memories of the Amex WGC there in 2002. Missed the 04 event.

A fond memory is watching Mickelson practicing 6 footers with a putting alignment mirror as Monty lumbered past en route to the range.
He stopped and stared at Phil with a perplexed look on his face for about 10 seconds. Then gave a little shake of his head and continued on his way with Mickelson completely oblivious. :pac:

Played it in 2003. My first taste of a championship course. They had the pins in what can only be described as Sunday positions.
Played crap but loved the course and it's conditioning.
The par 3 3rd hole was indeed a highlight.

callaway92

Dbu wrote: »

One of my favorite tracks. Keep the ball in the fairway and you will score.
another tip is put away the prov1 for the par 3 3rd

Nice one, the 3 wood will be out a good bit so. It's a work crowd playing so we'll be off the society tees so I'm assuming the holes distances will be fine. I'd be a long enough hitter as it is.

Dbu

callaway92 wrote: »

Nice one, the 3 wood will be out a good bit so. It's a work crowd playing so we'll be off the society tees so I'm assuming the holes distances will be fine. I'd be a long enough hitter as it is.

You will probably be playing off the 'green' tees. Makes the course shortish
If you get an opportunity to play off the whites do.
We asked the starter to play of the whites a month ago and there was no problem.
Greens were super. My favorite holes are 3,10 12,13. Enjoy

frink

My favourite parkland in the country. Society tees are shortish and its very playable which is why I enjoy it so much.

Favourite holes are 3, 4, 8, 10, 13, and 18 is a beast of a finish. Enjoy it!

spacecoyote

callaway92 wrote: »

Nice one, the 3 wood will be out a good bit so. It's a work crowd playing so we'll be off the society tees so I'm assuming the holes distances will be fine. I'd be a long enough hitter as it is.

You an NT man? I'm down playing there myself this Saturday playing our work Ryder Cup

callaway92

spacecoyote wrote: »

You an NT man? I'm down playing there myself this Saturday playing our work Ryder Cup

Ya, that's the one. I'm in the Limerick office. Hopefully the weather is decent!

spacecoyote

callaway92 wrote: »

Ya, that's the one. I'm in the Limerick office. Hopefully the weather is decent!

I'll be out for Team Dublin, playing in the last group with our 3 lady golfers

Forecast doesn't look bad at the moment, we are a couple of days away still though.

I played it off the Society tees maybe 3 years ago. It was very playable with some cracking holes & testing par 3s. You can negotiate the place & score well with a sensible approach.

Pretty sure I didn't even have a driver in the bag when I played there last, and knocked it round hitting 3w & Hybrids off the tees with no problems at all.

Given the mix of golfers, there is no way they'll play off the whites I'd imagine.

swededmonkey

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but has anyone played here lately? Heading down in a few weeks with my work society. What shape is the course in; Any tips or advice for working my round?

Bottle

swededmonkey wrote:

Apologies for resurrecting an old thread, but has anyone played here lately? Heading down in a few weeks with my work society. What shape is the course in; Any tips or advice for working my round?

Played there August Bank Holiday Monday, it was in reasonable condition but seemed a bit rough around the edges possibly due to the weather.

AnClar14959713

https://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/shane-lowry-and-rory-mcilroy-set-to-be-star-irish-open-attractions-as-mount-juliet-gets-go-ahead-38632447.html

GolfNut33

AnClar14959713 wrote: »

https://www.independent.ie/sport/golf/shane-lowry-and-rory-mcilroy-set-to-be-star-irish-open-attractions-as-mount-juliet-gets-go-ahead-38632447.html

Personally, I think the IO should be on a links every year.

Deeper Blue

GolfNut33 wrote: »

Personally, I think the IO should be on a links every year.

Agreed, we have so many great links, why not utilise them? You see parkland courses every other week of the year.


In saying that I do love Mount Juliet

Kingswood Rover

GolfNut33 wrote: »

Personally, I think the IO should be on a links every year.

Whats wrong with a mixture of both, we have some great inland tracks, all our great courses are not around the edge there is more to Ireland than the coast, some brilliant small towns and villages in that area to explore, Graiguenamanagh, Thomastown and Inistoige lovely little pubs and restaurants:D

Hoboo

Kingswood Rover wrote: »

Whats wrong with a mixture of both, we have some great inland tracks, all our great courses are not around the edge there is more to Ireland than the coast, some brilliant small towns and villages in that area to explore, Graiguenamanagh, Thomastown and Inistoige lovely little pubs and restaurants:D

How's the infrastructure?

GolfNut33

Kingswood Rover wrote: »

Whats wrong with a mixture of both, we have some great inland tracks, all our great courses are not around the edge there is more to Ireland than the coast, some brilliant small towns and villages in that area to explore, Graiguenamanagh, Thomastown and Inistoige lovely little pubs and restaurants:D

I just think that every country has superb parkland courses but not every country has links like we do.

Trekker09

Hoboo wrote: »

How's the infrastructure?

Excellent. No more than a few KMs away from several junctions of the M9, as well as several entrances to the venue.

Mantis Toboggan

GolfNut33 wrote: »

I just think that every country has superb parkland courses but not every country has links like we do.

Yeah but do you think the players care about that? Most prefer parkland over links.

GolfNut33

Mantis Toboggan wrote: »

Yeah but do you think the players care about that? Most prefer parkland over links.

In your opinion.

I would argue that having it on a Links would attract more of the top golfers.

Benicetomonty

GolfNut33 wrote: »

In your opinion.

I would argue that having it on a Links would attract more of the top golfers.

Id disagree tbh, scheduling and weather are far bigger factors for the players who dont need the money. Some of the bigger players seem to have given the tournament a wide berth for precisely those two reasons. When you realise that McIlroy had to beg players like Garcia, Els, Rose and Fowler to tee it up in a tournament on possibly the best course in the world in 2015 at RCD, you realise just how little the course, links or parkland, has to do with it.
I remember Keegan Bradley played the event in 2012 in Portrush of his own volition and promptly got lashed on for 4 days. Unsurprisingly, he hasnt been back. All that combined with the fact that, in an ambassadorial role, Rory himself has played so poorly (and looked so miserable in doing so) every year bar the K Club, its no surprise we havent been able to coax a Tiger, Phil or a DJ to these shores, nor are we likely to do so any time soon.