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Irish Times supplement

  • 02-04-2014 2:15pm
    #1
    First Up
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    Lots of clubs not included in the listing. Not sure if it is due to indifference by the clubs or sloppiness by the IT but it is not a very impressive publication.


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  • #2
    GreeBo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,370 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    First Up wrote: »
    Lots of clubs not included in the listing. Not sure if it is due to indifference by the clubs or sloppiness by the IT but it is not a very impressive publication.

    maybe those clubs didnt put the correct address on their brown envelopes...


  • #3
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,480 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    I got it last year, looked forward to reading it but it went to recycling real quick, better quality of read here


  • #4
    First Up
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    GreeBo wrote: »
    maybe those clubs didnt put the correct address on their brown envelopes...

    Was there a charge for inclusion, or did clubs just have to respond to a questionnaire or something? There is a lot of variation in the amount of detail, all of which looks like it was provided by the clubs themselves. Some bothered more than others and some didn't bother at all.


  • #5
    Dbu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,093 ✭✭✭Dbu


    any link?


  • #6
    First Up
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    Dbu wrote: »
    any link?

    http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/golf/golf-ireland


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  • #7
    alxmorgan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,893 ✭✭✭alxmorgan


    Lahinch says

    " The club hosts open competitions every Thursday April to October on the Old Course"

    Anyone know how much ?


  • #8
    Norfolk Enchants_
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 661 ✭✭✭Norfolk Enchants_


    alxmorgan wrote: »
    Lahinch says

    " The club hosts open competitions every Thursday April to October on the Old Course"

    Anyone know how much ?
    It was €50 last year, I'd imagine it'll be the same this year.


  • #9
    Wombatman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,337 ✭✭✭Wombatman


    Like the Shane Lowry Tips vid on the side.
    http://www.irishtimes.com/news/video/?vid=1.1746132


  • #10
    josie19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 156 ✭✭josie19


    Best laugh I got reading it was the mission statement of Sword Open:

    Mission statement for the season ahead:Look at improved marketing plans (and put out Child of Prague every night!).


  • #11
    jimjim12
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    According to Lahinch when I contact them by email, they are not having any open competitions this year.

    <snip>
    Thank you for your email. We are not having open days this year. Our Men’s Intermediate Scratch Trophy is on Sunday, 29th June, on the Castle Course.

    Regards,

    Mary

    Lahinch Golf Club
    Lahinch, Co. Clare, Ireland.
    Tel: +353 65 7081003
    www.lahinchgolf.com
    <snip>


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  • #12
    Miley Byrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭Miley Byrne


    jimjim12 wrote: »
    According to Lahinch when I contact them by email, they are not having any open competitions this year.

    <snip>
    Thank you for your email. We are not having open days this year. Our Men’s Intermediate Scratch Trophy is on Sunday, 29th June, on the Castle Course.

    Regards,

    Mary

    Lahinch Golf Club
    Lahinch, Co. Clare, Ireland.
    Tel: +353 65 7081003
    www.lahinchgolf.com
    <snip>


    That's strange (and a pity). I played in the Thursday opens a few times over the last couple of years and it was great value.


  • #13
    alxmorgan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,893 ✭✭✭alxmorgan


    jimjim12 wrote: »
    According to Lahinch when I contact them by email, they are not having any open competitions this year.

    <snip>
    Thank you for your email. We are not having open days this year. Our Men’s Intermediate Scratch Trophy is on Sunday, 29th June, on the Castle Course.

    Regards,

    Mary

    Lahinch Golf Club
    Lahinch, Co. Clare, Ireland.
    Tel: +353 65 7081003
    www.lahinchgolf.com
    <snip>

    Jaysus even the scratch cup is on in the Castle Course. Must have something to do with the damage by the storms I assume ?


  • #14
    tax_tutor1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭tax_tutor1


    First Up wrote: »
    Was there a charge for inclusion, or did clubs just have to respond to a questionnaire or something? There is a lot of variation in the amount of detail, all of which looks like it was provided by the clubs themselves. Some bothered more than others and some didn't bother at all.
    Do not think that there was a charge for inclusion but am open to correction. Times sent out questionnaire and it was up to clubs to reply. Clubs missing from article clearly did not reply. Unbelievable as this was an opportunity for free advertising!


  • #15
    First Up
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    tax_tutor1 wrote: »
    Do not think that there was a charge for inclusion but am open to correction. Times sent out questionnaire and it was up to clubs to reply. Clubs missing from article clearly did not reply. Unbelievable as this was an opportunity for free advertising!

    By coincidence, I'm just looking at it again and noting how many clubs are missing. It does seem daft not to take the opportunity.


  • #16
    Unglika Norse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭Unglika Norse


    tax_tutor1 wrote: »
    Do not think that there was a charge for inclusion but am open to correction. Times sent out questionnaire and it was up to clubs to reply. Clubs missing from article clearly did not reply. Unbelievable as this was an opportunity for free advertising!


    If the times sent out a questionnaire they only sent to selected clubs, some of the stuff in the link is taken from club websites.

    So it was more sloppy on the part of the times rather than a lack of interest by the clubs who would have been grateful for the free advertising.


  • #17
    First Up
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    Unglika Norse wrote: »
    If the times sent out a questionnaire they only sent to selected clubs, some of the stuff in the link is taken from club websites.

    So it was more sloppy on the part of the times rather than a lack of interest by the clubs who would have been grateful for the free advertising.

    Its really sloppy and uneven. They even managed to confuse Adare Manor GC and Adare GC. Surprised to see the IT publish such a shoddy supplement.


  • #18
    Miley Byrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,426 ✭✭✭Miley Byrne


    alxmorgan wrote: »
    Jaysus even the scratch cup is on in the Castle Course. Must have something to do with the damage by the storms I assume ?

    No, the Inter Scratch Cup is always held on the Castle Course. I used to get onto them every year in the hope that it might be on the Old Course some year but it never was unfortunately.


  • #19
    tax_tutor1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 110 ✭✭tax_tutor1


    Unglika Norse wrote: »
    If the times sent out a questionnaire they only sent to selected clubs, some of the stuff in the link is taken from club websites.

    So it was more sloppy on the part of the times rather than a lack of interest by the clubs who would have been grateful for the free advertising.

    Per Philip Reid's article - every club was contacted by phone or email or both- some declined to reply or were late replying- so most of the information came from the clubs themselves. Not sure that I would be blaming the Irish Times entirely here.


  • #20
    First Up
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,823 ✭✭✭✭First Up


    tax_tutor1 wrote: »
    Per Philip Reid's article - every club was contacted by phone or email or both- some declined to reply or were late replying- so most of the information cam from the clubs themselves. Not sure that I would be blaming the Irish Times entirely here.

    Only inasmuch as they were willing to publish such an incomplete profile but of course the clubs are responsible too.

    The Adare mistake was pretty bad though. The dogs in the street know that Adare Manor Golf Club was the original and preceded the new one at the Manor itself (Adare Golf Club) by about fifty years.


  • #21
    Unglika Norse
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 318 ✭✭Unglika Norse


    tax_tutor1 wrote: »
    Per Philip Reid's article - every club was contacted by phone or email or both- some declined to reply or were late replying- so most of the information came from the clubs themselves. Not sure that I would be blaming the Irish Times entirely here.

    I can tell you of at least one club that I know personally, that was not contacted by any means and what is quoted in the article is taken directly from their website.


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