Deer Park

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Have never played there but popped up that way this evening after being in Howth for a spot of dinner(fish and chips from Beshoffs).
The scenery is breath taking but what is the course like. Might head for game Friday if it's worth it

ballyk

Scenery is great, course isn't.

FixdePitchmark

Yes as ballyk said.

views unreal. It is a very good public course.

Greens agricultural. But solid.
The only course worth playing is the 18.

It has some nice holes like.
1,2,3,7,12,13,16,17,18.

It is a brilliant place to bring friends to play golf . Who don't play golf.

Yes a strange review. But only for Deer Park. I don't think I'd play golf at all.

ryaner777

They've taken away one of the nine hole courses ( the one on your left as you drive in ) Grace O'Malley I think ?

I took the partner up there on monday to try pitch and putt for the first time. It was in good condition and it was a bit of craic. She was much netter than I'd given her credit for.

what are the pitch and putt fees there been over a year since i was last out there, an major plans for replacing the 9-hole

Telecaster58

I played a lot of golf there back in the day. There were few enough options in Dublin at the time if you weren't a member of a club (which most of us weren't) There was Deerpark, Corballis and Stepaside. A little further out was Bodenstown. I think the person who described it as "agricultural" hit the nail on the head.

Jimdagym

ryaner777 wrote: »

They've taken away one of the nine hole courses ( the one on your left as you drive in ) Grace O'Malley I think ?

Becoming a footgolf course.
The hotel closed down this week. Golf remains open though.

http://www.deerparkhotel.ie/

ryaner777

ronnoco13 wrote: »

what are the pitch and putt fees there been over a year since i was last out there, an major plans for replacing the 9-hole

It was €12 for two adults on a bank holiday. not sure if this changes for mid week ?

Golfgraffix

Played it many times as a kid and always enjoyed but played it last year in Barton Cup and thought the greens were the worst I have ever played on.

Mind you played St Margrets today and their greens were almost as bad, rest of the course was lovely though

J

John Divney

I wonder is there a good course to be had on all that land, something like Druids Heath

I also went here as a kid and teen, remember hitting my dad's Persimmon. the queues on a Saturday, the slog up the 18th.

Golf left this place behind, but it was a haven for those who's parents weren't club golfers, which was most of us.

Boden08

Like many others, I started playing golf in Deer Park by going up to get a number and wait to be called over the tannoy. They have recently launched a new venture called Poc Fada golf so I presume that means another of the 9 hole courses is gone unless they are playing it simultaneously with foot golf on the Grace O'Malley 9.
If they are using the Par 3 course for the hurling, their online prices are a bit steep!
I think it might be ironic to go back to play the Poc Fada game, having started golf there with Hurley grip to be reverting to it again in the same place...