Boards Golf Society Outing - Gowran Park Golf Course 19th July @ 10:00am

charlieIRL

And away we go to Round 6 already, I can't get over how quick this year is going by. With the GOTY points getting a shake up last time out here is your chance to get back in there, and back into the team for the Ryder Jug!!! Stay away from the Gee-Gees and concentrate on the Greens-Greens for this outing!

charlieIRL

BTW - Places are limited for this one so get in there quick.

shane 007

I'm not sure if I have a course starting. I will know next week so should accept Teamer & then change or leave until I know?

If no course, I really don't want to miss this one.

charlieIRL

shane 007 wrote: »

I'm not sure if I have a course starting. I will know next week so should accept Teamer & then change or leave until I know?

If no course, I really don't want to miss this one.

Let us know as soon as you can. If we get up near our limit I'll ring and see can we get extra slots

PARlance

Haven't got a teamer email or text Charlie. Can you stick me down please.

charlieIRL

PARlance wrote: »

Haven't got a teamer email or text Charlie. Can you stick me down please.

Really? I'll check it out now.

Anybody else who normally gets them not get one today?

PARlance

charlieIRL wrote: »

Really? I'll check it out now.

Anybody else who normally gets them not get one today?

Just accepted via teamer there Charlie

It went into spam despite me telling it that it's not spam previously. My phone was on the blink earlier so that explains that side of things.

Sorry for the alarm.

charlieIRL

PARlance wrote: »

Just accepted via teamer there Charlie

It went into spam despite me telling it that it's not spam previously. My phone was on the blink earlier so that explains that side of things.

Sorry for the alarm.

No worries dude. You changed it just as I was looking at it!

charlieIRL

Can I add one more thing, in the interest in fairness of the society, can anyone who's on a roll and their GUI handicap has dropped more than 2 shots below their BGS one please let me know? Fair play to FixdePitchmark and a few more who did last time out. Makes it fairer on everyone.

PARlance

charlieIRL wrote: »

No worries dude. You changed it just as I was looking at it!

Ya, just said I'd check my spam inbox and seen it.

Giddy up.

Barnaboy

Can't make this one unfortunately. Heading off the hols this Friday and only get back late on the night before the outing. Don't think I could face an early morning drive all the way to Kilkenny after a long trip home .....

Seve OB

didn't get the usual alert on my phone but it was there when i logged in to teamer online

looking forward to this one

FixdePitchmark

Can't go lads - can't play off that handicap.

No, away - see ye all in August.

scrubber72

And i am out too. Sorry just too far but see ye in roscrea.

ssbob

And I am in :D:D:D

Looking forward to it, not looking forward to meeting a load of cats though:p

Is the online scorecard metres or yards does anyone know? Looks shortish?

spacecoyote

ssbob wrote: »

And I am in :D:D:D

Looking forward to it, not looking forward to meeting a load of cats though:p

Is the online scorecard metres or yards does anyone know? Looks shortish?

http://www.worldgolf.com/courses/ireland/countykilkenny/gowran-park-golf-and-race-course.html#scorecard

According to this site it's metres

kiers47

Am also in. Need a good run to secure Ryder jug!!!

shane 007

ssbob wrote: »

Looking forward to it, not looking forward to meeting a load of cats though:p

You will be grand as long as you have a valid visa & of course, ye don't beat us on Sunday

Rikand

Looks like I have to go to an anniversary mass that day, so I'm out too

yettie1701

ssbob wrote: »

And I am in :D:D:D

Looking forward to it, not looking forward to meeting a load of cats though:p

Is the online scorecard metres or yards does anyone know? Looks shortish?

It's metres to the front of the greens. And believe me it's not short. Playing really well at the moment. Hope it's in good nick the day you guys play. Hope ye have a good day. The food is top notch too.

Norfolk Enchants_

yettie1701 wrote: »

It's metres to the front of the greens. And believe me it's not short. Playing really well at the moment. Hope it's in good nick the day you guys play. Hope ye have a good day. The food is top notch too.

There is no course in the world measured to the front of the green, think about it for a moment, there is no logical reason for that to be the case.
Although in saying that there are some courses that give their on course yardages i.e. markers discs on the fairways, sprinker head yardages etc. to the front, it's not very common and they are meant to be used in conjuction with a stroke saver.

Keano

Isn't that what he meant. I would presume he would have assumed we would have knew what he was talking about.

yettie1701

Anyway as I said its metres to the front.

bobster453

Looking forward to this one.Great course and good food.Now all we need is the weather

Reganovski

Looks like I'll be attending. Through some strange coincidence, herself has to be in Kilkenny on Saturday. Sur I s'pose I'll go golfing so I said ...what's the last tee time Charlie? I'll go with that group please.

charlieIRL

EXcellent stuff,

We've 24 slots from 10:00am onwards but if a few more come we'll fit ye in.

Golfgraffix

Let me know if you want the live scoring set up.

J

tigerwood1

Played this course once before Really looking forward to playing on saturday, with some tight holes might suit likes of ben or fixit if he was playing. Hav,nt played since dunmurray so might try to get out in the curragh thur/friday evening 5pm onwards, i have half price voucher for green fees if anybody interested in joining me.

dwd

Guys, I'm going to have to pull out form Saturday, I was in the physio last night and my shoulder is in bits again, going to need to give in a rest for a week or two

PARlance

Have to pull out of this too lads. Can't get away for the day.

Ben1977

Have to pull out myself due to illness. Hope the weather holds up for you lads

Seve OB

dropping like flies

can't get themselves away from the box, its shaping up well after day one.... but the lads in Liverpool will be rained off on saturday.... nothing for the lads to watch on tele, sun will shine in kilkenny and they will be raging

spacecoyote

stevieob wrote: »

dropping like flies

can't get themselves away from the box, its shaping up well after day one.... but the lads in Liverpool will be rained off on saturday.... nothing for the lads to watch on tele, sun will shine in kilkenny and they will be raging

That's it Steve, more Ryder jug points for us then

ssbob

Here's hoping for a great weather day in Kilkenny!!

I have a feeling that I am going to win this one :cool::cool:

RoadRunner

Really looking forward to this!
Any tips for the course guys?

ballyk

spacecoyote wrote: »

That's it Steve, more Ryder jug points for us then

Some of us need them more than others!

yettie1701

RoadRunner wrote: »

Really looking forward to this!
Any tips for the course guys?

If you drive it well it's not a hard course to score on. All the greens except the 14th are pretty flat and easy to read. Being on the fairway is key to playing well in Gowran if you are in trouble off the tee you will drop at least one shot. Don't need driver on the 12th par 5 and if you have a good score going a 7 iron short of the green on 16 is a good safe shot. Enjoy.

RoadRunner

Thanks yettie. Good to know. The driver's been getting me in terrible trouble lately My new long iron/hybrid type thing may be getting used off the tees instead. I'll hit the range and blast off a few tonight and see how it goes.

Benny Cake

RoadRunner wrote: »

Really looking forward to this!
Any tips for the course guys?

If you are playing from the green (society) tees I would advise you not to use driver on any hole from 7-16. Its short from the greens but very tight off the tee...

bobster453

Cant wait..good course Gowran..Ryder Jug out for me.Joined too late this year but be happy to score mid thirties.I reckon 40 plus to win if good course management is used

Golfgraffix

Any scores in ?

Seve OB

I wore my Greystones top today in honour of our clubman playing in the British Open this week, (Well Dunne Paul) and in the hope it would bring me some luck, but despite a decent round, I fell just short of the winners circle due to a few silly mistakes

42 won spacesoyote
41 second ssbob
41 third regan Ivan (+1 gross)

i had 37 alongside Ballyk, we had a good battle as he also finished with 37, i beat him on the last 6! Roadrunner made up our three ball and he was on fire with 20 points through 9, but fell apart a bit on back 9. thanks again for a good bit of craic guys,

course is lovely, good nick, but slower greens than i'm used to. No excuse though for my 3 three putts and one 4!!!!! putt. i think my putter alignment is off

my driver was on fire though and the tight fairways didn't bother me at all, but the new fandango stuff they build these days.... screw for changing face angle came loose so i had to hit 3 wood the last few holes... otherwise i would have fancied the LD... I was hitting it so well. I was between a 9 and 8 iron for my second shot on the par 5 8th...went with 8 and duly made a dogs dinner of it!!!

have been looking forward to Gowran for a while now so was great to finally play it and she lived up to her rep. some great holes , and even the ones inside the track aren't at all bad.


now just waiting to see what kind of Ryder jug points I picked up

spacecoyote

Back home after another great boards day out.

Went out with the intention of getting myself into the Ryder jug mix & managed to follow through on it. 42 points today, 79 strokes (the sub 80 drought a distant memory now )

Enough to pip ssbob & reganovski (i think) by a stroke to win the prize.

A very nice course, almost a perfect society course to my mind. Not too long, cut back rough, but enough to make you think about how you're planning to play a hole.

Had the pleasure of Charlie & thebigeasy for the round. A few loose drives & a couple of unlucky lipped out putts were really all the difference between them & me today. Bigeasy hits irons like a single digit golfer, beautiful strikes that check up nicely, charlie could do with hitting that 5 iron more off the tee, you were pinging them down the centre when you switched from driver

11 Pars
6 Bogeys
1 double

Thanks again to the the lads for organising, always a great way to spend an afternoon

3putt

38 points for me today . Fell apart on the back 9 after having 23 on the front. A very nice course and a great day for it with the rain stopping as we walked to the first. Nice to get closest the pin and more points towards qualifying for the Ryder jug . Thanks to tony and hole in one for the Craic during the round. Thanks to the lads for organising a great day out aswell .

Macker1

Well Done on the Win Space. Great scoring just shaded it from the other good scores.

Nice track but gutted I had one of my worst days in a while.

Thanks to Tiger and Bobster for the good company throughout the day.

bobster453

Course very well set up.Well done to all the winners.Had an up and down round..scores went up and the ball wouldnt go down.Ended up with 32 points .Thanks to Macker and Tiger for the good company and craic.Shot of the day for me was a toss up between Tigers 7 iron on the par 3 13th i think to within 3 feet of the hole and Mackers shot out of the lake at the 9th..at least the water cooled him down.Tiger is surely the Son of God after he made one of his shots walk on water and come to rest on the bank.In fairness he was good value for the 2s competition, brought in 19 points on the back 9 .Tiger now reckons he is good for a cut of a few shots before Roscrea but we thought he was being a bit too hard on himself.Another great boards outing Thanks to the committee once again.

Golfgraffix

Sounds like a great day, nice win Space, that's a bloody good score.

Looking forward to Roscrea.

J

paulos53

A disappointing round for myself but a pleasure to witness the power hitting of Reganovski
A bit more luck on the greens and it would have been an under par round.

Congrats to all the winners and looking forward to the relatively shorter trip to Roscrea next month

Reganovski

A great day yesterday at Gowran Park. Hadn't played it before and didn't know what to expect. Besides the first 3 holes, I think the course is very memorable.
Some of the holes outside the track are fabulous....the 4th, 7th and 15th spring to mind.

Delighted the way I played too. Definitely the best round I've played this year.
1 over par that included 2 birdies, a double and 1 bogey. I think I only missed 3 greens and 3 fairways.

The double I had was a 4 putt on the Index 1 Par 5. If the putter was anyway decent, I think I could've been under par.

Congrats to spacecoyote and ssbob. Great shooting. Delighted that ssbob finally got into the prizes. Time for a cut though ssbob

Thanks to paulos53 and recycled. I thoroughly enjoyed their company and thanks for the encouragement on the way round.

Few photos below.....

spacecoyote

paulos53 wrote: »

a pleasure to witness the power hitting of Reganovski

We had the pleasure of that ourselves. Amazing distance & accuracy. Every time we looked back from the green there was a ball sitting within about 30-40 yards of us

The Big Easy

Had a very enjoyable round with spacecoyote and Charlie. Thankfully got lucky with the weather, thought once the heaven's opened before the round they wouldn't close again. Have to keep remembering it's Ireland and anything's possible :pac:

I was especially lucky as I didn't bring any waterproofs due to the foolhardiness of youth (except I'm not that young )

Really enjoyed the course, I like a tree lined course as I find it tends to focus the mind

Didn't quite get the big score I was hoping for but was happy enough with 37 points for my best boards effort yet. After a good bit of work on the range and course I feel that big score is just around the corner

Well done to Spacecoyote on the victory, had the pleasure of watching him plot his way around the course. Didn't enjoy being outdriven by his hybrid on every hole, however :pac:

I'll have the R11s in the bag for Roscrea so that won't happen again Charlie tried to tell me it's down to technique but I don't belive him :P

Thanks to Charlie and the committee for organising another great day out and roll on Roscrea