Green Fees for Top courses

benny79

Hey lads is there any good websites for cheap green fees for Royal Dublin or RCD for this time of year its €75 for Royal Dublin on there web site I heard of lads getting RCD for €50 in OCT last year! Tried teetimes but they're not on it.

mike12

Generally that standard of course it is go direct to them. Before you book make sure what is in play lots of temp greens tees and no play off the fairway this time of year.

benny79

yea but there links courses surely there's play everywhere how can you not play off fairways?

cairny

benny79 wrote: »

yea but there links courses surely there's play everywhere how can you not play off fairways?

Lots of the top courses take the fairways out for the winter. Put a line down the middle of the fariway and you have to drop in the first cut either side. It's not too bad, better than carrying around those mats you see in Scotland.

PARlance

benny79 wrote: »

yea but there links courses surely there's play everywhere how can you not play off fairways?

To protect the course and give it time to recover.

benny79

Yea I understand the reasoning but I taught the whole point of links courses is that there playable all year round! Anyway thats getting away from thread rang Royal County Dublin its €75 till march. Was hoping maybe dream to get it or somewhere as good for €50 especially this time of year.

John Divney

benny79 wrote: »

Yea I understand the reasoning but I taught the whole point of links courses is that there playable all year round! Anyway thats getting away from thread rang Royal County Dublin its €75 till march. Was hoping maybe dream to get it or somewhere as good for €50 especially this time of year.

They are, for courses that actually need the business. Those two courses are elite.

Try Portmarnock links, the greens will be as good and you can play
On bulletproof links land after weeks of rain.
What do St Anne's and The Island do in winter anyone know?

PARlance

John Divney wrote: »

They are, for courses that actually need the business. Those two courses are elite.

Try Portmarnock links, the greens will be as good and you can play

What do St Anne's and The Island do in winter anyone know?

Not sure about what they do over the winter but if anyone is looking for a good links in Dublin at affordable rates, St Anne's were running opens @ €20 throughout the summer.

Nozebleed

Just booked the european club for the morning!! €50 for the open. Cant wait..great price. Fairways in play..relief from standing water if need be.

benny79

RCD is £50 Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri before 11.20. 9 fairways are out of play due to the Irish open in May dropping in semi rough.

mike12

The island is bring a Mat or play from the semi rough think Baltray are off mats as well. European is always full fairways reason is there are no members so course is quite during the winter.

Ronney

You can get Royal Dublin next Monday or Tuesday morning for €55 on Golfnow.ie.

Only 1 tee time at this rate, part of their Hot deals

slave1

I think playing courses with the restrictions ye point out is a false economy, prefer to bite the bullet and play it full on...

PARlance

slave1 wrote: »

I think playing courses with the restrictions ye point out is a false economy, prefer to bite the bullet and play it full on...

Depends how many fairways you normally hit
It'd be a killer to wait until the summer, pay full whack, have the heavens open up and only find a couple of fairways

Joking aside, I would agree, but in some instances I'd be happy to go the winter mat/rough route and avail of the cheaper fee. I would play Royal Dublin in winter but I'd wait and pay full rate for County Down.
(Mainly because Dublin would be down on my list of premium courses to play)

slave1

PARlance wrote: »

Depends how many fairways you normally hit

First or second shot :pac: