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St. Margaret's 2015 Membership Offer

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    #32
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Macker1 wrote: »
    Add your reply here. Synergy who are running the course carried out similar tree cutting / pruning at Grange Castle. They also made the fairways a bit wider which to be honest all seemed to be geared towards picking up the pace of play for casual golfers that were paying green-fees or Society Golfers. Quite a bit of focus was on the commercial side of things which most clubs need I accept. The main thing was that the condition of the course under the stewardship of Synergy greatly improved.

    Iirc, when the place opened they had designs on attracting tournaments (hence the mounding) and they picked up a couple of national comps, and maybe an LPGA event or two?

    It's certainly more playable for the average golfer, although I think the placing of the water on some of the holes is very nicely done - it just dares you to try go for the green instead of laying up :D

    Haven't played on a weekend, but last Friday we'd no problem picking up a pre-8am slot the night before, although it looked like a fairly big society was heading out later in the morning.

    ......final word.....the post round breakfast was smashing!!


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    #33
    Kevinmarkham
    Registered Users Posts: 1,979 ✭✭✭Kevinmarkham


    Some photos taken for St. Margaret's last year. It's a massive improvement from what it had become.


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    #34
    BigChap1759
    Registered Users Posts: 1,608 ✭✭✭BigChap1759


    First Up wrote: »
    Fair enough. Does that mean you can run it down to the green off the hill? There is a tree on the right but if you can get past that it would be a fairly risk free way of getting past the bunker.

    Not really as they've left it as rough so the ball is generally staying up there unless you've just missed the green


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    #35
    BigChap1759
    Registered Users Posts: 1,608 ✭✭✭BigChap1759


    Milkers wrote: »
    160 new members seems incredible in the current golfing/financial landscape. Course must get pretty busy at times now?

    That was coming from only 200 so it is still a relatively small membership - no problem getting out but you do have to get on BRS quick enough if you want your preferred time, Sundays by far the busier of the two days.


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    #36
    RoadRunner
    Registered Users Posts: 1,917 ✭✭✭RoadRunner


    Joined at the start of the year and love it!


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