Feckin weather!

coillcam

Got lucky and only had the wind to deal with today. Some of the other lads out later got caught in a bad hail shower. The greens were covered in hailstones.

Fann Linn

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121980905#Comment_121980905

Down here in the west, GI have taken the polar opposite view and have basically given a 'blanket extension ' on non qualifying golf until the end of April. Even randomly checking on the Golf Ireland app I've noticed that most of the courses here in Connacht still have their markers off except for the links courses and a few 9 hole clubs.

Looking out the window now and there is sleet falling now.

The country is fcuked.☔⛄💨

BlueSkyDreams

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121989592#Comment_121989592

bizzare how different it can be. Bright sunshine in Dublin pretty much all day, with a light shower for 20 mins maybe 2 hours ago.

People out drinking & eating with sunglasses on in the city centre as i drove home about 10 mins ago.

Benicetomonty

Teed off at 10 am today in lucan. Got 2 absolute haymakers, one circa 11am and one maybe an hour later. I mean lashing rain and hail as well as a 10dg temperature drop. Otherwise, a whipping wind notwithstanding, wasnt a bad day.

Kiith

Was nice in Kildare, bar the obvious wind and a few heavy showers. Loads of rain coming tonight and tomorrow though, and likely courses will be closed tomorrow and probably Tuesday.

S_D

another nice day out there for golfing. :-/

bobster453

Last 10 days of April and into May the farmers will be happy with the weather.

Might even see 18 holes open in most courses hopefully.

Kiith

Another day, another day the course is closed 😑

Fann Linn

Sleet falling here in Boyle.😞😞😞

Glebee

Moved my clubs from the shed to the boot of the car over the weekend saying to myself I need top get off my arse and get back out onto the course. This weather is just the pits at this stage.

slave1

I'm looking to get out for my first round of the year and phoning a few clubs, answers were pretty much universal, wet conditions etc but still charging full Summer rate, I'll pass

JVince

Jet stream has finally moved a little north and this means far less rain for most of the country from now til autumn.

Northern counties will still experience wetter than normal conditions for a few days yet, but for the rest of us, it will now be much drier, but it will take a couple of weeks for courses to dry out properly and decent grass growth to refresh everything.

El Guapo!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121996133#Comment_121996133

This is the most beautiful post I've read in a long time. 🥲

Seve OB

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121997210#Comment_121997210

yea but i'll believe it when i see it

Kiith

And we're closed again 😑

soverybored1878

This is actually killing me. It genuinely seems like the rain will never end and we'll all be resigned to muddy golf and plugged lies forever.

yourdeadwright

Im supposed to be out in Knightsbrook on Saturday

What you reckon will it even be open

bakerbhoy

We are open today after 2 days.

It was biblical here Monday.

spacecoyote

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122000369#Comment_122000369

Knightsbrook, from what I remember, is a pretty soft course in normal times, so I'd say pretty slim chances

yourdeadwright

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122000562#Comment_122000562

Dying to get out Saturday, Have proper day out planned around it, all i can do is pray

dan_ep82

Used to play it a few years ago fairly regularly in the winter because it was one of the driest as long as you weren’t super wayward

yourdeadwright

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122000923#Comment_122000923

Shes open today so hope yet for Saturday

slave1

Knightsbrook was constructed from scratch so holds up well to rain, they still have dry stone drainage "streams" across a couple of the holes which virtually never carry water and should be backfilled as look so artificial

blue note

Has the ground dried at all? Is it worth playing a parkland?

yourdeadwright

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122022065#Comment_122022065

Knightsbrook was decent on Saturday as long as you where on the fairways , A bit windy on some holes but other than that it held up well ,

The Big Easy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122022065#Comment_122022065

Drying fast at the moment I would say, Bray is bouncing back quick, but it's never the wettest, having some heathland characteristics and an always strong breeze.

Not sure how some of the wetter ones are faring. I imagine the water level is dropping rapidly as the temperatures increase (although it's pretty cold again today)

zocklie

My course is normally pretty heavily affected by rain, played Sunday and was amazed how much it had come on in two weeks, very few spots you would call "wet" but still some soft spots. Few holes got some roll off the driver!!

Another 2 weeks of semi dry weather and I'd say we'll be back to normal

Kiith

Curragh is doing well, given how much rain has fallen. Few soft spots off the fairways, but that's about it.

billy3sheets

Played Grange Castle in Clondalkin on Saturday and was pleasantly surprised by how dry the fairways were. Greens were excellent too. Hadn't played it for around 7 years. Some good holes there, especially back 9.

awec

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122024397#Comment_122024397

I played there recently too. I really liked it, really wide fairways, very forgiving off the tee.