Feckin weather!

Ciaranra

Heading to Killarney myself this weekend for golf il pack 2 sets rain gear

Kingswood Rover

Ciaranra wrote: »

Heading to Killarney myself this weekend for golf il pack 2 sets rain gear

Reckon you will be alright at least on Saturday rain seems further North that day, playing in your gaffe on Sat morn looks bad at the moment.

Mantis Toboggan

Oh well lads we've had a good run in fairness.

But unfortunately with that storm over us and the clocks going back the golf season is well and truly in decline, roll on April.

billy3sheets

17 deg Celcius today on November 1st !!!

We should not complain about our weather :cool::cool::cool:

mike12

billy3sheets wrote: »

17 deg Celcius today on November 1st !!!

We should not complain about or weather :cool::cool::cool:

Was too hot today way too many layers on. Still counting comps as well think today were so.e of the best conditions I have played golf in all year, shame about the score.

Alrite Chief

Counting comps well into November is some clubs is some going. Outstanding weather playing Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

slave1

What another wash out, will I get a game this side of XMas I wonder

Boskowski

tomorrow looks ok

FixdePitchmark

Was out yesterday before rain,

It was enjoyable, but looking at the windsurfers , you could look at it as a different type of sport - sort of extreme golf.

18 - to 20 m/s wind, a 5 iron 150 yards to a par 3. A 3 wood 170 yards perfect hit.

But that rain another story.

ronnie3585

Boskowski wrote: »

tomorrow looks ok

Yeah but unfortunately the ground is so saturated it's likely that a lot of courses will remain closed, I know mine will be - not even going to bother setting the alarm for the morning.

This is five weekends in a row that the weather has ruined. I'm not afraid of playing in wind and rain but it's been so bad you can't even swing a club:(

Kingswood Rover

Blessed lakes Gc will be good to go tomorrow but seriously weather wise we get away with murder here in the mid east, the Res in Blessington is only just now reaching capacity and today while wet was not a torrential downpour compared to what was seen out west according to the news. How courses in the west cope with the substantially more rainfal is a mystery to me in my relatively dry little bubble. In saying that when there are cold easterlies in our part of the country we deffo suffer more course closures than our more southern and western colleagues. The lack of any easterly dominated weather since 2010 has to end sometime though.

padzer

Kingswood Rover wrote: »

Blessed lakes Gc will be good to go tomorrow but seriously weather wise we get away with murder here in the mid east, the Res in Blessington is only just now reaching capacity and today while wet was not a torrential downpour compared to what was seen out west according to the news. How courses in the west cope with the substantially more rainfal is a mystery to me in my relatively dry little bubble. In saying that when there are cold easterlies in our part of the country we deffo suffer more course closures than our more southern and western colleagues. The lack of any easterly dominated weather since 2010 has to end sometime though.

Is it a nembers comp or would there be any greenfee spots available? We are booked in to our course but it was closed today so im not too hopeful.

Boskowski

We invested in the boom days in top notch drainage. Cost a fortune. But whatever about the financial strain it had us on for years, its nice now to get out on Friday and today no bother. Might even be qualifying today.

padzer

Boskowski wrote: »

We invested in the boom days in top notch drainage. Cost a fortune. But whatever about the financial strain it had us on for years, its nice now to get out on Friday and today no bother. Might even be qualifying today.

Which course are you talking about? Because contrary to what was said above, Blessington lakes is closed.

Boskowski

padzer wrote: »

Which course are you talking about? Because contrary to what was said above, Blessington lakes is closed.

Tramore. Couldn't believe how playable it was on Friday. Some soft spots in the rough here and there but the fairways were fantastic. Even most of the bunkers were fine.

Having said that I don't think it will be qualifying today, we'll be dropping in the rough probably for sure.

Kingswood Rover

padzer wrote: »

Which course are you talking about? Because contrary to what was said above, Blessington lakes is closed.

Sorry Padzer we got that completely wrong the rain did not ease as expected and apparently there was a couple of hours of heavy rain 3-5 am ish. i arrived up this morning fully expecting to play and the course looked grand from the car park but the greens were waterlogged. Apologies again.

Dr_Colossus

Turned out to be a lovely day yesterday in Dublin but no golf played with home course closed given the wind and rain for the preceeding week. Went to the driving range in Elm Green for some practice and surprisingly the course there was open for play.

padzer

Dr_Colossus wrote: »

Turned out to be a lovely day yesterday in Dublin but no golf played with home course closed given the wind and rain for the preceeding week. Went to the driving range in Elm Green for some practice and surprisingly the course there was open for play.

Stop, must have rang about 10 different courses yesterday morning to be told they were all closed for the day. Never rang Elmgreen, the closest course to me

padzer

Kingswood Rover wrote: »

Sorry Padzer we got that completely wrong the rain did not ease as expected and apparently there was a couple of hours of heavy rain 3-5 am ish. i arrived up this morning fully expecting to play and the course looked grand from the car park but the greens were waterlogged. Apologies again.

Ha, ah not to worry, brought the kids to santa so that frees up next weekend;)

redzerdrog

The joys of being a member of a links golf course it is always playable.

I am not sure if it is an urban myth as I am only a new member but was told that the last time the course closed for the day was the winter in 2010/2011

Kingswood Rover

padzer wrote: »

Ha, ah not to worry, brought the kids to santa so that frees up next weekend;)

Good stuff, plenty of brownie pts in the kitty so.

ronnie3585

It's been seven weeks since I've played a full round of golf as my home course has been completely sodden, as are most courses in Galway. I went to the range on Saturday, first time swinging a club since my last round and it was a disgrace. It's depressing how quickly I de-learn this game. I had made real progress in September and October too:( Can't wait for the Spring!

Kingswood Rover

ronnie3585 wrote: »

It's been seven weeks since I've played a full round of golf as my home course has been completely sodden, as are most courses in Galway. I went to the range on Saturday, first time swinging a club since my last round and it was a disgrace. It's depressing how quickly I de-learn this game. I had made real progress in September and October too:( Can't wait for the Spring!

Not sure we are going to get any respite from the relentless river of wet mild muck for the forseeable, the winds are now blowing clear across to Siberia.

ronnie3585

Kingswood Rover wrote: »

Not sure we are going to get any respite from the relentless river of wet mild muck for the forseeable, the winds are now blowing clear across to Siberia.

Indeed, no end in sight. It'll be well into the Spring before the ground dries to any extent, and that's if the relentless fronts stop spilling in from the Atlantic every week:(

charlieIRL

Am finished work today for 2 weeks and its not looking likely we'll get any golf in

Mantis Toboggan

charlieIRL wrote: »

Am finished work today for 2 weeks and its not looking likely we'll get any golf in

Crazy golf perhaps

charlieIRL

Tyson Fury wrote: »

Crazy golf perhaps

or the Wii!!!:)

Keano

I cannot remember the last time I was on a golf course! Must be 6 weeks at this stage

charlieIRL

I haven't played since we were in Druids :eek:

Had a forced break though. Will explain again.

Dbu

Great news on the Weather front, storm Eva is approaching

dos29

Dbu wrote: »

Great news on the Weather front, storm Eva is approaching

Ahhhhhhhhhh F.F.S ! ! ! ! :mad: :mad: :mad:

(Where's the crying emoticon.....)

lowelife

dos29 wrote: »

Ahhhhhhhhhh F.F.S ! ! ! ! :mad: :mad: :mad:

(Where's the crying emoticon.....)

Don't cry for me Argentina.....

Oops wrong Eva.

Dbu

storm eva.jpg

Doesn't look too bad:eek:

Senna

I don't care, I'm playing tomorrow no mater what the weather, desperate times call for desperate measures

markthespark77

Senna wrote: »

I don't care, I'm playing tomorrow no mater what the weather, desperate times call for desperate measures

im thinking the same thing..

slingerz

Our course has been closed for the past month now and under water for most of that time.

Doesn't look like changing anytime soon either

getoffthepot

course closed again today - no let up!

ronnie3585

Phoned four or five courses in Galway this morning and they're all closed. With the water table being so high, the ground absolutely saturated, and no end in sight to the wet weather, I don't see my home course re-opening til late Jan/early Feb:(

Goldenjohn

ronnie3585 wrote: »

Phoned four or five courses in Galway this morning and they're all closed. With the water table being so high, the ground absolutely saturated, and no end in sight to the wet weather, I don't see my home course re-opening til late Jan/early Feb:(

Not sure if you tried them but probably the best chance of been open in Galway is Connemara. AFAIK they have an open day this Saturday too. €25

ronnie3585

Goldenjohn wrote: »

Not sure if you tried them but probably the best chance of been open in Galway is Connemara. AFAIK they have an open day this Saturday too. €25

Based in the city, so Connemara is a bit of a trek given the crap weather, short days and bad roads.

CMOTDibbler

Just looking at the Met Eireann statistics for 2015. Newport in Mayo is one of the wettest places in Ireland. Last year just over two metres :eek: of rain fell there. Over a foot (300mm) fell in December!

Roches Point got 340mm in December; over a quarter of the annual total. Everywhere else got roughly in the 200mm mark but if you add November in, there's over a foot of rain fell pretty much everywhere.

Not surprising really that golf courses are closed.

Location|Nov/Dec 2013|Nov/Dec 2014|Nov/Dec 2015
Athenry|320.3|263.1|515.7
Belmullet|244.0|223.8|447.4
Malin Head|294.6|284.9|495.0
Mullingar|189.1|255.1|458.8
Dublin Airport|109.8|196.8|315.1
Carlow|164.3|213.3|380.9
Johnstown|188.7|197.5|375.4
Roches Point|209.1|206.0|463.4
Valentia|391.7|337.7|538.9

JJJJNR

I feel your pain lads was in the same position a couple of years ago, been mountain biking most winters now. Looking forward to getting back out on the course when this stuff has finally past. Just thought id share that.

Wichita Lineman

Anyone been on Esker Hills recently? Usually good even when it's been wet. Playing there tomorrow all going well.

searay

Wichita Lineman wrote: »

Anyone been on Esker Hills recently? Usually good even when it's been wet. Playing there tomorrow all going well.

Played Esker Hills on 19th or 20th when most courses in the area were closed.

Fairways were good and firm, no plugged balls. Grass on fairways and green was long but that's understandable. Greens were a bit slow as you'd expect. Probably the best option in the Westmeath/Offaly area for wet weather golf.

Wichita Lineman

^ Thanks for that. Unfortunately the society outing I was to play in has been deferred for non weather reasons.

augustus gloop

Home for an extended holiday to Ireland and was looking forward to playing quite a bit with mates. Leave at end of January and it looks like I'll get feck all golf in! Played hedford new Monday and it was surprisingly good.
I don't care though, my mates are sheepish enough about committing to 18 holes but I'm playing a few more anyway!

Kingswood Rover

I have a pain in me hoop at the mo with the rain, not even a good row on here to get animated about....Something akin to this time last years value membership debate would be a welcome distraction.

Golfgraffix

Played today, was like playing in late spring, no wind, quite warm and course dry as a bone. Luck of the draw I guess.

J

Montgolfier

Played my first round of the year in Esker hills and I can vouch for it being one of the dryer courses in the country even after all the feckin rain. What a course and a nice break from the rain.

redzerdrog

Golfgraffix wrote: »

Played today, was like playing in late spring, no wind, quite warm and course dry as a bone. Luck of the draw I guess.

J

Not really luck of the draw though, it is the biggest benifit of paying that few quid extra in subsequent for membership to a links course