Corballis

Felexicon · 29-09-2022 04:02PM

People who can't make a 2 putt from upper to lower level haven't got the imagination for Links golf.

Seve OB · 29-09-2022 04:05PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119681046#Comment_119681046

Imagination is one thing. Skill level and execution is different 🤦‍♂️

Rikand · 29-09-2022 04:57PM

I really must get up for a game in Corballis sometime

blue note · 29-09-2022 05:12PM

It's a width of about 10 or 11 meters to land the ball. It's about 130m from the tee but considering it's uphill and often into the wind, it could be playing more like 160-170. If you fade the ball you can't land it too close to the right either, so that 10-11 metres narrows. That's too narrow.

If the slope was just less serve it could be fine. But I've chipped onto the green, not gotten fully up the slope and had the ball run back off the green. If the ball doesn't even need the full slope to build up enough speed to run off the green it would be literally impossible to putt from the top tier down to a front right flag. You'd have to go middle / back and try your luck with a 15 to 20 foot putt for par.

It's not fair to the golfer. And golf shouldn't always be fair to the golfer. But in this case it should be more fair than it is!

blue note · 29-09-2022 05:15PM

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It's not imagination needed to leave it close to the hole. There's nowhere to putt that would leave you a putt you'd have a 50% chance of making.

A lob wedge would make it possible, but that's frowned upon.

willabur · 29-09-2022 05:20PM

I disagree completely, I love 17. I love how hard it is, especially with the flag at the top and the wind howling in from the sea. If you miss right then the chip up demands skill but it is doable. If you miss left then 4 is the best you are going to do and to be honest you deserve as much. And a 4 is the right punishment for putting the ball in the wrong place even if that means you are on the top level when the pin is on the bottom level (thats a bad shot, you should not expect a par unless you play and exceptional shot and nail what is a long putt)

Ken Kearney the golf architect listed it as his favourite green on the course... says alot about architects :) Slightly less sadistic than the green keeper when he puts the hole right at the bottom of the hill at the steepest part of the green

callaway92 · 29-09-2022 06:19PM

Lads I’ve never played there, but if the hole is Index 10 (which should be calculated over X period of time), surely difficulty can’t be complained about too much, as scoring isn’t too bad on it?

willabur · 29-09-2022 10:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119681580#Comment_119681580

the index is more than fair

here is a nice picture of it with the pin in the difficult position. The slope doesn't look so bad here but it is quite severe, especially on the lhs as you look at it. Anything played to the right of the green or the low side makes for a handy enough par and a decent birdie attempt. When the flag is up top then its a very tough tee shot to land it on the upper deck and keep it there

willabur · 30-09-2022 10:40AM

what an absolute beaut of a course corballis is scenery wise, don't think anyone can deny that! There are a few spots that never fail to take my breath away. Fairway on 2nd, the teebox on 4 (though breath is gone due to that pox of a hill to get there), tee box on 6, the 13 th and 17th green... really all just super spots to find yourself on a summers evening or a cold windy winters sunday morning

blue note · 30-09-2022 12:45PM

I played three rounds in three weeks so won't mention golf in the house for about a month. I'll stick it up here though next time weekend I'm going to play though in case any boardsies would fancy some devisive golf in beautiful surroundings.

FixdePitchmark · 30-09-2022 01:33PM

The stuff from Willabur is it for me - ultimately we live in a city, that is expanding and still has chronic infrastructural and social issues. The ability to escape to a place like that is becoming increasingly difficult. To be able to have a part of the coast to yourself - literally yourself , is a pure joy and privilege to play golf - a thing we love. I'm a bit of a champagne socialist - and loved when it was still a public facility. The only thing they still have not got right are the divots. But that is due to design and size of course too.

If SKRATCH golf was there as mentioned - the idea of it and Ireland hidden gems like Donegal are sadly well and truly over.

For a while and I've mentioned it here a bit, the actual ability to play Links course in Ireland is becoming increasingly difficult , expensive - and actually just hard to get a tee time. We had a great run - but it is a bit disappointing where we are now. But I guess these things are cyclical too - and the economy is the ultimate driver of this stuff - the inability to get out on top links and the cost , is probably a positive in the bigger picture.

I always feel that Corballis will be my mini escape and it is a small version of most of the golf holes types you see on Links. You jump on - no bushtit - very fast - and it does something to the soul that you can't understand.

IAmTitleist · 07-11-2022 03:27PM

Played Corballis for the first time eve there on Saturday.

Shot +4 for 38 points which i was very happy with. Couldn't really have got a better day in November to be fair, sunny mild and little wind.

The guy behind the desk said it'll be the most fun you ever have on the golf course, i wouldn't quite go that far but i did enjoy it. Perfect for a winter round when my home course is a bog but wouldn't fancy it as a permanent home for summer golf.

Plenty of quirky holes and some ridiculous. But some great holes. 3, 4, 5, 9, 14 spring to mind immediately as good holes. 15 & 16 are fairly horrible, although the approach/green complex at 16 isnt too bad.

I would go back but probably only for winter golf when qualifying has ended at my own course.

Having said that it took us 5 hours for 18 holes which was an absolute endurance test. Constant waiting on the back 9, sometimes with 3 groups waiting on a tee. Absolutely brutal and would put me off returning for sure. We teed off at 11.30. Anyone teeing off after midday would have had no chance of getting 18 in before sundown.

gypsy79 · 07-11-2022 04:57PM

Thats what happens with the societies Carr let out

Same in Elmgreen, never go out after a society

It is under 4 hours when members comps during the week

blue note · 08-11-2022 10:15AM

Well done IAmTitleist, that's a great round! You were very unlucky with the length of the round. I'm a member and have never had a 5 hour round there. I usually defend the course when people are annoyed at the length of the round because they seem to think it should be 3 hours 30 fourballs due to the length of the course, whereas there's more than length that adds time to a round. But 5 hours is ridiculous. There was a group or two somewhere taking the p1ss. 4 hours is about normal for a 4ball for me there. If it's a slow day it would be 4 and a half.

PARlance · 08-11-2022 10:29AM

Has there been any mention of when to expect something from Erik Anders Lang's visit among the club/memberd? Think he was there in late September, remember seeing the club out up a picture of him on the Facebook page. Dying to see what he thought of the place. I have a feeling it would be right up his street.

These guys probably have months and months of videos in production at any one time so we might be waiting a while for it.

charlieIRL · 08-11-2022 10:55AM

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Give me a shout and we’ll go up some Saturday, I want to go back and play it again. Haven’t been there in years.

willabur · 08-11-2022 02:03PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119848371#Comment_119848371

He played the first 7 holes and then had to go. Definitely seen the best part of the course so his view point will definitely be a bit skewed. Cookiejar podcast dedicated a full episode to the course recently also. Its all going to make saturdays busier and busier

My concern for the course in the long term is the standoff with the people who own caravan/housing around the perimeter of the course

PARlance · 08-11-2022 02:33PM

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Cheers, will continue to keep an eye out for it.

Is that not down to just one hole or is there more at play? Maybe it has been asked/mentioned before, but was the course there before the caravan park?

willabur · 08-11-2022 03:17PM

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golf has been played there for 100 years. I am not sure that counts for much tho

The caravans are in play and probably more in danger of a stray golf ball on the 11th hole also. The hole is a dog leg right but being a par 4, someone who doesn't know the layout is prone to taking the big stick out and going straight.

The houses built on the sides of 15 and 16 constantly get peppered with golf balls, especially the new ones that are beach side of 15. There is no way in hell I would sit out the front of that house knowing how many golf balls get lobbed in there

brick tamland · 08-11-2022 04:15PM

Played Corballis a few weeks ago fo the 1st time in a good while

That temp green on 8 really isnt good is it, let alone turning the index 3 into a very driveable par 4. Hopefully the situation get resolved shortly.

Overall though the course was in great condition

willabur · 08-11-2022 04:21PM

Played on Saturday gone. The course was in as good a nick as I've ever seen it. Good growth around the place.

8th hole is just a mess at the moment. Joke of an index 3 which makes a real difference in match play games. Massive advantage to the higher handicap. It's hard not to have net birdie

PARlance · 08-11-2022 04:24PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119849436#Comment_119849436

It should count for everything really given the fact that people knowingly built/set up camp beside it, but that probably won't matter much. Hopefully something is sorted.