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castleknock 5 day

Ryder · 2020-10-01 09:23:43

Hi. Know this has been discussed recently enough but would like to get some perspective from members about the 5 day option...have heard very hard to get out on a Sunday Am usually free to play on a Wednesday or Friday afternoon. Is it easy enough to get out those days and would there be generally enough members playing…

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#62 14-10-2020 01:47PM

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bustercherry wrote: »

As I say you have to ignore all the other factors of why you would play or join the club because that's what you are fixated on (and by all means it seems like a carr golf sh1tshow in the club).

My response was in relation to posters comments reservations about the course and not the club. If I remember correctly they used to have the billboard us saying it had the best greens in Ireland, the greens were good but they hadn't' even the best greens in west Dublin. Castleknock was renowned for that sort of sales pitch nonsense.

As I said think a lot of the perceived negativity "around the course" is just people pointing out it's not at the level as it has hyped itself to be rather than people saying it's poor. There is nothing particularly wrong with the course as such and the conditioning makes up for poor layout/blandness in places; but if it was a colour it would be a shade of beige.

That's being said my views on the course wouldn't stop me considering joining it as a club. There are loads of factors like location, cost, tee sheet availability, interclub etc...

As you said, you were ignoring those other factors and basing on green fees. And you compared their green fees to clubs in meath, sligo and waterford. And compared them to member guest rates / open rates in Dublin / European club. And compared the course to the k club / kileen Castle which are much more highly rated courses outside of Dublin and considerably more expensive.

In fairness, I've hated some ads too. That perf with surf ad on at the moment discourages me from buying surf even though it might be perfectly good at cleaning my clothes and priced competitively. The billboard you saw for Castleknock may have had the same effect on you.

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