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Corballis

FixdePitchmark

Lads weather looks good all week.

A couple of us are meeting in Corballis, Friday for a warm up

Thank this post if you want to go.

I'm looking at 1300 hrs to 1330 hrs

Sun set is 1745 - so should be fine, it is a fast round and looks empty at the moment on time sheet.

Talk of a few pints - Malahide.

It is an open and normally good voucher prizes for Carr golf.

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Joeyjoejoe43

Lads, I hit my driver 240 to 270 yards consistently and have had 300 yards+ drives in Spain (ball travels further there) My playing partner is not a big hitter and the two low guys that were paired with us on the day were big as well and we all played driver and none of us got to the green!

I'm not making it up

I've hit a pitching wedge to the same green previously with the wind going the other way.

Just to qualify it though it was by far the windiest conditions I've played in ever and many didn't turn up and many more walked in before they finished the 18. It was crazy. I wasnt even able to stand up securely while playing my shots...

Hopefully yell never see conditions like that for those who are members... but just ask lads in pro shop if they remember society day a few years back when it was really really REALLY windy..

willabur

for the hell of it - Here is my course guide

1: Usually a pitching wedge but depending on the wind it can be an 8 iron - large green so a par is a good score
2: The wind is usually off the right here so take nothing more than an 8 iron of the tee and aim for the right hand side of the gap. That should leave a handy wedge. Birdie chance
3: Really tough but an amazing hole. From the back teeth aim for the fairway in front of you, if you are forward then you can take a bit off the right hand side. The fairway is undulating and the green is long but narrow, it is protected right by a dune and left a small bunker and another dune. Bogey is a great score
4: Downhill par 3, 100 yard flick with a wedge. if you land short right you will roll off. Short left is the play
5: Really tricky short par 4. There is more room out right than you can see from the tee box. If you can the play is a draw with a hybrid of the tee. Should leave 8iron to a wedge
6: Another par 3, short again you just need a wedge. Beautiful hole where the wind can be deceiving, there is never a breath on the flag but when the ball is in the air it can move alot
7: Another tricky short par 4. Completely different hole from the back tee, you need to play safe with a 6 iron aimed at the marker. From the front tee you can hit a 5 wood at the green but you can easily lose a ball this way.
Approach is tricky, you need your yardage to be spot on
8: Par 4 where you can take the driver. There is water down the left and a slice right will end up with a lost ball. If you can hit a baby fade 250 then you are in good position to hit a big enough green
9: Long Par 3 which dependent on the wind and pin position could be a 5wood / hybrid or an 8 iron. Water hazard skirts the whole left side of the green down to the front tho in the summer you can easily play out of this. Really good par 3
10: Straightforward par 3 where a par should be standard enough
11: Quirky as hell, alot of people go for the green. I think its a recipe for a lost ball. Far better tactic is a 5 iron 10 yards right of the marker and you should avoid the bunker. Left of the marker leaves a blind shot into the green. Even if you are in the bunker you can make a birdie here as long as you don't do something stupid from the tee
12: Par 5 where it pays to hug the right hand side. If you can't get home in two then aim a 7 iron at the driving nets, Shoudl leave a wedge into a tricky green. For a par 5 a par is a good score
13: Snakey green - super tricky putt no matter where you land it. Really nice par 3 which is a 9 iron when its not too windy
14: Another mental challenge of a hole - you need to hit a solid long iron or maybe a 5 wood just short of the dunes. This will leave an 8 iron which 9 times out of ten will be blind. I think a par is a great score here. Lots of ways in which you can go wrong
15: Straight forward grip it and rip it - two fairways to aim at. Approach shot needs to be accurate to a small undulating green
16: Usually into the wind it is an easy drive but like 15 the important shot is the approach. A par is a great score here
17: ALl about the pin position, if its up top then its a tough 9 iron to hold it up there. If its on the bottom then you need to be on the bottom deck, you are better off off the green than on the top deck
18: Decent closing hole. I like to aim a 5 wood at the two bunkers which should leave me short and a wedge into the green. There is a bunker on the left which eats up more than it should and if you are too far right you can be dead

slave1

It's fun, but that fekin 17th

ThunderCat

I have to say it's the most fun course I've ever played. Now I know it's not everyones cup of tea but those who get it seem to really get it. Rocking up to the 1st tee there fills me with more excitement and joy than the vast majority of other courses I've played. Long live the King.

willabur

Also a new member out there.

I love it as a club to be a member off as it really is a different challenge depending on the wind speed/direction. The 3rd hole is up there with any hole in the country. For someone visiting for the first time I can see how it would be a complete nightmare. I played with 3 visitors recently and one of them told me afterwards that I saved him 10 shots just by talking through the holes from the tee box. Holes 2, 7, 11 and 14 in particular are quirky holes which if you didn't know your way around you could easily lose a ball or rack up a big score.

Hole 2: 250 yard par 4 which a massive chasm 160 yards from the tee box. Need to play 8 iron + Wedge
Hole 7: Depending on the tee you are playing its a 7 or 5 iron to a landing zone and then a 120 yard pitch in
Hole 11: There is a marker on the hill which IMO you are served by hitting a 160+ yard shot 10 yards right off which should get you just short of the green.
Hole 14: Loads of space on your tee shot but your second shot is blind into a hidden green

blue note

gypsy79 wrote: »

I hit an 8 iron 125-130!!

Driver is 190-200 fwiw

Next club down is 2 hybrid, which i would probably take in a gale here myself

The is no wind that would make a driver the right club on that hole for you! Back tees and a gale force wind I'd be recommending hitting whatever you hit 170. If not you'll be on the next fairway.

blue note

gypsy79 wrote: »

That would be a fun comp. 7 iron and putter only in Corballis.

Tin cup style.

I think the shot you need most in corballis is the 80-100m pitch shot. 2 of the par 3s are this length. And the tee shots generally aren't too bad to leave you this sort of shot too on about 5 of the par 4s. And on the couple you might just end up with it anyway. Aside from how often you'll have to pay it, the consequences of getting it wrong are incredibly penal. Links bunkers and rough can ruin a hole on their own and if you don't hit the right part of the green you can end up in them.

Being a long and straight driver of the ball is great on the part 5 and three of the par 4s. But that's it, it won't be the making or breaking of a score on this course.

gypsy79

blue note wrote: »

I am a member in corballis albeit a relatively new one. Probably just played it about 15 times, a couple of times when it was very windy. But the most I've needed on the first it's an 8 iron when the wind was very strong. If it was an absolute gale and the tee was at the very back I could imagine using a 5 iron, but I'd probably go with a 6 because of the thick rough behind the green. In front the worst you'll be in is a bunker.

I hit an 8 iron 125-130!!

Driver is 190-200 fwiw

Next club down is 2 hybrid, which i would probably take in a gale here myself

gypsy79

rooney30 wrote: »

If you play nearly every shot with a seven iron you won’t go too far wrong out there

That would be a fun comp. 7 iron and putter only in Corballis.

rooney30

If you play nearly every shot with a seven iron you won’t go too far wrong out there

blue note

gypsy79 wrote: »

Probably blowing a gale. I don't go there if it is windy

Judging by the amount of Corballis lads in Elmgreen on Saturday where the members have recipricol rights, the members feel the same

I am a member in corballis albeit a relatively new one. Probably just played it about 15 times, a couple of times when it was very windy. But the most I've needed on the first it's an 8 iron when the wind was very strong. If it was an absolute gale and the tee was at the very back I could imagine using a 5 iron, but I'd probably go with a 6 because of the thick rough behind the green. In front the worst you'll be in is a bunker.

gypsy79

By the way, it is one of the courses where I will be very interested what the slope will be under the new handicap system

gypsy79

blue note wrote: »

On the first hole though - really, driver? It's about 120m from the whites, maybe 132m from the blues to the middle of the green! I can't imagine ever needing more than a mid-low iron!

Probably blowing a gale. I don't go there if it is windy

Judging by the amount of Corballis lads in Elmgreen on Saturday where the members have recipricol rights, the members feel the same

blue note

It's such an unusual course. It's obviously very short so you should have a few more pars than on most courses. But you can be very harshly penalised for misses and you're hitting to a lot of small targets. I was going great last time I played - 28 points after 13. Then on 14 I pulled my approach on a par 4 about 3 yards left of the green. Took two to get out of the thick rough and went into more on the other side of the green from it. Came out with a 7. On 15 you've two fairways parallel to each other with a small lin of rough between them which a lot of people aim for. I hit that and took two to he the ball again (trying to get it back into the fairway with a sand wedge) and when I did move it I pulled it left into more rough. 8 on that one. Then on 17 it's a two tiered green. If you're on the top tier it's a struggle to keep the ball on the green putting to a flag on the bottom tier, so you have to go for the pin on a small landing zone. I landed 1-2 feet from the green, but it's elevated so the ball took a massive kick again into thick rough. Finished with a 6.

So with a good scorecard, without trying any hero shots and without missing by much at all on any of the shots, I ended up not scoring on 3 holes. But that's corballis. It can make a show of you when you barely go wrong.

On the first hole though - really, driver? It's about 120m from the whites, maybe 132m from the blues to the middle of the green! I can't imagine ever needing more than a mid-low iron!

gypsy79

spacecoyote wrote: »

You should be definitely playing off the fairways.

You probably wont find any balls in the rough!!

Joeyjoejoe43

Played there 3 times and every time I said never again!! I like to use my driver.. lucky to use it 3 times in Corballis... If the wind is up, forget it...

Last time I played it was blowing a gale, 1st hole was a shortish par 3.. we all played driver off the tee.. None of us reached the green and two of us were single figures golfers and I hit a big drive off 18...

Having said all that though, horses for courses... some people love it there..

slave1

Brief description here

http://corballislinks.com/hole-by-hole/

spacecoyote

Jim Stynes wrote: »

Going to play Corballis tomorrow morning. Does anyone know if you can play off the fairways or is it mats? Also, is it a tough course for some playing off about 18

You should be definitely playing off the fairways. I don't think they ever have mats in play in Corballis.

Chances are that, as an 18 handicap playing the course for the first time ever, you might have a tough time. Few very tight holes, and some tricky blind drives, so can be difficult to find the lines around the place.

FixDaPitchMark wrote a course guide somewhere on here years ago (possibly in this thread). It would be worth digging it out. He knows his way well around that place, it'd definitely be a help for you

Jim Stynes

Going to play Corballis tomorrow morning. Does anyone know if you can play off the fairways or is it mats? Also, is it a tough course for some playing off about 18

dar_cool

Cheers J
Good bit of info there regarding brs online booking and other questions I had

Cheers

Darren

Golfgraffix

dar_cool wrote: »

He knows every blade of grass in the place, or Sandy divot ha ha just want to know about competitions and stuff as it seems pretty old school. No booking system or results system online like howdidido or masters scoreboard.

We play them each year in Barton or Metro and they seem to have quite a robust club and membership.

The web site for the club with results etc is
http://www.corballislinks.com/members-area

dar_cool

charlieIRL wrote: »

There's only one person on here qualified enough to discuss Corballis, the king of the course, Mr. FixdePitchmark!!!:D:D

He knows every blade of grass in the place, or Sandy divot ha ha just want to know about competitions and stuff as it seems pretty old school. No booking system or results system online like howdidido or masters scoreboard.

charlieIRL

dar_cool wrote: »

Anyone on here a member of Corballis ? Thinking of joining and just have a few questions
Cheers

There's only one person on here qualified enough to discuss Corballis, the king of the course, Mr. FixdePitchmark!!!:D:D

dar_cool

Anyone on here a member of Corballis ? Thinking of joining and just have a few questions
Cheers

billy3sheets

Lovely out there today

RoadRunner

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

Could Road runner pm Me.

Just pm'd you now.

Great day for me, enjoyed the course. Played half decently myself and had numerous easy birdy putt ops, none of which fell.

benny79

Some eagle
alright glad I was there 2 witness it! I played well in parts very enjoyable game roll 2mor!

FixdePitchmark

Could Road runner pm Me.

3putt

Eagle and all The Big played some really nice golf. My money's on him for tomorrow. Day to forget for me. hopefully that's all the bad shots out of the way for tomorroŵ. Benny and roadrunner played well too but Dan was just too good today. thanks for the game lads .

spacecoyote

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

The big won by a mile.
36 pts. Great score.

Ah bloody students have way too much time on their hands!

Great shooting Dan