pinkdoubleeagle wrote: » The majority of courses at the moment is impossible to get out at weekends. Over 50 on the waiting list in our place now on Saturday & Sundays
Ryder wrote: » thanks for the reply....seems weekends very hard to get out on, almost need to be sitting on the BRS the second it opens to get out on a sunday morning
Seve OB wrote: » Firstly you won’t be using BRS. It’s Chronogolf and it’s the worst booking system imaginable. Having said that, it’s not that difficult to get a game at the weekend. It’s busy, but if you are ready to book you will probably get down, but failing that, there is always last minute drop outs. There is no waiting list. Problem is that the comps are early and finish by 11ish.....which is daft considering the number of members. Midweek comps Tuesday and Thursday, though they tend not to tell you to much about the Thursday comps! Any why do you need your card marked if you are already in a club? Have you never gotten your handicap there? Members are all pretty decent and if you do want to find someone to play with you probably will. It’s probably harder to go out on your own at the moment! Enjoy though, it’s a good club, nice course.
Ryder wrote: » Thanks. Actually signed up for 5 day. Everyone dead sound so far. I got a ridiculous handicap when I started 2 years ago and have improved a little but due to me only playing midweek, and my last club being empty mid week, I haven't been able to put cards in to get a lower hc.
Seve OB wrote: » I just rejoined. Scratch what I said above :rolleyes: seems very difficult to get on now, I was trying to play last Saturday or Sunday. Got lucky at the 11th hour and got a spot on Sunday at 12:30. A tortuous 4:40 round. Can’t get my name down at all for next weekend. Been trying to get on for tomorrow and again got lucky the other night when a spot came free. I see a couple more just came free now, but it’s booked solid. No waiting list is a pain in the butt. A bigger kick in the teeth was that next Sunday is medal and was 3 balls, filled up instantly, I was 30 mins or so late as I forgot that booking was going live. So I keep checking if a spot comes free. Now it’s four balls and all full, still no room for me You have to be sitting on the booking it seems once it goes live.
blue note wrote: » Can you play on weekends with a 5 day membership?
not yet wrote: » Yeah, not sure if you can play in the comp times though.
A Shaved Duck? wrote: » Members comps are definitely an issue, time needs to be given to extend these and give more people the option to get on the timesheets. Even an hour longer gives 24 members a game on saturday and sunday. I can see why some people would leave to be honest if they cant get a game after being a member for a while. The rumored loss of members is clearly being mitigated with the uptick in memberships.
eoghan104 wrote: » There have been a number of members that have left to try Luttrelstown but there was no mass exodus by any means. There is a problem with comps at the weekend and they are trying to rectify it. There is more than 3 hours for the members comps also and for bigger events like medals we get most of the day. The issue is weekend societies taking up a lot of slots. The flexible membership is the best value in Dublin by a mile at €1,450 so there has to be a trade off. I would be happy if they raised that to 2k and got rid of societies but most people would complain. You can't have your cake and eat it too. At the moment there is a waiting list to get in so if any members want to leave there is no one forcing them to stay!
Tescosfinest wrote: » A few members joined Luttrelstown as 5 day members and from what I hear the place is dead with zero atmosphere. personally I think the 7 day flexible option should be scrapped.
blue note wrote: » I really like the Castleknock course. I don't get why people have such reservations about it. It's fun and interesting without being too hard. For someone of my level that's a good thing!
bustercherry wrote: » It's always been an average course with good conditioning as there are too many bland holes (first 4 on the back 9 for example). It's no where near the level of a Luttrellstown (even when their conditioning slipped) or a Killeen Castle/K Club for example; let alone the elite courses like RCD/Portrush/BallyB etc.... I 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 sh1te. I've enjoy playing it but there are better courses/value to be had if I was looking for an open. The club setup and carr golf is completely different though.
Tescosfinest wrote: » Where are the better courses at the same price point? I don't think the like of Roganstown, Corrstown or Margaret's are a patch on Castleknock
