Pitch and Putt

There used to be a lovely smaller 9 hole course in Taylor's Hill. I hope it's still open, it was run for a lovely older gentleman, very friendly and full of helpful advice and chat.

There's quite a big one out in Esker too, near Athenry. I think that's an 18 hole course.

There’s one at the army barracks in renmore.

I thought that was a full 18-hole pitch and putt course off Taylor's Hill? At least it was when I last played it, which wasn't yesterday nor the day before. Sometime during the 1990s as I recall.

The one on Taylor’s hill was open (and busy) during the summer. Not sure if its closed for the winter. Same lad running it

Ya I remember that too, you went left on that side of the course and then gradually played downhill, so to speak.

It was 18 holes. About maybe 20 years ago the owners sold off some of the land to a developer, I think it's the row of house along the north as we look at that image. And I think some was used for private dwellings for the owner's family. It then became a 9 hole.

There used to be a lovely course in Toghermore in Tuam run as part of a work programme for people with additional needs. But that closed too. Struck me as a great project. The residents were trained in landscape maintenance and some became entrepreneurs, running a little shop and cafe there too. A real shame to lose it.

I think it's just Renmore, and Cregboy's 3 par now. And depending how far east you are in Galway, Woodview Country Club this side of Athlone might suit.

Thanks everyone. Its good to know I'm not losing it ... not just yet anyway. That tree in the back yard of the second house in the first picture, is clearly visible in the second (older) picture. It was right in the middle of that NW part of the course. I remember playing back down the hill (East I guess), it was very hard to stop the ball on some of the greens. In the top left, there is a green just beyond a dividing wall/ditch, which is very likely the hole where you had to play over the wall to the green. All gone now unfortunately. I suspect the 9-hole course is nowhere near as fun or as challenging to play.