Boards Golf Society (Round 5) Greystones Golf Club (17th June 1330 hrs -1500 hrs)(GOLF AND SOCIAL)

Great that you're joining us Kevin, are you a member in Greystones?

6th has to be in the challenge, that hole was made for a contest like this! Have played the course three times now I think and am 0/3, actually 0/6, if you include reloads! Have missed the fairway with 3 wood, 5 and 6 iron, great hole. Will need a new strategy I think 🤔

Greystones is a great track, real thinking man's golf course (front 9 especially), don't know how Seve won the Captain's there! 😉

The 6th isn’t hard anymore. Well not that hard. It used to locally known as the Garvaghy Road, well it still kinda is but it is not as apt anymore. When you get to it, imagine if everything on the hill on left was gorse and also everything to the right of the path was tall dense gorse, all the way back to the back of the tee box and you only that narrow strip to navigate.I’ll snap a pic on Saturday.

Now there is loads of room. 4 iron is as much as a long hitter will need (unless strong wind in your face). There will be very few lads hitting driver here. But if you are brave enough to hit the big stick the rewards can be huge. It is certainly the hole which has cost me most money in brand new pro v’s.

Yep, a member at Greystones. Been playing there since I was a kid. My grandad lived 50 yards from the 3rd (now 10th) fairway. Actually drove past his house a week ago and the bungalow has long gone. Five big houses in its place and not a practice putting green to be seen.

Has to be 6. And 13 too, I'm guessing

yes it's a tight track that has been putting manners on my game for over 30 years now although it is (as I mentioned earlier on) a little more forgiving nowadays. It is certainly a golf course that requires and rewards accuracy as opposed to suiting the bombers.

I would hazard a guess that this is probably the oldest club the society has ever visited with the exception of the Curragh. Opened in 1895 (127 years ago) initially as a 9 hole course with a beautiful clubhouse only a couple of minutes walk from the centre of the village. I am not sure when it became an 18 hole course but I think it was shortly after and would probably be well over 100 years ago. The original clubhouse pictured below suffered a fire in the early 1990's and we shortly after relocated to the current building, which itself is a very old manor house (maybe 100years+ I'm not sure exactly), sitting proudly atop of a hill.

In the years which followed, the front 9 was redesigned and there is no longer any trace of the old building. It was located to the left hand side of what is now the 8th fairway. The back 9 retains the original layout, although with gentle improvements here and there. Take a look at the old sign (nearly worn away now) on the big tree as you walk from the 13th Green to 14th tee box. It's funny that most of my time in Greystones has been played with the current layout, but I still often call holes by their old numbers, FFS Seve, they changed about 25 years ago! 🙄

So lots of history around the place with Ryder cup players and Irish Amateur Internationals having represented the club over the years. Take a walk around and look at the photos and memorabilia hanging around the walls. Of course there is a nice corner dedicated to Paul Dunne also. Don't miss the front lobby where the trophy cabinet is kept. I am honoured to have my name on the oldest (and many say the nicest) trophy in the club, The Residents Cup, which was apparently sponsored by the local residents over 100 years ago. Of course you might also spot my name on the wall in the main bar also 😁

"Of course you might also spot my name on the wall in the main bar also"

Don't serve this guy? 🤣

I have been looking forward to this outing since the courses and dates were released and it’s a super idea to take a day off work and play golf instead !! Captains prize nights out are always good craic because you realise you are not the only 1 that hit a bad shot or played not as good as you’d have hoped on the day and you can have a good laugh about it later…..

Fairplay to our Captain and Seve for organising the outing and getting a great rate aswell with food. Value for money these days is hard to find.

The Pictures are stunning Kevin , Hooked has been my Bible since taking up golf 10 years ago roughly and I use it to tick off what courses I’ve played and Dates, and on a very odd occasion a good score gets noted also(very odd occasion 😂)Looking forward to the exhibition. Thanks for giving up your time to set it up.

See ye in greystones

PP

In! Looking forward to it, should be able to sleep in my own bed which is nice. Now getting someone to collect me might be a bridge too far, but we'll see! 😄

Liking the sounds of things Fix, keep up the good work Captain! Thanks for all the organising Seve 😉

You betcha. 14 on the Wild Atlantic Dunes course

You're very kind to say so, Fix. To be frank, that was always the intention of the book. Open people's eyes to the courses we have. And yes, I've noticed before we have similar tastes in golf courses.

Very happy to contribute to the day and looking forward to seeing everyone at the golf club. I suspect I'll only recognise a few faces.

Was reading on a thread other day about lads liking sea views on golf courses. Here is a pic of 7th green this morning with the Irish Sea in the background

That's right. I'd said the only real sea view on Portmarnock links was 16th tee box. That was wrong! Maybe it was because of where the tees were before, but there are great views a couple of times before that.

The course looks fantastic and really looking forward to playing another new course. The fairway finder comp sounds like a right idea 😁😁😁🏌️🏌️. Must see if there are any spare fields around Greystones that would let me pitch a tent, I have a couple of 5 persons tents that I could throw in the boot if the car.

18th Fairway