Boards Golf Society 2026

a post punk · 03-01-2026 05:11PM

Great List @tigerwood1 , as a longtime boards campaigner we knew you’d bring your own twist on the boards society cocktail. Looking forward to travelling to I think 4 new courses on that list for me. Fully appreciate the challenges of booking society golf now so happy to travel personally to any of these.
I have just played Bunclody in the last week and the place was in super shape for the time of year. Great that we are going back to Gowan park also as I think it was @charlieIRL ’s year we played there many moons ago and I was very green in golfing terms!!
Westport for Captains will be great as I haven’t played either of those courses but have been to Westport a few times for the nightlife.
Also great to see @OffalyMedic making a comeback after what sounds like a busy few years 👍

The notion that our Tigers game can lapse with this years Captains job is laughable ,as anyone that’s played with him knows the fireworks you can on occasion witness in his game…….
Looking forward to 2026 and thd Jug Race again!

Seve OB · 03-01-2026 05:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124113491#Comment_124113491

Rumour has it that he has the birth booked in but gave his wife the wrong date, time and location

weapon of grass destruction · 04-01-2026 09:16AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058430210/boards-golf-society-2026

Great Post bud. Can't wait for the new season.

weapon of grass destruction · 04-01-2026 09:32AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124109832#Comment_124109832

What a list 👏. I've played 3 of those in Portmarnock, Rathsallagh and Bunclody. For anyone wondering Bunclody's golf clubs Jam are top notch, took 2 jars home last time and it wasn't enough. Cracking selection of courses there. Getting all excited now.

Concerned2 · 05-01-2026 09:32AM

Best of luck @tigerwood1 for the coming year. That's a great list you have come up with, I reckon I've hacked my way around 6 of them. Ballinrobe is excellent for the money , a real gem. Never played Concra Wood , Gowran park or Westport but all look class on the internet anyway . Just saw my job's on-call rota for the year and my times are only clashing with Rathsallagh so I hope to make most of the rest of them.

Seve OB · 05-01-2026 09:57AM

the only new ones for me are Castletroy (think Boards went there in @FixdePitchmark year as Captain) and the 2 courses for captains weekend.

Played Concra when it first opened and haven’t been back since. Memory was a bit soft under foot but super setting around a lake and some great elevation changes. Looking forward to a long overdue return

paulos53 · 05-01-2026 10:28AM

That is a great list of courses.
I have been lucky enough to play 8 of them. Westport is the new one for me. I have played Concra Wood, Ballinrobe & Castletroy just the once each but I remember all 3 being excellent courses and well worth the trip for anybody who hasn't played them before.

Unfortunately I will definitely miss Rathsallagh, which is a pity as it would have been nice to return there for summer rules. 2 or 3 others are also dodgy so I might need to start a campaign to make Ballinrobe a counting competition in order to get my 5 counting rounds in!

conor222 · 05-01-2026 11:19AM

Looks like a great list of courses, and best of luck to the Captain and all involved!

I'm hoping to get out to more than one outing this year 😂

Richiemaloney · 06-01-2026 07:43AM

Best of luck on your captains year @tigerwood1

Great line up of course , won't find it coming round , look forward to it , see ye all soon 🏌🏻‍♂️🐡🍔

boccy23 · 06-01-2026 12:44PM

Excellent post @tigerwood1 and a very interesting rota of courses spread across the country. All 4 provinces represented which is a first for my time in the Society. Have only played 4 so 5 new ones if I make it to everyone of the outings.

Hopefully the year will pan out in an epic fashion all culminating in a visit to the fabulous Westport. Roll on Portmarnock.

p.s. Any way you could pin the rota to the first post of the thread. Always find it handy to check the dates during the year when planning other life events (not as high on the priority list as the golf obviously!).

spacecoyote · 06-01-2026 12:53PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124122586#Comment_124122586

Might need a mod or something to do that at this stage. Maybe @awec can oblige?

awec · 06-01-2026 01:17PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124122621#Comment_124122621

I created a thread with only the schedule in it and stickied it at the top of the forum.

Closed the thread for further posting. This thread for chat, that thread just for the schedule. Easier than having to keep going back to page 1 on this.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058430742/boards-golf-society-2026-schedule

Maybe we can also update the schedule thread with the winner of each outing as we go along.

Barnaboy · 09-01-2026 11:05PM

Best of luck to everyone involved. Cracking course selection. As well as being a club member, I also run my work society. So the chances of joining you guys is slim.

The few I have played over the years were all great.

If I had more free time, I'd be there in a heartbeat!

kev_s88 · 11-01-2026 07:41PM

Looking like a great list of courses for this year. Looking forward to getting out and playing a few new ones. Will miss Portmarnock as, ironically, I'm on a night away in Rathsallagh that weekend.

Best of luck with the captaincy this year @tigerwood1

Seve OB · 11-01-2026 08:08PM

Sub invoice have now been issued folks with thanks to @Golfgraffix for their amazing support for our golf society

boccy23 · 11-01-2026 08:10PM

All paid up. Thanks @Golfgraffix for the facility

Sorbet · 11-01-2026 08:14PM

Me too. Thanks @Golfgraffix

frankiekk · 12-01-2026 10:24AM

Just signed up, new for 2026! Thanks for the help @Seve OB & @tigerwood1! Looking forward to embarrassing myself in front of ye!

token56 · 12-01-2026 01:53PM

Paid up for the year but unfortunately will likely only make a small number of events. But best of luck to all in the year ahead. I've no doubt it will be another great one with fierce competition for the coveted Ryder Jug spots.

Snackbox20 · 12-01-2026 05:35PM

All paid up for the coming year, thanks a million @Golfgraffix , here's to another successful year on the Boards GC tour.

bobster453 · 12-01-2026 06:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124140183#Comment_124140183

Get in line for embarrassment😆

weapon of grass destruction · 12-01-2026 09:04PM

All paid up can't wait for portmarnock now. Cheers to @Golfgraffix for clubnet usage which is great to use and all the committee lads behind the scene for getting everything going and the work they've been doing already, cheers.

scotty_golf9 · 13-01-2026 05:33PM

The invoice has arrived and the money was spent. Cant wait to kick off the year now in Portmarnock. Ive played there twice, both times with the society, and each time the weather was perfect. Hopefully its 3 in a row🤞🏻

RoadRunner · 14-01-2026 10:29AM

In exactly 1 month (right down to the exact time even) we'll be teeing up on the stunning Jameson links to start out our year.

Looking forward to it. The links is the ultimate place to start it off!

tigerwood1 · 22-01-2026 08:56PM

For anyone who wasn’t sure how to join, we’ve now updated the following thread:

All about the Boards Golf Society – Joining Information and Rules 2026.
All the joining details can be found in the thread flow.

Just a quick run through of the courses for 2026. I know there’s a fair bit of driving involved, but sure what else would ye be doing and it gives plenty of time to argue about handicaps on the way.
Of the eight courses listed, I’ve played five: Portmarnock Links, New Forest, Concra Wood, Gowran Park, and Rathsallagh. In my humble (and completely unbiased) opinion, all five are top-class courses and well worth the miles on the clock and the diesel bill🥹.
A special mention for Concra Wood, which I last played about fifteen years ago. Anytime I’m asked what my favourite course is, it’s the one I always come out with usually followed by blank looks, because most people haven’t played it, probably due to its location being somewhere beyond the edge of Google Maps.
We had a big turnout last year at Seapoint, which is a similar distance away for most of ye. I appreciate links golf is generally more popular, but Concra Wood is a standout parkland course. I totally agree with Kevin Markham’s rating of 95, and I’d be shocked if anyone comes away from it thinking it’s mediocre.

Of the courses I haven’t played — Castletroy, Westport, and Ballinrobe — all are very highly rated, so I’m really looking forward to playing them myself. I think Padraig Harrington was once quoted as saying Ballinrobe is one of the finest parkland courses in the west of Ireland, and if it’s good enough for him, it’s definitely good enough for the rest of us hackers.😁

Hope to have Portmarnock (Jameston Links) timesheet up from next week.

frankiekk · 27-01-2026 08:28PM

Going to miss the first outing, so hoping to see ye March for my first outing! I'm in the Naas area, so if anyone wants a lift happy for someone to hop in?