Scratch Cups

Played my first of the year yesterday in City of Derry. A depresing 78+78. Jim Carvill won with 70+73=143

Tough day at Black Bush on Saturday. Pretty much a washout. 5 over (78), 7 over (80) won it in the end.

Despite all the rain, greens were absolutely superb.

ShriekingSheet wrote: »

Anyone going to Woodbrook this Sunday for the JSC?

After a week in bouncing around very different kinds of clubs in Ibiza my skills are primed and ready

Not going to Woodbroook. I was thinking about Corrstown this Saturday though. If weather is going to be like this then i don't think i'll bother though.

JCDUB wrote: »

Nah Shriek not going, Dubs match then fly to the UK Sunday evening.
God be with the days I would've been able for a week in Ibiza :pac::pac::pac:

I'll barely last the few days of electric picnic, lookin like this :eek:

Haha, c'mon da picniiic!!

Woodbrook tends to have good players at most levels and the course will draw a good field so my own expectations are pretty low but we'll see how it goes.

Graeme1982 wrote: »

Any joy at Woodbrook Shrieking Sheet? I heard level par won it... good shooting!

Unreal. It was playing tough in the wind and rock hard greens. Played with a 5 h'cap from Woodbrook who had an 82 and their soon-to-be assitant pro who shot 88 and something else silly.

I played pretty crap. We had a gig at midnight in the button factory on Saturday night. I had nearly 10 cans of Druids cider. My preparation probably differed slightly from that of the lad who shot even par

Graeme1982 wrote: »

A week in ibiza and ten cans of cider the night before!

That's John Daly-style preparation.

What did you make of the course? Looks very good in pictures. Would've liked to have gotten down to play in it.

Ah it's a brilliant track. Very oldschool, not overly long but meaty enough in places. You can spray it in places and loose drives in other places can be dead and buried. Greens are always good and the turf in general is great for good ball strikers - very firm, heathy/lynxy in places but it is a parkland course.

It's hard to put your finger on what's good about the course but the whole set-up with the club-house and great practice areas, it's just a nice place to be basically.

Timesheet for Knightsbrook Junior Scratch is also open.

Sunday 3rd of August. 35 euro. 18 holes.

Bit of a dilemna on the 27th of this month...

There are junior scratch cups on at Royal Tara, Westmanstown and Beaverstown on the same day. Not sure if any are 36 holers, but i'm not sure which one to go for. Never played any of the courses so can anyone recommend which one would be best?

On the same day there's also JSCs in Delvin Castle, Mountrath and Old Conna too. (although i'd kinda already ruled all these out for myself.)

Any thoughts?

out of those three it would have to be Royal Tara. The greens in Beaverstown are very severe and can break your heart. Royal Tara has lots of reachable par 5's and you'll get plenty of birdie chances on some Par 4's. Its a very enjoyable, mature course and you'd want to be very straight off the tee..

I'm going to Old Conna that day. Have played well in JSC before when it was 27 holes with a 9 hole shoot out for the top 30 after 18. It's also near my bird's gaf so can crash there and have a short commute.