Worst Golf Course you have played in Ireland

beaver111 · 24-03-2010 07:50PM #1

played in monaghan today in a society paid 40 euros not allowed to hit off the fairways move the ball to the rough to play your second shot greens were full of sand rossmore GC WHAT A JOKE:mad:

Myksyk · 24-03-2010 08:07PM

Two things. It's not unusual for some courses to forbid playing off fairways during certain months (Lahinch comes to mind immediately). Also it is the time of year for hollow-tining and sanding greens. However, societies should know this in advance and tell their members, and reduced rates should be in play (not sure if either was the case here).

Punchbowl4 · 24-03-2010 08:29PM

Corballis, end of!!

PhilipMarlowe · 24-03-2010 08:29PM

Sanding greens has to be done. I'd hate to pay and play under those circumstances but it has to be done and (as our resident greenkeepers might explain) it can only be done when the soil temperatures are high enough for the grass to grow so it can't be done out of 'season'.
Moving off the fairway also wouldn't be that much of an issue either if you were aware in advance.
40 bucks for that 'privilege' seems steep though.

colsku · 24-03-2010 08:47PM

Punchbowl4 wrote: »

Corballis, end of!!

Not a chance!

f22 · 24-03-2010 08:49PM

Punchbowl4 wrote: »

Corballis, end of!!

Are you taking the piss or what?

Smyth · 24-03-2010 09:12PM

I'm from Monaghan, and I'd second the OP.

Sanding and placing aside (common this time of the year), there's only one tee box that's actually level. Absolute joke.

I'm not even focusing on putting. The greens aren't made for it at this time.

I'm sorry no one informed you of this OP, that was bad form. The course is a different place come summer time.

ipitydafool · 24-03-2010 09:23PM

time of year for the hollow thining but it really goads me if people are not informed beforehand and the course doesnt adjust their green fees accordingly. By the looks of your post you werent informed so shame on rossmore for that, such bad customer service. I actually like the course, has a good mixture of holes so i certainly dont agree with the title of the thread:rolleyes:

irish_man · 24-03-2010 10:24PM

you could have played that new Jeff Howes course in cavan less than an hour away from monaghan.
i heard its fairly good. Farnham estate is its name.
i checked green fees and it would have been €30. Good value

colsku · 24-03-2010 10:25PM

f22 wrote: »

Are you taking the piss or what?

He probably lost all his balls there...

Kevinmarkham · 24-03-2010 10:34PM

If you think Rossmore (or Corballis for that matter) is the worst course in the country, here's what I think... you should get out more. I'll take you to a few places that will make Rossmore seem like Augusta.

Bummer that you got sanded greens and you had to place off the fairway and you had to pay €40 for the privilege, but Rossmore's a great little course.

Jasonw · 24-03-2010 10:43PM

Funny that Kevin. I was leafing through your book the other day specifically looking for the lowest rated courses and reading the reviews. From memory I think 44 was the lowest score I could find. Perhaps you could enlighten me with a page number?

When are you going to get out to Cobh's new course for the next edition. I mean, you ARE going to play all the courses again to keep the book up to date aren't you?

Smyth · 24-03-2010 10:51PM

Concra Wood. 20 minutes from Monaghan.

jus sayin'

Punchbowl4 · 24-03-2010 11:15PM

re: corballis, kinda tongue in cheek. they day we played, it pissed rain, it seemed every shot was blind, just a bad day. certainly not the worst. had a terrible experience recently, had booked into Luttrelstown with 3 mates and when arrived the greens were very heavily sanded. i fully understand the need for this, but its my real pet hate that clubs dont inform you of this when booking. the 2 people on reception insisted the greens were fine!! Castleknock next door were more than happy to take our business as a result, and a little gem it is.

Candleman · 24-03-2010 11:21PM

Sillogue.. no contest

gerardduff · 24-03-2010 11:29PM

Punchbowl4 wrote: »

Corballis, end of!!

If you think Corballis is a bad course you're obviously spoilt. Some great holes there and they've opened 3 new holes so the back nine is much improved.

Try Clonlara in Co Clare. There's one or two more fields in Clare masquerading as golf courses. Embarrassment forbids my mentioning them.

Punchbowl4 · 24-03-2010 11:42PM

as stated, Corballis was just a bad day, i dont believe it to be the worst, and i am a little spoiled. however, Sillogue isnt far from the bottom of the list.

Kevinmarkham · 25-03-2010 12:40AM

Jasonw wrote: »

Funny that Kevin. I was leafing through your book the other day specifically looking for the lowest rated courses and reading the reviews. From memory I think 44 was the lowest score I could find. Perhaps you could enlighten me with a page number?

When are you going to get out to Cobh's new course for the next edition. I mean, you ARE going to play all the courses again to keep the book up to date aren't you?

Nope, 25 was the lowest score - for Dublin Mountain.
Yep, plan to do it all again for the second edition - just as soon as I find a second wife who's prepared to put up with it

heavyballs · 25-03-2010 01:14AM

Leopardstown is the worst

beaver111 · 25-03-2010 01:35AM

its not so much the course that annoys me they were called 3 times and nothing was said all temp tee boxs forget trying to putt you have to b a mountain goat to get around it wont b used again

The Novacastrian · 25-03-2010 09:51AM

For me its Hazelgrove in Tallaght, I still shudder when I think of the 4 hours wasted there.......arghhhhh

Corballis can be a lovely course and its a long time since I played Sillogue but always enjoyed it, albeit 6 years ago.

Johnny_Fontane · 25-03-2010 10:11AM

cant believe slievenamon hasnt been mentioned.

Dublin mountain is pretty bad tbh, but for pure unenjoyment I'd have to with Slievenamon

thegen · 25-03-2010 10:14AM

This has been done before and Royal Dublin Mountain and Glenmalure were up there as winners I hhink.

ShriekingSheet · 25-03-2010 10:56AM

Yeah, for me, Hazel Grove and Dublin Mountain... hands down.

Whyner · 25-03-2010 10:56AM

Jasonw wrote: »

Funny that Kevin. I was leafing through your book the other day specifically looking for the lowest rated courses and reading the reviews. From memory I think 44 was the lowest score I could find. Perhaps you could enlighten me with a page number?

When are you going to get out to Cobh's new course for the next edition. I mean, you ARE going to play all the courses again to keep the book up to date aren't you?

I'll guess Dublin Mountain - Just read the first page (and the book) and I've played it

Jeffm587 · 25-03-2010 11:15AM

R&R in Dunboyne is woeful , Corbalis is a great course and cracking value almost never closed, but the two holes on the back nine where the fairways intersect and your never sure who is on what hole or who to give way to drives me a little crazy

blackwaterfish · 25-03-2010 01:02PM

Jeffm587 wrote: »

R&R in Dunboyne is woeful , Corbalis is a great course and cracking value almost never closed, but the two holes on the back nine where the fairways intersect and your never sure who is on what hole or who to give way to drives me a little crazy

i second that re R&R... 5 minutes drive from carton house and holy god its like theyre not the same pastime at all. which is fine in a way as its only 20 bob for a round and that opens up golf to so many people.... but halfway around you just about lose the will to live and you'd sell your soul to satan just for it all to end.

Played there before christmas with father in laws society.... the course under a blanket of SEVERE frost and the greens were literally frozen solid... didnt want to kick up a fuss and would have been rude not to play but just couldnt fathom the idiocy of being let out onto that.

nice people tho.

soundsham · 25-03-2010 01:57PM

dunmore in cork is a joke

closely followed by berehaven, glengarriff,skibbereen,east cork(just in case anyone thinks I'm anti west cork)

1st 3 are just sh1tty pitch and putt 9 hole courses claiming to be golf courses
and skibb is a sh1t 18 that was an ok 9 hole course till the went up the mountain across the road,
as for the 4 green fields of east cork.......

I better stop:mad:.............:o

Rabidlamb · 25-03-2010 02:06PM

Pine Trees near Clane, Co. Kildare.
Big open dry ditches with greens harder than concrete in the summer.
Uninspiring layout.

Kilcock GC
Up the field, down the field
Up the field, down the field
Rinse, lather & repeat . . .

Ladytown [2nd course in Bodenstown]
Owner takes a whim to go mad with a digger every so often.
Especially in the winter when the place is a quagmire.
Only course I've ever seen open when frozen solid with frost.
It's like playing golf of the Xbox with a cheat.

Worst thing is I've played them all more than once.

ShriekingSheet · 25-03-2010 02:40PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Kilcock GC
Up the field, down the field
Up the field, down the field
Rinse, lather & repeat . . .

Ladytown [2nd course in Bodenstown]
Owner takes a whim to go mad with a digger every so often.
Especially in the winter when the place is a quagmire.
Only course I've ever seen open when frozen solid with frost.
It's like playing golf of the Xbox with a cheat.

Worst thing is I've played them all more than once.

Ah now, Kilcock is a stripey filed, I'll grant you that, but it's nowhere near the depths of some of the previously mentioned courses. It's not great, but it is a golf course at least.

Ladytown, is it not Ladyhill...? Can't disagree there.

blackwaterfish · 25-03-2010 03:11PM

Rabidlamb wrote: »

Pine Trees near Clane, Co. Kildare.
Big open dry ditches with greens harder than concrete in the summer.
Uninspiring layout.

the lord wept.....is that place still open!? sweet mother of kack its brutal.

grand couple of fields ruined.

Worst Golf Course you have played in Ireland

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