Course Guides

GreeBo wrote: »

If only we had a Strokesaver sticky thread!....oh wait, that would be a ridiculous idea...:rolleyes:

Is it not within your power as Moderator to create one GreeBo? I think its a great idea

Have a look at these guys site http://www.hh-gs.com/ click on "Course Details" and flick through some courses where they have completed "Descriptions", Balcarrick I think is the first one on the list thats completed

1916 wrote: »

Have a look at these guys site http://www.hh-gs.com/ click on "Course Details" and flick through some courses where they have completed "Descriptions", Balcarrick I think is the first one on the list thats completed

I just had a look at my own course there and it's not anywhere near correct. I mean the lengths / pars / indexes etc.... it's completely wrong.

I tried to compare with other courses I would know well, but it doesn't appear to have Lee Valley or Monkstown on the list.

I know it's only a society website, but just pointing it out to ye guys that the details may not be accurate.

GreeBo wrote: »

1) Short is better than long & left.
2) Dont miss the green.
3) Left is blocked off the tee, if laying up lay up on left side.
4) Doesnt need driver. Left is blocked. Long of the tee is penalized. Dont be above the pin.
5) Doesnt need driver, fairway bunker is penal.
6) Dont be above the pin.
7) RHS is OOB for second shot. Dont be above the pin.
8) Short is better.
9) Doesnt require driver, green kicks left. Dont be above pin.
10) Long and right is dead off tee. Long and left or right for 2nd is dead.
11) No danger long.
12) Right is dead is using driver.
13) Right or left is dead if using driver. Really need to spin approach.
14) Right is dead (+ OOB). Lay up on LHS as all kicks right.
15) Green is longer than it looks from tee
16) Right is OOB, Left is dead.
17) Right is dead off the tee. Dont go for it in 2.
18) Right is OOB off the tee. Fairway kicks right, blocking long/straight drives.

What about the other 6 holes Not sure there numbers

19) Par 5 - right is dead, stay left 2nd as green kicks left often into a bunker
20) Par 4- Left is dead, aim right - 2 tiered green
21) Par 3 - 2 tiered green wall on left hand side
22) Par 5 - Narrow drive plenty of room left, keep left with 2nd as pond right hand side of green
23) Par 3- 3 tiered green
24) Have to right off drive or no second shot, if not straight with second could be in Trees

am playing limerick gc for the first time this weekend, ive heard its one for course management - any tips would be appreciated.

baz2009 wrote: »

Anyone ever play Oranmore in Galway or Bunclody(or any good ecommendations around Wexford) in Wexford?

Won a weekend away in any Maldron hotel in a classic there on Friday and it looks like we'll be staying in either Wexford town or Oranmore.

Bunclody certainly worth a look... Played there last week... place was in great nick and a decent enough test! Can't comment on any other Wexford courses except Ballymoney near Gorey. A short little track and can be extremely busy at weekends. Always in good nick though!!

Sorry if already posted, but just to keep everything on the one thread...

http://www.theheritage.com/upload/docs/The_Heritage_Course-Guide.pdf

1. Drive needs to be on the right hand side of the fairway. Aim over the right hand edge of the bunker (on the left) as the fairway bends left. Alternatively a high draw aimed at the right rough is a good tee-shot.

2. Par 3 - avoid the trees on the right.

3. You want to avoid the rough with your drive. Make sure you have enough club to avoid the ditch shot of the green.

4. Stay left if you can but anywhere in the fairway is fine. It's an easy par 5 if you hit a good drive.

5. A difficult driving hole. Stay as far right as you can with your drive as you can be blocked by trees if you go left. Aim short left of the green with your second as the ball will kick in and down the slope.....maybe take one less club for your 2nd because the slope can help especially in the summer.

6. The sharp dogleg means that you've got to make a decision with your teeshot. Either aim where you can see or cut the corner. It can be a card wrecker so maybe just hit where you can see and dunt a rescue wood up for your 2nd. It's a par 5 so you'll still get there in 3.

7. Par 3 - just hit the green.

8. Par 5 - stay down the right with your drive but don't stray into the trees. Left is fine if you are confident of hitting over the high trees. Avoid the trees close to the green on the left with your 2nd.

9. Smash your best drive down the left, flick a wedge on and hole the putt.

10. It's important to hit the fairway as you don't want to be blocked by the small trees in the rough.

11. Hmm.......smash a drive or play safe. Be careful as the OOB right is a magnet. You may as well hit a rescue wood and a wedge here rather than try for the big drive. Aim at the left hand fairway bunker and let the ball slide back into the fairway.

12. Par 3. Even though it is uphill it plays a bit shorter than it looks. Missing short is better than long.

13. I tend to hug the left hand rough here as I find it an easier line even though there's lots of fairway on the right. Make sure you take enough club for your 2nd as the bunker is well short of the green and therefore makes the shot seem shorter than it is, so relay on your yardages.

14. A difficult driving hole as the temptation is to try to cut the dogleg. It's a par 5 and it's better to aim way left. If you are short left then you'll have a shot. Short right means your 2nd shot is blind and over the OOBs.

15. Par 3.......some day I'll dig this hole up as it's by far my worst hole. Anything right is OOBs. Pull it left and you still have a hard shot onto the green and the chance of thinning it into the OOBs. Just hit it onto the green. Short isn't the end of the world here.

16. Stay left with your drive as you can be blocked by trees if you go right.

17. Par 5. Stay right with your drive but avoid the trees. The hole doglegs left so you want to be on the right after your drive. For your third shot, aim at the left edge of the green as everything kicks to the right.

18. A lovely finish. Aim left and let the ball slide round the corner. If you get the drive right then you can get well down the hill. Aim left for your 2nd shot and let the slope take the ball down to the hole for a tap in birdie (I wish.....ok so I have had a couple here.).

This is the smaller of the two courses. It's only just over 5500 metres. Whereas the Dufferin is about long drives and maybe long 2nd shots, the Ava is about hitting the fairway and then most 2nd shots are wedges. It's a good test of accurate driving so don't be deceived by its short length.

1. The first hole is fairly straight forward but don't let your teeshot leak to the right as there's a bank and some bushes out there. Hit a fairway wood with a bit of draw. Keep your 2nd shot to the right of the pin and let the slope take the ball towards the hole.

2. Ok so here's where it gets hard. This is a very tricky par 5 especially from the back sticks. If you miss the fairway then it's 3 off the tee. Hit your fairway wood or anything that keeps the ball straight. Job done? Well not quite unless you hit a big drive or the tees were well forward. If you are lucky then you can hit a wood over the OOB on the left. If you are too far back then you have a very tricky shot as the landing is only about 30 yards wide. Laying up short of the OOB leaves a long blind 3rd shot.

3. A "simple par 3" but make sure you hit the green. Left is in big trouble. Right still leaves a difficult shot. Take enough club as there's a bank at the back of the green which will push your ball back again.

4. A short par 4 which really needs to be played from the tiger tees right up in the trees (beyond the 8th tee). You can drive the green from the members tee but there's a narrow entrance to the green and OOB left and right. Best to just hit the fairway but be careful as everything runs to the right here so you can easily bounce OOBs. The 2nd shot is best hit short and let the slope run the ball onto the green. Don't go long.

5. Another short 4 par. Use a fairway wood and stay slightly right.......don't go long right as you'll have no shot.

6. A very tricky par 3. Everything kicks left so you need to aim at the right hand edge of the green. Too far right though is lost.

7. A very tempting hole. Short and on the fairways is the safe shot. However you can hit a fairway wood over the gorse on the right towards the 5th green. You'll then be able to see the green (the short option leaves a tricky blind shot). OOBs left makes this a difficult hole and its easy to run out of fairway left.

8. A nice par 5. Avoid the gorse on the right. Use the slope on the left if you want. Stay right with your 2nd shot unless you are going for the green.

9. A great driving hole. Keep your drive well left as right makes it a tricky 2nd over the bunker. You can get very close to this green with a good drive but the safe sot is an iron or rescue wood down the left (stay left of the small tree in the "middle" of the fairway with your teeshot).

The course gets a bit easier now (that 9 used to be part of the Dufferin Course). Unless they've added some, there are no bunkers on this 9.

10. Par 3 - Stay left as everything kicks to the right.

11. Fred Dalys' Drive. This is a long par 4 which needs a long draw for the drive. Or hit over the tall trees on the left......hitting where you can see just pushes you out into trouble. There's a ditch running across the fairway but they've covered part of it over so it is easier than it used to be. Stay left for your 2nd as anything short kicks hard right down the hill.

12. Allen Burns Pitch (I believe that he was the one-armed Champion of the World). This is a straight forward par 3 but not as easy as it looks.

13. A great par 5 if you can slide a long drive round the dogleg. Otherwise stay well left and safe. Hug the left rough for your 2nd as the ball can run down into trouble on the right.

14. Looks an easy drive but if you let it slide right then the tress will block you out. Aim at the right edge of the green for your 2nd.

15. It's just a flick with a wedge but stay right......left is bad.

16. A nice driving hole. Aim at the OOB on the right and draw the ball into the fairway and up onto the top level just short of the tree in the middle of the fairway. If you are left then you might get a view if the pin but generally the 2nd is a blind shot. Get your yardages correct as you'll not see the ball land. The OOBs on the right and the gorse on the left makes this a harder hole than it first appears.

17. This is a short par 4, Aim over the big tree with a draw. Don't let it leak to the right. You need to hit the green with your 2nd as it's a hard chip if you miss right.

18. Aim at the 13th green with a bit of draw. You only need a fairway wood but it is important to hit the middle of the fairway. Anything tight left will run into the bushes or the lane. If you stay out too far to the right then you have to carry the tall trees beside the green.


http://www.cgc-ni.com/11/Ava/

It's a nice course, i played it a couple of times.

I normally have a good memory when it comes to courses but don't remember too much about this one(played it last year). I'm sure you know it's only 15 holes so it's not even reviewed in "Hooked". You play 1, 3 and 4(I think) again to make up 18. 1st is a short slightly uphill par 4 that dog legs left. A good long iron(~200yds) down the right side will leave a wedge to the green. It's a nicely framed hole from the tee with trees right and left. No.2 is a straight forward par 3 about 160 yards. Best hole from what I remember is probably 3 - longish downhill par 4. 4th is a nice par 5, kind of dog legs left then a bit right at the end. Nice green, don't go long - flower beds and path close enough to the back edge. There's a nice downhill par 5 dogleg right in the middle of the back nine(14?). Reachable with a good drive and no need to be too greedy down the right.

Sorry not much of a guide It's a nice course and not as open as it looks if you've seen it from the M50. It's quiet similar in a lot of ways to its neighbour Edmonstown if you've played there.