Worst Golf Course you have played in Ireland

redeal wrote: »

In reply to 'Daithio9' regarding my judgement of Kenmare. If it's based purely on the course then I'd say that While its maintained to a decent enough standard I felt the layout was not enjoyable. This was a big factor in me not enjoying the round.

The holes on the otherside of the housing estate were so bland & boring (this was probably my biggest dislike of the course).

The holes that are down near the water do have a certain charm to them as the setting is nice but I did feel that the holes were very close to each other & balls would come flying past you from all directions throughout the back 9.

Now, is it the worst course in Ireland? I don't know I haven't played ever course to have that full judgement. Did I enjoy the course? no. Did I think it was a good challenge & create excitement? no.
External factors: 50 euro for the round was a crime in itself & the staff were rude at the time.

These are simply my opinions & nothing more. One persons experience can be very different to someone elses. All I know is that if I'm in that part of the world again I'll spend my money at a different course as I didnt enjoy Kenmare GC.

Fair play for coming back to comment redeal, and tbh I agree with your assesment of the course in Kenmare, but I can't help thinking that your expectations were perhaps a little too high, Kenmare is what it is, it's far from the best course in Ireland and afaik never claimed to be, but it's also far from the worst and imo is better than the average.
As for the welcome you received, were you expecting the red carpet to be rolled out? I think it's unfortunate that you didn't recieve a better welcome, but even more unfortunate is that you let it get to you to the point where it affected your whole round/day, while €50 may seem like alot to you, relatively speaking during the boom years it represented great value, when you consider Kenmare is a gourment town and is also a quite affluent part of the country and the vast majority wouldn't bat an eyelid at that asking price and tbh most would expect to pay more, but they needn't pay more today as it can be got for €35.
One other thing is you say balls came flying at you from all directions, was that just at you perhaps, did noone shout "fore", you were on a golf course you know!.
Kenmare is of it's time and is not dissimiliar to other course's in Ireland that didn't have the luxury of a blank canvass and a 600acre estate to work from, they did what they could with the land available and imo they and Eddie Hackett did a fine job.

Anon47 wrote: »

I have been playing golf for >40 years and the only course I have ever walked off and asked for my money back is Seafield in Wexford.

just to point out this thread relates to the 'worst' course in the country,i also dislike the course but to put it into the same cat. as the likes of Leopardstown shows what you know about golf
there are a couple of decent holes and also a few excellent holes,the slight dog leg over the water(about 5)in particular

play Leopardstown and see how it compares


i know you're goin to come back with everyone's entitled to their opinion etc.............but in this case you're
way off

thewobbler wrote: »

I'm not so sure you're right there heavyballs. It only takes a man to stick 18 flags in the side of Croagh Patrick then charge €5, and everything on this thread then becomes Augusta.

This obviously isn't a thread about most disappointing golf course, but expectation always has a big part to play. If someone has spent €x million buying land, paying architects, building a clubhouse - and produces a course that isn't enjoyable, then for my money that's a worse course than s beginner's municipal or a farmer's sideline.

exactly.........