Big Jim Mansfield and the receiver

Cheers for the heads up Snowy. might hold off another month till renewing membership so .... and see whats the dealio with castleknock.

i get the impression from the current citywest members, that ive spoken to, that one of the principle things keeping them there is the standard the course is kept in... if that fell away it could be an exodus enmass.

surely theyll go with the 1st on the tender list unless theyve fcuked up theyre tender. fingers crossed.

incidentally on bunkers, ive asked them a few times to stick up a few "please rake bunkers after use" signs here and there. playing there in the evenings during the week some of the bloody things are in a state. kills me. no doubt denim wearing posse at it again . sorry for off-topic spiel.

Yeah, hopefully the current guys (who have tendered their own budget - oops, I've given the game away ) will win the tender, the do keep it in very good nick.

Got a mail from Castleknock today saying they are releasing details of their '11 offer next week.

Mister Sifter wrote: »

Signs will make zero difference.

I have to disagree with you there... they might trip a few of offending shartboxes up..... hopefully headfirst into a bag of angry cats.

@ brick tamland
at the mo the works have almost no effect on play. you shouldnt cross paths with any of the ongoing works, most or all of it is behind existing tee boxes.

It's finished. Or at least looks to be finished.

There's now a 9 hole course with completely new layout where the lakes course was (haven't played that yet so can't comment) and the Championship course is finished.

It has extended holes on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th (old 9th) and the layout has changed so you now play the 9th as the 7th, then the Par 3 8th is er, still the 8th, then the old 7th is the ninth.

The length added to the 2nd is great but they should have left it as a Par 4, instead it's now a very short Par 5. If left as a Par 4, the front nine would be about as hard as you'd come across - particularly off the tee anyway.

The change in layout from the 7th is very good and should have been done years ago. it makes far better sense to play in this order and the walk from the 9th to 10th is now much shorter.

Back nine has no changes, but that's no bad thing, a nice set of 9 holes with 16 and 18 being the pick. (18 is one of the best finishing holes out there).

Still, the issue is behind the scenes, there seems to be changes afoot with management, but a lack of clubhouse/teams/dedicated golf team let the place down imo. However, for the money, it's a great track.