Scratch Cups

tee boxes were good, greens were pretty god, thought fairways and round the greens were let go a bit.....and de slowness of play was chronic...not theyre fault tho...maybe i didnt enjoy it cos i played rubbish

jonrambo wrote: »

played the intermediate scratch in ballybunion today, anyone else who played there think the course was in ****...

jonrambo wrote: »

tee boxes were good, greens were pretty god, thought fairways and round the greens were let go a bit.....and de slowness of play was chronic...not theyre fault tho...maybe i didnt enjoy it cos i played rubbish

so it was the slowness of play that was chronic??? Not the fault of ballybunion. We had some dope lose his ball on the 2nd hole and come running back down the fairway to rehit. Didn't call anyone through as a result there was two groups on the 2nd fairway waiting to hit, another group on the tee waiting to hit off and another group coming off the 1st green.

madds wrote: »

Yes, ISC takes place on Sunday Aug 5th.

Sound any idea what its like?does the time sheet fill up quickly?Any decent prizes?

soundsham wrote: »

Don't know would expect it to be good after last years shambles

I imagine that's why it's on so late this year. Has anyone played it in the last couple of weeks? Really looking forward to it this year, it's a great competition.

soundsham wrote: »

Muskerry Ford Junior Scratch Matchplay qualifier this fri and sat
Blarney junior scratch Monday of may weekend

Anyone play in muskerry today. How was it?

How was the scoring there, any luck? Can't remember what was the cut last year to make the play offs

i'm playing tomorrow. Glad to hear course in good nick. Hoping for decent weather

thegen wrote: »

Played Castle JSC yesterday. Course in great condition, great day and only one shower of rain. Gorfield might be able to give us a good insight into Muskerry.

greens were class, some iffy pin positions (like 4!). any luck?

Jasonw wrote: »

From an unofficial source, Some 83's got in on Friday. I imagine that some 82's will qualify today.

Had an 81 myself with a good back 9 so I'm pretty hopeful. Terrible run of holes from 3 to 7, couldn't get used to the speed of the greens. Took a 7 on the 7th. but went on a run of pars from 8 to 15. I reckon 17 ruined many peoples cards. nearly did for me but I holed from 10 foot for a 6. guy I played with was 20 foot from the hole putting for birdie and walked off with a 6 too. :eek:

I started with a 9 (ball out of bounds) and took 7 on 17. Other than that played okish. But those 2 holes were a disappointment & probably cost me a spot.
Thought the greens were great, few of the downhill putts were murder though

played on friday - weather was tough, cold windy with heavy showers. course was playing tough off the blues. i struggled with my driver and muskerry is a punishing course if you're not straight. (there must be 13 holes with Out of bounds) I managed to band aid up my swing enough to struggle past the cut with an 81.


Tee boxes, fairways were quite nice. I hate the greens in muskerry. they trick you into thinking they are quick but the only reason they were quick is because they are built on severe slopes for example no 1, no 2. i was above the hole on both holes and had lighteningly fast putts. any flat or uphill putt was slow and i struggled with the pace. some of the pin positions were crazy esp no 2, no 7, no 14.

at the end of the day it was the same for all of us and i live to fight another day.

aster99 wrote: »

Have you heard what the cut was?

How does it work? is it top 64 in total fom the 2 days or top 32 each day that qualify?

As far as I know it's split between the two days to make it fair in case of different weather conditions. If you ring they will tell you if you made it. I heard that one 84 made it on Saturday and some 83s on Friday. But that is just hearsay. Don't take it as fact. I'm in with my 81 and playing a local guy. Looking forward to it.