Worst Golf Course you have played in Ireland

bobob wrote: »

hi guys. My attention was drawn last week to some course rating awards for 2012, where I spotted award for best parkland in Connacht went to westport and best golf resort in connacht to Ashford castle.
Fair play to Westport's management, they must have coughed up a nice few quid for this title, because the standard of the course if dire at the moment and has been all year. Can't take away from the famous views though !!!!!!! What a load of bull.
As for Ashford castle, the mind boggles ??????

Played Westport last june and it was in great nick and would highly recommended it to anyone thinking of playing it. Total joke it getting mentioned in this thread.

Dont like this thread.

Quahog217 wrote: »

RE: Tramore, it is a nice track now but it drains like a new bucket!!!! So wet the last time i was there around 5 weeks ago.

They spent a lot of money there on drainage over the past few years.

Fairways and greens were in superb condition even in all the rain we had this summer.

The water has to go somewhere and agree that some of the rough was quite wet but that's not where you're supposed to be

There's just no contest here people. The worst golf club in the world is Abbeyfeale Golf Club in Co. Limerick. It's just one big boggy field, with 9 pieces of the field loosely mowed by a GAA type mower which are now called greens. Even in the Summer months you could lose 3/4 balls just plugging in the areas between tee box and green which are called fairways. The reason it hasn't been mentioned here is because so few people play here. I played here twice a good few years ago when I was a rep down that side of the country, and I was the only player there both times, which was in the middle of the Summer. I had only started playing at the time and I was delighted there was nobody else on the course.

chalkie 501 wrote: »

I wouldnt say its the worst course in Ireland but The Castlerosse in Killarney is possibly the most dangerous course ive played.
9 holes squeezed into a piece of land big enough for maybe 5/6 holes.
tee-boxes a few metres away from greens,blind tee shots, parallel fairways with a few wispy trees separating them,
combine that with lads staying in the hotel who decide to play a few holes even though they dont usually play and dont know where they are hitting the ball to or know the meaning of "fore".
1 or 2 semi decent holes though to be fair,
crash helmets are a must:(

its not even the worst course in the killarney area , that honour is between dunloe and the ross, dunloe for me is the worst

A bit sensitive there regarding trolling......whatever that is.

Unfortunately a thread like this is inviting only negative comment and thats hardly fair.

cornerboy wrote: »

A bit sensitive there regarding trolling......whatever that is.

Unfortunately a thread like this is inviting only negative comment and thats hardly fair.

Well there are plenty of threads about best course's in Ireland etc so all they offer is positive comments eh??

Dublin Mountain. Unless its improved over the last 7 years.

h2005 wrote: »

Lol is it not unfair to be naming a club you haven`t played in 7 years?

Well at least I admitted it had been a while since I played it . All I remember thinking at the time was, 'isn't this just a farmers field?'. On the plus side the green fees are cheap.;)

I suppose the very nature of this thread is a prickly subject and no matter what people say, other people will not be happy. And for obvious reasons too - people are trying to make a living.
I guess its really down to value for money. Somebody mentioned Dargle in Bray - for a tenner its grand. Well worth it for the practice when everywhere else nearby is fully booked on a Sat morning but if they were trying to charge 25 quid a round it would be a different story. Its all relative in the end, isn't it?

tigerwood1 wrote: »

Well it's funny you should say it reminded you of a farmers field, my wifes friend told her she had left the course a couple of weeks ago because the owner had told her he was closing it and putting sheep to graze on it within next couple of months. i believe she has since joined cradackstown it's like going from honda 50 to rolls royce:).

Get your facts right before you post on here, The course that now has sheep on it is Dublin City ..... tut tut

ProV wrote: »

Not fair to comment from a game 7 years ago, a lot of work has been done, ( by Dublin Mountain committee & volunteers + over 300 trees strategically planted).
7years ago there was 2 bunkers either side of the 1st like this.. ( in need of TLC ) Pic1
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Now there are 4 traps, much better quality ... pic
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12th fairway with new trees left and right, definitely not a farmers field
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GreeBo wrote: »

^ I would guess the "field" is to do with the fact that its all cut out of the original ground, there are no green/tee complexes...

Strange how you make no reference to his sheep scenario which is on another course which is now closed.

Then the only comment you make is again completely inaccurate, have you ever even played the course . . .

Read back what you said : do with the FACT that its all cut out of the original ground.
all the tee boxes are built up two or 3 feet from the ground, some with steps ... did they all just rise up of their own accord.
I'm sorry Greebo but "you are having a go" when you state "Fact" and then give information that it is not factual.

Also, you are always naming our club with snide remarks.
e.g. In one of your previous posts you named Dublin Mountain as one of the courses that would vanish because of economic pressures.
..."Well local to me in Dublin you have the likes of Slade Valley, Ballinscorney, Dublin Mountain, Sillogue, Leopardstown all offering cheap, affordable golf.
However Im guessing (without putting words into your mouth) that you wouldnt consider these courses value for money due to the quality, especially compared to a greenfee in Killeen for example? "

I have no problem with people voting for whatever club, but I hate to see misinformation bandied about without anyone challenging it ! !