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Hidden Gems... or what?

  • 27-11-2013 1:54pm
    #1
    Kevinmarkham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭


    I'm doing a series of blogs on Ireland's hidden gems (plenty of free fourballs to giveaway BTW)... but I am looking for an alternative term to 'hidden gem'.

    I'll use it if I have to but was wondering if anyone here had a snappy term that gets across the same message. And don't say precious jewel.

    Thanks


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  • #2
    TRS30
    Registered Users Posts: 6,865 ✭✭✭TRS30


    Kevinmarkham wrote: »
    I'm doing a series of blogs on Ireland's hidden gems (plenty of free fourballs to giveaway BTW)... but I am looking for an alternative term to 'hidden gem'.

    I'll use it if I have to but was wondering if anyone here had a snappy term that gets across the same message. And don't say precious jewel.

    Thanks

    Hidden treasures
    Unknown treasures
    Well kept secrets


  • #3
    Wichita Lineman
    Registered Users Posts: 48,742 ✭✭✭✭Wichita Lineman


    Prospecting for golf :D


  • #4
    Wichita Lineman
    Registered Users Posts: 48,742 ✭✭✭✭Wichita Lineman


    Golf mining


  • #5
    ForeRight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭ForeRight


    Secret Treks


  • #6
    charlieIRL
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,254 Mod ✭✭✭✭charlieIRL


    ........Crown Jewel of the county........



    right, mine wins. Am off to close the thread!!!


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  • #7
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,333 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Debs Night - For the first time you realise that the "girl next door" is a stunner... the dress, the make up, the hair do, the other things that were kept covered up.... It's too late though, the world knows now and their even blogging about it, it'll be hard to get a tee time... *Wonder what Mary is up to these days* ;)


  • #8
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,333 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    Rough Diamonds....rough, get it


  • #9
    ssbob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,736 ✭✭✭ssbob


    The best kept secrets of Irish golf!


  • #10
    Macker1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,882 ✭✭✭Macker1


    Emerald Treasures


  • #11
    Dtoffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 659 ✭✭✭Dtoffee


    an obscure goodie

    a local treasure

    or basically you found an 'obscure treasure' when it came to dublin mountain gc ;-)


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  • #12
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,333 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    The Golfing QT's of Ireland

    The holes less traveled

    Right, I'll give up now :)


  • #13
    WHIP IT!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,882 ✭✭✭WHIP IT!


    "Mulligans... the little-known Irish golf courses you need to give a second chance to..."


  • #14
    robbok
    Registered Users Posts: 69 ✭✭robbok


    Sweet Spots of Irish golf


  • #15
    Corkblowin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 622 ✭✭✭Corkblowin


    Paths Less Travelled


  • #16
    Corkblowin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 622 ✭✭✭Corkblowin


    Off the radar


  • #17
    Arsenium
    Registered Users Posts: 638 ✭✭✭Arsenium


    "Underclubbed - A guide to Irelands lesser known golf gems"


  • #18
    Long Turn
    Registered Users Posts: 65 ✭✭Long Turn


    Off the beat classics


  • #19
    Corkblowin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 622 ✭✭✭Corkblowin


    Off-line!


  • #20
    jimmii
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,810 ✭✭✭✭jimmii


    Got to be Diamonds in the Rough.

    Apologies if anyone has said that already!


  • #21
    Dtoffee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 659 ✭✭✭Dtoffee


    jimmii wrote: »
    Got to be Diamonds in the Rough.

    Apologies if anyone has said that already!

    Title of a great John Prine LP.

    while Im here may as well try another one:

    a latent treasure


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  • #22
    sallymomo
    Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭sallymomo


    a bit "non sporting" but hey..

    fairway fairytales


  • #23
    Dublin Spur
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭Dublin Spur


    secret gardens


  • #24
    rollotomasi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 228 ✭✭rollotomasi


    Blind shots


  • #25
    NaiveMelodies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,172 ✭✭✭NaiveMelodies


    Corkblowin wrote: »
    Paths Less Travelled

    Like this but my take would be 'Fairways Less Travelled'
    Not really a roll off the tonguer though!


  • #26
    peepee
    Closed Accounts Posts: 187 ✭✭peepee


    undiscovered country


  • #27
    Lambasted
    Registered Users Posts: 87 ✭✭Lambasted


    "gimme" a chance- hidden gems of irish golf


  • #28
    gfern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭gfern


    undiscovered treasure or prize


  • #29
    golfwallah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,511 ✭✭✭golfwallah


    How about "petit bijou"?


  • #30
    Kevinmarkham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭Kevinmarkham


    golfwallah wrote: »
    How about "petit bijou"?

    Alright you, outside!


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  • #31
    Kevinmarkham
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,997 ✭✭✭Kevinmarkham


    Lads - you're brimming with imagination. I had no idea!
    PARlance wrote: »
    Rough Diamonds....rough, get it
    WHIP IT! wrote: »
    "Mulligans... the little-known Irish golf courses you need to give a second chance to..."
    Arsenium wrote: »
    "Underclubbed - A guide to Irelands lesser known golf gems"
    jimmii wrote: »
    Got to be Diamonds in the Rough.

    Apologies if anyone has said that already!
    only1stevo wrote: »
    Like this but my take would be 'Fairways Less Travelled'
    Not really a roll off the tonguer though!
    peepee wrote: »
    undiscovered country

    I like 'undiscovered country', but that might be the Trekkie in me. I just don't think I can make it work.

    Mulligans is brilliant, as is Underclubbed. The Diamond ideas are along the same lines as 'gems'. They work, but a touch of the cliche about them.

    Fairways Less Travelled is actually spot-on.

    Guess it comes down to how it would read:

    Ireland's Fairways Less Travelled
    Mulligan Courses of Ireland
    Underclubbed in Ireland...

    ... or just Ireland's Hidden Gems

    or maybe: "Fairways Less Travelled - Ireland's Hidden Gems"

    Thanks everyone - greatly appreciated.


  • #32
    m r c
    Closed Accounts Posts: 802 ✭✭✭m r c


    Subtle-stunning


  • #33
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 19,192 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    Forgotten treasures
    Unknown beauties
    Lipped out
    Just missed the cut
    Tracks less known
    Quiet fairways
    Second ball
    Honour awaits
    Sleeping wonders
    Caddie required!
    Waiting for you
    Ground under repair
    Unexplored aces
    Lesser known fairways
    Fore warned
    Blind shots
    Get down
    Lost but not forgotten
    Waiting for you
    Hooded clubs

    or any combination of the above...poetic licence taken with some, I like Caddie required and Hooded clubs the best


  • #34
    FixdePitchmark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,958 ✭✭✭✭FixdePitchmark


    Hideout Holes
    Secret Clubs Revealed
    Secret Golfing Greats
    Great Golfing Secrets
    Golfers Hidden Secrets
    Secluded Golfing Secrets
    Courses Lost and Found
    Greens of Dreams ( The Irish Guide to Hidden Courses)


  • #35
    Dayor Knight
    Registered Users Posts: 751 ✭✭✭Dayor Knight


    Sweet spots


  • #36
    Goldenjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭Goldenjohn


    "Ye know the top 100, well not them ...all the other ones"
    or else
    "different strokes"


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  • #37
    Goldenjohn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭Goldenjohn


    The provisionals .... Although some might think its about the IRA, once you don't call it a Gerry Adams you should be ok!


  • #38
    billy3sheets
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭billy3sheets


    Rounds in the Mounds - Irish Links golf
    Faraway fairways - courses in the West?
    Rounds Out Of Bounds?
    40 Shades of Greens?


  • #39
    chalkie 501
    Registered Users Posts: 579 ✭✭✭chalkie 501


    Dog-legs left

    :o


  • #40
    SUNGSAM
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭SUNGSAM


    Under Hacked Beauties!


  • #41
    NaiveMelodies
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,172 ✭✭✭NaiveMelodies


    Kevinmarkham wrote: »

    or maybe: "Fairways Less Travelled - Ireland's Hidden Gems"

    Thanks everyone - greatly appreciated.

    This one, definitely! What do I win!!:P


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  • #42
    kevgaa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 321 ✭✭kevgaa


    Hi kevin,

    Maybe something along the lines of "missed cuts"

    Kev


  • #43
    PARlance
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,333 ✭✭✭✭PARlance


    kevgaa wrote: »
    Hi kevin,

    Maybe something along the lines of "missed cuts"

    Kev

    The tabloids should be keeping a close eye on this forum, plenty of talent on here, we could muster up a headline or two.

    Along your "cut" line:

    Great lies from the second cuts (i.e rough)
    Or
    Putting from the fringes - a guide to Irelands golf courses that rarely make it onto the dance floor.


  • #44
    Miley Byrne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,399 ✭✭✭Miley Byrne


    How about : "Off the Beaten Track"


  • #45
    Wichita Lineman
    Registered Users Posts: 48,742 ✭✭✭✭Wichita Lineman


    The Forgotten

    Missing The Cut


  • #46
    ForeRight
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,695 ✭✭✭ForeRight


    "The second cut..... Ireland's overlooked gems"


  • #47
    plumber77
    Registered Users Posts: 673 ✭✭✭plumber77


    Sloppy seconds


  • #48
    ShriekingSheet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,476 ✭✭✭ShriekingSheet


    Kevinmarkham wrote: »
    I'm doing a series of blogs on Ireland's hidden gems (plenty of free fourballs to giveaway BTW)... but I am looking for an alternative term to 'hidden gem'.

    I'll use it if I have to but was wondering if anyone here had a snappy term that gets across the same message. And don't say precious jewel.

    Thanks

    Slightly obscure movie reference, and maybe more of a strap line than a blog title, but this came to my mind...

    'Hidden Gems

    Underestimated from Hole 1'


  • #49
    Brodick
    Registered Users Posts: 109 ✭✭Brodick


    Emerald Gold


  • #50
    bobwilliams
    Registered Users Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭bobwilliams


    ireland's hidden golfing gems......(maybe too long)


  • #51
    ThunderCat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭ThunderCat


    Forgotten Fairways - Irish Golfs Best Kept Secrets

    or

    Irelands Forgotten Fairways - Emeralds on the Isle


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