Best golf course in YOUR county

Miley Byrne · 19-11-2014 03:58PM

Cork

I would say Fota Deerpark

I would even go so far as to say that it's the best 12-months-of-the-year parkland in the country. I've played it in the winter after lots of rain in the weeks beforehand and it would put some courses in their prime to shame. Always, always in top condition

Sean_pop · 19-11-2014 03:59PM

Laois - Portarlington

ThunderCat · 19-11-2014 05:08PM

Meath - Headfort New.

Slicemeister · 19-11-2014 07:43PM

Cork. Cork Golf Club, cos for some strange reason I always seem to play well enough there. Is it a better course than Fota Deerpark? No.

ShivasIrons · 19-11-2014 11:55PM

Slicemeister wrote: »

Cork. Cork Golf Club, cos for some strange reason I always seem to play well enough there. Is it a better course than Fota Deerpark? No.

Why is Fota better?

Tilikum · 20-11-2014 08:12AM

h2005 wrote: »

Galway Golf Club

+1

Finlay Harp · 20-11-2014 10:23AM

In Down, take RCD out of the equation and Malone has to be up there for a parkland.

mike12 · 20-11-2014 10:53AM

major deegan wrote: »

Donegal. Bundoran.

Joke????

blackwhite · 20-11-2014 11:14AM

Kevinmarkham wrote: »

Maybe Carrick on Shannon, Fix. It's claimed that every county in Ireland has a golf course, which is not strictly true as the club is well into Roscommon and is not in Leitrim... as claimed.

But then that's the argument with New Ross, Bunclody and Waterford golf clubs, isn't it!

Carton House - Monty course.

The first tee is in Meath and the rest of the course is in Kildare.

blackwhite · 20-11-2014 11:19AM

FixdePitchmark wrote: »

I'm sure there are load - but New Ross Golf club is in Waterford. When you think it is in Wexford.

I'd imagine there are some in 2 counties.

Kevinmarkham wrote: »

And again, Fix, the address is listed on their website as Wexford. Perhaps Wexford is just that much more attractive. Seeing as that's where I live, I can understand their rationale!

New Ross GC is in Kilkenny, not Wexford or Waterford - (it's about a 20 min drive to the Waterford border).

The OH's auld lad is a member there.

blackwhite · 20-11-2014 11:22AM

And before I completely drag things off topic.

Home county is Sligo.

Co Sligo GC (Rosses Point) would be my pick, just edging out Enniscrone.

Castle Dargan is the only 18 hole parkland in the county.

mickelson · 20-11-2014 11:23AM

mount juliet - kilkenny

major deegan · 20-11-2014 12:53PM

mike12 wrote: »

Joke????

No joke! Favourite links course in the county with the views to boot!

lorenzo87 · 20-11-2014 12:58PM

I played Bundoran last summer and for me personally it was probably the worst links course I have played. Strandhill, County Sligo, Enniscrone, Carne, Lahinch light years ahead for me.

mike12 · 20-11-2014 04:30PM

lorenzo87 wrote: »

I played Bundoran last summer and for me personally it was probably the worst links course I have played. Strandhill, County Sligo, Enniscrone, Carne, Lahinch light years ahead for me.

Fully agree of the 25 links courses i have played it is the worst. In a county that has so many super links to even rate it is strange. I hope by the time i have the 50+ links played it is still on the bottom.

Slicemeister · 20-11-2014 05:10PM

ShivasIrons wrote: »

Why is Fota better?

Posted that on the phone, should've read yes.:-(. Far more character in Cork GC and a lot more variation than Fota. That's not to say Fota is a bad track, I just never play it well.

Telecaster58 · 20-11-2014 05:24PM

mike12 wrote: »

Fully agree of the 25 links courses i have played it is the worst. In a county that has so many super links to even rate it is strange. I hope by the time i have the 50+ links played it is still on the bottom.

Bundoran really isnt a links course though, is it?

Shiraz 4.99 · 20-11-2014 05:34PM

mike12 wrote: »

Fully agree of the 25 links courses i have played it is the worst. In a county that has so many super links to even rate it is strange. I hope by the time i have the 50+ links played it is still on the bottom.

About 1/3rd of Bundoran plays more like parkland so I wouldn't call it a pure links.
I've always hated a long par 4 where the tee box backs onto the hotel, think it's the 10th.
It's a slog uphill & everytime I've played it the prevailing wind is back into your face, one of those golf holes you'll think you'll never reach.
The views from the next hole are spectacular mind.

Triboro · 20-11-2014 06:16PM

mike12 wrote: »

Fully agree of the 25 links courses i have played it is the worst. In a county that has so many super links to even rate it is strange. I hope by the time i have the 50+ links played it is still on the bottom.

Everyone has a favourite i suppose but no need to run a course into the ground because you dont like it yourself.The thread asks about the best in your own county and not the ones you'd like to slate.

A.Partridge · 20-11-2014 06:25PM

2 counties for me:

Dublin: Portmarnock

Clare: Lahinch Old

DuckSlice · 20-11-2014 06:42PM

PARlance wrote: »

OP has asked for the best course but also for the course we'd most like to play.
For me, the two are very different.
Carne gets the best course in Mayo just ahead of Ballinrobe for me.

But the course I'd most want to play is Mulranny. If I could only play one course for the rest of my days, it would be Mulranny. (A 9 hole course Fix!!! )

nice to see some love for mulranny. probably one of the most scenic courses in ireland IMO

tayto lover · 20-11-2014 06:43PM

Triboro wrote: »

Everyone has a favourite i suppose but no need to run a course into the ground because you dont like it yourself.The thread asks about the best in your own county and not the ones you'd like to slate.

Someone should start a thread on "the worse golf courses you have played".:D

Triboro · 20-11-2014 06:54PM

tayto lover wrote: »

Someone should start a thread on "the worse golf courses you have played".:D

Played some poor courses myself but wouldn't be posting on here about them, have to play whatever's available when you travel.. They might not be Augusta but what the heck,better than nothing!

The Big Easy · 20-11-2014 08:46PM

Triboro wrote: »

Played some poor courses myself but wouldn't be posting on here about them, have to play whatever's available when you travel.. They might not be Augusta but what the heck,better than nothing!

Worst day on the golf course.......and all that

leonards · 20-11-2014 09:01PM

Any countys not done yet? Anyone fancy doing a list/table?

Triboro · 20-11-2014 09:05PM

The Big Easy wrote: »

Worst day on the golf course.......and all that

Yeah, tryin to break 100 and the like!

thewobbler · 20-11-2014 09:39PM

leonards wrote: »

Any countys not done yet? Anyone fancy doing a list/table?

I've been meaning to get around to that.

Derry, Antrim, Armagh, Tyrone don't have any entries that I remember.

FixdePitchmark · 20-11-2014 09:55PM

Many interesting answers.

Good debate about Laois and Cork. I've played a good bit of golf there and can see how they are all close there.

Not too many parklands mentioned in Dublin.

lorenzo87 · 20-11-2014 10:16PM

Triboro wrote: »

Everyone has a favourite i suppose but no need to run a course into the ground because you dont like it yourself.The thread asks about the best in your own county and not the ones you'd like to slate.

If someone feels a course doesn't deserve the praise it is getting they are entitled to voice their opinion.;) There is no way Bundoran can be the best in Donegal, so of course it is going to be questioned.

mike12 · 20-11-2014 11:40PM

Triboro wrote: »

Everyone has a favourite i suppose but no need to run a course into the ground because you dont like it yourself.The thread asks about the best in your own county and not the ones you'd like to slate.

I thought you were joking have played 6 courses in Donegal and it is the worst of them. Sorry

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