Boards GS - Captains Prize - Dromoland Castle 12th September 2020 - 12:00

Well done on the win Charlie. Hopefully will get to one of the outings next year.

Well I'd never played Dromoland before but it has been on my radar. I was lucky enough to play with a couple of great golfers in Alanm and RossyD, and an aul hacker in WGC who hits a pretty mean strike, if he can just learn to control it around the greens. Not only are they great golfers, they are also great craic and very enjoyable playing partners. I though it was a fantastically well laid out course, with some cracking holes. The short par 4's are great and make a nice change. I did find it a tricky course to navigate the first time around it with a lot of blind shots, dog legs and difficult to judge layups. Playing it a few times would be a must if you want to figure it out and put a score together.
The conditioning did let the course down though as it was very soft in comparison to a lot of other courses I have been playing lately. The greens were shocking, bumpy, soft, patchy and slower than the no. 37 bus. The tree right in front of the 16th tee is one of the mist stupid things I've ever seen on a golf course, not just because I hit it but also because the tee points you right at it and while there was loads of room on the right side of the fairway, the tee shot forces you well left and the only way of finding that room would be a wicked slice.

My game was in shape going into the round, but unfortunately for me on the day the highlight was watching the Musgraves truck reverse into some poor sod on the driveway On reflection I probably played ok though, I had a ball OB by about a yard on the par 5 6th. I took 42 putts on the day which included 7 3 putts and I made absolutely nothing from any kind of distance. My recent rounds i'e been averaging 30-32 putts. So thanking that into account, 29 points wasn't bad. It didn't help that I missed 3 tap ins from less than 2 feet which was ultimately the difference for me between winning and loosing.

But on to the winner, CharlieIRL. TBH there couldn't be a more deserving winner, a real foundation stone of the society and we wouldn't be where we are today without all of his efforts over the years. Massive congrats Charlie, I am truly delighted for you.

And finally Captain Space, it was a shame we didn't get to go dancin, but you still managed to pull it all together and push hard to make the year a huge success all things considered. It's a hard enough task at the best of times, but you should be especially proud of your efforts. Thank you very much.