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  • #2162
    kieran.
    Registered Users Posts: 1,174 ✭✭✭kieran.


    prawnsambo wrote: »
    That's too deep really. Normally, slitting (for the same reason) is done to about nine or ten inches.
    I'd agree on a golf course but around a house there is often 300mm plus of crap ground plus the few inches of topsoil if you are lucky to get through.


  • #2163
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,027 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    The problem could just be thatch sitting under the grass.

    If you take out a sod you will be able to see how much thatch you have, if its more than half an inch you have too much and need to scarify and/or aerate to break through it.

    I had the same issue as my thatch layer had become hydrophobic and would actually repel water, leaving it sitting in puddles on the top.


  • #2164
    Seve OB
    Registered Users Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    i have a scarifier and use it a couple of times a year to remove the thatch. the problem is that it is just very muddy soil. i have lashed loads of sand on it over the years and its is not as bad anymore. i would have likes a bit more gravel and stones into the hole and a bit of sand but i had to make do with what i had in these times. i did have some old waving pipe so i stuck a load of small holes in that and buried it in the stones, that that might help a bit also.

    i guess i just had the bit of time on my hands so we'll see if it gets any better now. can't be any worse thats for sure.


  • #2165
    benny79
    Registered Users Posts: 3,103 ✭✭✭benny79


    Some hardware stores are open if you need paint mainly small ones for a few hours a day.

    I cut my mums hedging out her back didn't do it last year so its well over grown took me 2 weeks with that and grass.. So decided fcuk it Im taking it out. So have been chipping away it. I hate gardening but kinda enjoying it as I know she will be delighted when I finished and she has a nice back garden to sit out in.. She is a very out going woman but age is catching up and she cant really walk far these days especially now.

    Training in the mornings before work too which im enjoying (on short time)


  • #2166
    Seve OB
    Registered Users Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    benny79 wrote: »
    Some hardware stores are open if you need paint mainly small ones for a few hours a day.

    I cut my mums hedging out her back didn't do it last year so its well over grown took me 2 weeks with that and grass.. So decided fcuk it Im taking it out. So have been chipping away it. I hate gardening but kinda enjoying it as I know she will be delighted when I finished and she has a nice back garden to sit out in.. She is a very out going woman but age is catching up and she cant really walk far these days especially now.

    Training in the mornings before work too which im enjoying (on short time)

    so not at all like her son so! :D


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  • #2167
    Glebee
    Registered Users Posts: 6,581 ✭✭✭Glebee


    A horrible fatal accident in Mountrath GC yesterday involving a mower..RIP


  • #2168
    prawnsambo
    Registered Users Posts: 13,002 ✭✭✭✭prawnsambo


    Glebee wrote: »
    A horrible fatal accident in Mountrath GC yesterday involving a mower..RIP
    Oh Lord! I know that club, played there a couple of times last year. Really nice bunch of people and very welcoming. That's horrific.

    Edit: Reported here.


  • #2169
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Bloody hell, that's awful.


  • #2170
    aaronjennings
    Registered Users Posts: 1,514 ✭✭✭aaronjennings


    Have a code for a free, one-year Golfpass Video subscription

    I won't use it, so first person to PM me can have it

    Edit: Claimed


  • #2171
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    What do you all use to keep the flies away? Deet or something like that i assume?


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  • #2172
    slave1
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 18,675 Mod ✭✭✭✭slave1


    Anything with DEET works for me

    My stuff for sale on Adverts inc. outdoor furniture, roof box and EDDI

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  • #2173
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,027 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    Kiith wrote: »
    What do you all use to keep the flies away? Deet or something like that i assume?

    Shower ;)

    But seriously, I find avoiding any strong smelling aftershave or deodorant helps a lot. Any strong smell inc BO attracts flies.

    If it's the small bitey kind then you need deet as they are attracted to your breath and also dark clothes. So on the range try to move around and wear bright clothes, especially during the evening.


  • #2174
    Seve OB
    Registered Users Posts: 15,824 ✭✭✭✭Seve OB


    Anyone else celebrating Tonight?


  • #2175
    Golfhead65
    Registered Users Posts: 702 ✭✭✭Golfhead65


    Seve OB wrote: »
    Anyone else celebrating Tonight?

    My dad and brother are but as a Leeds fan I've to wait a little longer !


  • #2176
    spacecoyote
    Registered Users Posts: 8,434 ✭✭✭spacecoyote


    Golfhead65 wrote: »
    My dad and brother are but as a Leeds fan I've to wait a little longer !

    I know your pain golfhead


  • #2177
    The Tetrarch
    Registered Users Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭The Tetrarch


    Has anyone got any stories about non-golf skills of the pros?

    My examples are from many years ago:
    Roberto de Vicenzo, Open winner, asked a spectator for four coins. He put them on the back of his hand, threw them in the air, and caught each coin separately.
    I think he then put the coins into his pocket and walked off. :)
    The key word here is separately i.e. four catches. (I read about this, didn't see it.)

    Christy O'Connor, on the first tee in a tournament, bouncing the ball on the head of a club.
    It was a wooden headed driver, held by the end of the grip, and full stretch arm's length. (I saw him do this).

    We all see YouTube videos of people jumping from house roofs onto trampolines, catching a basketball thrown to them, and shooting a basket twenty yards away …. on the 10,000th attempt.
    That is not skill, it is editing.


  • #2178
    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,322 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Is the Lahinch Castle Course any use? I assume there's no coast on it since the main course is on the coast, but would like to be proven wrong.

    If not coastal I'd prob find the Green Fee a bit steep for a casual game with GF


  • #2179
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


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    Give me a bit of money off the new driver i was looking at :)


  • #2180
    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,322 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Hi there

    Is there any decent websites that show a tidy schedule of Scramble/Classic events etc? The one on BRS isn't great.

    Thanks


  • #2181
    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,322 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    Is there any Driving Ranges in the Ennis area? Probably willing to drive 15 mins to one. No interest going as far as Lim


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  • #2182
    spacecoyote
    Registered Users Posts: 8,434 ✭✭✭spacecoyote


    callaway92 wrote: »
    Is there any Driving Ranges in the Ennis area? Probably willing to drive 15 mins to one. No interest going as far as Lim

    Think there is a range at Dromoland Castle at the back of the course?


  • #2183
    callaway92
    Registered Users Posts: 14,322 ✭✭✭✭callaway92


    spacecoyote wrote: »
    Think there is a range at Dromoland Castle at the back of the course?

    Saw that online alright, but got the impression that it's Members Only maybe?

    I suppose I'll spin in later and see


  • #2184
    spacecoyote
    Registered Users Posts: 8,434 ✭✭✭spacecoyote


    callaway92 wrote: »
    Saw that online alright, but got the impression that it's Members Only maybe?

    I suppose I'll spin in later and see

    Pretty sure that lads from here have used it when we've been there for a round with the society


  • #2185
    IngazZagni
    Registered Users Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭IngazZagni


    Anyone know what the newly announced local lockdown restrictions for Kildare, Laois and Offaly mean for golf courses? Will they be still allowed to operate?


  • #2186
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    No announcement yet from GUI or any clubs, so hard to know what will happen.


  • #2187
    gypsy79
    Registered Users Posts: 1,784 ✭✭✭gypsy79


    IngazZagni wrote: »
    Anyone know what the newly announced local lockdown restrictions for Kildare, Laois and Offaly mean for golf courses? Will they be still allowed to operate?

    Announcement clearly says non contact sport not affected


  • #2188
    carq
    Registered Users Posts: 861 ✭✭✭carq


    On the new lotto ad where yer man gets a hole in one- is that druids glen hole near the back of the hotel?


  • #2189
    Kiith
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 23,055 Mod ✭✭✭✭Kiith


    Craddockstown are staying open, with just the clubhouse being closed, so i suspect that'll be similar to other places.


  • #2190
    Telecaster58
    Registered Users Posts: 531 ✭✭✭Telecaster58


    GUI confirmed golf will continue but restricted to locals.


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  • #2191
    paulos53
    Registered Users Posts: 968 ✭✭✭paulos53


    carq wrote: »
    On the new lotto ad where yer man gets a hole in one- is that druids glen hole near the back of the hotel?


    Looks like Druids Glen.


    My reaction was to wonder which of his playing partners would be brave enough to tell him that it didn't count and he would have to take his shot again after the ball split in 2 :)


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