tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61599799209052275232011-11-27T16:22:07.845-08:00These are a few reviews and tales I have compiled from my weekly search for a new Golf course to play.Cocopoppyheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742955478215850015noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159979920905227523.post-76637903438109864442010-08-03T18:22:00.000-07:002011-08-27T15:32:55.103-07:002011-08-27T15:32:55.103-07:00Cocopoppyheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742955478215850015noreply@blogger.com0 It's been described as Europe's answer to Augusta, such is the beauty that is, a vast garden that my mother would love to have as a back garden. Druids Glen is rather different to Augusta for playability, Carton House (O'Meara) probably is a little closer around the back 9 where it has its very own Amen corner, but I like this course, I like it a lot. Thank you Pat Ruddy of the European club <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k-kRK-xN-tvrhVepZhlHIfvlWD8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k-kRK-xN-tvrhVepZhlHIfvlWD8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k-kRK-xN-tvrhVepZhlHIfvlWD8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/k-kRK-xN-tvrhVepZhlHIfvlWD8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GolfTripping/~4/GLKbE4G8IAA" height="1" width="1"/>http://golf-tripping.blogspot.com/2010/08/druids-glen-true-beauty.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159979920905227523.post-65296541060442654062010-08-03T00:36:00.000-07:002010-08-03T00:36:42.943-07:002010-08-03T00:36:42.943-07:00Cocopoppyheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742955478215850015noreply@blogger.com0 Carton house, home of the GUI and National Academy, lots of prestige here, and I dont think i could have played the front 9 any worse! To begin, when you pay for a round here, you are entitled to use the range for free, although in our case we had to collect the balls from the range first!! It wasnt so bad, gave me a few more mins to warm up! The first tee is a bit of a trek away, so either <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2hCPqOBiLQq8sNikZVnFqM5fQ3g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2hCPqOBiLQq8sNikZVnFqM5fQ3g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2hCPqOBiLQq8sNikZVnFqM5fQ3g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2hCPqOBiLQq8sNikZVnFqM5fQ3g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GolfTripping/~4/65EgbrdaSU4" height="1" width="1"/>http://golf-tripping.blogspot.com/2010/08/carton-house-omeara-fantastic-back-9.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159979920905227523.post-6745485282666783952010-08-02T23:41:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:59:17.732-07:002010-08-03T15:59:17.732-07:00Cocopoppyheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742955478215850015noreply@blogger.com0 The Farnham estate is a new course, doesn't have a clubhouse on the way, but I'm sure when growth returns to Irish society, then like Macreddin, Farnham will have a new clubhouse, and also a state of the art Academy. Right now, as of simmer 2010 in the place of the clubhouse is a prefab with  a small shop, some basic showers and so forth.Graeme McDowell is the tour pro associated with this up <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oeVGTGDnmlJM2mzfq4g8RFH2iLk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oeVGTGDnmlJM2mzfq4g8RFH2iLk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oeVGTGDnmlJM2mzfq4g8RFH2iLk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oeVGTGDnmlJM2mzfq4g8RFH2iLk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GolfTripping/~4/43HHPaU_4y8" height="1" width="1"/>http://golf-tripping.blogspot.com/2010/08/farnham-estate-theres-2-sides-to-every.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159979920905227523.post-69915655071908136372010-08-02T19:33:00.000-07:002010-08-03T15:52:37.925-07:002010-08-03T15:52:37.925-07:00Cocopoppyheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742955478215850015noreply@blogger.com0 Where do i begin? what can i say about this course that paints a picture as majestic as these fields of dreams that McGinley rose from a remote region of the Wicklow hills. I knew little about this place when we visited, but i had read a few reviews that paints this course in a particularly positive light, Kevin Markham's book being prime example. So off i set with my brother in tow. The first <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Jm7VxMRp-ln985fOrJgQYnLp5rM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Jm7VxMRp-ln985fOrJgQYnLp5rM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Jm7VxMRp-ln985fOrJgQYnLp5rM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Jm7VxMRp-ln985fOrJgQYnLp5rM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GolfTripping/~4/xK44H0FcLGw" height="1" width="1"/>http://golf-tripping.blogspot.com/2010/08/mincredible-macreddin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159979920905227523.post-74525140292120529512010-08-02T15:28:00.001-07:002010-08-02T15:45:30.589-07:002010-08-02T15:45:30.589-07:00Cocopoppyheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742955478215850015noreply@blogger.com0 The European Club, One of Irelands and the worlds finest links golf courses. a certain mr Pat Ruddy scowered the country looking for suitable links land (by definition: A coastal zone of topsoil-covered sand between the beach sand and mainland soil). He found such a place 40mins drive south of Dublin, our capital city. This Links course would be the 61st Links in Ireland, out of a world <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nCVaiwr_iKtXC6AiWg9PQznskMQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nCVaiwr_iKtXC6AiWg9PQznskMQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nCVaiwr_iKtXC6AiWg9PQznskMQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nCVaiwr_iKtXC6AiWg9PQznskMQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GolfTripping/~4/sAGaWLwa9mQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://golf-tripping.blogspot.com/2010/08/i-couldnt-put-to-save-my-life-at.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6159979920905227523.post-55742243291316280052010-08-02T15:27:00.000-07:002010-08-02T15:51:47.105-07:002010-08-02T15:51:47.105-07:00Cocopoppyheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08742955478215850015noreply@blogger.com0 Yardage: 6224 (from societies tee's) par: 72 Location: Straffan, Co Kildare (just outide Dublin, Ireland) Greenfees: €185-€230 I paid: €60 to my society to play at a winter rate. weather conditions: you dont wana know!! :P Described by many as the greatest inland course in Ireland, I think this glowing complement might well apply to both K Club courses, as there is a parkland and a heath / <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p-hEgEp3IzIVRCGGvfysftzTrOg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p-hEgEp3IzIVRCGGvfysftzTrOg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p-hEgEp3IzIVRCGGvfysftzTrOg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p-hEgEp3IzIVRCGGvfysftzTrOg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GolfTripping/~4/lkg67x26xCw" height="1" width="1"/>http://golf-tripping.blogspot.com/2010/08/washed-out-at-k-club-smurfit.html