Irish Seniors Amateur Open Championship--Royal County Down

[ForkaB]

OK

If there were ever an argument for keeping your health up and handicap down after age 55 this is it!

A practice round and two medal rounds over RCD at the end of May for..............Imagine Dr. Evil making a ransom demand..........

15 EUROS!  (that's ~$20 in real money........)

Not sure if I'll be able to make it due to timing and currently iffy HCP (think you'll need to be 5 or less to get in), but I would highly recommend this event for any super senior studs out there who can golf their balls and enjoy Ireland.

THIS IS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT FROM RICH GOODALE.

[ForkaB]

Oh yeah.....

Being Irish, the tournament is sponsored by.............

..........the Portugese Tourist Board!

[THuckaby2]

I think it's really cool that they have these discounts for you seniors.  You know you have to watch those pension funds.

Good luck at RCD, grandpa!

 

[Mark_Rowlinson]

There are lots of Open Competitions in the UK when you can play super courses under competitive conditions for very reasonable sums.  They're not all as high-powered as RCD and most are handicap competitions.  Just look on club websites about this time of year and you'll find any number.  But look quickly - they get booked up very fast.

[JWL]

Rich
I might be interested  in making that trip.  Sounds intriguing.
Do you have any info on how one would go about getting an entry?
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.

[ForkaB]

Jim

I'm loath to tell you, since if you enter, my chances of getting in (and/or winning!) become slimmer, but......

....try www.gui.ie

More serioulsy, hope we can both get there and finally meet up.

Rich

[JWL]

Rich
Be not dismayed!
It is very difficult to win anything with the yips.....and yikes, I think I have them.
I am presently looking for a cure...any cure!   LOL
I guess that comes with getting old.
Thanks for the info!

[Rick Shefchik]

JWL -- I would guess that Dr. Naccarato's can't-fail yips cure will be offered to you within the hour, or certainly by the end of the day. If not, I'll dig it out of my archived e-mails and send it along.

To be honest, I haven't tried it yet. I'm keeping it in a safe place, like a fire extinguisher in a glass cabinet, to be used only in the case of the most dire emergencies. I've already gone left-hand low and I refuse to use a long putter, so I don't want to admit I've got full-blown yips yet -- though I certainly teetered for a while last summer.

In the meantime, I continue to try to think of myself as a normal golfer with ocassional putting woes that can be kept in check by not taking the game too seriously. And this year I'm going to loosen up on my grip.

[Lou_Duran]

Rich,

Not quite eligible yet, but is there a qualifier to get into the tournament proper?

My math is a bit different than yours.  $2,000 for flight and travel expenses, $20 entry fees, and $80 for beer just to make the math work easily, that's $2100, or $700 per round.  Most likely worth every penny, but not very blue-collar affordable for us Yanks.  

[Rick Shefchik]

I wish it were being played this weekend. Round trip to London from the Twin Cities is just $209 right now. Oh, wait -- I'm not 55 yet. Bad news, good news...

[George Pazin]

Rick -

I could probably forge some documents for you....

To anyone who enters -

Please report how the course plays - let us all revel in your fun.

Good luck.

[ForkaB]

No qualifier, Lou.

George, I need a game, not any stinking badges!

[George Pazin]

Rich -

I have every confidence you can get your handicap down to the requisite amount - I was joking about forging a birth certificate for young Rick.

[Sean_A]

Rich

Why is RCD charging in Euros?  Shouldn't Pounds prevail?

Ciao

Sean

[ForkaB]

Sean

It's a Golf Union of Ireland (GUI) event.  In golf, like rugby, Ireland is united, and the biggest part (Eire) gets to set the currency!

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