Which course is this? 12

« **on:** January 26, 2006, 12:24:12 PM »

Quite a well-known Irish course, but I don't recall its having been discussed much on GCA. The lengths are in metres.

1. 361 4
2. 445 5
3. 363 4
4. 163 3
5. 423 4
6. 180 3
7. 338 4
8. 465 5
9. 164 3

Out 2,902 35

10. 427 4
11. 493 5
12. 188 3
13. 425 4
14. 455 4
15. 397 4
16. 245 4
17. 345 4
18. 453 4

In 3,428 37

Total 6,330 72

« **Reply #1 on:** January 26, 2006, 12:38:26 PM »

Farmer in the Dell... err fourth hole?

Mind the 18th hole on the first tee?

« **Reply #2 on:** January 26, 2006, 01:35:08 PM »

Sorry, Kyle, wrong course. But the holes at this course are named and I suspect that everybody would guess as soon as I revealed their names, so I'll not do it just yet....

« **Reply #3 on:** January 26, 2006, 01:45:19 PM »

Mark.

It's Dollymount.

I don't think there's a whole lot of Colt left...it's be redesigned in a major way by Martin Hawtree.

« **Reply #4 on:** January 26, 2006, 01:50:38 PM »

And, in case Dollymount isn't familiar to you, that's the local name for Royal Dublin. This card was 2001, so would these distances have been much different pre Hawtree?

« **Reply #5 on:** January 26, 2006, 01:52:55 PM »

I am just wondering how you do the metres-yards conversion? Are metres about 10% more then yards? I just was wondering since the yardages were in metres.

« **Reply #6 on:** January 26, 2006, 01:53:46 PM »

The hole names are pretty good:

North Bull, Babington's, Alps, Feather Bed, Valley, Pot, Ireland's Eye, Ben Howth, Davidson's/Marne, Colt's, Campbell's, Dardanelles, Moran's, Hogan's, Dolly, Coastguard's, Garden.

« **Reply #7 on:** January 26, 2006, 01:56:53 PM »

I found it distinctive for the very narrow water ditches throughout the course. The Strovesaver was most useul to plan for them.

I also thought that it was what I most expected in a links course, understated and out and back.

« **Reply #8 on:** January 26, 2006, 03:27:15 PM »

Jordan, you make a good point. In practice, add 10% (or if you are converting for real multiply by 1.094). If you've not played a metres course it can be quite disconcerting. Even at 100 metres or 110 yards there is already a difference of one club. Despite my having played a good number of courses measured in metres and knowing to make allowance I still find it difficult to take enough club and to commit to the shot 100%. Interestingly when we get continental players commentating on English television (Jan van de Velde is very good) they talk in yards without the slightest difficulty.

« **Reply #9 on:** January 26, 2006, 03:38:26 PM »

Paul

I think Dollymount is going under the knife as we speak.

Mark

Metres or meters should be banned. I have never heard anybody say golf is a game of centimeters. Golf is a game of inches right!

Ciao

Sean

« **Reply #10 on:** January 27, 2006, 02:17:38 PM »

Sean, What is the metric equivalent of yardage?

« **Reply #11 on:** January 27, 2006, 02:20:47 PM »

You take the metric measurement, and multiply it by 1.09 to get yards. To get meters out of yards, divide by 1.09.

« **Reply #12 on:** January 27, 2006, 02:30:21 PM »

No, I meant to poke fun because metreage or meterage simply doesn't work. I blame de Gaulle.

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