Cross Country Golf

[Padraig Dooley]

In the 60's and before, when the full course was closed for frost it was quite common for a couple of die hard groups to play from the 1st tee to the 6th green (the furthest green from the clubhouse), maybe 2,000 - 2,500 yards in distance. The winner was simply the guy who played it in the fewest strokes.

It hasn't happened in the recent past, but we do play our own par 3 cross country holes when playing a reduced course eg 5th tee to 9th green (130 yards) or 5th tee to 8th green (230 yards). The odd time we might play from the 11th tee to the 12th green just to have a very long 5.

Do you play cross country golf? Do you play long holes or short holes?

[Mark Smolens]

Sounds very reverse-Jans ish. . .

[JMEvensky]

Do you play cross country golf? Do you play long holes or short holes?

There's nothing more fun than arguing how many strokes it would take to get from A on one side of the golf course to B on the other side and then trying it.The are several things required:

A) alcohol
B) wagering
C) a very understanding Head Pro(with good job security)

Nothing endears a group of golfers to the rest of the membership like seeing a fleet of golf carts driving across every fairway.Some people have no sense of humor.

[jonathan_becker]

Do you play cross country golf? Do you play long holes or short holes?

There's nothing more fun than arguing how many strokes it would take to get from A on one side of the golf course to B on the other side and then trying it.The are several things required:

A) alcohol
B) wagering
C) a very understanding Head Pro(with good job security)

Nothing endears a group of golfers to the rest of the membership like seeing a fleet of golf carts driving across every fairway.Some people have no sense of humor.

That pretty much sums it up!

[Kyle Harris]

Do you play cross country golf? Do you play long holes or short holes?

There's nothing more fun than arguing how many strokes it would take to get from A on one side of the golf course to B on the other side and then trying it.The are several things required:

A) alcohol
B) wagering
C) a very understanding Head Pro(with good job security)

Nothing endears a group of golfers to the rest of the membership like seeing a fleet of golf carts driving across every fairway.Some people have no sense of humor.

It seems like your first only mistake was riding.

[Mark Pearce]

Before Christmas every year we have an official club competition called Hugh's Long Hole (I have no idea who Hugh is or was).  We tee off from the 1st and hole out on 13, the furthest point on the course from the clubhouse, then tee up on 15 and hole out on 18.  It's a one club comp and is followed by Christmas lunch and copious wine and port.

The winning score tends to be in the 30s, which always seems lower than I would expect.

[Peter Ferlicca]

I have mentioned this before, but I don't think any course has a chance of being a better cross country course than Stone Eagle.  The fact that all the fairways are connected and everything is centralized in a big bowl, you can create an endless amount of holes.

[Padraig Dooley]

There is a slight variation on this where the members of Co. Louth and Seapoint play an annual 18 hole competition, 9 holes on each course, the two courses meet at the 14th in Baltray and 16th in Seapoint which is where you crossover and play the other 9 holes on the neighbouring course.

There is a story about two visitors who started on Co. Louth and finished in Seapoint without realising it. I wonder did they lose count of the holes played as well.