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Mike Hendren

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Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club
« on: November 19, 2012, 03:13:19 PM »
Looks pretty tasty:



Gem or no gem?

Bogey

Two Corinthians walk into a bar ....

Ally Mcintosh

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Re: Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2012, 03:26:25 PM »
Laytown has some really funky stuff going on... and some mundane stuff also... The 18th is as quirky a finisher as you are likely to find... It's been a while since I've visited but it's definitely worth a stop when at nearby Baltray (if time permits)...

Dónal Ó Ceallaigh

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Re: Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2012, 03:00:46 AM »
Bogey:

Yes, it's a gem. I've played it a few times and have always enjoyed it. The first nine is more interesting as it's routed through the dunes. Some tricky greens perched up high in the hills. It's a short course, but definitely worth playing. It opens with a drivable par four, and the next few holes wriggle their way through the hills. There's a great par three at the end of the front nine - could be the 8th or 9th - where the green is set amongst some very large sand hills.

As Ally wrote, the 18th is a bit unusual. It's a par five with a green surrounded by high mounds; it's totally bllind. Overshoot the green by a few yards and you'll be playing a recovery from the club house kitchen  :D

There are some ordinary holes on the back nine that play over flatter ground, but all in all, it's worth combining with a trip to Baltray or Seapoint. With regard to rankings, I think it came in around 90th on Golf Digest's Ireland list. I'd put it much higher than that, but that's because I'm biased towards links courses.

Ally Mcintosh

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Re: Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club
« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2012, 04:27:13 AM »
Donal, Laytown sits in the 70's on the GDI list, around the same as Strandhill and Rosslare (for similar links comparisons).... I think it's about right but I think Strandhill is a little low... That par-3 is the 9th - great hole alright...

Dónal Ó Ceallaigh

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Re: Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club
« Reply #4 on: November 20, 2012, 05:24:21 AM »
Donal, Laytown sits in the 70's on the GDI list, around the same as Strandhill and Rosslare (for similar links comparisons).... I think it's about right but I think Strandhill is a little low... That par-3 is the 9th - great hole alright...

I haven't played Strandhill or Rosslare, but I put it a little ahead of Dunfanaghy and North West (which I know you've played). I suppose in the 70s is a reasonable enough position when you factor in all the parkland courses. Although if someone were to visit Ireland, I'd tell them to play L&B ahead of many of the parkland courses higher up the rankings.

Tim Pitner

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Re: Laytown & Bettystown Golf Club
« Reply #5 on: November 20, 2012, 09:48:51 AM »
Laytown & Bettystown or Seapoint?  Which is better?  Which would you prefer to play?  Thanks in advance.

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