Which course is this? 12

[Mark_Rowlinson]

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

[Kyle Harris]

Farmer in the Dell... err fourth hole?

Mind the 18th hole on the first tee?

[Mark_Rowlinson]

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....

[Paul_Turner]

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.

[Mark_Rowlinson]

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?  

[Jordan Wall]

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.

[Mark_Rowlinson]

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.

[mike_malone]

 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.

[Mark_Rowlinson]

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.  

[Sean_A]

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

[Mark_Rowlinson]

Sean, What is the metric equivalent of yardage?

[JNC Lyon]

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

[Mark_Rowlinson]

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