2008 Mayo & Sligo Tour: STRANDHILL GC

[Ally Mcintosh]

Been on site for the last six weeks completing a large phase of work. Since I last posted:


- New 1st tee complex, shielding dune and early fairway
- New 7th tee complex
- Re-done entire dune housing 12th green and 11th tee
- 12th green re-worked at back to give views of bay and mountain
- New 11th tees + first 90 yards of fairway lowered by 10 feet to tie in to two dune ridges. Large, penal cross-bunker in to ridge.
- 10th green re-worked to right. Two new greenside bunkers.
- New practice chipping green
- 13th egress from tee re-worked
- Entire area around clubhouse landscaped in to dune land. Previous shrubbery removed
- Starting to reduce hard paths and replace with grass where possible, quartz were not.


We’re slowly getting there. Only 6,200 yards Par-70 but whole golf experience significantly elevated from a few years ago. Some of the work is large but a lot of it is focused on very rudimentary man-made areas built by the members in the 80’s.

[Garland Bayley]

Been on site for the last six weeks completing a large phase of work. Since I last posted:


- New 1st tee complex, shielding dune and early fairway
- New 7th tee complex
- Re-done entire dune housing 12th green and 11th tee
- 12th green re-worked at back to give views of bay and mountain
- New 11th tees + first 90 yards of fairway lowered by 10 feet to tie in to two dune ridges. Large, penal cross-bunker in to ridge.
- 10th green re-worked to right. Two new greenside bunkers.
- New practice chipping green
- 13th egress from tee re-worked
- Entire area around clubhouse landscaped in to dune land. Previous shrubbery removed
- Starting to reduce hard paths and replace with grass where possible, quartz were not.


We’re slowly getting there. Only 6,200 yards Par-70 but whole golf experience significantly elevated from a few years ago. Some of the work is large but a lot of it is focused on very rudimentary man-made areas built by the members in the 80’s.

Old #9 still in place? No replacement with a new #5 inserted, and #4 extended?

[Ally Mcintosh]

Correct Garland. We re-worked the 9th a little to help with safety for the neighbours.


This because the original plan has been shelved for now. It was a very environmentally friendly plan but when you are dealing with SAC’s, you are hitting your head against a wall. So you need money to keep going.