Some old photographs of Cork GC

[Padraig Dooley]

I've uploaded a few old photos of the course on to my computer, so I thought some might of interest here. I'm also going to put some more recent ones up just for comparison purposes.

Old 12th tee



The right hand side of the current 11th green would have been the 12th tee



Old 6th green



One from the summer of the current 6th from the opposite side



Old 8th green



Similar recent view 8th green was relocated in the 70's by Frank Pennick



View of 14th green and clubhouse from 1st fairway



Similar view from the 16th green towards clubhouse (courtesy of Aidan Bradley)



The old clubhouse and 18th green in 1927



Recent (2007) view of the 18th and clubhouse (has been photoshopped)



Interesting picture of 'The Good Doctor'



Two legends of the Irish game, Joe Carr, Jimmy Bruen



An insight into Jimmy Bruen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_qRG1HRh4o

[Tony_Muldoon]

Thanks Padraig most impressive.
I have no idea how you could maintain it as it was in this picture, but I love a course where it has a distinctive feature and your photos show the Quarry as rough and ready. Today it looks tamed, this view is unique.



Clarkson recently described an old boozer’s face as having half a water melon in the middle of it. Does the Doctors proboscis look a little enlarged or am I imagining it?

[Bill_McBride]

Did they call him "Irish Joe" Carr in Ireland?

[Rory Connaughton]

Bill, I think they called him Dr. Carr.

[Padraig Dooley]

Thanks Padraig most impressive.
I have no idea how you could maintain it as it was in this picture, but I love a course where it has a distinctive feature and your photos show the Quarry as rough and ready. Today it looks tamed, this view is unique.

Tony

Some clearing of the quarry face behind the 8th green was done a couple of years ago and it is more desirable then the tamed look you talk about. We are looking into more clearing at the moment.

Interestingly a species of cottoneaster was planted a number of years ago around the eighth tee, maybe just one or two plants, but because the birds liked the berries so much it has spread all over the quarry faces around the sixth hole.

[Adam Lawrence]

Padraig - I gather Hawtrees have done a course review - is much work being done as a result of that? I also heard that the rather stupid trees in the gulley between tee and green on the thirteenth have been cut down. I hope that's true, it is a beautiful little hole.

I walked round Cork with Paul O'Brien from Jeff Howes Golf Design - Paul grew up in Cork and we were in town to see the new holes at Fota - a couple of years back. I don't know that I've ever seen a golf course that was so in need of a few little sensitive touches by a sympathetic architect. I loved it, one of my favourite courses in Ireland.

[Tom MacWood]

Padraig
Those are wonderful photos. I agree with Tony the quarry is so much more dramatic in those early pictures. Is there any talk of cleaning it up? The bunkers have a very un-Mackenzie look to them, are there any theories as to why that would be?

Clarkson recently described an old boozer’s face as having half a water melon in the middle of it. Does the Doctors proboscis look a little enlarged or am I imagining it?

Tony
So is that what I have to look forward to? Is that a Guiness?

[Padraig Dooley]

Padraig
Those are wonderful photos. I agree with Tony the quarry is so much more dramatic in those early pictures. Is there any talk of cleaning it up? The bunkers have a very un-Mackenzie look to them, are there any theories as to why that would be?

Clarkson recently described an old boozer’s face as having half a water melon in the middle of it. Does the Doctors proboscis look a little enlarged or am I imagining it?

Tony
So is that what I have to look forward to? Is that a Guiness?

Tom

The bunkering was redone in the 80's. The bunkering was quite shallow, it as decided to make them deeper and grass the faces. We are in the middle of preparing a long term master plan so bunker renovations will be included and hopefully quarry clearing as well.

[Padraig Dooley]

Padraig - I gather Hawtrees have done a course review - is much work being done as a result of that? I also heard that the rather stupid trees in the gulley between tee and green on the thirteenth have been cut down. I hope that's true, it is a beautiful little hole.

I walked round Cork with Paul O'Brien from Jeff Howes Golf Design - Paul grew up in Cork and we were in town to see the new holes at Fota - a couple of years back. I don't know that I've ever seen a golf course that was so in need of a few little sensitive touches by a sympathetic architect. I loved it, one of my favourite courses in Ireland.

Yes, Adam we have a draft report from Hawtrees. We are going through the draft report with a final one to come shortly and if it is approved work will start shortly afterwards.

The trees in the quarry on the 13th was an unusual situation which I will explain in a pm. They are gone now.