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David Minogue

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« on: January 17, 2013, 08:59:09 AM »
Hello Treehouse,

Permit me to introduce myself, my name is David Minogue and I am from Limerick, Ireland. I have been following this forum for about 5 years I decided that I would contact Ran to see if I could become a member. I would like to thank Ran and Ben for giving me the opportunity to contribute to this site which has given me plenty entertainment and insight to the subject of Golf Course Architecture.

I am very passionate about golf course design and construction, since I started my career my ultimate goal is to become a Golf Course Architect. My background is in Turf Management and I have worked, interned and volunteered at some Top courses in Ireland, Sweden, and the US. The courses have been Pine Valley, The Olympic Club, TPC Scottsdale, Pebble Beach, Bro Hoff Slott and Adare Manor.

Currently I am in process of completing my degree in Construction Management and Engineering at the University of Limerick, Ireland. The past couple of years I have been involved in some renovation work in Europe and this past year I spent 10 months working for Landscapes Unlimited. I was involved in the  Sewailo project in Tucson Arizona which is scheduled to open in a couple of months. I also had the chance to help out at the 2012 US Open where I previously interned at the Olympic Club. The experience of working in America was to say the least outstanding.

I understand the current economic climate does not lend itself to an additional golf course architect, However I am in it for the long haul and hope to get an opportunity to show what I can accomplish in the future. I hope that my insight and contributions to this this forum may add to the already very interesting and entertaining dialogue. While I am hear I would like to promote myself and I am therefore open to any golf course construction projects that maybe available for this upcoming summer.

Best of Luck.
David.
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Joe Bausch

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« Reply #1 on: January 17, 2013, 09:04:35 AM »
Best of luck to you David.

And welcome.

What have you learned recently in your engineering courses at ULimerick that perhaps wowed you in terms of how it relates to golf course construction?
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David Minogue

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« Reply #2 on: January 17, 2013, 09:36:42 AM »
Joe,

Thank you for your kind words. With regards to my studies I was not wowed by the course as such but I chose the course because of couple of factors, the content, financial restraints (relocating), and by not taking a normal path of landscape architecture my degree will give me an opportunity to diversify into other areas if the golf business slows which it has done at this present moment.

Most of the content is applicable to golf course design, we cover CAD, Surveying, Soil Mechanics and Geology, etc. From my own experience the only way of really understanding golf course construction is getting out and getting your hands dirty. By having the balance of formal education and practical experience can only be the best way of training in this field.

I hope that answered your question. 
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Tony_Muldoon

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« Reply #3 on: January 17, 2013, 09:54:49 AM »
Welcome David and good luck pursuing those dreams.


Your top 10 in (the West of) Ireland?  (hopefully including one or two that pass under the radar)

Where else have you played that has impressed you?

Tony
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PCCraig

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« Reply #4 on: January 17, 2013, 09:59:46 AM »
Welcome David!
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Dónal Ó Ceallaigh

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« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2013, 10:05:55 AM »
Welcome David. It's good to have another Irishman on the DG.

What did you do at Bro Hof? I'm a member of Bro-Bĺlsta just up the road; did you get a chance to play it.

Which course do you prefer: Stadium or Castle?

Bro Hof's green surfaces are regarded as some of the best on the tour; how come they're so good?

Your home course in Limerick?


PCC  ;D  ;D You're like old faithful !!!
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David Minogue

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« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2013, 10:28:03 AM »
Tony,

Having played most of the links/parkland courses on the west coast of Ireland the chance to play in the Desert was great. I enjoyed Dove mountain and La Paloma in Tucson, I quite like desert golf. I also played the champions course at TPC it wasn't a bad track but I would have loved to get on the Stadium. The best courses I have played have to be Ballybunion Old and Pine Valley. These courses are very much thought evoking and are just special places to me.

Donal,

I was down at Brohoff for the Scandanavian Masters voulunteering as I knew some guys on the staff there. The stadium is an impressive course built for tournament golf. I prefered the Castle from what I seen walking it, it has a little more quirkyness and the waste bunkers enhances the look. The reason the course has such great surfaces is down to the maintenance budget and the lack of traffic IMO. The owner as far as I know has been and is continuing running the place at a loss but I think he can well afford it. It deserves to be the top course in Sweden.

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Mark Pritchett

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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2013, 03:01:17 PM »
Welcome!
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Tim_Weiman

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« Reply #8 on: January 17, 2013, 03:08:17 PM »
David,

Welcome aboard! So a little semi trick question for the man fro Limerick:

What is (was) the connection between Ballybunion and the Rolling Stones?
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RJ_Daley

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« Reply #9 on: January 17, 2013, 03:31:17 PM »
David, how old are you?
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David Minogue

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« Reply #10 on: January 17, 2013, 05:42:20 PM »
RJ I am 27 years old.

Tim, Mark and Brian thank you for the gracious welcome. Tim as you can see from above I am not that old so I have no clue about the reference to the Stones!!

Tony my humble appologies, In no specific order my Top 10 are

Adare Manor Hotel, Castletroy, Enniscrone, Lahinch Old, Ballybunion Old, Cork GC, Dromoland, Old Head, Thurles and Waterville.

These courses have all atributes which makes them superior of the general courses in the area I have played. They all have good change of topography , the holes on each course are not that reptitive compared to other courses and are generally maintained to a high standard. These reasons are the bulk of what I make my decisions on however I do try to enjoy myself every course I play even when I shoot over 80!!
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Paul Gray

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« Reply #11 on: January 17, 2013, 05:44:25 PM »
Welcome David!

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David Minogue

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« Reply #12 on: January 18, 2013, 03:18:15 PM »
Thanks Paul.
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Marty Bonnar

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« Reply #13 on: January 18, 2013, 05:35:02 PM »
Davy lad,
Any chance you could introduce a fat baldy Scotsman to your antipodean cousin?
Get your butt over to Scotland m'laddo. Leven awaits as soon as you can get here.
Slainthe,
F.
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