Castlerock GC quick pics

[brendy]

Played there yesterday even though we were promised rain, we saw sunshine all day.
Apologies on the pics, I only pulled out the iphone a few times and managed to miss one of the best holes on the course, the cracking 4th hole "Leg O Mutton" OOBleft in the burn, OOB right on the railway, a great hole.

6th hole, "The Burn" 335 yards slightly downhill, drivable if it wasnt for the burn crossing the front of the green, very scenic hole which the camera just doesnt show.

 

[brendy]

Just one of the many tough stances around the course.

200yd par 3 to a tiny, severely sloping right to left green.

The 17th is a fantastic par 5 (one of the 5 on the course) with a very narrow driving area.

 

[chris661]

Good stuff! Anymore course you intend to scout out for next years forum meet?

 

[Mungoscorner]

Lovely surroundings,and the course certainly looks tricky in the pics.Shame that us land lubbers don't get to play anything like that very often.

 

[Ken_A]

Looks faqntastic - been past it loads and always wondered if it was as good as it looked.

 

[stevek1969]

Cracking course played it numerous times over the years,some cracking par 3s my favouite hole is The Bulldozer ,dog leg right to an uphill second shot your on an elevated tee hiiting over a massive dune.

 

[Dodger]

Is Hoey from here?

Sure I just heard him muttering on about Castlerock?

 

[brendy]

He is originally from Shandon Park golf club, decent parkland course 10 mins from the centre of belfast.

 

[Flarkey]

Brendy.

Shandon Park is my old club. Was a member there from '89 - 98. I remember Hoey as a junior a few years younger than me.

 

[brendy]

I used to play shandon nearly every weekend during part of that period (I was 16-20ish, 1992-1996 or so), was signed in as a member by Billy Moore (dunno if he is still a member, his granda got him in at an early age). Loved the course then though the last couple of times I played it last year I came away a little disappointed with its conditioning, I have been told that it is back up there again since though.