Royal St Georges - Tuesday 23rd February 2016

[wookie]

Is this for the Monday, so we could stay & play at Princes for £99 then play RSG on Tuesday

Im not really up for this personally as much as I had a good day at Princes when we went there its not up there with the others - would much rather play Cinque Ports again at £65 or possibly Littlestone on the way as have yet to play there.

 

[Fish]

Im not really up for this personally as much as I had a good day at Princes when we went there its not up there with the others - would much rather play Cinque Ports again at £65 or possibly Littlestone on the way as have yet to play there.

I'll just go with the flow matey, I'll get booked into the pub today then.

 

[wookie]

I'll just go with the flow matey, I'll get booked into the pub today then.

Yeah I havent done that yet either. I know some were thinking about looking elsewhere but assume everyones thinking about the Kings Head (if Princes doesn't take off) now that it looks like most people are one night only?

 

[Deleted member 1418]

Is this for the Monday, so we could stay & play at Princes for £99 then play RSG on Tuesday

Yes. My thinking was that if RCP didn't happen or we didn't get a decent price for a knock, then this deal was another option. To be honest my preffered option is RCP and a night in the Kings Head, with a few beers and a curry, but obviously just wanted to highlight this. Obviously RSG is the main attraction.

 

[Deleted member 1418]

Princes have come back to me and said this is actually 2 rounds of golf per person and they would be happy to offer this deal with both rounds being played on the same day. So would be 36 holes at Princes on the Monday (granted a very early tee-off!) then dinner, bed, breakfast in the Lodge for £99.

I must admit that is very tempting!

 

[mashleyR7]

Princes have come back to me and said this is actually 2 rounds of golf per person and they would be happy to offer this deal with both rounds being played on the same day. So would be 36 holes at Princes on the Monday (granted a very early tee-off!) then dinner, bed, breakfast in the Lodge for £99.

I must admit that is very tempting!

Will they bring the bed out to you on the 23rd hole? I reckon that when the you'll fall asleep with the boredom
36 holes round Princes doesn't sound appealing to me. I know it has 3 9 loops but the 3rd loop is so poor, except for the 2nd hole maybe. In fact I'm struggling to remember any of the other holes in that loop and I've played it a few times. RCP would be a much better use of the time IMO.

 

[Oxfordcomma]

Got to say that I didn't enjoy Princes as much last time, I came away thinking it was a decent course rather than a top-tier course. Whereas I came away from RCP loving the course.

Nothing back from RCP on the food options yet, I'll give them a call and then we can decide once we've got all the options. It's £65 for the green fee by itself.

 

[Blue in Munich]

As oldfartitis sets in, the thought of 36 holes the day before RSG does not appeal to me, and personally Princes doesn't appeal as a venue. IIRC Littlestone only does 2 balls on Mondays, which may not help. I'm happy with either RCP or Littlestone on the Monday, but if it is 54 holes it will be over 3 days for me, not that I don't appreciate someone throwing an alternative in :thup:

I'm still in Ottawa and will check the availability of Littlestone for Sunday when I get back. If I read it right it's only therod, murphthemog, ArsenalPhil and myself looking at the Sunday, is that right? Can you confirm, deny or add your name as appropriate please. Ta muchly.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Got to say that I didn't enjoy Princes as much last time, I came away thinking it was a decent course rather than a top-tier course. Whereas I came away from RCP loving the course.

Nothing back from RCP on the food options yet, I'll give them a call and then we can decide once we've got all the options. It's £65 for the green fee by itself.

My vote would be the green fee only and food back the pub but happy to go with the flow

 

[Deleted member 15344]

As oldfartitis sets in, the thought of 36 holes the day before RSG does not appeal to me, and personally Princes doesn't appeal as a venue. IIRC Littlestone only does 2 balls on Mondays, which may not help. I'm happy with either RCP or Littlestone on the Monday, but if it is 54 holes it will be over 3 days for me, not that I don't appreciate someone throwing an alternative in :thup:

I'm still in Ottawa and will check the availability of Littlestone for Sunday when I get back. If I read it right it's only therod, murphthemog, ArsenalPhil and myself looking at the Sunday, is that right? Can you confirm, deny or add your name as appropriate please. Ta muchly.

I won't be able to do the Sunday now mate unfortunately - loving the name

 

[User20205]

yes Sun, Mon & of course Tues for me.

I will absolutely go with the consensus. (foresomes at Rye anyone)

 

[wookie]

As oldfartitis sets in, the thought of 36 holes the day before RSG does not appeal to me, and personally Princes doesn't appeal as a venue. IIRC Littlestone only does 2 balls on Mondays, which may not help. I'm happy with either RCP or Littlestone on the Monday, but if it is 54 holes it will be over 3 days for me, not that I don't appreciate someone throwing an alternative in :thup:

I'm still in Ottawa and will check the availability of Littlestone for Sunday when I get back. If I read it right it's only therod, murphthemog, ArsenalPhil and myself looking at the Sunday, is that right? Can you confirm, deny or add your name as appropriate please. Ta muchly.

Just Monday and Tuesday for me with RCP the preference - not overly fussed where we eat although if it's the same price with or without food as suggested above would seem silly not to take it.

 

[richart]

Just Monday and Tuesday for me with RCP the preference - not overly fussed where we eat although if it's the same price with or without food as suggested above would seem silly not to take it.

Agree. Would prefer a relatively late tee at RCP, light permitting, as I will be driving down in the morning.

 

[Fish]

Just Monday and Tuesday for me with RCP the preference - not overly fussed where we eat although if it's the same price with or without food as suggested above would seem silly not to take it.

Agree. Would prefer a relatively late tee at RCP, light permitting, as I will be driving down in the morning.

Ditto :thup:

 

[Oxfordcomma]

I phoned RCP, they don't actually have any formal packages. They offered me two choices (based on my 12-16 estimate):
£65 basic green fee, bacon rolls and coffee beforehand thrown in.
£75 Bacon roll before and ham/egg/chips after.

My preference is definitely to just get the bacon rolls, try for tee times round 11:30-12:00 and then find somewhere to eat later. Sunset is going to be about 5:15-5:30, so we'll be off the course by then at the latest, and I don't want to have my meal that early tbh.

Any comments (on both the food question, and any more on Princes v RCP)? As soon as we look like we have a majority we can start a separate thread, there might be others who want to come just for RCP.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Good work Ben

My preference is the £65 one :thup:

 

[richart]

Sounds good to me Ben. Sure we can find somewhere in Deal to eat later in the evening.

Thanks for looking into this for us.:thup:

 

[chrisd]

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I phoned RCP, they don't actually have any formal packages. They offered me two choices (based on my 12-16 estimate):
£65 basic green fee, bacon rolls and coffee beforehand thrown in.
£75 Bacon roll before and ham/egg/chips after.

My preference is definitely to just get the bacon rolls, try for tee times round 11:30-12:00 and then find somewhere to eat later. Sunset is going to be about 5:15-5:30, so we'll be off the course by then at the latest, and I don't want to have my meal that early tbh.

Any comments (on both the food question, and any more on Princes v RCP)? As soon as we look like we have a majority we can start a separate thread, there might be others who want to come just for RCP.

I sure that they included a 2 course dinner and bacon rolls in the £65 price last year

 

[Oxfordcomma]

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I sure that they included a 2 course dinner and bacon rolls in the £65 price last year

Just revisited last year's thread and yes, they did. Could be because we're a year on and green fees have gone up, or it could be the group size? According to the thread we had 28 originally on the list, 20 in the end as people dropped away. Happy to phone again tomorrow and ask for this if there is interest?

 

[Deleted member 1418]

Blundell and I will go with the majority so happy with RCP and then back to hotel/Deal for food and drink.