Liverbirdie
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Not yet, Birchy. On the list though.
West lancs 24th feb results thread and after game banter
- Thread starter Birchy
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Not yet, Birchy. On the list though.
Birkdales high on my list, got a member at my club who is also a distance member their.
G1BB0
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so being a North West lad who moved down south... I have missed out on something here 
Birchy
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Sounds good, ive always fancied playing it since i went to the open there. That sparked me into wanting to play golf it was that good.
Qwerty
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We played it as a par 4 at the time though then got the points docked in the bar afterwards
NWjocko thought he'd scored 7points on 10&11 until the scorecard police turned up!!
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Liverbirdie
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They have an open called the "Ted Jarman" trophy, that I've fancied the last 2 years, but other things have got in the way.
It £45 to enter, but it is 36 holes. It's played this year on Sunday 1st September, but I'm playing in an OOM match at Reddish vale. Only open to 3-10 h/cappers, so your ok. Bargain though.
Birchy
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Is that the only open course you havent played yet?
NWJocko
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I'll look into it and post a thread.....
Me and Qwerty played Lytham a couple of years back in September for about £100 I think. Was a blinding day aswell, got lucky with the weather.
Will email them tomorrow and see what's what
Birchy
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We played it as a par 4 at the time though then got the points docked in the bar afterwards
NWjocko thought he'd scored 7points on 10&11 until the scorecard police turned up!!
It was like having your passport checked at a bulgarian border crossing in that bar after
Liverbirdie
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No still got 8 out of 14 to play, but should be ticking off prestwick this summer also.
Liverbirdie
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It's like a lot of things, the more great courses you play, the harder it gets to rate.
After playing munis for 12 years, any decent private course were then brilliant. I played lots of private courses for a few years (and still do) but then you start playing the "premium" courses and it pushes the others further down the list. Overall it depends on how many premium courses you have played over the years. Then you get a levelling out. I'd say West lancs is defo an 8, though. Although I've played it off the whites, on a reasonably windy day, with everything on/open, as well.
NWJocko
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Agreed. If another meet is arranged there I'll definitely go back. Quite fancy that trophy you mentioned, £45 for 36 holes is very good value.
Liverbirdie
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I may try it myself next year.
Junior
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I thought it was a really good course, but it didnt blow me away like Formby did, and I didnt think it was a patch on the back 9 at Hillside. That said, i'd imagine in the summer of the back tee's you woudl walk away feeling battered and bruised taking 4 irons into some of them small greens !!!! I can see why its the course the pro's want to dodge when open qualifying comes around.
gregbwfc
Q-School Graduate
Glad you enjoyed it Craw.
Played it a couple of times, once when we'd had a really dry winter (seriously :lol
and spring came early.Very windy and very tough.
That's more what I was meaning, I think the bleakness makes it seem tougher.
We're lucky in the NW but can't argue that you lads north of the border are really blessed.
Want to get up to the Gailes area at some point - cracking looking courses.
Oh, and if you think the clubhouse is poor now, you should've seen it before they did it up
gregbwfc
Q-School Graduate
Birchy, I'll bore you to death with tales of all the courses I've played on the drive up next week.
You'll love it, honest
Birchy
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Birchy, I'll bore you to death with tales of all the courses I've played on the drive up next week.
You'll love it, honest
Sounds good pal! I might even talk about football the way we are going at the moment! Slowly sneaking up the table at the right time hopefully.
Val
Ryder Cup Winner
Birkdale/Lytham does interest me too for those in the planning. I'll watch with interest.
Karl102
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I would agree with craw, that is, you have to straight off the tee and in the summer those greens would be absolutely rapid. Would be a real test on a windy day off the back pegs. Shows how good mannassero is to shoot a 65 off the backs as a 16 yr old.
I don't have any links experience, but I would have it as an 8/10 with formby a 9 and Hillside, Turnberry And St Andrews as your top draw 10's. Makes you think about what you would grade your own course as.....
I don't have any links experience, but I would have it as an 8/10 with formby a 9 and Hillside, Turnberry And St Andrews as your top draw 10's. Makes you think about what you would grade your own course as.....
NWJocko
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I'm keen to play Birkdale having already played Lytham.
Looking at the website the Winter Green Fee is £135 for a weekday. Not sure if it'd be better to play in October or catch the other end of the winter rate next March though. Thoughts?
