Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Quiz Time on Irish Golf Courses - Win Balls

Photos of 10 Irish Golf Courses are shown below. Guess as many as you can, fill in the Comments box at the bottom and whoever gets the most right wins a sleeve of golf balls.

Be sure to put your answers in the right order. If there's a tie - the winner's name will be pulled from a hat. Comments will remain unpublished until the end of the competition... Wednesday May 8th at 6pm.

Good luck

A par three, early in the round. Hint: sheep

A par five through the dunes. Hint: Inside the Ropes venue  
From the green back towards the tee on this parkland's 17th. Hint: Boards Society Outing 2012

One of this links tough driving holes. Hint: 20 Hole course

The 5th hole on this links - and one of the toughest. Hint: Northern links (new clubhouse)

A par three with deep bunkers. Hint: Hosted windy Irish Open

The 17th, from a high tee. Hint: Limerick revamped course by EC

A par three, late in the round. Hint: the twins

The opening par four. Hint: None necessary (but 2006!) 
A drop-dead-gorgeous par three. Hint: One of Irelands newest courses.

Photos are a combination of links and parkland Irish golf courses - some well-known, some less so.


14 comments:

  1. 1st hole on the palmer couse at kclub #9
    17th at macreddin #7
    cud be adare but going for galgorm #3
    looks like derry to me.. not castlerock, chance portrush#5

    Camilo

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  2. Tough. Real tough.

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  3. Some are complete guesses!!!


    K Club Smurfit
    Enniscrone
    Carton House O'Meara
    Druids Heath
    Portstewart
    Castlemartyr
    ?
    ?
    K Club Palmer
    Macreddin

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  4. Before hints
    1 The Heath
    2 The island
    3 The european club

    Fixdepitchmark

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  5. 1 Conemara
    2 The Island
    3 Killeen Castle
    4 European Golf Club
    5 Portstewart
    6 Grangecastle
    7 Greystones
    8 Strandhill
    9 Mount Temple
    10 Bunclody

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  6. Ammendment to entry

    No 7 Castletroy

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  7. 1. Strandhill
    2. Royal County Down
    3. Killeen Castle
    4. The European
    5. Carne
    6. Carton - Monty
    7. Dromoland
    8. Adare Manor
    9. K Club
    10. Macreddin

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  8. 1. THE HEATH
    2. THE ISLAND
    3. PORTARLINGTON
    4. EUROPEAN
    5. PORTSTEWART
    6. ROYAL PORTRUSH
    7. CASTLETROY
    8. SLIEVE RUSSELL
    9. K CLUB
    10. BUNCLODY

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  9. 1. The Curragh
    2. Carne
    3. Dundrum House
    4. European Club
    5. Royal Portrush
    6. Montgomerie Course, Carton House
    7. Castletroy GC
    8. Slieve Russell GC
    9. K-Club Palmer course
    10. New Forest GC

    - Madds (Boards.ie)

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  10. Connemara
    Ballybunion
    Heritage
    The European
    Portstewart
    Carton House Monty
    Castletroy
    Slieve Russell
    Kclub palmer
    Macreddin
    Mike 12 Boards

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  11. This is a true test of memory

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  12. 1 the heath
    2 the island
    3 mount wolseley
    4 The European Club
    5 The narin portnoo
    6 Carton House Monty
    7 Castletroy
    8 Slieve Russell
    9 The K club Ryder cup course
    10 Macreddin (but wrong)

    FixdePitchmark (boards)

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  13. A nice collection of fotos Kevin,I think I know most, others have a few educated guesses

    1) The Heath
    2)The Island
    3) Mount Wolseley, not too sure about this one, it looks like the 17th but I always remember a big blue house on the right, maybe it's the angle of the photo?
    4) The European Club
    5) Portstewart,hole 5, the "rifle range" the view from this teebox is probably one of the best in Irish golf, you will be pleased to know that a lot of work has being done at Portstewart (3 new tees & new bunkers) adding nearly 100 yards. The course is hosting qualifying for the British Amateur Championship next year
    6) Carton House, can't remember the hole, but the bunker front left is the deepest on the course I think
    7) think this is Castletroy
    8) Slieve Russell, no 16, wouldn't have got this but for the clue even though I have played there 40 times plus & even got married there to boot
    9) K Club Palmer
    10)Think this is Bunclody, only other new courses I can think off are Concra Wood, Lough Erne,Farnham Estate& Killeen Castle, have played all these & it's not at any of them

    Many thanx
    bmw
    Boards Id=redhill

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    1. Spot on Redhill - 10 for 10. The only one to get them all - Andy Dunne had 9 which was the top of the pile for quite a while.

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