Robert Hunter would never 
I think itās the standard model moving forward. When I looked on the website, it seems like the āWild Atlantic Dunesā course is front and center.
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Can we get step count - elevation evaluation from one of the boys fit bits or somethingā¦what kind of work out was this.
@djpie ?
Re: The Gents and Ladies Tees, a reading from The Links by my namesake Robert Hunter:
"I was recently much amused at the resentment shown by certain members of a new club with a fine course, because there was one carry called for which not one in fifty of the members could hope to make. A forward tee had been placed at this hole, but no persuasion could induce the poorer players to use it. It was dubbed āThe Ladies Tee,ā and they used it with satisfaction; but the virile gentlemen clung to the long tee from which they invariably drove their balls into the accursed hazard. It is difficult to know what to do with stupidity of that sort.ā
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and to be clear, Iām not a fan of using āLadies Teesā because old men usually play too far back, but Iām also not offended in the slightest by it either. Itās just poor strategy. At the same time, I think a decent amount of good players play too far forward which is never talked about. You shouldnāt be hitting wedges into every par 4.
Would help my game immensely. Much better hitting 6-8 iron into greens than a wedge.
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Can you @ the PGA Tour next time you say this?
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Meh, that a mild take on good players. Playing up is much more demanding because you expect to be so close with wedges in my hand
Finally able to watch the most recent episode, and I was really pleased that all of the comments Iād read over the last 24+ hours were absolutely spot on. My son was with me, and I was thinking how cool it will be when he and I get to play at Carne together someday. The flow from one course/episode to the next this season has been great. Plenty of good craic with the boys mixed with epic coverage of these incredible courses and the local people. Some might say itās too good.
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Thank you.
It has taken me a while to warm to this season (I donāt care much for the ācraicā aspect of Ireland anymore, been there done that) but Carne brought me around. It had been on my radar for a while (Iāve family in the west, although not that far west) but I definitely want to get out there in 2020.
I still havenāt forgiven the schedulers for skipping Strandhill, mind.
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Played Carne in August. Met Gerry and he said specifically that having the NLU boys come and tell the story was going to be huge.
Thank you.
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Iām potentially altering next summerās Ireland trip itinerary based on this video.
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As you should.
Ok I just read through several hundred comments on this thread so I donāt think I have anything to add about the course itself.
But can we return to what someone said about lifetime overseas membership being about 5,500 euro? And somewhere else more notable being 20k? Iād quote the relevant chatter but Iām too lazy to scroll up and sort through it all again. Are Irish memberships really that diverse in pricing and whatnot? @Soly did you guys get info on membership opportunities from each of the courses you visited? Would love to see the spread. Not that I have the budget today, just genuinely curious because that does seem attainable with a few years of dedicated savings.
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Question for @Randy @djpie @MerchCzar ā¦ Does all the filming and being able to watch yourself on film help your game? It appears to, but it could also just be that you guys are getting insane reps.
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I was the one who looked up the Carne lifetime membership. I think the second number is to Dooks, but like you, too lazy to scroll through all of the BS from the past two days.
As far as the pricing differences, I think you need to take into account where those two courses are in Ireland. Dooks is right in the heart of SW Ireland, which draws a ton of tourism. People from the US (and elsewhere) can fly into Cork or Shannon without a ton of issue and play there without as much effort as required to get up to Belmullet.
A somewhat comparable Scotland example, while not a lifetime membership, an overseas membership at Brora is 300 pounds/year. If my situation was a bit different, Iād happily pay that to go over once a year for a few days. (To note, a local membership there is 405 poundsā¦) I loved that courseā¦
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Iām not familiar with lifetime membership prices. I donāt believe that to be the main membership structure of Irish courses.
Irish people will tell you there is great disparity in their annual dues between the most expensive courses and the middle tier. Percentage wise, thatās true. But compared to the states, itās commmmical. An expensive club is likely about 2k EUR annually. Normal rates are around like 1.2k EUR. An absolute joke.
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Thanks! And wow, that really is ridiculously lowā¦ I guess thatās what you can do when you let tourists come on for 200-350 EUR a round.
Iām guessing Trumpās courses might be the exception? Been to Doonbeg, those amenities are 
but damn that place must be expensive to maintain.