rhutchinson690

This was the second time I played Concra Wood. The layout is excellent with some challenging holes- particularly the par 5s along the lough, which offer a nice risk/ reward element. The conditions were acceptable for January, once you get pst the first hole, where I lost 2 balls to plugging.
The thing that was most annoying was the pace of play. I was a single golfer on this occasion so delays can always be expected and I wasn’t in any real rush. Unfortunately the two 3 balls in front played at an 18 hole pace of 5hrs30mins and 5hrs. I had lunch in the clubhouse in between tee times and reported the issue as a Marshall cart was parked out the back. This wasn’t used at all and the pace was clearly accepted. Despite my lunch break, I managed to catch one 3 ball on the 11th green, although they let me play through on the 12th tee. The other group of members, in front of whom there was no one, didn’t offer this at all. I therefore had an extremely tedious round and despite enjoying the layout (and playing some decent golf), won’t have Concra Wood on the radar to return to anytime soon due to the awful pace of play.