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Irish Barrens Golf Course Information
Irish Barrens by: barrylb37 
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Rating: 4 | Total Votes: 21
File Size: 8.44 MB Game: Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2008
Released: Sep 5 08 @ 11:39:58 AM Views: 19,659
Downloads: 2,475 Yardage: 0
Course Type: Fantasy Par: 0
 
Player Comments about Irish Barrens
General Member Holein1
France
Posted: Saturday, August 19, 2023 @ 4:43:53 AM at | IP Logged

This par 71 is pretty to look at, but is quite challenging, with its slight elevation changes, undulating fairways, and its wide elongated bunkers and mounds (filled with weeds), often near or around the greens.
Right off the bat, you will get a taste of what to expect with the straight par-4 1st hole, downhill all the way, with a tee shot over deep rough and four wide bunkers and a second shot over small mounds (filled with high weeds) framing a big and elongated bunker ending in front of the green, and the easier right dogleg par-4 2nd, downhill again, but will a small elongated pond behind trees in the corner, and more elongated bunkers to watch for on the right, in front of the green.
On the right dogleg par-5 3rd hole, scoring an eagle will be close to impossible, unless you hit a miracle (and long) second shot over a few trees, mounds and bunkers, to reach its slightly-elevated green, but you should be rewarded with a birdie opportunity on the pretty par-3 4th, with an uphill tee shot flying past elongated bunkers (on the left) and landing onto a small green, before gazing at another par-3, the gorgeous 5th hole, with a steeply-downhill tee shot flying over a small lake, offering a great panoramic view as you reach the small green.
On the next three holes, however, you might have a feeling of "deja-vu", as the 6th, 7th and 8th holes are all left doglegs, with tough approaches to the greens, often guarded by more mounds, weeds and wide bunkers...
You will finish the front 9 with the dogleg par-5 9th, slightly-uphill with a rollercoaster fairway and a blind and risky second shot if you want to reach the green (slightly to the left), with a big u-shaped pond in front of it.
If the back 9 is pretty too, it is a little bit "easier" until you reach the last few holes : the par-3 15th is downhill to the green, surrounded halfway by trees and with a small lake in front, and is followed by the left dogleg par-4 16th, with a tee shot over plenty of mounds, filled with more weeds and an elevated green, flanked by two bunkers below.
You will complete your round with the dogleg par-5 18th hole, bending sharply to the left, with a tee shot over more mounds, and a very challenging and blind shot toward the green, hidden by a big mound (on the left) and guarded by more bunkers in front.
As mentioned by Barrylb37 in the general info, this Irish Barrens got a little twisted along the way but if you can be very patient and hit some great approaches while avoiding all those mounds and bunkers, you should finish below par with a little... Irish luck, as this course is "Barry" good indeed !

General Member raylloyd7
United Kingdom
Posted: Friday, December 20, 2019 @ 12:15:47 PM at | IP Logged

very much enjoyed this one , plays very smooth and also pretty looking , thank you very much for sharing it with us all

General Member Squirrely
United States of America
Posted: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 @ 8:05:49 AM at | IP Logged


I like your courses, and since playing two of them on this weeks tour. I will be trying out all your designs for sure, and trying to break par will be very hard for me to do, but I'm finding on my drives . It's just better to lay up for me sometimes than get in trouble trying to hit the smaller sweat spot on the fairway.

Thanks
Squirrely

General Member Munroco
Scotland
Posted: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 @ 8:40:20 PM at | IP Logged

Not so keen on this course after playing Wolverine. Every single hole except the par 3's had split fairways, cut down on the choices of shot. I thought the pin placing on 15 was a bit extreme. Very well made but I didn't like the layout.


From Carnoustie, the REAL home of golf.

General Member Homeboy
United States of America
Posted: Saturday, September 13, 2008 @ 8:19:28 AM at | IP Logged

Another stellar offering from one of my favorite designers. Creative hole layouts require some thought on shot selection. I love the variety of short par 4's and the grueling par 5's. Excellent terrain work and I really liked the sprawling waste bunkers. It's a keeper -- thanks!

General Member John C Lawton
Canada
Posted: Tuesday, September 9, 2008 @ 5:04:29 PM at | IP Logged

Hi Barry EXL course very nicely put together .I had a bit of lag but i think it was a graphic's isue trun some seting down and then was smooth as glass.Enjoyed very much thx again




Hi all just anote to let you know that im avalable to play . Just about any time.

General Member jurgie
United States of America
Posted: Monday, September 8, 2008 @ 1:06:44 AM at | IP Logged

Smooth running for me at 1680x1050 on highest settings. Truly a wonderful course Barry and a great addition to your list of great designs.

General Member barrylb37
United States of America
Posted: Saturday, September 6, 2008 @ 6:22:31 PM at | IP Logged

Thanks for the comments everybody.

Barry

General Member Foreleft!
South Korea
Posted: Saturday, September 6, 2008 @ 6:02:47 PM at | IP Logged

Definitely a vintage Barry fantasy offering. Simply smashing sir, very well done!


CPU: AMD Phenom II P940 Quad-Core
Memory: Over 3GB
Video Card: ATi Mobility Radeon HD 5650 1G GDDR3
Operating Sytem: Windows 7 64 bit Home Premium
Course Installer: TWCaddie

General Member PhilT
United Kingdom
Posted: Saturday, September 6, 2008 @ 9:43:04 AM at | IP Logged

Just played this one playeed well and on my old comp got not too bad FPS considereing the detail. The course?...its in the very select "CULT" status must be up there with Valhalla. Very nice, hard to play though! Got to hit the fairways here! thanks for this one...whats the phrase??...oh yeah a Keeper!

General Member golfrick007
United States of America
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 @ 11:40:20 PM at | IP Logged

Thanks for the trip through the woods it was fun and made you think about each shot!
Great design look forward to your next project.

General Member MachLz1
United States of America
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 @ 10:50:24 PM at | IP Logged

No problems here, looks and plays fantastic. Par for the course for all your courses Barry (excuse the pun). That pano is excellent, it fits the course perfectly. Thanks for this challenging beauty Barry.

General Member PhilT
United Kingdom
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 @ 6:43:38 PM at | IP Logged

Ok re-downloaded it and uninstalled the first one and it loaded ok this time, have not tried the course cyet but will tomorrow, do not know what the problem was but seems to be ok now.

General Member barrylb37
United States of America
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 @ 6:24:50 PM at | IP Logged

I have no idea what that means. I had zero problems with this one & got great frame rates.
Anyone else have any problems? I don't use the caddie, maybe try installing with the modified course utility.

General Member PhilT
United Kingdom
Posted: Friday, September 5, 2008 @ 3:03:18 PM at | IP Logged

This one crashed to desktop before loading in the game, when I installed with the caddie it said unexpected eof? twice, but I continued then it crashed on loading.

 
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