Lucan Pitch and Putt Club

Lucan Pitch and Putt club may not be the easiest course to find, but for those who do find it they are in for a real treat. Located at the 12th Lock on the Newcastle Road, Lucan Pitch & Putt Clubs offers members and visitors a car park along with a fine clubhouse which includes changing rooms and also sizeable bar and function room. The club operates competitions all year round. From the major competitions and weekly events to the Open and Scratch Cup, all played between St. Patrick's weekend and September, to the Turkey competitions from October until Christmas and also the Winter Leagues during months of January and February, with such a packed fixture list it's safe to say you'll never be short of a competition to play in. Green fees too are available with members and on occasion there is also space made available for any societies who wish to play the course. So to the course, this should be your primary reason for joining and it is the club's greatest asset. Lucan has been jokingly linked with the great greens of the Augusta National course, well the joke may not be too far off the mark, they are renowned for their speed and trueness and will sort out the good from the great putters in the game. The course is split into two halves, the top & the bottom half of the course. The very 1st hole is a short hole just 32 metres and yet there is a sizeable bunker just waiting to catch those a little short. The course is an open one and the shots on display really tests a player's ability to vary their game, short holes and long, high mounds and deep bunkers, large hedges and stoned walls that mark the boundary in the lower half of the course. The course has reached the standard to host national championships and its not hard to see why. The 18th hole is a great finishing shot, not too long, a small target, a large bunker and a raised green, the 17th is equally treacherous. The course has lots to offer from the experienced player to the complete novice and a quick look around the grounds signifies the undoubted hard work that goes in, to make it the wonderful course it is.