Fota Island Golf Club 

 

Cork Golf Club

 

Address Little Island
Cork
 
Telephone: 021-4353451
Public No: 021-4353037
Fax: 021-4353410
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Website: www.corkgolfclub.ie
Founded: 1888
Membership: 599
Green Fees Midweek: €85
Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €95
Green Fees With a Member: €20
Green Fees For Opens: €30
Practice Area: Yes
Club Hire: Yes
Buggy Hire: Yes
Soft spikes: No
Secretary/Manager: Matt Sands
Captain: Frank O'Mahony
Lady Captain: Margaret Keane
President: Pat Quinlan & Maura Seacy
Vice-Captain: Vincent Twohig & Margaret Coughlan
Hon. Secretary: Ger Walley & Geraldine Walley
Club Pro: Peter Hickey 021-4353421
Hon. Treasurer: Tom Connelly & Miriam Abernethy
Designed by: Harry Colt & Alistair Mackenzie
Course opening hours: Daylight hours
Clubhouse opening hours: 7.30am to 12.00pm
Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse
Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim
Catering: Full catering facilities
Days to Avoid: Thursdays
Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days
Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance
Location
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Course Description
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Course Description:

The large undulating greens at Little Island immediately puts the more observant in mind of Augusta National, the revered home of the U.S. Masters and of course there is a very good reason for this. Alister Mackenzie the Scottish doctor, who turned his back on medicine to dedicate himself to building some of the worlds finest golf courses, was the designer of both. Cork Golf Club has hosted many Amateur and Professional Championships, is playable all year and is always in immaculate condition.

Visitors are assured of a warm welcome and will bring away many memories of this outstanding test of golf. Voted the No. 37-ranked golf course in Ireland, by “Golf Digest Ireland” in 2008. Cork was voted No. 23 Links/Shoreline Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2008, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland.


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Open & Major Fixtures 2011
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See Event Calendar here.

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Club History
Club History

Instituted 1894 affiliated 1900. The archives of Cork Golf Club were lost in a fire in 1945, which leaves the history of golf in Cork very unclear. The Golfing Annual 1895-96 gives its institution date as 1st November 1894, located at Killahora as a nine-hole course, five minutes walk from Queenstown Junction Station. The first President was H. R. O’Kearney, Captain, G. Galway, and the Hon. Secretary was G. T. Harley, 41 South Mall, Cork. The Rathconey Cup was lost in the 1945 fire, which was its oldest trophy, dating back to 1894.

The club moved to its present location in October 1898, which was a mile nearer to Cork City and the course at Killahora was only playable in winter. Mr. A. F. Sharman-Crawford J.P., President from 1898-1916 and Mr. H. H. Maudsley, the Captain in 1899, are credited with discovering the course on a trip upriver from Passage West. Tom Dunn, of the famous Musselburgh Dunn family, laid out the original nine-hole course, and it extended to eighteen, sometime between 1910 and 1916.

Members Achievements

The Ladies of Cork Golf Club won the All-Ireland Final of the Senior Cup at Massereen Golf Club on 2nd September 2006. They beat Northern Champions Royal Co. Down in the mornings Semi-Final by 4 and halve matches to a halve match. First on the tee in the morning was Claire Coughlan against Alex Howe who won her match by 3 and 2. She was followed by Anne Laing against Joanne Black who won her match by 3 and 1. Next up was Gillian O’Leary against Anita McCaw who had a comfortable 4 and 2 win over the Ulster lady. With the required points in the bag Miriam Abernethy beat Emma Dickson by 5 and 4 with Mary Lowney halving her match against Vikki McWilliams.

They played the experienced Eastern Champions in the afternoons All-Ireland Final. Claire Coughlin lead the way against Deirdre Smith, Cork’s favourite daughter delivered a 3 and 1 win over Deirdre. Next up was Anne Laing against Oonagh Purfield who had a comfortable 5 and 4 win. She was followed by Gillian O’Leary who lost out to Jenny Gannon by 3 and 2. The penultimate match saw Miriam Abernethy who delivered the vital point against Patricia Nannery with a 3 and 1 win. The bottom match saw Mary Lowney lose out to Jackie Quinn by 6 and 5.

Cork Golf Club won the Munster Final of the Irish Senior Cup in 2006, when they beat Nenagh Golf Club by 3 matches to 1 match on a call in at the revamped Castletroy Golf on Sunday 20th August.

It was on to Enniscrone on Friday 15th of September to participate in the All-Ireland Finals. They were drawn against Ulster Champions The Knock Golf Club in a pulsating All-Ireland Semi-Final, with two of the matches being decided on the 20th-hole.

First up was Mark Ford against the Ulster Champions number-one Michael Sinclair, the match finished on the 20th with The Knock putting the first point on the board. Mark was followed by Pat Lyons against Edward McAnoy and had a disappointing result of 5 and 4. Next on the tee was Sean McSweeney against Nicky Grant, again this match went all the way up the 20th before The Knock got the result. Tom Clancy recorded a 4 and 2 win over Colin Fairweather. In the final match Gary Flaherty had a 1-hole win over James Patterson. The Cork team where left to wonder what might have been, I have no doubt that we have not seen the last of this talented team.

Claire Coughlin was a star player on the Curtis Cup Team and was selected on the Munster ILGU Team for the Interprovincial's played at Ballybunion Golf Club from 18th to 20th August 2004. Claire was selected on the Irish Ladies team for the Home Internationals, where they retained the trophy and recorded their 7th victory, played at Royal Porthcawl from 8th to 10th September 2004.

Gillian O'Leary was selected on the Munster ILGU Team for the Interprovincial's played at Ballybunion Golf Club from 18th to 20th August 2004.

Padraig Dooley was selected on the Irish Team for the Home Internationals at Royal St. David's in Harlech, Wales from September 11th-13th 2002.

Claire Coughlan and Gillian O'Leary were selected on the Munster Ladies team for the Interprovincial Championships at Mount Wolseley Golf Club from  August 7-9 2002.

Cork won the Munster Final of the Barton Shield when that beat Tralee G. C. by four holes on the 26th of August 2001. The squad was Padraig Dooley, Pat Lyons, Peter Crowley, Gary O'Flaherty, Mark Ford, Tom Cleary, Pat McCarthy they were, Captained by Liam Lehane. They were drawn against City of Derry in the Semi-Finals at Newlands Golf Club on 20th of September 2001. They went down to City of Derry by 2-holes.

C. Coughlan was selected on the Munster Ladies team for the AIB Interprovincial's at the Island Golf Club on the 8th to the 10th of August 2001.

Clair Coughlan was selected on the Irish team for the European Team Championship at Campo de Meis, Spain from the 10th to the 14th July 2001.

Gillian O'Leary was selected for the Munster Girls' team in the Smurfit Interprovincial Championship at Enniscrone Golf Club from the 18th to the 20th of April 2001.

Cork Golf Club has a wonderful record in National Championships, they won the All-Ireland Irish Senior Cup at Athlone G. C. in 1998, when the team was P. Lyons, P. Crowley, G. O'Flaherty, F. Deasy, K. O'Flaherty, M. Owens, T. Cleary, L. Lehane, they were captained by T. Monaghan.

They won the Irish Senior Cup at Woodbrook G.C. in 1989, when the team was M. Quirke, T. Cleary, L. Lehane, G. O'Sullivan, D. F. O'Sullivan, F. Deasy, P. Lyons, P. Crowley, they were captained by J. L. Fives.

Cork Golf Club won the All-Ireland Irish Senior Cup at Royal Portrush G. C. in 1975, when the team was D. F. O'Sullivan, M. D. Kiely, H. N. McKeown, N. Lehane, S. O'Donoghue, T. Higgins, L. D. Goulding, N. R. Baker, J. E. Bowen, they were managed by D. F. Williams.

They won the All-Ireland Irish Senior Cup at Co. Sligo G. C. in 1939, when the team was, A. Dinan, G. Crosbie, J. Bruen, R. Simcox and J. Ronan.

They first won the All-Ireland Irish Senior Cup at Co. Sligo Golf Club in 1931, when the team was E. P. O'Flynn, G. Crosbie, C. Murphy, R. Murphy, J. G. Musgrave, W. G. Ogilvie and R. Simcox.

Cork Golf Club won the Munster Irish Senior Cup in 1990, when the team was, T. Cleary, P. Crowley, P. Lyons, L. Lehane, F. Deasy, D. F. O'Sullivan, M. Quirke, they were captained by J. L. Fives.

They were Munster Champions in the Irish Senior Cup the previous year when the team was, D. F. O'Sullivan, M. Quirke, P. Crowley, T. Cleary, L. Lehane, F. Deasy, the were captained by J. L. Fives in his year as club President.

Cork were Munster Champions in the Irish Senior Cup in 1974, when the team was M. Twohig, M. D. Kiely, D. F. O'Sullivan, E. Higgins, J. E. Bowen, L. Goulding, H. N. MacKeown, they were managed by D. F. Williams.

Cork Golf Club were Munster Champions in the Irish Senior Cup in 1965.

They won the All-Ireland Barton Shield at Westport G. C. in 1990, when the team was T. Cleary, P. Crowley, D. F. O'Sullivan, P. Lyons, L. Lehane, F. Deasy, they were captained by J. L. Fives.

They won the All-Ireland Barton Shield at Lahinch G. C. in 1973, when the team was Ted Higgins, Dave Kiely, Jim Brown, Hugh McKeown and Loyal Goulding.

Cork Golf Club won the All-Ireland Barton Shield at Royal Co. Down in 1966, when the team was G. E. Crosbie, L. D. Goulding, J. E. Bowen and E. Higgins.

They won the All-Ireland Irish Junior Cup at Malone G. C. in 1991, when the team was J. Carroll, B. Kelleher, M. O'Connor, M. Ford, M. Power, V. Twohig, G. O'Flaherty, A. Dungan, they were managed by T. Monagan and assisted by B. Coleman.

Cork Golf Club were Munster Irish Junior Cup Champions in 1967, when the team was Bill Mason, Eddie Moriarty, Des Hassey, Paddy Kelly, Ted Dwyer, they were managed by Peter Whyte.

Cork Golf Club won the Munster Irish Junior Cup in 1970, when the team was W. Mason, J. Higgins, J. P. Rafferty, Dr. S. O'Donoghue, Capt. P. J. Kelly and P. A. McCarty.

They won the All-Ireland Pierce Purcell Shield at Portmarnock G. C. in 1972, when the team was, D. Maloney, M. Hurley, M. McNamara, J. L. O'Sullivan, J. Owens, C. O'Mahony, J. Madden, M. Costello, P. O'Leary, R. Payne, W. Maloney, C. Bruen, P. O'Sullivan, N. Jennings, N. O'Connell, they were captained by J. Cassidy.

They were Munster Champions in the Pierce Purcell Shield the following year, when the team was, N. O'Connor, T. Owens, J. Madden, W. Moloney, N. Jennings, C. Bruen, R. Payne, M. Costello, C. O'Mahony, they were captained by J. Cassidy.

Cork Golf Club were Munster Champions and All-Ireland Finalist's in the Bulmers Jimmy Bruen Shield in 1987, when the team was D. Higgins, T. Griffin, P. Merrigan, D. Kiely, S. Clohosey, D. Prendergast, M. Madigan, J. Cusack, L. Goulding, D. O'Sullivan, O. O'Mahony, P. Hayes, J. McCarthy, E. Moriarty, L. Buckley, L. Devaney, J. Fives, they were managed by J. Monaghan.

Cork were Munster Champions in the Bulmers Jimmy Bruen Shield in 1987, when the team was, P. Merrigan, M. Madigan, S. O'Lohosey, M. D. Kiely, L. A. Buckley, D. O'Sullivan, J. McCarthy, J. Harrison, L. D. Goulding, P. Hayes, they were managed by T. Monaghan.

Cork Golf Club were winners of the Senior League in 1983, when the team was, K. Sheehan, A. Gillis, M. Twohig, R. Turnbull, P. A. O'Donoghue, T. Higgins, G. O'Sullivan, D. Dooley, they were captained by J. A. Callan.

Cork won the Senior League in 1928, when the team was Dr. D. Carroll, J. Nicholson, G. Crosbie, R. Simcox, W. J. Madden, W. R. Ogilvie, A. St. J. Murphy and R. Murphy.

The Ladies of Cork Golf Club, won the Junior Cup in 197 when the team was, J. O'Donovan, T. Lane, R. Murray, B. Wiseman and D. Dunnion.

They won the Junior Cup in 1978, when the team was M. O'Hanlon, P. O'Sullivan, C. Cantillon, B. O'Mahony, J. O'Donovan, they were captained by B. Ryan.

They won the Intermediate League in when the team was M. Walsh, G. Horgan, P. O'Leary, P. Fitzgerald and L. Goulding.

They won the Intermediate League in 1976, when the team was, T. Abernethy, P. Fitzpatrick, J. L. O'Sullivan, J. Glynn and J. Derham.

They won the Munster Intermediate League in 1973, when the team was, J. K. Coakley, J. Glynn, J. Madden, L. Goulding and J. L. O'Sullivan.

They won the Junior League in 1976, when the team was, M. Haugh, T. Keane, D. Foley, D. McCormick and R. P. O'Leary.

They won the Munster Junior League again in 1981, when the team was, P. Madden, M. Barry, M. Bowdern, K. Shalloe, B. Abernethy, they were captained by Mrs. O'Donovan.

They won the Munster Cup in 1976, when the team was, N. Barry, D. McSweeney, D. Dunnion, B. O'Mahony and B. Wiseman.

They won the Inter-Club Foursomes in 1984, when the team was, D. Pearson, A. Kelly, R. Foley, M. McKechnie, P. Lehane, P. O'Donoghue, D. Holland, P. Kealy, M. O'Hanrahan, A. Fitzgerald, M. Barry and C. Murray.

The Girls' of Cork Golf Club, won the Munster Final and were All-Ireland Finalists in the Jefferson Smurfit Junior Girls' in 1976, when the team was Mary Barry, Carmel Fives and Patricia Goulding.

They won the All-Ireland in 1983, when the team was Elizabeth Abernethy, Miriam Abernethy and Aileen Murphy.

They were runners-up in the Smurfit Girls' National Trophy in 1984, when the team was Elizabeth Abernathy, Joanne O'Brien, Aileen Murphy and Miriam Abernethy.

T. Seacy was elected to the council of the Munster Branch of the GUI for 2001.

Claire Coughlan was selected on the ILGU Senior A squad in November 2000 and was on the Ladies Senior Munster Team, that played in the Interprovincial Championship at Portstewart G. C. on 9th to 11th August, 2000. She was on the Irish Team that played in the European Team Championship at St. Germaine en Laye, at Versailles in July, 1999, and was selected to play in the Home Internationals at Royal Dornach, in August, 1999. She won the Lancôme Irish Ladies Championship at Carlow, becoming the first teenager to win the title for a long time. She was selected to play for Ireland in the European Ladies Junior Championships at Oslo Golf Club in 1998. She played in the Girls Home Internationals at Forfar Golf Club in 1997 and at Mullingar Golf Club in 1998.

Mervyn Owens was on the Irish Boys' team that went to Uppsala, in Sweden, to defend their title in the European Amateur Team Championship in July 1999.

Noel Lehane participated in the Home International matches in 1976, as did Hugh MacKeown in 1973, and Denis O'Sullivan from 1976 to 1991, playing 23 matches. Gary O'Flaherty participated in the Boys Home Internationals from 1991 to 1993, (and represented Munster from 1996 to 1998), as did Kevin Sheehan in 1985 and 1986. He played Munster Youths from 1984 to 1988, playing 20 matches. P. Cowley represented Munster from 1991 to 1992. B. Kelleher represented Munster in 1993, (he also played Munster Youths in 1993), as did F. Deasy from 1989 to 1996, and Pat Lyons from 1985 to 1998, having played 51 matches. Padraig Dooley played Munster Youths in 1996. Niall Goulding played Munster Youths from 1985 to 1986.

Elizabeth Abernethy played for the Irish Girls in 1982. Miriam Abernethy played for the Irish Girls in 1984. Claire Coughlan played for The Irish Girls International Team in 1997 and 1998.

Holes-in-One
Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance
D. J. Clifford 7 April 2002 7th   169 m
Ronan Lyden 11 July 1999 7th   169 m

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Card of the Course
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Hole No Blue White Green Par Index Red Par Index
1 341 336 331 4 9 326 5 17
2 463 442 426 5 15 404 5 7
3 285 264 253 4 17 241 4 11
4 410 402 384 4 1 319 4 5
5 528 505 466 5 5 473 5 1
6 302 272 260 4 13 220 4 9
7 160 160 155 3 7 150 3 9
8 396 391 375 4 3 340 4 3
9 180 159 145 3 11 136 3 15
Out 3,074 2,931 2,795 36   2,609 37  
10 386 369 350 4 2 315 4 2
11 455 447 443 5 18 429 5 4
12 300 284 275 4 12 272 4 10
13 156 149 138 3 14 104 3 18
14 397 380 372 4 10 296 4 12
15 377 371 355 4 6 358 5 16
16 309 294 274 4 16 242 4 6
17 354 351 328 4 8 279 4 8
18 384 370 362 4 4 278 4 14
In 3,118 3,025 2,907 36   2,573 37  
Total 6,192 5,956 5,702 72   5,182 74  
SSS 72 71 68     73    

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Roll of Honour
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K. Sullivan 1989 Ladies Captain
M. MacEnri 1990 Ladies Captain
M. O'Donovan 1991 Ladies Captain
R. Murphy 1992 Ladies Captain
P. Condon 1993 Ladies Captain
M. MacHale 1994 Ladies Captain
J. O'Connell 1995 Ladies Captain
S. Dinan 1996 Ladies Captain
E. O'Mahony 1997 Ladies Captain
R. Murphy 1998 Ladies Captain
Mrs. Esme Dwyer 1999 Ladies Captain
Mrs. Ruth O'Mahony 2000 Ladies Captain
Mrs. Helen McCormick 2001 Ladies Captain
Ann Cowley 2002 Ladies Captain
Noreen Ryan 2003 Ladies Captain
Mrs. H. Meagher 2004 Ladies Captain
Daphne Holland 2005 Ladies Captain
Maeve Hyland 2006 Ladies Captain
Margaret Keane 2007 Ladies Captain
Mrs. C. Cantillon 1990 Ladies President
Mrs. V. Guy 1991 Ladies President
Mrs. D. McSweeney 1992 Ladies President
Mrs. P. Casey 1993 Ladies President
Mrs M. O'Hanrahan 1994 Ladies President
Mrs. R. Glynn 1995 Ladies President
Mrs. P. Cronin 1996 Ladies President
Mrs. P. Derham 1997 Ladies President
Mrs M Foster 1998 Ladies President
Mrs. Helen Delap 1999 Ladies President
Mrs. S. O'Sullivan 2000 Ladies President
Mrs. Rita Murray 2001 Ladies President
Dot Murphy 2002 Ladies President
Mary O'Donovan 2003 Ladies President
Anne Horgan 2004 Ladies President
Mary Power 2005 Ladies President
Bridget Abernethy 2006 Ladies President
Kathleen Mason 2007 Ladies President
M. J. Hegarty 1989 Men's Captain
T. Monaghan 1990 Men's Captain
G. F. Dwyer 1991 Men's Captain
L. A. Buckley 1992 Men's Captain
P. V. Buckley 1993 Men's Captain
M. D. Kiely 1994 Men's Captain
J. A. Callan 1995 Men's Captain
D. O'Mahony 1996 Men's Captain
J. Keating 1997 Men's Captain
D. Redmond 1998 Men's Captain
Mr. D. Cahalan 1999 Men's Captain
D. O'Grady 2000 Men's Captain
Denis Coughlan 2001 Men's Captain
Pat McCarthy 2002 Men's Captain
Dermot Duggan 2003 Men's Captain
R. Turnbull 2004 Men's Captain
Ger Breen 2005 Men's Captain
Thomas A. Ruddy 2006 Men's Captain
John Phillips 2007 Men's Captain
M. J. Dinan 1992 Men's President
Mr. F. Golden 2000 Men's President
J. L. Fives 1989 President
P. Jones 1990 President
M. Hurley 1991 President
J. Glynn 1993 President
J. O'Donovan 1994 President
T. Seacy 1995 President
L. Shalloe 1996 President
T. Owens 1997 President
S. O'Donoghue 1998 President
Mr. B. Fehily 1999 President
C. Reynolds 2001 President
John Duane 2002 President
Tony Murphy 2003 President
D. St. J. McCormack 2004 President
Niall O'Connell 2005 President
Gerard Haugh 2006 President
Dan Hoare 2007 President
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