| Location |
| . |
|
|
|
| . |
Course Description
|
| . |
| Course Description: |
With an additional nines holes recently added to the estate, Fota Island Resort offers a choice of three distinctly challenging courses. The Par 71 Deerpark (The original) with receptive greens and strategic bunkering impresses even the most experienced professionals. The stunning 18th is a truly remarkable feature of this course, and will undoubtedly bring your round to the prefect conclusion. The Belvelly, a Par 72 course, includes the new nine hole layout – which was also developed by Jeff Howes. While incorporating some unique and exciting features, intended to challenge even the most competitive golfer, the course remains perfectly loyal to the traditional style and values that characterise Fota Island as a whole. The Par 73 Barryscourt, with its gently undulating greens, will demand that your putting game is in top shape. What’s more, the newly designed par 3 8th Hole – cleverly guarded with a variety of hazards – will reward those who possess the advantage of an accurate tee-shot.
Fota Island Resort was, awarded with the accolade as "The Best Golf Course of the Year" for 2001, by the Irish Golf Tours Operators Association.Fota Island is located in the heart of a 780-acre estate, which is included in the "Inventory of Outstanding Landscapes of Ireland". The splendid woodlands are woven into a challenging par 71championship course, which is complemented by an impressive driving range, with practice putting and chipping greens.Fota Island was the venue 2001 and 2002 Murphy’s Irish Open, joining the august company of Ballybunion, Portmarnock, Druid’s Glen, Killarney and Mount Juliet as an Irish Open venue.
Golf Digest, USA wrote of Fota, "It’s time for a breath of true golfing air "Fota eschews the Schwarzenegger-like brutality in favour of guile and subtlety. Depending on how you "see" the shot in your mind, you could be playing any of three different clubs. In other words, it makes you think, it’s real golf".Golf Monthly, U.K. wrote "It’s a mark of imaginative design when a new course appears old before the paint is dry...Some of their innovations evoke other times and other values. Purists will delight at the old fashioned features...you’ll stand in wide-eyed admiration". Voted the No. 22-ranked golf course in Ireland, by “Golf Digest Ireland” in 2008. Fota Island was voted No. 9 Parkland/Inland 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. |
|
|
| . |
Open & Major Fixtures 2011
|
| . |
| See Event Calendar here. |
|
| . |
Club History
|
| . |
| Club History |
It would appear that golf was first played at Fota Island before November, 1886. There is even an argument that it is the second-oldest course in Ireland. The Belfast Newsletter; 1st November, reports "Since November 1881, when the Belfast club was instituted, no less than three additional courses have been laid down, in different parts of the country. The second was Fota Island, one of our London contemporaries noticing an opening-game at Fota Island" If this is the case, it may well be the oldest club in Cork, as Kinsale was not mentioned before June, 1883. The Irish Times on the 6th January, 1906, reads "New links at Fota Island, in the demesne at Fota, Lady Barrymore has laid out a golf-course of nine-holes, which compares favourably with any inland links. Upon them will be played, next month, a stroke-competition under, handicap, for a valuable silver cup, kindly presented by Lady Barrymore. The entries will be open to members of Cork and Rushbrook golf-clubs only". There is no further mention of golf at Fota Island until the early 1990s, when Christy O’Connor Jnr., designed a new eighteen-hole course. The club was founded in 1993, then, in 1999, a major, redesign was carried out by Jeff Howes. The result was that Fota was the venue of the Murphy’s Irish Open, in 2001, and 2002. |
| Members Achievements |
Lady Captain Rose Negle, Captain Finbar Cotter and P. Hourihane, qualified for the National Finals of the Mercedes-Benz Irish Independent Executive Golf Classic at The K Club on August 12th 2002.
Pat O'Brien was selected for the Munster Boys' team in the Interprovincial Championships at Headfort Golf Club from August 28-30 2002.
The Ladies of Fota Island Golf Club won the ILGU Minor League in 1997. |
| Holes-in-One |
| Person |
Date |
Hole No. |
Club Used |
Distance |
| Eamonn O'Connor |
17 January 1998 |
3rd |
|
156 yd's |
| Peader O'Hourihan |
26 March 2000 |
3rd |
|
156 yd's |
| John A. Brophey |
13 March 2000 |
11th |
|
168 yd's |
|
|
| . |
Card of the Course
|
| . |
| Card of the Course (yards) |
| |
| Hole No |
Blue |
White |
Green |
Par |
Index |
Red |
Par |
Index |
| 1 |
569 |
543 |
515 |
5 |
6 |
457 |
5 |
3 |
| 2 |
540 |
513 |
485 |
5 |
18 |
437 |
5 |
11 |
| 3 |
190 |
180 |
170 |
3 |
14 |
158 |
3 |
17 |
| 4 |
587 |
559 |
527 |
5 |
16 |
473 |
5 |
7 |
| 5 |
415 |
396 |
376 |
4 |
8 |
337 |
4 |
1 |
| 6 |
473 |
451 |
421 |
4 |
2 |
377 |
4 |
1 |
| 7 |
435 |
416 |
393 |
4 |
4 |
356 |
4 |
5 |
| 8 |
173 |
168 |
156 |
3 |
12 |
141 |
3 |
13 |
| 9 |
396 |
382 |
365 |
4 |
10 |
326 |
4 |
15 |
| Out |
3,778 |
3,608 |
3,408 |
37 |
|
3,062 |
37 |
|
| 10 |
409 |
360 |
343 |
4 |
7 |
310 |
4 |
4 |
| 11 |
461 |
430 |
392 |
4 |
3 |
344 |
4 |
6 |
| 12 |
165 |
153 |
131 |
3 |
9 |
118 |
3 |
16 |
| 13 |
548 |
529 |
513 |
5 |
15 |
444 |
5 |
8 |
| 14 |
544 |
509 |
480 |
5 |
17 |
428 |
5 |
14 |
| 15 |
376 |
357 |
330 |
4 |
13 |
293 |
4 |
12 |
| 16 |
179 |
168 |
146 |
3 |
11 |
105 |
3 |
18 |
| 17 |
478 |
450 |
439 |
4 |
1 |
412 |
5 |
10 |
| 18 |
424 |
394 |
385 |
4 |
5 |
345 |
4 |
2 |
| In |
3,584 |
3,350 |
3,159 |
36 |
|
2,799 |
37 |
|
| Total |
7,362 |
6,951 |
6,560 |
73 |
|
5,861 |
74 |
|
| SSS |
75 |
72 |
71 |
|
|
73 |
|
|
|
Back To Top
|
Men's Course Record: Am: 67 Padraig Harrington Pro: 63 Colin Montgomerie
Ladies Course Record:
| Alternative card of the Course (yards) |
| |
| Hole No |
Blue |
White |
Green |
Par |
Index |
Red |
Par |
Index |
| 1 |
500 |
487 |
475 |
5 |
16 |
452 |
5 |
9 |
| 2 |
168 |
156 |
123 |
3 |
14 |
108 |
3 |
17 |
| 3 |
428 |
394 |
360 |
4 |
4 |
325 |
4 |
3 |
| 4 |
208 |
194 |
182 |
3 |
12 |
161 |
3 |
13 |
| 5 |
417 |
397 |
375 |
4 |
2 |
337 |
4 |
1 |
| 6 |
476 |
428 |
404 |
4 |
6 |
378 |
4 |
7 |
| 7 |
417 |
400 |
390 |
4 |
8 |
355 |
4 |
5 |
| 8 |
222 |
203 |
162 |
3 |
10 |
146 |
3 |
15 |
| 9 |
507 |
479 |
470 |
5 |
18 |
448 |
5 |
11 |
| Out |
3,343 |
3,138 |
2,941 |
35 |
|
2,710 |
35 |
|
| 10 |
569 |
543 |
515 |
5 |
5 |
457 |
5 |
4 |
| 11 |
540 |
513 |
485 |
5 |
17 |
437 |
5 |
12 |
| 12 |
190 |
180 |
170 |
3 |
13 |
158 |
3 |
18 |
| 13 |
587 |
559 |
527 |
5 |
15 |
473 |
5 |
12 |
| 14 |
415 |
396 |
376 |
4 |
7 |
337 |
4 |
10 |
| 15 |
473 |
451 |
421 |
4 |
1 |
377 |
4 |
2 |
| 16 |
435 |
416 |
393 |
4 |
3 |
356 |
4 |
6 |
| 17 |
173 |
168 |
156 |
3 |
11 |
141 |
3 |
14 |
| 18 |
396 |
382 |
365 |
4 |
9 |
326 |
4 |
16 |
| In |
3,778 |
3,608 |
3,408 |
37 |
|
3,062 |
37 |
|
| Total |
7,121 |
6,739 |
6,353 |
72 |
|
5,772 |
72 |
|
| SSS |
74 |
72 |
71 |
|
|
73 |
|
|
|
|
|
| . |
Roll of Honour
|
| . |
| Ann Fitzgerald |
1993 |
Ladies Captain |
| Ann Fitzgerald |
1994 |
Ladies Captain |
| Ann Fitzgerald |
1995 |
Ladies Captain |
| Anne Horgan |
1996 |
Ladies Captain |
| Rose McGinn |
1997 |
Ladies Captain |
| Margot Mulcahy |
1998 |
Ladies Captain |
| Marie O'Donoghue |
1999 |
Ladies Captain |
| Anne O'Hourihane |
2000 |
Ladies Captain |
| Ger Mulcahy |
2001 |
Ladies Captain |
| Rose Nagle |
2002 |
Ladies Captain |
| Mary Daunt |
2003 |
Ladies Captain |
| Patricia Coughlin |
2004 |
Ladies Captain |
| Rose McKenna |
2005 |
Ladies Captain |
| Eileen Twomey |
2006 |
Ladies Captain |
| Pauline Hoey |
2007 |
Ladies Captain |
| Eleanor Bruen |
1993 |
Ladies President |
| Eleanor Bruen |
1994 |
Ladies President |
| Eleanor Bruen |
1995 |
Ladies President |
| D. Dwyer |
1996 |
Ladies President |
| D. Dwyer |
1997 |
Ladies President |
| Mary McKechnie |
1998 |
Ladies President |
| Mary McKechnie |
1999 |
Ladies President |
| Daireen Foott |
2000 |
Ladies President |
| Daireen Foott |
2001 |
Ladies President |
| Una English |
2002 |
Ladies President |
| Ida O'Riordan |
2003 |
Ladies President |
| Marie O'Mullane |
2004 |
Ladies President |
| Anne Smith |
2005 |
Ladies President |
| Oonagh Hegarty |
2006 |
Ladies President |
| June Barry |
2007 |
Ladies President |
| Basil Hegarty |
1993 |
Men's Captain |
| Basil Hegarty |
1994 |
Men's Captain |
| Basil Hegarty |
1995 |
Men's Captain |
| Michael Madigan |
1996 |
Men's Captain |
| Michael Enright |
1997 |
Men's Captain |
| Frank Kelly |
1998 |
Men's Captain |
| Cormac Spain |
1999 |
Men's Captain |
| John Downes |
2000 |
Men's Captain |
| Liam McGinn |
2001 |
Men's Captain |
| Finbar Cotter |
2002 |
Men's Captain |
| Joe O'Connor |
2003 |
Men's Captain |
| John Roche |
2004 |
Men's Captain |
| Gabriel McCarthy |
2005 |
Men's Captain |
| Michael Long |
2006 |
Men's Captain |
| Frank Holt |
2007 |
Men's Captain |
| Anthony Murphy |
1993 |
President |
| Anthony Murphy |
1994 |
President |
| Anthony Murphy |
1995 |
President |
| Edward Gleeson |
1996 |
President |
| Roddy Galvin |
1997 |
President |
| Joseph O'Connor |
1998 |
President |
| Tom Raftery |
1999 |
President |
| Peter Barry |
2000 |
President |
| Ulick Cronin |
2001 |
President |
| Peadar O'Hourihane |
2002 |
President |
| Johnny Downes |
2003 |
President |
| George Mellerick |
2004 |
President |
| Kieran Galvin |
2005 |
President |
| Bernard Brennan |
2006 |
President |
| Liam Treacy |
2007 |
President |
|
|
