| Club History |
Founded 1940, affiliated 1940. |
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| Members Achievements |
Forrest Little Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Barton Shield for the first time in 2007. It was off to Shandon Park Golf Club on Wednesday 12th September to compete in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals were they were drawn against a very strong Galway Golf Club, three of whom were on the All-Ireland Irish Senior Cup team that won at Enniscrone the previous year. Joe Lyons had just been selected for the Home Internationals, having won the West of Ireland and was runner-up in the South of Ireland, whereas Eddie McCormack was runner-up in the Irish Amateur Close Championship at Westport Golf Club in 2005 against none other than boy wonder Rory McIlroy. Add to this the experience of Tom Nolan, not only was he on the team that won the first Irish Senior Cup for his club in 2006, was on the team that lost out narrowly to Warrenpoint Golf Club at Rosslare in 2005 in the Barton Shield, but also experienced the ultimate heat-of-battle when winning the McCarty Cup with Galway in 1988.So Forrest Little must have felt they were really up against it when first on the tee was Eoin Arthurs with Adrian Brogan against Eddie McCormack with Damien Glynn who won by 2-holes, they were followed by Conor O'Toole with Joe McCarthy who went down by 4-holes giving Galway Golf Club a place in the All-Ireland Final against Ulster Champions Belvoir Park, whom they beat by 5-holes.
This was a very credible performance by Forrest Little, in their first appearance in this the ultimate Championship in Amateur Golf, I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of this team.
Forrest Little won the Leinster Final of the Irish Junior Cup in 1973, when the team was T. Nugent, G. Bray, C. Lee, P. Kennedy, F. Daniels, S. Cahill, C. Darcy and M. Fitzgerald, they were managed by M. Mooney.
Forrest Little Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield and were runners-up in the All-Ireland Final in 1975, when the team was A. Bourke, P. Collier, P. Tobin, T. Walsh, J. English, T. Arnold, E. Brady, J. Rice, B. Usher, J. Conneely, J. Jordan, N. MacNeice, S. Duffy and M. Sheridan, they were managed by G. deRenze.
Forrest Little won the Guinness Metropolitan Cup twice, first in 1997, when the team was P. Kennedy, N. McGrath, H. Shepperd, J. Marron, R. Stynes, P. Fortune, P. Smith, T. Arnold, C. Darcy, C. McNamee and G. Rice, they were managed by J. English.
They won it again in 1980, when the team was P. Kennedy, J. Marron, J. Byrne, K. O'Hara, P. Fortune, J. Kirwan, M. O'Hara, C. Darcy and C. McNamee, they were managed by P. Gill.
The Boys' of Forrest Little won the Squire Ennis Trophy in 1983, when the team was B. Atkins, J. Osbourne, B. Murray, M. Smith, B. McGrath and J. Penrose, they were managed by J. J. Maher. They won it again in 1993 and 2001.
They won the McDonnell Cup in 1973, 1975, 1984, 1986 and 1991.
They won the Uden Cup in 1975, 1976, 1981 and 1984.
They won the Newsam Cup in 1969.
They won the Sony-Evening Herald Medal Golf Championship in 1995.
The Ladies of Forrest Little won the I.L.G.U. Autumn Cup in 1996, when the team was Rita Reilly, Barbara Lonergan, Yvonne Keating, Angela Murphy, Marie Pike, Ann Creag, Lorraine Dennis, Jeanette Lawlor, Margaret Murphy and Maureen Hampson, they were captained by Clodagh Kirwan.
Lady Captain Audrey Bradley and her Captain’s Prize winner May Collins qualified in the Volkswagen/Irish Independent Lady Captain’s Classic in this scotch foursomes format. It was off to the National Finals at The Heritage Golf Club on Monday 3rd October where they were paired with the Boystown pair of Mary Ranagher and Angela Seery.
R. McCarthy was selected on the Irish team for the World Junior Championship at Hoygo, Japan from June 15th to the 18th in 2001.
2005 Lady Captain Audrey Bradley and her Captain’s Prize winner May Collins qualified in the Volkswagen/Irish Independent Lady Captain’s Classic in this scotch foursomes format. It was off to the National Finals at The Heritage Golf Club on Monday 3rd October where they were paired with the Boystown pair of Mary Ranagher and Angela Seery.
R. McCarthy was selected on the Irish team for the World Junior Championship at Hoygo, Japan from June 15th to the 18th in 2001.
J. J. Maher was elected to the council of the Leinster Branch of the GUI for 2001.
Forrest Little are beginning to produce some fine young golfers, with E. Arthurs, being selected on the Boys' Home International team, at Portmarnock G. C., from 9th to 11th August, 2000, and club-mate and friend R. McCarthy, selected as the reserve. These two young men went head-to-head down the straight, in the Leinster Boys Championship, at Enniscorthy.
Finnoula Donnelly was selected to play for Ireland in the Girls' Home Internationals, at Mullingar G. C., in 1998.
Linda Hughes played for Ireland in the Girls Home Internationals in 1981, and 1982.
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| Holes-in-One |
| Person |
Date |
Hole No. |
Club Used |
Distance |
| P. Donnelly |
8 March 1997 |
11th |
|
132 m |
| Michael Ryan |
16 July 1997 |
7th |
|
126 m |
| Joe Killeen |
2 October 1997 |
5th |
|
156 m |
| P. B. Corcoran |
25 October 1997 |
5th |
|
156 m |
| Michael McDermott |
14 November 1997 |
14th |
|
154 m |
| Jack Scullion |
31 January 1998 |
7th |
|
149 m |
| J. R. McCabe |
8 July 1998 |
11th |
|
160 m |
| T. Judd |
17 April 1999 |
7th |
|
149 m |
| J. Moore |
18 July 1999 |
7th |
|
149 m |
| J. D. O'Sullivan |
2 August 1999 |
7th |
|
149 m |
| G. Rice |
15 April 2001 |
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| M. Denihan |
18 August 2002 |
11th |
|
157 m |
| J. Campbell |
15 September 2002 |
7th |
|
149 m |
| F. Donnelly |
11 August 2004 |
7th |
|
91 m |
| Noel Gregan |
3 July 2005 |
14th |
|
178 m |
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