18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Knockinina
Mountrath
Co. LaoisSecretary/Manager: Lar Scully Captain: David Hore Lady Captain: Annette Duff Telephone: 057-87-32643 President: Dinah Kingsley Public No: 057-87-32558 Vice-Captain: Lar Scully & Mary Ozenbrook Fax: 057-87-56735 Hon. Secretary: Larry Scully, Pacelli Walsh & Dinah Kingsley E-mail: mountrathgc@eircom.net Club Pro: None Website: www.mountrathgolfclub.ie Hon. Treasurer: Kevin Moroney & Bridie Byrne Founded: 1929 Designed by: Peter McEvoy Membership: 775 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €25 Clubhouse opening hours: All day Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €30 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €25/30 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €10 Catering: Full catering facilities by arrangement Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Weekends (phone) Club Hire: No Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days Buggy Hire: Yes Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: Yes
Course Description:
Mountrath Golf Club was founded in 1929 and was extended to 18-holes in 1994, under the watchful eye of Peter McEvoy. Measuring 5,732 metres off the white tees with a Par 71 and standard scratch 70. McEvoy married the old and new very successfully to the degree that unless you knew the old course you would not be able to distinguish the old from the new. It is set in dense woodlands with lush fairways and well-protected greens. The River Nore transverses the course, with the signature hole being undoubtedly the short 14th with water left and right, careful with your club selection. A warm Laois welcome awaits the visitor at the 19th and full catering can be provided on prior request.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Founded 1929, affiliated 1932. Mountrath Golf Club was founded by 15 people in 1929, and affiliated to the GUI in 1932. In the early years the was small and unorganized and the club almost went into decline in the mid 60's. The members fought on and the club went from strength to strength through the 1970's and 1980's. This resulted in the club being in the position to purchase 130 acres in 1991 and extending the course to 18-holes, which opened in 1994, together with renovating the clubhouse.
Location
When you come out of Mountrath town on the Limerick Road, look for a signpost to the left and the Club is 1 km from here.
Members Achievements
Lady Captain Mairead Kavanagh and Captain's Prize winner Carol Sinnott (19) came 4th, on a count-back in the regional qualifiers of the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captains' Classic at The Royal Dublin in September 2001. They returned 39pts. It was on to Druid's Glen for the National Finals on the 1st October.Mountrath won the Barton Cup in 1973 and again in 1996.
During the Millennium year they won the Laois Final of the GUI Millennium Medal and went on to represent Laois in the All-Ireland Finals at Newlands Golf Club.
Card of the Course (metres)
Hole No White Green Par Index Red Par Index 1 390 380 4 3 375 5 7 2 169 141 3 10 139 3 14 3 345 336 4 12 277 4 5 4 348 336 4 8 335 4 1 5 448 428 5 16 367 5 12 6 118 108 3 12 106 3 16 7 270 255 4 18 224 4 18 8 350 325 4 6 297 4 3 9 306 290 4 14 258 4 9 Out 2,744 2,597 35 2,378 36 10 167 151 3 13 147 3 13 11 487 438 5 7 394 5 8 12 381 357 4 1 314 4 2 13 473 441 5 11 406 5 6 14 181 174 3 5 137 3 10 15 324 288 4 9 285 4 4 16 382 367 4 3 373 5 11 17 276 262 4 17 221 4 17 18 317 296 4 15 274 4 15 In 2,988 2,774 36 2,551 37 Total 3,732 5,371 71 4,929 73 SSS 70 68 72
Men's Course Record: Am: 68 Stuart Carter (2) 1995
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour Nina Deegan 1989 Ladies Captain Hennie Sheeran 1989 Ladies President Paddy Macken 1989 Men's Captain Cecil Carter 1989 President Pam Talbot 1990 Ladies Captain Elizabeth Hearns 1990 Ladies President John McCormack 1990 Men's Captain John Moore 1990 President Alice Dowling 1991 Ladies Captain Breda Carter 1991 Ladies President John Delahunty 1991 Men's Captain John Mulhare 1991 President Breda O'Brien 1992 Ladies Captain Monica Phelan 1992 Ladies President Vincent Hogan 1992 Men's Captain Arthur Buckley 1992 President Hannah Meade 1993 Ladies Captain Pam Talbot 1993 Ladies President Stuart Carter 1993 Men's Captain Joseph Kiely 1993 President Dolores Mulhare 1994 Ladies Captain Mary O'Connell 1994 Ladies President Gerry Thompson 1994 Men's Captain Tom Costello 1994 President Phyllis Clegg 1995 Ladies Captain Maura O' Rourke 1995 Ladies President Bill O'Brien 1995 Men's Captain Joe Hearns 1995 President Patrica O'Rourke 1996 Ladies Captain Alice Dowling 1996 Ladies President Tom O'Grady 1996 Men's Captain Frank Glynn 1996 President Monica Phelan 1997 Ladies Captain Mary Costello 1997 Ladies President Richard Quillinan 1997 Men's Captain Liam Guilfoyle 1997 President Kitty Lynch 1998 Ladies Captain Ena Campion 1998 Ladies President Sloane Cooper 1998 Men's Captain William Finnegan 1998 President Maud McGlynn 1999 Ladies Captain Hanna Meade 1999 Ladies President Tom Bergin 1999 Men's Captain Seamus Holland 1999 President Maria Dunphy 2000 Ladies Captain Breda O'Brien 2000 Ladies President Liam Linden 2000 Men's Captain John Murphy 2000 President Mairead Kavanagh 2001 Ladies Captain Dolores Mulhare 2001 Ladies President Pat Keenan 2001 Men's Captain Gerry Henry 2001 President Dinah Kingsley 2002 Ladies Captain P. Clegg 2002 Ladies President Michael Horan 2002 Men's Captain Fintan Kealy 2002 President Rita Keenan 2003 Ladies Captain Liam Fitzpatrick 2003 Men's Captain Vinnie Hogan 2003 President Elizabeth Cooper 2004 Ladies Captain P. J. McDonald 2004 Men's Captain Pat Dunphy 2004 President Mary McCarthy 2005 Ladies Captain John Coleman 2005 Men's Captain Bill O'Brien 2005 President Sally Quillinan 2006 Ladies Captain Pacelli Walsh 2006 Men's Captain Kevin Moroney 2006 President Catherine Scully 2007 Ladies Captain Fergal Wall 2007 Men's Captain M. J. Carroll 2007 President Breda Carter 2008 Lowest Ladies Handicap Stuart Carter 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance John Mulhare 5 June 1995 2nd 154 m Paddy McPherson 17 June 1995 10th 127 m Dolores Mulhare 13 April 1997 10th 100 m Alan Phelan 22 June 1997 6th 107 m Joe Hearns 27 July 1997 6th 111 m Dan Scully 24 August 1997 10th 127 m Denis Kavanagh 15 February 1998 2nd 154 m Criona Moloney 4 May 1999 10th 100 m Joe Kiely 24 June 1999 10th 127 m Sloan Cooper 7 May 2000 10th 127 m Eugene Tynan 20 July 2000 10th 127 m Matt Flanagan 11 August 2000 2nd 154 m Matt Flanagan 11 August 2000 2nd 154 m Peader Molloy 10 June 2001 10th 12 7m Richard Maher 17 August 2001 2nd 154 m
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