| Club History |
Instituted 1904, affiliated 1905. Golf was first played at Dundalk as far back as 1895, when the 13th Hussars were stationed there. The semi-club died a natural death from want of support, as the Hussars were based at the Curragh before being transferred to Dundalk and later to Dublin. The game was revived in December 1904, the first Captain was Mr. V. S. Carroll, and Mr. P. L. MacArdle was the Hon. Secretary. The course was nine-hole and located at Deer Park. It was, laid out by G. Coburn, professional at Portmarnock Golf Club. The "Irish Field" on 21st October, 1922, reports that Tom Shannon and James Martin had laid out a fine new course for the new Dundalk Golf Club; "It is very pleasantly situated and commands grand views of Dundalk Bay and the Mourne Mountains. The course is just 6000 yds long and is laid out in two loops". The National Senior Mixed Foursomes were staged at Dundalk in 2000. This fine course has been chosen to host the Irish Ladies Open Strokeplay in 2002 and the Ladies Home Internationals and Leinster Youths in 2005 its Centenary Year. |
| Members Achievements |
Dundalk Golf Club won the Leinster Championship of the Jimmy Bruen Shield and met Munster Champions Charleville in the All-Ireland Semi Final at Shannon Golf Club on 17th September 2004. They defeated Charleville by 3 matches to 2 matches in the morning when the team was Ken Norton and Michael Coburn who beat James Browne and Declan Mooney 4 & 3, Sean Reidy and Kevin Barry who beat Sean McSweeney and Bill Hanley 2 & 1, Alan McCabe and Michael Gill who beat Danny Deady and Michael Galligan on the 18th, Ruairi Gogarty and Damien English lost to Tom Allen and John Kavanagh and Jim Dwyer and Maurice Murphy lost to Anthony Fitzgerald and Eddie Barry.They met and beat Ulster Champions Kilkeel in the All-Ireland Final on Saturday 18th September 2004, when the team was Ken Norton with Michael Coburn against Rory Slone with Kieran Poland, Sean Reidy with Kevin Barry against Johnny Aiken with Pascal Morgan, Alan McCabe with Michael Gill against Anthony Ward with Ciaran Hartigan, Damien English with Ruairi Gogarty against Trevor Weir with Graeme Morrow and Gareth Duffy and Michael Hamilton against Alan McCabe with Michael Gill.
Lady Captain Joyce Burbage (29) and her Captain's Prize winner qualified for the National Finals of the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captains Golf Classic at Druid's Glen Golf Club,. When they shot 30 points at Slieve Russell Golf Club in August 2002.
Lady Captain Joyce Burbage, Captain Peter Rogers and Vice Captain Gerry O'Keeffe, qualified for the Mercedes-Benz Irish Independent Executive Golf Classic at The K Club on August 12th 2002.
Yvonne Cassidy Represented Ireland in the Home Internationals at Carlow Golf Club in 2001 before joining the professional ranks for the 2002 season.
14-year-old Aaron Grant started the year off a handicap of 11 and had reduced it to 5 by September 2001. When playing off 7 he shot a level par 72 on one of the toughest days of the year. In howling winds and pawl-forked greens. According to Leslie Walker, Hugh hits the ball further than him. If this is true he must hit some ball, as Leslie is one of the biggest hitters I've seen. It will be interesting to follow this young lads progress in the future.
J. Carroll was elected to the council of the Leinster Branch of the GUI for 2001.
Dundalk Golf Club won the FBD Barton Cup in a play-off against Carlow Golf Club in 1999, when the team was, Dermot Murphy, Pat Hoey, Bernard White, Peter Rogers, Patsy Cole, Alan Cole, Neil McGuinness, Charlie Monaghan, Peter Tuite, Gerry Murray, Toddy Rodgers, Leslie Toal, Stephen Hoey, John Conlon, Terry Conlon and Aidan Molloy, they were managed by Gerry Duggan and selected by Ben Daly.
Dundalk Golf Club were Leinster Champions in the Irish Junior in 1994, when the team was, D. O'Callaghan, A. Coyle, V. Conlon, K. Norton, D. Toal, H. Smith, O. English and S. Watters.
The Ladies of Dundalk Golf Club won the ILGU Leinster Junior Cup in 1989, when the team was, J. Moynihan, S. Grimes, A. McKenna, S. Coyle, G. Vallely-Maatthews, S. Black, M. Crummie and M. Sheridan, they were captained by P. Bastible.
The Girls' of Dundalk Golf Club won the All-Ireland Girls' Team Championship in 1982, when the team was, M. O'Reilly, Suzy Sheehan and Yvonne Cassidy.
D. Coyle participated in the Boys' Home International matches in 1991 and 1992, and represented Leinster in 1997 and 1998, he played Leinster Youths' from 1994 to 1995, playing 11 matches.
P. Rogers represented Leinster in 1982.
Suzanne Sheehan played for Ireland in the Girls' Home Internationals in 1984 and 1985, she won the Irish Girls Close Championship in the same years.
Miss Yvonne Cassidy was selected on the ILGU Senior A squad in November 2000 and she represented Ireland in the European Ladies Team Championship at Golf Club Milano, Monza in 1995 and she played in the Ladies Home Internationals at Wrexham Golf Club in 1995, se was the reserve at Longriddy in 1996, and played at Lahinch Golf Club in 1997. She also played on the Leinster Ladies team in 1997 and 1998.
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| Holes-in-One |
| Person |
Date |
Hole No. |
Club Used |
Distance |
| Jim Dwyer |
9 December 2001 |
9th |
|
158 m |
| Peter Rodgers |
23 September 2001 |
13th |
|
160 m |
| David Connolly |
5 August 2001 |
5th |
|
156 m |
| Sean Hession |
18 March 2001 |
13th |
|
160 m |
| Garrett Duffy |
23 May 2001 |
17th |
|
172 m |
| Packey McGuinness |
01 June 2001 |
2nd |
|
172 yd's |
| Maureen Sheridan |
19 June 2001 |
5th |
|
156 m |
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