28 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Balcarrick
Donabate
Co. DublinSecretary/Manager: Betty O'Connor Captain: John Galvin Lady Captain: Anna Halligan Telephone: 01-8436346 President: Michael Fearon Public No: 01-8436059 Vice-Captain: Paul Keogh & Frances Cullen Fax: 01-8435012 Hon. Secretary: Robert Hopley, Chris Ryan & Frances Whelan E-mail: info@donabategolfclub.com Club Pro: Hugh Jackson Ex. 1 Website: www.donabategolfclub.com Hon. Treasurer: Michael Kavanagh, John Tyrrell & Sarah Scott Founded: 1925 Designed by: Membership: 920 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €35 Clubhouse opening hours: 8.00am to 11.30pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €45 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €20/25 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €20 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Weekends & Wednesdays Club Hire: Yes Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days Buggy Hire: Yes Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: No
Course Description:
Donabate Golf Club was founded in 1925 and moved to its present location four years later. Today Donabate has 27-holes and is a mature Parkland course with tree lined fairways and heavily bunkered, creating many interesting and challenging golf holes. Donabate is the home club of Irelands most renowned and respected lady golfers. Mary McKenna is indeed a legend in her own time. Mary has achieved just about everything there is in amateur golf, she captained the victorious Irish Ladies to a speculate win in the Home Internationals in 2003. Before that in her own playing carrier Mary played on nine Curtis Cup Teams and won 8 Irish Ladies titles to cut a long story short. It would not be inappropriate to compare Mary's contribution to Ladies Golf as J. B. Carr's contribution to the Men's game.
Donabate has recently completed its state-of-the-art, clubhouse which provides the golfer with all the, creature comforts he or she could require. The clubhouse is an magnificent design and would appear to be functional as well a factor that is often omitted in some new clubhouses. The members here have always been renowned for their friendliness to the visitors who have had the pleasure of playing their course.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
December Singles Monday 15 December Open 1
Club History
Founded 1925, affiliated 1925. Although the history of golf in the Donabate district can be traced back to 1906 when a private course of 6-holes under the management of the residential medical superintendent of Portrane Mental Hospital. This course was known as "The Doctors' Links'". The first meeting of what is now Donabate Golf Club was healed on 15th January 1925 on the premises of the Ulster Bank in Lower Sackville Street (Now O'Connell Street) as one of the founders a George Hamill was manager of the ranch. The six founding members were brothers George and Joseph Hamill, Benjamin Ralph and Alexander Samuel Alls hire, G. E. Mathews, and Charles Magwood.
Location
As you approach Donabate Village, you veer to the right and Donabate golf club is up on your left-hand side.
Members Achievements
Donabate Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Pierce Purcell Shield in 2007, when they beat Tullamore Golf Club by 4 matches to 1 match on Saturday 7th July at Rush Golf Club.They were drawn against Connacht Champions Barna Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final at Shandon Park Golf Club on Thursday 13th September.
First on the tee were Michael Fearon and Ciaran Kirwan who halved their match against Tim Tarpey and John Darby. They were followed by Douglas Roberson and Austin Kealy who had a resounding 7 and 6 win over John Murphy and Michael Murray. Next up was Ken Bradshaw and Brendan Bowe who had a convincing 6 and 5 win against Liam McGee and Eamon Kearney. The penultimate match had Dermot Cullen and Pat McCrudden against Brendan McLoughlin and Pat Walzer, they won their match by 4 and 3 and booked their place in the All-Ireland Final the following day. In the bottom match of Colm Browne and Joe Dowling was halved against Pat Ward and Shane O'Neill.
They met Ulster Champions Warrenpoint in the All-Ireland Final on Friday 14th who had beaten Munster Champions Woodstock Golf Club by 4 matches to 1 match in their Semi-Final.
First on the tee were Michael Fearon and Ciaran Kirwan who lost their match by 4 and 3 against Seamus Sands and Damian Flanagan. They were followed by Douglas Robertson and Austin Kealy who lost by a single hole. Next up were Ken Bradshaw and Brendan Bowe who had a convincing 5 and 3 win over Noel Devine and Anthony Campbell. The penultimate match of Dermot Cullen and Pat McCrudden against Kieran Caldwell and Andrew Ferguson went Warrenpoint’s way with a 2 and 1 win to clinch the green pennant for the Co. Down Club. The anchor match of Colm Browne and Joe Dowling beat Michael Redmond and Michael McGivern by 3 and 2. The Pierce Purcell Shield went to Warrenpoint Golf Club for the 3rd time on a score of 3 matches to 2 matches.
The Ladies of Donabate Golf Club beat Wicklow Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final of the Seniors Foursomes at Athlone Golf Club in 2007.
They met Larne Golf Club in the decider, when Pat Doran with Aileen Hanratty lost their match by 2 and 1 against Roma English with Sarah O'Neill in the first match. They were followed by the legendary Mary McKenna with Fionnuala Forde who had an easy 7 and 6 win over Joyce Robinson with Carole McMaw. So it was all down to the bottom match of Deirdre Bradshaw and Patricia Morris against Gail McNabb with Barbara O'Neill which went all the way to the 20th before the decision went to the ladies of Larne on a 2 matches to 1 result.
Congratulations to Mary McKenna who has been chosen to Captain the Curtis Cup Team a great achievement.
Mary McKenna was leading Irish Lady at the 22nd European Team Championship in Helsinki, where they finished fourth behind France, Italy and Switzerland in July 2002. Mary had rounds of 74 and 75. Mary McKenna won the Irish Senior Ladies' Open Amateur Championship at Co. Louth golf club on the 18th of September 2001 and we say Mary back on International duty when she was selected to play on the Irish Senior Ladies Team for the European Team Championship at Schonenberg Golf Club, Switzerland from the 3rd to the 7th of September. Mary was also on the, Senior team that played England at Woodbrook Golf Club on 21st and 22nd October 2001.
2004 Lady Captain Evelyn de Lacy (31) and her Captain's Prize Winner Pat Doran (4) were leading qualifiers in the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captain's Classic at Headfort Golf Club in August 2004 they qualified for the National Finals at Hermitage on 4th October.
Congratulations to Pat Doran who won the Druid's Glen-Irish Independent "Golfer of the Month" award for July in 2004. Pat playing of a handicap of (4) had a remarkable month. On the 4th and 6th she won the best Gross followed by a win in Class 1 on 13th with 36-points. She followed this with winning the Lady Captain's Prize with rounds of 39-points and 36-points and just to prove how good her game she returned 40-points on 27th followed by a Hole-in-One on the 2nd on the last day of the month. Pat received a limited edition of Robert Ballagh-Joseph Kelly together with a Fourball on both the courses at Druid's Glen.
Donabate Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Barton Shield in 1965, when the team was, Tommy Bracken, Andy Doherty, Jimmy O'Neill, Jimmy Mooney and they were captained by Freddie McDonnell.
They won the Leinster Final of the Barton Shield again in 1969, when the team was, Jimmy Mooney with Jimmy O'Neill and Tommy Bracken with Andy Doherty, they were captained by Freddie McDonnell.
Donabate Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Irish Senior Cup in 1968, when the team was, Andy Doherty, Tommy Bracken, Greg Singleton, Jimmy Mooney, Jimmy O'Neill, they were captained by Freddie McDonnell and Trevor Singleton was club captain that year.
Donabate Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield and were All-Ireland runners-up at Royal Co. Down in 1983, when the team was, Mick Fearon, Declan Kenny, Maurice Mohan, Fergie Timmons, Lar Hanway, Brendan Murphy, John McGroddy, Paddy McKenna, Brendan O'Flaherty, Ted Kelly, John French, Eamonn Purcell, they were managed by Joe Keely.
Donabate Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield in 1986, when the team was, Andrew O'Keeffe, Mick Fearon, Liam Murphy, Maurice Mahon, Paddy McKenna, Lar Hanway, Eamonn Hannon, Tom Conway, Niall Kenny, John McGroddy, Fergus Murphy, Ronnie Caraher, Con O'Donovan, Stephen Daly, Pat Igoe, they were managed by Brian May and Jimmy Rock.
Donabate won the Leinster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield in 1996, when the team was, Jim Coogan, Damien Hanratty, Fergus Murphy, Mick Ryder, Barry Morris, Adrian Mahony, Paul Bradshaw, Joe Blake, Louis Fagan, Robert Neville, Jim Carroll, David May, Noel O'Connell, Brian Daly, David Garry, Joe Keely, Paddy McKenna, Andy Doherty, they were managed by John McGroddy and selected by Brian May and Mick Fitzgerald.
Donabate won the Metropolitan Cup in 1979, when the team was, Joe Kelly, Hillard Neville, Lar Hanway, Joe Blake, Mick Fearon, Brendan O'Flaherty, David Singleton, Frank Fitzgerald, Eamon Purcell, Jim Caraher, Ted Kelly, they were managed by Paddy Barry and Liam Lennon.
They won the Best Cup the same year when the team was, P. McGrath, M. O'Neill, K. Fogarty, W. Caffrey, T. Doyle, E. O'Connor, M. O'Toole, W. Byrne, F. McAuliffe, D. McCann, D. O'Shaughnessy, P. English, B. Egan, P. Farrelly, B. Daly, they were selected by D. Garvey.
They won the Best Cup again in 1990 when the team was, F. Clancy, B. Noonan, J. Kelly, D. O'Shaughnessy, R. Wilson, W. Dalton, J. Duffy, D. Doyle, F. Devlin, F. McAuliffe, J. Walsh, T. Culleton, B. Egan, R. Daly, F. Rogers, L. Brooks, E. Spain, they were managed by P. Parsons and C. Devine.
Donabate Golf Club won the Uden Cup (named after a past distinguished member) in 1996 when the team was, P. Daly, A. Hickey, J. O'Toole, M. Fearon, D. Moran, J. Galvin, B. Smyth, K. Bradshaw, M. Traynor, D. Bridgette, M. Galvin, A. Moore, P. McDonagh, D. May, G. O'Connor, T. Crowe, S. Mulligan, S. Cagney, G. Hannon, they were managed by C. O'Neill and selected by J. Lahiffe and A. Doherty.
Donabate Golf Club won the O'Grady Cup in 1997 when the team was, John Galvin, Pat McCrudden, Des Bridgette, Austin Kealy, Ken Bradshaw, Irene Culleton, Marilyn Culleton, Collette Fitzgerald, Maeve Cairns, Olive Jordan, Nuala Galvin, Mick Traynor, Gus Hannon, Margaret O'Neill, Anne Nolan, Pat Traynor and Gaye Keane, they were selected by Vinnie Osborne and Peggy McCullough, managed and selected by Andy Doherty.
The Boys' of Donabate Golf Club were runners-up in the Smurfit in 1976 when the team was, Declan Sweeney, Terry O'Neill, Maurice O'Grady, David Singleton, Henry Hopkins and Wesley Singleton.
The Ladies of Donabate Golf Club won the Townsend Foursomes in 1983 when the team was, S. O'Connor, J. Johnston, Mary McKenna, M. Moran, T. O'Shaughnessy, C. Farrell, A. O'Reilly, P. Garvey and they were captained by A. Menton.
They won the Townsend Trophy in 1994 when the team was, Peggy McCullough, Deirdre Bradshaw, Sadie O'Connor, Dolores Brady, Pat Doran, Elaine Greany, Aileen Flynn, Lesley Costello, Noreen O'Driscoll, Mary McKenna and Teresa O'Shaughnessy, they were managed by Marie Brady.
Miss Mary McKenna played Curtis Cup from 1970 to 1986, Vagliano Trophy from 1969 to 1987, and Espirito Santo in 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976, and 1986, becoming captain in 1990. She represented Ireland from 1968 to 1991, again in 1993, was European Champion from 1969 to 1991. She was selected for Ireland in the European Ladies Home Internationals at Tubbercurry in 1987, at Pals, Spain in 1989, at Wentworth in 1991, and Golf Club Milano, Monza, in 1995, and she played for the Ireland in the Girls Home Internationals in 1966 and 1967 against Wales, and she won the Scratch Match Play Foursomes together with Miss Mary Gorry, of Baltinglass in 1977, and the Stroke Play Foursomes together with Miss Evelyn Hearn, of Waterford, in 1988 and 1993.
Miss Theresa Moran won the Scratch Match Play Foursomes together with Miss Sheena O'Brien-Kenny, of Grange, in 1978 & 1979.
Vivienne Singleton played for the Irish Girls in 1965 against Wales.
Emily Gallagher played for Ireland in the Girls Home Internationals at Forfar Golf Club in 1997.Emily Butler was selected on the ILGU Senior B squad in November 2000 and was a reserve for The Irish Girls International Team in 1998.
Card of the Red & Yellow Course (metres)
Hole No White Yellow Par Index Red Par Index 1 364 338 4 8 307 4 12 2 179 164 3 12 138 3 6 3 316 309 4 16 276 4 10 4 376 351 4 4 313 4 4 5 319 308 4 10 273 4 8 6 349 340 4 6 304 4 2 7 257 243 4 18 233 4 16 8 460 456 5 14 392 5 14 9 410 394 4 2 378 5 18 Out 3,030 2,903 36 2,614 37 10 161 151 3 7 133 3 7 11 459 446 5 9 394 5 15 12 370 365 4 3 357 4 3 13 144 131 3 17 118 3 13 14 411 404 4 1 364 4 1 15 483 473 5 5 425 5 5 16 279 271 4 15 236 4 17 17 163 153 3 13 121 3 9 18 448 439 5 11 390 5 11 In 2,918 2,833 36 2,538 36 Total 5,948 5,736 72 5,152 73 SSS 71 69 72
Men's Course Record: Am: 67 A. J. D. Hanratty, Pro: 65 M. Murphy
Ladies Course Record: 72 Pat Doran (5)
Card of the Yellow & Blue Course (metres)
Hole No White Yellow Par Index Red Par Index 1 161 151 3 8 133 3 7 2 459 446 5 10 394 5 15 3 370 365 4 4 357 4 3 4 144 131 3 18 118 3 13 5 411 404 4 2 364 4 1 6 483 473 5 6 425 5 5 7 279 271 4 16 236 4 17 8 163 153 3 14 121 3 9 9 448 439 5 12 390 5 11 Out 2,918 2,833 36 2,538 36 10 374 360 4 1 300 4 3 11 415 406 5 17 355 5 17 12 152 125 3 15 120 3 15 13 363 351 4 3 344 4 1 14 342 332 4 3 320 4 7 15 336 326 4 7 282 4 11 16 191 182 3 5 158 3 5 17 318 308 4 11 294 4 13 18 437 407 5 13 399 5 9 In 2,928 2,797 36 2,572 36 Total 5,846 5,630 72 5,110 72 SSS 71 70 72
Card of the Red & Blue Course (metres)
Hole No White Green Par Index Red Par Index 1 364 338 4 8 307 4 12 2 179 164 3 12 138 3 6 3 316 309 4 16 276 4 10 4 376 351 4 4 313 4 4 5 319 308 4 10 273 4 8 6 349 340 4 6 304 4 2 7 257 243 4 18 233 4 16 8 460 456 5 14 392 5 14 9 410 394 4 2 378 5 18 Out 3,030 2,903 36 2,614 37 10 374 360 4 1 300 4 3 11 415 406 5 17 355 5 17 12 152 125 3 15 120 3 15 13 363 351 4 3 344 4 1 14 342 332 4 3 320 4 7 15 336 326 4 7 282 4 11 16 191 182 3 5 158 3 5 17 318 308 4 11 294 4 13 18 437 407 5 13 399 5 9 In 2,928 2,797 36 2,572 36 Total 5,958 5,700 72 5,186 73 SSS 72 70 72
Roll of Honour Marie Brady 1990 Ladies Captain A. J. Greany 1990 Men's Captain Des O'Shaughnessy 1990 President Kitty Sherlock 1991 Ladies Captain Brendan Murphy 1991 Men's Captain Des O'Shaughnessy 1991 President Mary Kenny 1992 Ladies Captain Christy Devine 1992 Men's Captain Paddy O'Grady 1992 President Irene Culleton 1993 Ladies Captain Tony Fetherston 1993 Men's Captain Paddy O'Grady 1993 President Maisie May 1994 Ladies Captain Michael Fearon 1994 Men's Captain Gus Hannon 1994 President Kay Doyle 1995 Ladies Captain Sean Farren 1995 Men's Captain Gus Hannon 1995 President Ena Sherlock 1996 Ladies Captain Ray Wilson 1996 Men's Captain Paddy McKenna 1996 President Claire Greene 1997 Ladies Captain Michael Devlin 1997 Men's Captain Paddy McKenna 1997 President Margaret Clarke 1998 Ladies Captain Joe Kelly 1998 Men's Captain Richard O'Driscoll 1998 President Collette Fitzgerald 1999 Ladies Captain Noel McAllister 1999 Men's Captain Richard O'Driscoll 1999 President Deirdre Brennan 2000 Ladies Captain Vincent Osborne 2000 Men's Captain Richard O'Driscoll 2000 President Nuala Galvin 2001 Ladies Captain Kevin Woods 2001 Men's Captain Ray Wilson 2001 President G. Donnelly 2002 Ladies Captain Cyril O'Neill 2002 Men's Captain Ray Wilson 2002 President Catherine McAllister 2003 Ladies Captain Leslie Brooks 2003 Men's Captain Tony Fetherston 2003 President Evelyn de Lacy 2004 Ladies Captain Michel Fitzgerald 2004 Men's Captain Tony Fetherston 2004 President Angela Rowan 2005 Ladies Captain Robert Hopley 2005 Men's Captain Noel McAllester 2005 President Deirdre Bradshaw 2006 Ladies Captain Donal Bohan 2006 Men's Captain Noel McAllester 2006 President Pat Doran 2007 Ladies Captain John McGroddy 2007 Men's Captain Michael Fearon 2007 President Mary McKenna (4) 2008 Lowest Ladies H'cap Garry Morgan (1.5) 2008 Lowest Men's H'cap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance Frank. Stobie 01 June 1999 15th 5 wood 173m B. Forkin 27 June 1999 11th 191m Frank Stobie 11 July 1999 11th 5 wood 191m T. O'Connell 30 September 2001 1st 162m Pat Doran 31 July 2004 2nd 138 m
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