18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
25 Springvale Road
Ballyclare
Co. Antrim BT39 9JWSecretary/Manager: Michael Stone Captain: Jim Crooks Lady Captain: Cheryl Donaldson Telephone: 028-93-322696 President: Maurice McCollam Public No: 028-93-324542 Vice-Captain: John McAlllister & Fax: 028-93-322696 Hon. Secretary: Des Lyness E-mail: info@ballyclaregolfclub.net Club Pro: Colin Lytle 048-93-324541 Website: www.ballyclaregolfclub.net Hon. Treasurer: Tom Hurley & Helene Moran Founded: 1923 Designed by: Tom McAuley Membership: 674 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: £22 Clubhouse opening hours: am to pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: £28 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: £14/£18 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: £10 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Saturday's am Club Hire: Yes Green Fees and Societies Welcome: other times Buggy Hire: Yes Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: Yes
Course Description:
Founded in 1923 Ballyclare Golf Club is a mature 18-hole parkland located one-and-a-half miles north of the town. It features mature tree lined fairways and the river that traverses the course and lakes come into play on five of the holes.Ballyclare Golf Club has an illustrious tradition in producing top Amateur such as Gareth Maybin and Johnny Foster featuring in the top echelon of Irish Golfers at present. The Club won the Irish Mixed Foursomes at Bangor in 1998 and are always a force in the Bulmers Barton Shield and Senior Cup.
The clubhouse offers the visitor everything he or she could desire and a warm hand of Ulster is extended to Societies and Green Fees.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Founded 1923, affiliated 1923.
Location
1.5 miles north of Ballyclare.
Members Achievements
Ballyclare Golf Club exacted swift revenge on Sutton Golf Club who had beaten them in the Barton Shield the previous day, when they beat them in the All-Ireland Semi-Final of the Irish Senior Cup at Shannon Golf Club on 17th September 2004 by 3 ½ matches to 1 ½ matches.They won the All-Ireland Irish Senior Cup at Shannon G. C. in 2004, when the team was, Johnny Foster, Bobby Forsythe, Simon McConnell, Colin Steele and Steven Rea.
Gareth Maybin who won the North of Ireland Championship, received his first full cap for Ireland in the Home Internationals at Royal St. David's Golf Club in Harlech, Wales, from September 11th-13th 2002. Gareth was named as one of four Irish players on the Walker Cup squad for 2003, in September of 2002. Gareth was selected on the Ulster team for the Interprovincial Matches played at Portmarnock Golf Club from 11thto 13th August 2004. Gareth was selected to play in the Home Internationals at Prestwick Golf Club from 8th to 10th September 2004.
Gareth Maybin was selected on the Irish team that played Wales at Ashburnham on the 27th April 2001. He went on to win the Thubshaw Cup by 3-shots over the Ashburnham and Tenby Golf Clubs.
Johnny Foster was selected on the six-man team that played in Governor Hugh Carey Cup at Portmarnock Golf Club from 8th-9thof 8th-9thand the Lytham Trophy from 6th-7th May 2001.
John Foster was selected on the Irish squad for the Eisenhower Trophy played in Kuala Lumpur on the 24th to the 27th October 2002. Johnny, was selected on the Ulster team for the Interprovincial Matches played at Portmarnock Golf Club from 11thto 13th August 2004.
Ballyclare Golf Club, won the Ulster Final of the Irish Junior Cup in 2001.
Prior to 2001:
Ballyclare were beaten in the final of the Ulster Section of The Irish Senior Cup by Shandon Park, at the 19th, in 1999;
Ballyclare won the All-Ireland Mixed Foursomes Championship at Bangor G. C. in 1998, when the team was, Philip Armstrong, Alan Mairs, Cheryl Donaldson, Joan McNeill, Sylvia Armstrong, Colin Lyttle, Stephen Rea, David Britton, Peter McConnell, Grace Smyth, Hazel McCrea, Margaret Graydon and Susan Mairs, they were captained by Drew McIlwaine.
Ballyclare Golf Club won the Ulster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield in 1994;
Ballyclare Golf Club won the Ulster Final of the Pierce Purcell Shield in 1997 and 1989;
Johnny Foster won the Mullingar Scratch Cup in 2000 he won The South of Ireland in 1999, and represented Ireland in 1998 and represented Ulster, in 1997. He won the Joe Carr Perpetual Award, in 1997, with a record 165 points and played Ulster Boys' in 1993.
Gareth Maybin won the Carlow Scratch Cup in 2000 and was selected on the Irish team for the World Junior Championship in Hyogo, Japan in June 1999. He played Ulster Boys' in 1997.
Card of the Course (yards)
Name Hole No White Green Par Index Red Par Index Springville 1 320 308 4 11 313 4 13 Big Colin 2 504 494 5 7 431 5 7 Orpinsmills 3 431 399 4 1 353 4 1 Breckenhill 4 364 343 4 15 300 4 11 Dunamoy 5 378 362 4 5 365 4 3 Shamrock 6 157 148 3 13 103 3 15 Islekelly 7 374 358 4 3 299 4 5 Peakock 8 360 349 4 17 254 4 17 Cairn 9 166 149 3 9 153 3 9 Out 3,054 2,910 35 2,571 35 Castlehill 9 364 347 4 12 286 4 6 Damcausey 11 175 158 3 6 130 3 10 Gotnamona 12 479 461 5 14 410 5 8 Burning Bush 13 437 429 4 8 431 5 16 Lang Rigs 14 404 394 4 2 302 4 12 Over the Hedge 15 128 112 3 18 96 3 18 Ballyboley 16 418 406 4 4 404 5 14 Drumadarragh 17 483 470 5 16 355 4 2 Rashee 18 372 359 4 10 355 4 4 In 3,260 3,136 36 2,779 37 Total 6,314 6,046 71 5,350 72 SSS 71 69 71
Men's Course Record: 66 Paul Thompson (4) 20 June 98
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour C. McBride 1989 Ladies Captain J. T. Patton 1989 Men's Captain H. Murphy 1989 President C. M. Lapsley 1990 Ladies Captain J. Allison 1990 Ladies President N. D. W. Moore 1990 Men's Captain J. Lindsay 1990 President C. Foster 1991 Ladies Captain J. Allison 1991 Ladies President L. Harte 1991 Men's Captain J. Lindsay 1991 President R. S. Kirkpatrick 1992 Ladies Captain J. Allison 1992 Ladies President W. M. Shaw 1992 Men's Captain J. Lindsay 1992 President A. P. Elliott 1993 Ladies Captain M. McGregor O.B.E 1993 Ladies President D. Dodds 1993 Men's Captain H. Jamison 1993 President R. E. Patton 1994 Ladies Captain M. McGregor O.B.E. 1994 Ladies President J. Hanna 1994 Men's Captain H. Jamison 1994 President H. J. Connor 1995 Ladies Captain J. McGregor O.B.E. 1995 Ladies President K. Fleming 1995 Men's Captain H. Jamison 1995 President M. Beresford 1996 Ladies Captain P. Jennings 1996 Ladies President N. McCrea 1996 Men's Captain R. Dornan 1996 President K. Kane 1997 Ladies Captain P. Jennings 1997 Ladies President R. Park 1997 Men's Captain R. Dornan 1997 President E. McConnell 1998 Ladies Captain P. Jennings 1998 Ladies President W. Steele 1998 Men's Captain R. Dornan 1998 President E. Park 1999 Ladies Captain J. Jamison 1999 Ladies President R. Bell 1999 Men's Captain R. Dornan 1999 President A. McCorriston 2000 Ladies Captain J. Jamison 2000 Ladies President A. Latimer 2000 Men's Captain R. Dornan 2000 President S. Armstrong 2001 Ladies Captain J. Jamison 2001 Ladies President Max McConnell 2001 Men's Captain R. Dornan 2001 President H. McCrea 2002 Ladies Captain Milly Crawford 2002 Ladies President Alistair Moore 2002 Men's Captain John Ross 2002 President Grace Smith 2003 Ladies Captain Milly Crawford 2002 Ladies President S. Maxwell 2003 Men's Captain John Ross 2003 President L. Weir 2004 Ladies Captain Betty Henry 2004 Ladies President Sam Maxwell 2004 Men's Captain John Ross 2004 President Kate Robinson 2005 Ladies Captain Betty Henry 2005 Ladies President Lester Beckett 2005 Men's Captain Norman Speers 2005 President Rosemary Wallace 2006 Ladies Captain Betty Henry 2006 Ladies President Larry Heaney 2006 Men's Captain Norman Speers 2006 President Rosemary Wallace 2007 Ladies Captain 2007 Ladies President Bob Thompson 2007 Men's Captain Maurice McCollam 2007 President Johnny Foster 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap J. Drummond 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap S. McConnell 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance Clifford Gilmore 22/06/2000 15th 128 yd's Isabel Kidd 17/07/2000 15th 101 yd's Jill Mairs 10/05/2001 15th 101 yd's George Magee 02/06/2001 15th 128 yd's Roy Dornan 29/07/2001 9th 165 yd's Richard McKeown 17/08/2002 9th 163 yd's Kyle Gillanders 18/08/2002 11th 175 yd's James French 04/01/2003 15th 115 yd's Richard Robinson 26/06/2003 9th 166 yd's Robina Kirkpatrick 04/09/2003 6th 103 yd's Maureen Glover 09/11/2003 6th 103 yd's Leslie White 28/06/2003 11th 175 yd's Brian Beggs 09/06/2004 6th 148 yd's William McMullen 09/06/2004 15th 112 yd's Robina Kirkpatrick 16/07/2004 15th 90 yd's Dorothy Greer 09/09/2004 15th 96 yd's Robert Downey 12/09/2004 6th 157 yd's Allister Moore 19/06/2005 9th 166 yd's George Armstrog 17/07/2005 9th 166 yd's Stafford Stevenson 10/08/2005 15th 112 yd's William Smith 03/09/2005 6th 157 yd's