9 Hole Links
Course Facts: Address
Spanish Point
Milltown Malbay
Co. ClareSecretary/Manager: David K. Fitzgerald Captain: Paddy Cleary Lady Captain: Maura O'Boyle Telephone: 065-7084198 President: Dr. Billy O'Connell Public No: 065-7084219 Vice-Captain: Tom Mernagh & Valerie Ross Fax: 065-7084488 Hon. Secretary: Clive Boyd & Clare MacNamara E-mail: dkfitzgerald@eircom.net Club Pro: None Website: www.spanishpointgolf.com Hon. Treasurer: Tony Finucane & Geraldine Reddan Founded: 1896 Designed by: Membership: 426 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €25 Clubhouse opening hours: 11.00am to Midnight Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €30 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €15 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €15 Catering: Snacks Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Sundays Club Hire: Yes Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days Buggy Hire: Yes Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: Yes
Course Description:
Nine hole links course beside Spanish Point beach. Course is situated 2 miles south of Milltown Malbay on the Ferry Road. It is half way between Lahinch Course and the new Greg Norman Course at Doonbeg. The course consists of five par fours and four par threes. Because of its location there is always wind to consider, particularly on the 8th/17th and 9th/18th which are par-threes members have been known to fail to reach the 18th with a ‘driver’. Six of the greens are elevated and the finishing holes command a perfect view of the sea and strand. The Club celebrated its centenary in 1996 and in the last four years has gone from strength to strength with its membership doubled and the number of visitors, particularly foreigners, increased also.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Instituted 1896 affiliated 1915. There is some confusion as to when golf was first played at Milltown Malbay, The "Golfers Guide" 1897, records the club as being " West Clare Golf Club" and "This is a nine-hole course, finely situated on the shores of Malbay. Hazards are hills, sandpits and bents. It is free to visitors staying at the Atlantic Hotel". An entrance fee of two shillings and six pence with a similar annual subscription is listed. Like so many other clubs, the early records are missing and the club credits its foundation to Robert B. Barclay and Capt. Ernest Ellis, in 1912. However, it would appear golf was played here prior to 1912.
Location
Two miles outside Milltown Malbay on the Quilty-Ferry (N67) road.
Members Achievements
Spanish Point Golf Club won the Munster Final of the Holmpatrick Cup in 2005.
Spanish Point won the Munster Country Clubs Championship in 2001. The team was Jim Finnerty, Pat Keane, Ciaran og MacMathuna, David Reidy, Brendan Sexton, Michael Healy, Aiden Moloney, Seamus Cleary, David Fitzgerald and the team manager was Peter Hennessy.
Spanish Point Golf won the Munster Final of the Holmpatrick Cup in 2005, with Michael O'Brien and Ollie McNamara.
The Ladies of Spanish Point won the Munster section of the Huzzar Ladies Foursomes in 1983.
The long standing Secretary/Manager has had a remarkable 7 holes-in-one in his lifetime on his home course, can anybody beat that?
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No Blue Par Index Red Par Index 1 307 4 13 250 4 11 2 170 3 9 170 3 5 3 371 4 7 290 4 1 4 195 3 5 190 3 9 5 360 4 1 353 5 13 6 339 4 3 304 4 3 7 287 4 11 212 4 7 8 90 3 17 92 3 17 9 150 3 15 122 3 15 Out 2,269 32 1,983 33 10 307 4 14 250 4 12 11 170 3 10 170 3 6 12 371 4 8 350 5 2 13 195 3 6 190 3 10 14 360 4 2 353 5 14 15 339 4 4 304 4 4 16 287 4 12 212 4 8 17 90 3 18 92 3 18 18 150 3 16 122 3 16 In 2,269 32 2,043 34 Total 4,538 64 4,026 67 SSS 63 66
Men's Course Record: 61 Gerry McCarthy (2) 1997
Ladies Course Record: Karen Twomey
Roll of Honour Mrs. J. M. Conlon 1990 Ladies Captain S. Tracy 1990 President Mrs. N. Fitzgerald 1991 Ladies Captain N. J. O'Donnell 1991 Men's Captain M. Hillery 1991 President Mrs. M. Treacy 1992 Ladies Captain F. R. T. Tuohy 1992 Men's Captain M. Hillery 1992 President Mrs. T. Twomey 1993 Ladies Captain D. Gallery 1993 Men's Captain F. Giles 1993 President Mrs. M. Molohan 1994 Ladies Captain C. Twomey 1994 Men's Captain F. Giles 1994 President Ms. C. Meade 1995 Ladies Captain S. Tracey 1995 Men's Captain D. Gallery 1995 President Mrs. C. Cleary 1996 Ladies Captain J. N. Cogan 1996 Men's Captain D. Gallery 1996 President Miss K. Twomey 1997 Ladies Captain B. Reddan 1997 Men's Captain S. Cleary 1997 President Mrs. K. Twomey 1998 Ladies Captain P. Keane 1998 Men's Captain S. Cleary 1998 President Grainne Hennessy 1999 Ladies Captain B. McKenna 1999 Men's Captain P. J. Killeen 1999 President K. Collins 2000 Ladies Captain Padraig Enright 2000 Men's Captain P. J. Killeen 2000 President Mrs. M. Mitchell 2001 Ladies Captain Gerry O'Loughlin 2001 Men's Captain D. M. Gallery 2001 President Geraldine Reddan 2002 Ladies Captain John O'Brien 2002 Men's Captain D. M. Gallery 2002 President Fiona O'Boyle 2003 Ladies Captain Gerard Talty 2003 Men's Captain Brendan Redden 2003 President Aine Burke-Buckley 2004 Ladies Captain Tony Finucane 2004 Men's Captain Brendan Reddan 2004 President Mary Cleary 2005 Ladies Captain Seamus Cleary 2005 Men's Captain Brendan McKenna 2005 President Kathleen Haugh 2006 Ladies Captain P. J. Kyne 2006 Men's Captain Brendan McKenna 2006 President Dolores Bolton 2007 Ladies Captain David Browne 2007 Men's Captain Dr. Billy O'Connell 2007 President Karen Twomey (9) 2008 Lowest Ladies Handicap Pat Crowley (2) 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance Geraldine Redden 13 June 1998 9th 122 m David Fitzgerald 9 August 1998 18th 110 m John O'Brien 26 December 2001 8th 100 m Kieran O'Brien 24 August 2002 8th 100 m Len Wilson 6 May 2001 8th 100 m Michael Hehir 14 May 1998 9th 136 m Aidan Moloney 25 July 1999 8th 100 m Mary O'Halloran 21 April 1986 8th 100 m Clive Boyd 12 July 2002 9th 163 m Maura O'Boyle 20 September 2002 9th 150 m Noel McMahon 8 October 2002 2nd 198 m Brendan O'Brien 14 August 2003 8th 100 m Mairead O'Carroll 24 August 2003 8th 90 m Even Talty 22 February 2004 8th 100 m Gerard Talty 17 March 2004 8th 100 m Seamus Cleary 5 April 2004 8th 100 m Tony Wilson 13 November 2004 8th 100 m Paddy O'Grady 1 March 2005 18th 150 m David Fitzpatrick 17 June 2005 2nd 170 m Niamh Reddan 28 June 2005 4th 180 m