27 Hole Links
Course Facts: Address
65 Circular Road
Castlerock
Co. Londonderry BT51 4TJSecretary/Manager: Mark Steen Captain: Jim O'Rorke Lady Captain: Sandra Rodden Telephone: 028-70-848314 President: Derek Irwin & Alison Haslam Public No: 028-70-848215 Vice-Captain: Margaret Boyce Fax: 028-70-849440 Hon. Secretary: Raymond Eakin & Gertie O'Connor E-mail: info@castlerockgc.co.uk Club Pro: Ian Blair 048-70-849424 Website: www.castlerockgc.co.uk Hon. Treasurer: Willie Oliver Founded: 1901 Designed by: Ben Sayers Membership: 908 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: £60 Clubhouse opening hours: 8.00am to 12.00pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: £75 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: £20 Dress Code: Neat casual, jacket and tie required evenings Green Fees For Opens: £20 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Saturdays up to 3.00pm Club Hire: Yes Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other times Buggy Hire: Yes Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: No
Course Description:
Castlerock Golf Club was founded over one hundred years ago in 1901. Ben Sayers expanded the original layout to 18-holes in 1908. Castlerock is renowned locally for its good greens - all year round. The best-known hole is the fourth, called the Leg o’ Mutton, a 200-yard par-3 with a railway line to the right, a burn on the left and a raised Green. The course varies from the norm in that it has five par-5’s four par-3’s and nine par-4’s adding up to a par of 73. Changes to Sayers’ layout were, made by Harry Colt in 1925 and in later years slight improvements were, made by Frank Pennick.Voted the No. 31-ranked golf course in Ireland, by “Golf Digest Ireland” in 2008.
Castlerock was voted No. 27 Links/Shoreline Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2008, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Instituted 1900 affiliated 1902.The first meeting of the inaugural members of Castlerock Golf Club was held on the 4th May 1900, in the Pavilion Castlerock. At the meeting, it was agreed to ask the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway Co. to send Mr. Baillie, a golfing expert, to survey the land and report on the probable expenditure required to layout the golf course. The Rev. Mr. Beckett was elected Hon. Secretary.
There were two ladies on the first committee, which had an expert from St. Andrews lay out a nine-hole course, which was opened in 1900. The Belfast Newsletter on 17th January records a professional match over the new links and that the official opening would take place at Easter that year. It was not too long before it was extended to eighteen-holes this was achieved in 1908, under energetic Mr. J. G McVicker the Hon. Secretary.
In the summer of 1913, a catastrophe struck when the clubhouse burned down. The members were not long about overcoming the setback and a new clubhouse was built before July 1914.
Location
6 miles west of Coleraine on A2.
Members Achievements
Castlerock Golf Club won the Ulster Final of the Junior Cup in 2003.They won the Ulster Final of the Irish Senior Cup in 2002.
They won the Ulster Final of the Irish Junior Cup in 1997.
They won the Ulster Final of the Pierce Purcell Shield in 1977.
They were Ulster Champions in the J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy in 2002 and county champions in 1998.
They won the county Shield in 1996 and again in 1999.
The Ladies won the Black Bush Causeway Coast Amateur Golf Tournament in 1991 and 1994.
They won the ILGU Smurfit Ulster Juvenile Girls in 1991.
D. Mulholland participated in the Home International matches in 1988 and represented Ulster from 1988 to 1993, playing 21 matches. P. Parkhill participated in the Boys Home International matches in 1989 G. Parkhill represented Ulster from 1983 to 1992. Lillian Malone played for the Irish Girls in 1972 and 1973.
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No White Green Par Index Red Par Index 1 367 346 4 9 328 4 6 2 375 366 4 5 328 4 2 3 523 493 5 13 425 5 8 4 200 184 3 11 163 3 12 5 477 472 5 15 452 5 10 6 347 336 4 7 287 4 4 7 418 407 4 1 394 5 14 8 411 400 4 3 320 4 16 9 200 193 3 17 162 3 18 Out 3,318 3,197 36 2,859 37 10 391 386 4 4 348 4 3 11 509 485 5 16 422 5 9 12 430 420 4 2 412 5 5 13 382 363 4 14 342 4 15 14 192 182 3 8 166 3 11 15 518 510 5 6 482 5 1 16 157 145 3 18 128 3 17 17 493 485 5 12 435 5 7 18 357 333 4 10 270 4 13 In 3,429 3,309 37 3,005 38 Total 6,747 6,506 73 5,864 75 SSS 72 71 73
Men's Course Record: Am: 68 D. Mulholland (0) 1986 Pro. Paul McGinley 64 12/10/2001.
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour Mrs. R. Darragh 1989 Ladies Captain G. F. Morrison 1989 Men's Captain J. F. Wilton 1989 President Mrs. A. L. Stewart 1990 Ladies Captain T. A. Norwell 1990 Men's Captain J. F. Wilton 1990 President Mrs. G. Kee 1991 Ladies Captain J. Graham 1991 Men's Captain R. Mulholland 1991 President Mrs. C. F. Spratt 1992 Ladies Captain Mrs. K. Boamish 1992 Ladies President W. Oliver 1992 Men's Captain A. J. Lamont 1992 President Mrs. A. J. Madden 1993 Ladies Captain Mrs. K. Boamish 1993 Ladies President Reg McMullan 1993 Men's Captain A. J. Lamont 1993 President Mrs. M. E. Kane 1994 Ladies Captain Mrs. K. Beamish 1994 Ladies President W. J. Ferris 1994 Men's Captain J. Maguire 1994 President Mrs. R.C. Sparks 1995 Ladies Captain Mrs. K. Beamish 1995 Ladies President J. S. Knight 1995 Men's Captain J. Maguire 1995 President Mrs. D. C. Brockerton 1996 Ladies Captain Mrs. K. Beamish 1996 Ladies President Thomas Boyd 1996 Men's Captain J. M. Lockhead 1996 President Mrs. J. C. O'Connor 1997 Ladies Captain Mrs. K. Beamish 1997 Ladies President R. A. McDermott 1997 Men's Captain J. M. Lockhead 1997 President Mrs. J. Graham 1998 Ladies Captain Mrs. J. W. D. Beresford 1998 Ladies President S. A. Madden 1998 Men's Captain W.H. Eakin 1998 President Mrs. M. Walker 1999 Ladies Captain Mrs. J. W. D. Beresford 1999 Ladies President W. J. Dickson 1999 Men's Captain W. H. Eakin 1999 President Mrs. T. Pumphrey 2000 Ladies Captain Mrs. J. W. D. Beresford 2000 Ladies President Mr. T. McMullan 2000 Men's Captain W. R. Robinson 2000 President Mrs. Fiona Moore 2001 Ladies Captain Mrs. J. W. D. Beresford 2001 Ladies President Mr. John Haslam 2001 Men's Captain Mr. R. Robinson 2001 President Hilary Mullan 2002 Ladies Captain Dr. S. E. K. Meharg 2002 Ladies President Jim Todd 2002 Men's Captain W. J. L. Duddy 2002 President Mrs. W. A. Bloomfield 2003 Ladies Captain Dr. S. E. K. Meharg 2003 Ladies President Billy Dickson 2003 Men's Captain W. J. L. Duddy 2003 President Eileen Moore 2004 Ladies Captain Dr. S. E. K. Meharg 2004 Ladies President Perry O'Connor 2004 Men's Captain W. J. L. Duddy 2004 President Julie Mason 2005 Ladies Captain Dr. S. E. K. Meharg 2005 Ladies President Jim Lamb 2005 Men's Captain Derek Irwin 2005 President Doherty McKeown 2006 Ladies Captain 2006 Ladies President Andy McKeown 2006 Men's Captain Adam Erwin 2006 President Maureen Black 2007 Ladies Captain 2007 Ladies President John Sherwood 2007 Men's Captain Derek Irwin 2007 President Mrs. M. Henderson 2008 Lowest Ladies Handicap Mr. M. Howey 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap