9 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Torquay Road
Foxrock
Dublin 18Secretary/Manager: Frank Hayes Captain: Nial McInerney Lady Captain: Pam Jackson Telephone: 01-2897523 President: Mary Walsh & Mary Walsh Public No: 01-2895668 Vice-Captain: Tom C. Butler & Rhoda Margetson Fax: 01-2894943 Hon. Secretary: Michael Condon & Anne Kelleher E-mail: fgc@indigo.ie or davidwalker1@eircom.net Club Pro: David Walker 01-2893414 086-1715716 Website: www.foxrockgolfclub.com Hon. Treasurer: Tom. J. Butler & Irene Johnston Founded: 1893 Designed by: Harry S. Colt Membership: 580 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €65 Clubhouse opening hours: 10.00am to 11.30pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €65 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €15 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: N/A Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Weekends Club Hire: No Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days Buggy Hire: No Pre-booking for open tournaments: N/A Soft spikes: No
Course Description:
Foxrock Golf Club is one of the oldest clubs in the country not just in the Greater Dublin area, founded in 1893 and was last designed by Harry Colt. Foxrock is a very mature 9-hole Parkland course with eighteen tee boxes making the 18-holes an enjoyable and memorable game of golf. It's feature hole is the 2nd at 373 metres will test the best of golfers. The clubhouse is an magnificent building steeped in character providing for the golfers every need. David Walker is the resident professional where he maintains a fully equipped shop and well worth a visit.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Instituted 1893, affiliated 1950. The Royal Exchange Assurance Co. owned most of the land in Foxrock, and opened a proprietary golf club in March 1893. They built the club, in order to attract building on their lands. The clubs first President, was Sir C. Barrington, and Maj. H. Domville, was the Vice-President, the first Captain was C. J. Wallis. Ladies were admitted from the very beginning, and they had their own pavilion. The course was laid out by Mr. Brown a well-known professional golfer; there were separate links for younger players. Some, famous professionals were retained by the early club. First there was "Curley from Dollymount", he was followed by Mungo Park, who had won the British Open in 1874. He moved to Portmarnock Golf Club, shortly after arriving at Foxrock. The proprietary club finished in 1905.
Location
Come off the Stillorgan-Bray dual carriageway, onto Leopardstown Road, onto Torquay Road, and Foxrock Golf Club is just up on your left-hand side.
Members Achievements
86 years young, Cecil D. Colter, now playing off a handicap of 19. In May of 2001 Cecil shot one more than his age when he returned 38 pts, or 87 gross off the medal tees in a singles competition, to collect third prize. P. Stirrat played Leinster Youths' in 1982.
Card of the Course (metres)
Hole No Blue Green Par Index Red Par Index 1 315 289 4 9 274 4 9 2 373 355 4 2 361 4 3 3 282 262 4 15 225 4 17 4 465 453 5 17 406 5 13 5 148 119 3 11 119 3 15 6 333 316 4 7 302 4 7 7 382 369 4 5 365 4 1 8 158 145 3 13 153 3 11 9 364 352 4 4 319 4 5 Out 2,820 2,660 35 2,524 35 10 304 289 4 10 285 4 4 11 418 355 4 1 382 5 12 12 277 269 4 14 255 4 14 13 423 406 4 3 419 5 10 14 134 119 3 18 124 3 16 15 336 326 4 8 296 4 6 16 366 369 4 6 343 4 2 17 156 145 3 12 137 3 18 18 441 435 5 16 414 5 8 In 2,820 2,713 35 2,655 37 Total 5,675 5,373 70 5,179 72 SSS 68 67 72
Men's Course Record: Martin Sludds, Pro: 66 M. Murphy
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour Mrs. B. Sharpe 1990 Ladies Captain V. P. Stanley 1990 Men's Captain T. Butler 1990 President Mrs. E. D. W. Connell 1991 Ladies Captain E. D. W. Connell 1991 Men's Captain M. C. Hayden 1991 President Mrs S. O'Hanlon 1992 Ladies Captain J. M. McColgan 1992 Men's Captain S. O'Hanlon 1992 President Mrs. M. Walsh 1993 Ladies Captain D. C. Jackson 1993 Men's Captain D. Murphy 1993 President Mrs. S. Cronin 1994 Ladies Captain P. G. Halpenny 1994 Men's Captain T. J. Walsh 1994 President M. Inglis 1995 Ladies Captain M. O. O'Connell 1995 Men's Captain J. M. Shiels 1995 President M. O'Mahony 1996 Ladies Captain W. Browne 1996 Men's Captain P. Sharkey 1996 President Mo Walsh 1997 Ladies Captain W. E. Meagher 1997 Men's Captain J. G. McLaughlin 1997 President Joyce Maguire 1998 Ladies Captain J. N. Maher 1998 Men's Captain T. C. Costello 1998 President Hillary O'Herlihy 1999 Ladies Captain G. G. Tierney 1999 Men's Captain Syl J. Shield 1999 President Kay O'Loughlin-Kennedy 2000 Ladies Captain John Woods 2000 Men's Captain J. J. Maguire 2000 President Pam O'Connell 2001 Ladies Captain T. D. Dunphy 2001 Men's Captain B. Ruttle 2001 President Edwina McInerney 2002 Ladies Captain P. F. Inglis 2002 Men's Captain P. A. Carroll 2002 President Mrs. Liz Maher 2003 Ladies Captain A. P. Walshe 2003 Men's Captain D. C. Jackson 2003 President Fidelma Power 2004 Ladies Captain Tony Walshe 2004 Men's Captain Philip Halpenny 2004 President Joan McAuley 2005 Ladies Captain Derek Maguire 2005 Men's Captain Bill Browne 2005 President Roda Murray 2006 Ladies Captain Kieran Corcoran 2006 Men's Captain Bill Browne 2006 President Rosemary Buckley 2007 Ladies Captain Michael O'Brien 2007 Men's Captain Bill O'Herlihy 2007 President
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance D. Elliot 2 February 1998 5th 148 m Paddy Flynn 23 September 2000 8th 158 m P. O'Connor 28 July 2002 17th 156 m
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