9 Hole Links
Course Facts: Address
Stradbally
Castlegregory
Co. KerrySecretary/Manager: John Rowan Captain: Joe Mulcahy Lady Captain: Liz O'Carroll Telephone: 066-7139444 President: Sean O'Connor - Joan Ferriter Public No: 066-7139444 Vice-Captain: Miriam Mulhall-Nolan - Sean O'Connor
Fax: 066-7139958 Hon. Secretary: Eddie Hamilton - Miriam Bourke E-mail: info@castlegregorygolflinks.com Club Pro: No Golf PRO Golf Shop Yes Website: www.castlegregorygolflinks.com Hon. Treasurer: John Rowan - Merlyn O'Connor Founded: 1989 Designed by: Dr. Arthur Spring Membership: 287 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €20/32 Clubhouse opening hours: 9.00am to 11.30am Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €20/32 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €17 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €17 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Sundays Club Hire: Yes Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days Buggy Hire: No Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: No
Course Description:
The first is a par five 497 m where the long hitter may go for the green in two, but will have to cut off about 150 m of Lough Gill to do so. "One of the great holes in Irish Golf" Barons Bunker.One of the most interesting is the short 9th, where a pond has been specifically built in front of the green and in which the Naterjack toad, a creature much beloved in the area has proliferated since the golf course began.Castlegregory has been renewed as a nine-hole course. "There could not be a more scenic course in the country, situated as it is between the 900 acre Lough Gill at the Southern end, Brandon Bay to the North and beyond to Brandon Mountain" Val Dorgan The Examiner.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
It would appear golf has been played at Castlegregory as early as 1897, when The Sportsman's Holiday Guide describes it as "a very fine 18 hole course extending about three and a half miles in circuit. It lies along the coast and is quite the first course in the Kingdom of Kerry". It was the second links course of Tralee Golf Club which had been founded in 1896. The Golfing Annuals listed it until 1905. It would seem that after Tralee was reconstituted in 1907, the course fell into disuse until the club was re-founded in 1990.
Location
Half-way between Tralee and Dingle. On the scenic route in Stradbally, beside Tomasin's Bar and Restaurant.
Members Achievements
Castlegregory Golf Club won the Dr. Billy O'Sullivan Shield in 1992, when the team was, Tom Moriarty, Pat O'Driscoll, Sean O'Connor, Chris Searle, Eddie Hannafin, Stephen Hennessy, Jerry O'Connor, John F. Finn, Sean Leen, Kevin Moore, Leo Foley, Peter Breen and they were managed by Fergus Moroney.Tom Moriarty became the first person ever to have an albatross on 373, yard index 6, 7th, on the Cashen Course at Ballybunion in May, 1999. He hit a 3-wood. The Captain of Ballybunion Fintan Scannell was playing in front of Tom on the memorable occasion.
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No Blue White Green Par Index Red Par Index 1 488 474 464 5 11 404 5 5 2 183 172 159 3 7 132 3 9 3 242 233 221 4 17 191 4 17 4 368 358 345 4 3 302 4 3 5 183 171 163 3 9 115 3 15 6 261 261 241 4 15 226 4 11 7 396 373 350 4 1 268 4 1 8 365 351 331 4 5 287 4 7 9 149 136 124 3 13 113 3 13 Out 2,632 2,529 2,398 34 2,038 34 10 488 474 464 5 12 404 5 6 11 183 172 159 3 8 132 3 10 12 242 233 221 4 18 191 4 18 13 368 358 345 4 4 302 4 4 14 183 171 163 3 10 115 3 16 15 261 261 241 4 16 226 4 12 16 393 373 350 4 2 268 4 2 17 365 351 331 4 6 287 4 8 18 149 136 124 3 14 113 3 14 In 2,632 2,529 2,398 34 2,038 34 Total 5,264 5,058 4,796 68 4,076 68 SSS 68 67 66 67
Men's Course Record: 72 Dan F. O'Brien 18/04/1999
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour Marian Bourke 1991 Ladies Captain Martin Rice 1991 Men's Captain Rev. D. Murphy 1991 President Marian Bourke 1992 Ladies Captain Martin Rice 1992 Men's Captain Rev. D. Murphy 1992 President Anne Searle 1993 Ladies Captain Kevin Moore 1993 Men's Captain Con Kelly 1993 President Joan Ferriter 1994 Ladies Captain Sean Leen 1994 Men's Captain Con Kelly 1994 President Lori Fitzgerald 1995 Ladies Captain Con O'Connor 1995 Men's Captain Con Kelly 1995 President Mary Sills 1996 Ladies Captain John Brown 1996 Men's Captain John Kenny 1996 President Marian Kennedy 1997 Ladies Captain Matt Muller 1997 Men's Captain John Kenny 1997 President Helen Besseling 1998 Ladies Captain John Galvin 1998 Men's Captain John Kenny 1998 President Doreen Fitzgerald 1999 Ladies Captain Michael Tagney 1999 Men's Captain Derry O'Mahoney 1999 President Tina Moriarty 2000 Ladies Captain Martin Lynch 2000 Men's Captain Des Hayes 2001 Men's Captain K. Moore 2001 President Teresa Rice 2002 Ladies Captain Eddie Hannafin 2002 Men's Captain Pat Moynihan 2003 Men's Captain Liam Ryan 2003 President Frank Herlihy 2004 Men's Captain Matt Maloney 2004 President Gorretti O'Connor 2005 Ladies Captain John Rowan 2005 Men's Captain Matt Maloney 2005 President Colette Burghoff 2006 Ladies Captain Michael Keane 2006 Men's Captain Matt Maloney 2006 President Katrina O'Shea 2007 Ladies Captain George Nash 2007 Men's Captain Joe McKenna 2007 President Merlyn O'Connor 2008 Lady Captain Michael Williams 2008 Men's Captain Gerry Callanan 2008 President Sandra Nyhan 2009 Lady Captain Sean Barry 2009 Men's Captain Ger Callanan 2009 President Liz O'Carroll 2010 Lady Captain Joe Mulcahy 2010 Men's Captain Ger Callanan 2010 President John Carroll 2008 Lowest Men's H'cap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance John Joe Finn 28 February 1993 5th 171 m Russell McKenna 06 July 1995 5th 151 m Kieran O'Donnell 20 June 1996 2nd 170 m Tommy Joe Scanlon 12 July 1996 9th 144 m Teresa Rice 24 February 1998 9th 93 m Mary Sills 01 June 1998 5th 112 m Con O'Connor 01 September 1998 2nd 170 m Kathleen Hennesy 18 October 1998 9th 93 m Dan O'Connor 16 August 1999 2nd 170 m Robert Sheehy 19 September 1999 5th 171 m Eddie Hanafin 26 February 1996 9th 136 m Christo Murray 01 October 2000 2nd 172 m Con O'Connor 01 November 2000 2nd 171 m Kathleen Hennessy 23 August 2002 9th 93 m Frank Herlihy 10 December 2002 2nd 172 m Michael Keane 27 July 2003 5th 171 m Patricia Joyce 28 June 2003 9th 113 m