18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Castlewarden
Straffan
Co. KildareSecretary/Manager: Fiona Kane Captain: Sean Casey Lady Captain: Annette Walsh Telephone: 01-4589254 President: Brendan Lynch Public No: 01-4589254 Vice-Captain: John Campbell & Jill Kerrigan Fax: 01-4588972 Hon. Secretary: Robert Carroll, Sean Casey, & Ann Coburn E-mail: info@castlewardengolfclub.com Club Pro: Brian O'Brien Website: www.castlewardengolfclub.com Hon. Treasurer: John Shinners, John O'Neill & Pauline Malone Founded: 1990 Designed by: Tommy Halpin & Tom Craddock Membership: 821 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €35/45 Clubhouse opening hours: 11.00am to 11.30pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €35/45 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: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Weekends 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:
Tommy Halpin undertook the original design of Castlewarden Golf Club and the services of the late Tom Craddock were retained to complete the work before the course was opened in 1990. Craddock was responsible for many of the major new course designs in Ireland during the past few decades, such as Druid’s Glen and St. Margaret’s and his mark is clearly evident in this North Kildare club. After Tom’s death his son Chris completed the work to transform Castlewarden into a challenging and enjoyable golf course.
Among the feature holes at Castlewarden Golf Club are the 3rd at 445 yd's Par 4 Index 1, which demands an accurate 2ndshot between two man-made lakes. Followed by doglegged 4th at 333 yd's with water all the way up the right hand side for your second. The 10th is a very inviting short par 4, which tempts even the moderate hitter to take it on, but miss at your pearl. The 18th is among the best finishing holes to be found anywhere in Ireland at 553 yd's Par 5 Index 4, is played to a green tight in the right-hand corner with out of bounds up the right and the garden wall to the back of the green.Castlewarden’s Clubhouse is a 17th century house built by the Percivall family with all the grandeur of the period. The committee is undertaking a substantial renovation and extension to this wonderful building. Visitors are always extended a warm welcome here.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Founded 1990.
Location
Coming from Dublin on the Naas Dual carriageway, pass the Black Church Pub, do not take the first exit for Castlewarden, take the next exit for Kill, cross the dual carriageway and the Golf Club is just up on your right-hand side.
Members Achievements
Castlewarden Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Pierce Purcell Shield when they beat Clontarf Golf Club at Glen-of-The-Downs in 2202 and were drawn against Ulster Champions Moyola Park in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals at Galway Golf Club on September 5th. The team was Johnny Murray, Esmond Butler, Brian Deereux, Stuart Callery, Des O'Neill, Brad Flynn, Declan Bolger, Colm Kellett, Andrew Birthwistle, Andy Callanan, Noel Walsh, John Beirne, Fintan King, Paul Whelan and Brendan McCann. They were managed by Barney McCann and Tom Whelan. The team on the day was Esmond Butler with Declan Bolger, Colm Kellett with Noel Walsh, Stuart Callery with Andrew Bithistle, Brad Flynn with Des O'Neill and John Murray with Brian Devereux.The Ladies of Castlewarden Golf Club won the ILGU Eastern District Autumn Team Trophy in 1995, when the team was, P. Flynn, S. O'Donoghue, A. Brennan, J. Tyrrell, P. Sullivan, D. Hanlon and they were captained by M. O'Carroll.
Husband and wife Brigid (25) and Brendan Foran (12), were leading qualifiers, in the Spar-Irish Independent National Mixed Pairs at the South County Golf Club in July 2002. When they shot 49 points to lead the field by 3 points.
J. Ferriter was elected to the council of the Leinster Branch of the GUI for 201
Joan Byrne won the Millennium Lady Captain's Prize, which was also the 10th anniversary of the founding of the club. Joan, had rounds of 73 and 69 to win by two shots from Gilly Hughes.
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No Blue White Yellow Par Index Red Par Index 1 519 509 490 5 15 408 5 16 2 185 180 175 3 13 157 3 14 3 445 439 433 4 1 431 5 18 4 333 320 315 4 9 312 4 6 5 399 391 385 4 11 326 4 8 6 417 405 395 4 3 358 4 4 7 388 377 360 4 7 319 4 10 8 530 480 473 5 17 438 5 12 9 379 372 366 4 5 333 4 2 Out 3,595 3,473 3,392 37 3,082 38 10 262 255 250 4 16 239 4 11 11 378 366 366 4 10 315 4 9 12 400 394 369 4 12 341 4 5 13 153 148 132 3 18 115 3 17 14 392 387 374 4 4 342 4 1 15 398 387 378 4 8 365 4 3 16 420 410 398 4 2 418 5 15 17 180 169 151 3 14 151 3 13 18 553 548 537 5 6 435 5 7 In 3,136 3,064 2,955 35 2,721 36 Total 6,731 6,537 6,347 72 5,803 74 SSS 71 70 69 73
Men's Course Record: 70 Brendan McDonnell
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour Brid Neary 1990 Ladies Captain Terry Carroll 1990 Men's Captain Noel Herterich 1990 President Evelyn Lawless 1991 Ladies Captain Owen O'Kelly 1991 Men's Captain Moses Morrissey 1991 President Valerie Byrne 1992 Ladies Captain Noel Herterich 1992 Men's Captain Kevin O'Kelly 1992 President Majella McWeeney 1993 Ladies Captain Anthony Kerr 1993 Men's Captain David O'Brien 1993 President Barbara O'Malley 1994 Ladies Captain Brian Tighe 1994 Men's Captain Tom Martin 1994 President Vivian Coleman 1995 Ladies Captain John Flemming 1995 Men's Captain Terry Carroll 1995 President Deirdre Hanlon 1996 Ladies Captain Bill Lloyd 1996 Men's Captain Monty Fitzgerald 1996 President Phyllis Flynn 1997 Ladies Captain Ray Finn 1997 Men's Captain Tony Kerr 1997 President Esther Fitzgerald 1998 Ladies Captain Tom Maxwell 1998 Men's Captain Esmond J. Butler 1998 President Sheila Brien 1999 Ladies Captain John O'Neill 1999 Men's Captain Esmond J. Butler 1999 President Sheila O'Donoghue 2000 Ladies Captain Paul McDonnell 2000 Men's Captain Eugene Hanley 2000 President Irene O'Connor 201 Ladies Captain Alan Brown 201 Men's Captain Eugene Hanley 201 President Kathleen Burke 2002 Ladies Captain Diarmaid Marsh 2002 Men's Captain John Ferriter 2002 President Marie Kenna 2003 Ladies Captain Edward Gavin 2003 Men's Captain John Ferriter 2003 President Angela Dunleavy 2004 Ladies Captain Jim Corbett 2004 Men's Captain Keal Duggan 2004 President Teresa Flynn 2005 Ladies Captain Michael Coleman 2005 Men's Captain Edward Gavin 2005 President Joan Cotter 2006 Ladies Captain Jim Harte 2006 Men's Captain Matt Killalea 2006 President Mary McNamara 2007 Ladies Captain Tony Clarke 2007 Men's Captain Brendan Martin 2007 President Emily Gavin (14) 2008 Lowest Ladies H'cap Andrew Carroll 2008 Lowest Men's H'cap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance Tom Martin 11 June 1990 2nd 124 yd's Elaine O'Kelly 29 June 1993 2nd 150 yd's Fionnuala McCarthy 1 April 1993 2nd 150 yd's David Crothers 5 May 1996 4th 164 yd's Tom McCarthy 13 November 1997 16th 128 m Graham O'Kelly 18 October 1997 13th 148 yd's Noel Owens 1 February 1998 17th 172 yd's John Campbell 3 May 1999 2nd 185 yd's Damien Lynch 17 May 201 13th 110 yd's Beryl Lynch 7 May 2002 13th 110 yd's Seamus Kennelly 29 May 2002 2nd 185 yd's John Campbell 7 July 2002 2nd 185 yd's Madeleine Maguire 7 September 2002 13th 115 yd's Ann Coburn 8 October 202 2nd 157 yd's Owen Carroll 30 July 2005 13th 5-iron 148 yd's Tommy Maguire 1 March 2003 17th 172 yd's Matthew Killalea 14 August 2004 2nd 186 yd's Ciaran Dunne 26 March 2005 2nd 185 yd's Eamonn Hardiman 1 August 2005 2nd 180 yd's
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