18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Knocknagranagh
Dungarvan
Co. WaterfordSecretary/Manager: Liam Fitzgerald pro. tem. Captain: Alan Butler Lady Captain: Ann Fitzgerald Telephone: 058-43310/058-41605 President: Sean Wade Public No: 058-44770 Vice-Captain: Noel Brennan & Ann Stack Fax: 058-44113 Hon. Secretary: Tom Mulcahey & Ina Considine E-mail: dungarvangc@eircom.net Club Pro: David Hayes 058-44707 Website: www.dungarvangolfclub.com Hon. Treasurer: Tadgh Sheehan & Carmel Fox Founded: 1922 Designed by: Five Enterprises Membership: 763 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €35 Clubhouse opening hours: 9.00am to 12.00pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €45 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €25/30 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €20 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: None Club Hire: Yes Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Midweek & Weekends Buggy Hire: Yes Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: Yes
Course Description:
Dungarvan Golf Club is set against the backdrop of the Comeragh Mountains and lies adjacent to Dungarvan Bay. One of the oldest, sporting clubs in Dungarvan ("established" and affiliated to the G.U.I. in 1922). The championship standard course was professionally designed and enjoys blue flag status in the Bord Failte "Golfers Guide to Ireland". The par 72 Championship course which measures 6,688 yards for gents and 5,456 yards for ladies has been architecturally designed with seven lakes and man made hazards strategically placed to test all levels of golfers. Dungarvan has an Open Singles every Thursday from March to October in 2008.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Founded 1924, affiliated 1924.
Location
Take a left at approximately 2 miles outside Dungarvan, coming from Waterford on the N25; or vice-versa, take a right coming from Dungarvan; the course is up on your right hand side.
Members Achievements
Dungarvan Golf Club won the All-Ireland Junior Foursomes in 1985, when the team was Austin Spratt, John Deasy, Derry Kiely and Kieran Hogan.They won the Munster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield in the Munster Branch Centenary year of 1991, when the panel was M. Flynn, B. O'Kennedy, B. Foyle, T. Lineen, J. Spratt, K. Cusack, P. J. Killigrew, J. Harty, E. P. Kiely, M. Hanrahan, R. Spratt, D. O'Neill, M. Lynch, J. Hogan, J. Elstead, J. Gough and T. Brady. They won the Munster County Club Cup in 1987.
They were Runners-Up in the All-Ireland Brennan Cup in 1996. The squad was P. J. Barry, Tony Brady, Tom Whelan, Cyril Power, Patsy Horsom, Billy Queally, Michael Kelly, Jim Quinn, Jack Elstead, Johnny Hogan, Danny Barry, Michael Kelleher and Tom Conway.
The Ladies of Dungarvan Golf Club won the ILGU Junior League in 1990, when the squad was Breda McCarthy, Chrissie Terry, Peggy O'Brien, Phil Donnelly, Bernie Hayes, Alicia Browne, Rose Prendergast, Mary Kyne and Rena McDonnell. They were captained by Bernie Twomey.
What a year Ann Maher has had, she started the year playing off a handicap of 43, she is now down to 20. Among her many wins in her first year in the game, Ann took her Captain's Prize in June and crowned her year with a four points clear victory in the President's prize to the Ladies, when she returned 41pts.
Ann and Husband Philip were runners-up on their home course in the regional qualifiers of the Spar-Irish Independent National Mixed Pairs Challenge on the 20th of June. They finished the year in real style when they went to Adare Manor to play in the Irish Final of the Spar-Irish Independent Mixed Pairs Challenge in late August. With 52 points they booked their tickets for Tenerife for the big shoot out in November. Remarkably Ann and Philip were only playing golf since October 2000. They finished joint 3rd at the Golf del Sur championship course with a score of 148.
J. Murphy represented Munster in 1987 as did Sean O'Halloran in 1999.
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No Blue White Green Par Index Red Par Index 1 489 481 468 5 16 386 5 9 2 365 360 350 4 4 315 4 5 3 541 511 493 5 14 432 5 3 4 397 392 358 4 6 311 4 11 5 203 198 180 3 13 163 3 15 6 392 384 371 4 9 313 4 13 7 409 400 393 4 1 322 4 1 8 206 198 188 3 7 151 3 17 9 382 373 354 4 10 314 4 7 Out 3,384 3,297 3,155 36 2,707 36 10 384 375 359 4 8 349 4 2 11 385 376 332 4 3 273 4 6 12 502 494 484 5 11 401 5 8 13 129 129 117 3 18 109 3 18 14 464 405 378 4 2 375 5 12 15 362 348 336 4 15 319 4 4 16 174 174 161 3 12 159 3 14 17 414 408 392 4 5 367 5 16 18 490 483 471 5 17 397 5 10 In 3,304 3,191 3,030 36 2,749 38 Total 6,688 6,488 6,185 72 5,456 74 SSS 72 71 70 73
Men's Course Record: Am. 69 Mark Collins (2) 12/08/2001
Ladies Course Record: 71 Evelyn Hearn (1) 04/07/1995
Roll of Honour M. Fahey 1990 Ladies Captain P. J. Killigrew 1990 Men's Captain T. Mulcahy 1990 President P. Hurley 1991 Ladies Captain B. T. O'Kennedy 1991 Men's Captain B. Foley 1991 President K. Beresford 1992 Ladies Captain T. Brady 1992 Men's Captain C. Power 1992 President Rose Prendergast 1993 Ladies Captain Michael Kelly 1993 Men's Captain Cyril Power 1993 President Tish Beaumann 1994 Ladies Captain Tom Considine 1994 Men's Captain Maurice McHugh 1994 President Betty O'Brien 1995 Ladies Captain Pat Morrisey 1995 Men's Captain Maurice McHugh 1995 President June James 1996 Ladies Captain Jim Prendergast 1996 Men's Captain Redmond Russell 1996 President Bernie Hayes 1997 Ladies Captain Des Baumann 1997 Men's Captain Redmond Russell 1997 President Margaret O'Donnell 1998 Ladies Captain Tom Phelan 1998 Men's Captain Frank O'Riordan 1998 President Phil Donnelly 1999 Ladies Captain Patsy Horsom 1999 Men's Captain Michael Brosnan 1999 President Finola Kelly 2000 Ladies Captain Tom Conway 2000 Men's Captain Michael Brosnan 2000 President Ruth Byrne 2001 Ladies Captain Michael Brackett 2001 Men's Captain Tom Coffey 2001 President Carmel O'Brien 2002 Ladies Captain Liam Fitzgerald 2002 Men's Captain Tom Coffey 2002 President Bertha O'Connor 2003 Ladies Captain Eugene Slater 2003 Men's Captain Donal Verling 2003 President Ita Fahey 2004 Ladies Captain John Reynolds 2004 Men's Captain Donal Verling 2004 President Irene Dawson 2005 Ladies Captain Jimmy Wemyss 2005 Men's Captain Roger O'Connor 2005 President Marianne Mulcahy 2006 Ladies Captain Donal Williams 2006 Men's Captain Roger O'Connor 2006 President Emer O'Kennedy 2007 Ladies Captain Tadgh Sheehan 2007 Men's Captain Sean Wade 2007 President Irene Lynch (6) 2008 Lowest Ladies H'cap Pat Norris Jnr. (+1) 2008 Lowest Men's H'cap Kevin Stack 2008 Lowest Men's H'cap