18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
The Island
Ballinakill
Co. WaterfordSecretary/Manager: Michael Garland Captain: Paul Gavin Lady Captain: Patrica Walsh Telephone: 051-871633 President: Tom Drohan & Patricia Connolly Public No: 051-850902 Vice-Captain: Chris Kavanagh & Margaret Fogarty Fax: 051-871634 Hon. Secretary: Pat Crowley & Maria Shefflin E-mail: golf@waterfordcastle.com Club Pro: Stephen Hoey Website: www.waterfordcastle.com Hon. Treasurer: Kieran Brophy & Heather Sherwood Founded: 1992 Designed by: Des Smyth Membership: 675 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €52 Clubhouse opening hours: 8.00am to dusk Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €62 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €26/31 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €26/31 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: 9.00am to 11.00am weekdays 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:
A unique island golf course surrounded by the River Suir and accessed by private ferry. Designed by Des Smyth, this 310-acre island is enclosed by water. The course is 6814 yards and has four water features on the second, third, fourth and sixteenth holes. There is even a Swilken Bridge on the third hole. Two of the more challenging holes are the par 4's at nine and twelve. Index one comes at the ninth, a 414-yard uphill, dog-leg right. The twelfth is 456 yards and is a fine test of accuracy and distance. The views from the course are superb and the luxurious Waterford Castle Hotel equally spectacular. Societies are welcome and group rates are available.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Founded 1992, affiliated 1993.
Location
On the main Waterford to Dunmore Road, take the 4th turn left after the regional hospital roundabout.
Members Achievements
Waterford Castle Golf Club got to the Munster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield at Limerick Golf Club in 1998, when the team was C. Ahearne, J. Hegarty, D. O'Leary, J. Dalton, J. Nolan, J, Morrissey, T. Clancy, K. O'Brien, L. McCarthy, J. Hughey and B. Mulhall, they were managed by L. Coady.Waterford Castle Golf Club won the Belvedere Cup in 2003.
Kathleen Walsh and Carmel Walsh qualified for the National Finals of the Kellogg's Ladies Golf Challenge at Druid's Glen Golf Club on the 21st of August 2001.
Card of the Course (metres)
Hole No Blue White Par Index Red Par Index 1 385 361 4 9 342 4 3 2 176 154 3 5 136 3 13 3 372 346 4 1 295 4 9 4 356 338 4 3 305 4 5 5 476 432 5 15 414 5 15 6 337 320 4 17 300 4 7 7 193 176 3 7 115 3 17 8 452 443 5 13 414 5 11 9 381 360 4 11 326 4 1 Out 3,128 2,930 36 2,647 36 10 160 152 3 12 109 3 18 11 346 318 4 14 262 4 14 12 415 397 4 2 336 4 2 13 463 427 5 16 387 5 10 14 343 306 4 8 282 4 6 15 468 454 5 18 362 5 16 16 187 173 3 4 155 3 8 17 368 344 4 6 262 4 4 18 353 326 4 10 301 4 12 In 3,103 2,897 36 2,456 36 Total 6,231 5,827 72 5,103 72 SSS 73 71 72
Men's Course Record: Am. 70 Jamie Haughey 1996
Ladies Course Record: Suzanne Fanagan O'Brien 1999
Roll of Honour C. O'Connell 1992 Men's Captain E. J. Kearns 1992 President C. O'Connell 1993 Men's Captain E. J. Kearns 1993 President M. G. Bowe 1994 Men's Captain E. J. Kearns 1994 President C. Power 1995 Ladies Captain P. Delany 1995 Men's Captain E. J. Kearns 1995 President B. Edmondson 1996 Ladies Captain C. Power 1996 Ladies President T. Sinnott 1996 Men's Captain E. J. Kearns 1996 President M. Bond 1997 Ladies Captain C. Power 1997 Ladies President C. Bond 1997 Men's Captain T. Sinnott 1997 President C. Flynn 1998 Ladies Captain T. Drohan 1998 Men's Captain J. Murphy 1998 President Clare Cotter-Sheane 1999 Ladies Captain Liam McCarthy 1999 Men's Captain M. G. Bowe 1999 President Paula Drohan 2000 Ladies Captain Clare Cotter-Sheane 2000 Ladies President Robbie Walsh 2000 Men's Captain Tony Fitzgerald 2000 President Jeanette O'Keeffe 2001 Ladies Captain Ita Shipsey 2001 Ladies President John Sherwood 2001 Men's Captain Dave Sheane 2001 President Heather Sherwood 2002 Ladies Captain Ita Shipsey 2002 Ladies President Jackie O'Keeffe 2002 Men's Captain Jimmy Mulvaney 2002 President Rosemary Canty 2003 Ladies Captain Lily Martin 2003 Ladies President Cormac Aherne 2003 Men's Captain Tom O'Leary 2003 President Phyllis Sinnott 2004 Ladies Captain M. O'Neill 2004 Ladies President John O'Meara 2004 Men's Captain Tom O'Leary 2004 President Kathleen Walsh 2005 Ladies Captain Carmel Flynn 2005 Ladies President Jerry Canty 2005 Men's Captain Pat Crowley 2005 President Margaret O'Hara 2006 Ladies Captain Maria Shefflin 2006 Ladies President Martin Bolger 2006 Men's Captain Cliff Bond 2006 President Fionnuala Hatton 2007 Ladies Captain Heather Sherwood 2007 Ladies President Noel Dalton 2007 Men's Captain Denis Shefflin 2007 President Clare Cotter-Sheane (8.8) 2008 Lowest Ladies H'cap Pat Madigan (0) 2008 Lowest Men's H'cap
Major Prize Winners Name Year Prize K. Brophy 2000 Captain's Prize J. Fogarty 2000 President's Prize M. McGarry 2001 Captain's Prize G. Nagle 2001 President's Prize T. Browne 2002 Captain's Prize G. Brennan 2002 President's Prize D. Ryan 2003 Captain's Prize M. Leamy 2003 President's Prize P. Reddy 2004 Captain's Prize D. Kavanagh 2004 President's Prize F. O'Meara 2005 Captain's Prize C. Sweeney 2005 President's Prize F. Crowley 2006 Captain's Prize J. Heenan 2006 President's Prize P. Wallace 2007 Captain's Prize D. Grace 2007 President's Prize
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance Eugene Wall 16 April 2001 10th 7 iron 160 m Dick Cullinane 1 January 1998 16th 187 m Dick Cullinane 1 January 1994 2nd 176 m Fionnuala Hatton 9th July 1999 2nd 129 m Margaret Bond 2 January 2000 16th 155 m Cecily Kennedy 19 March 2001 7th 115 m Phyllis Sinnott 13 September 2003 2nd 136 m Phyllis Sinnott 2 November 2003 2nd 136 m Maura Coady 5 August 2006 10th 109 m