| Club History |
Instituted 1910, affiliated 1911. Grange Golf Club was a direct result of the demise of Kilmashogue Club, which was opened as a proprietary and had attracted, initially, quite a few members. By November 1909, the club was in some difficulty and some of the members started to look for another location. At a meeting in the home of the Rev. Henry Cave, in April 1910, a decision was taken to form another club. Mr. Douglas Rowley, the then owner of Marley Grange, agreed to lease ground for 21 years, from June 1910, and the club was born. Major Guinness was the first President he was President of Kilmashogue in 1909. Tom Hood, the professional at the Royal Dublin Golf Club laid out the first nine-hole course that opened for play in March 1911.R. K. Love bought Marley Grange in 1925. Love was very supportive of the club indeed the Love Cup is played for each year, at Grange. He allowed the club to build another nine-holes that opened the same year. In 1927, the famous James Braid remodelled the eighteen-holes for a fee of thirty-five guineas and the course has changed very little since then, except some minor alterations, resulting from road-construction, and six new holes have been added.
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| Members Achievements |
David Carroll was selected on the Leinster team for the Interprovincial Matches played at Portmarnock Golf Club from 11th to 13th August 2004.Mark Ryan won the West of Ireland Championship Co. Sligo in 2003, achieving something that no previous member of Grange had ever done before. Mark was unable to defend the Championship as he decided to spend 2004 in Australia and elsewhere in the world all part of growing up. The last time I met Mark was at The South of Ireland when he and brother David were attending the ropes in the final.
Grange was Runners-Up in the Bulmers Senior Cup Leinster Championship, to a very strong Portmarnock at Co. Louth Golf Club in 2002. The team was David Hayden, Simon Cranley, David Carroll, Hugh Hanley, David Ryan, Mick McGinley, Mark Ryan, Niall Ruane and Dermot Rooney. They were, managed by Terry Doyle.
Lady Captain Leslie Finnegan (19) and her Captain's Prize Winner Therese O'Reilly (1) were runners-up in a count back with 44 points, in the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captains' Golf Classic at The Royal Dublin Golf Club in September 2002. It was on to Druid's Glen for the National Finals in October.
Mark Ryan won the Irish Youths Championship at Enniscrone Golf Club in 2001. Well done young Ryan I consider the Youths the hardest championship as all these young men are coming good at the same time. Mark together with the runner-up in the Youths Mark O'Sullivan went on to represent Ireland in the European Under-21 Championship at Turnberry on the 25th-26th October 2001.
Grange Ladies won the Eastern District of the Ladies' Irish Senior Cup when they beat the cup holders Co. Louth in the final. They played in the All-Ireland Final at Douglas on the 7th to the 8th of September 2001. They played Douglas in the All-Ireland Semi-Final. The team was Hazal Kavanagh, Therese O'Reilly, Shenna O'Brien-Kenney, Monica Tracey and Mary Gorry.
Hazel Kavanagh was selected on the Irish team for the European Team Championship at Campo de Meis, Spain from the 10th to the 14th of July 2001. She was also on the Leinster Ladies team in the AIB Interprovincial's at the Island Golf Club on the 8th to the 10th August 2001. Hazel has since announced that she is to join the ladies professional tour.
Grange trio Lady Captain Theresa O'Reilly, Captain Tom Scully, and Vice-Captain Jim O'Hanlon were runners-up in the regional qualifiers of the Mercedes Benz-Irish Independent Executive Golf Trophy. In April 2001 they played Portmarnock Hotel & Golf Lings in a swirling wind that came at them from all sides. With two scores to count on each hole they booked their place in the National Finals. Therese a former Irish Ladies Close Champion now playing off 3, Tom playing off 14 and Joe playing off 16 returned a score of 78 points which saw them represent the Grange in the National Final at The K Club on the 13th of August where they finished 8th. They returned a score of 72 points, which was three off the winners.
Phil Bollard won the overall prize at the Dunmore East-Waterford Crystal Golf Classic in May 2001.
Grange Golf Club has won the All-Ireland Irish Club Youths Team Championship at Thurles G. C. in 1987 and at Carlow G. C. in 1986, when the team was Paul McGinley, Lesley Walker, Pat Groarke and Brian Shaw.
They won the All-Ireland Irish Junior Cup at The Royal Dublin in 1946, the team was, W. A. Bermingham, G. M. Bowers, Dr. R. A. Davitt, P. E. Keatley and D. H. Meredith.
Jimmy Green was elected to the council of the Leinster Branch of the GUI for 2001.
Miriam Abernethy was selected on the Ladies Senior Munster team, which played in the Interprovincial Championship at Portstewart G. C. in 2000.
David Ryan was selected on the Boys' Home International team at Portmarnock G. C. in 2000 He was on the Leinster Boys' team that played in the Boys Interprovincial Matches at Roscommon G. C. 25th-27th August, 1999. David became the first boy to win the Fred Daly, Irish Schools and Inter Pros in the same year.
They won the Barton Cup in 1989.
Grange have a proud tradittion in the Lumsden Cup with Dermot Rooney, winning in 1964, Joe Byrne winning in 1981 and Sean Buckley winning in 1989.
Malcolm Hood won the Leinster Senior Championship in 1989.
The Ladies of Grange Golf Club won the Leinster Senior Cup in 1985, when the team was Mary Gorry, Sheena O'Brian-Kennedy, Triona McAlister, Monica Tracey and Gwen Brandonl.
They won it again the following year with Mary Gorry, Theresa O'Reilly, Monica Tracey, Sheena O'Brien-Kennedy and Mary O'Connor.
They next won it in 1992, with Miriam Abernethy, Hazel Kavanagh, Theresa O'Reily, Sheena O'Brien-Kennedy, Mary Gorry and they were captained by Brenda Fearon.
They repeated their sucess the following year when the team was Mary Gorry, Theresa O'Reily, Hazel Kavanagh, Sheena O'Brien-Kennedy, Monica Tracey, Miriam Abernetty and Mary Dowling.
They last won it in 2001, with Miriam Abernetty, Sheena O'Brian-Kennedy, Hazel Kavanagh, Monica Tracey, Theresa O'Reilly and Mary Gorry.
The ladies of Grange were beaten in the final of the Townsend Women's Foursomes, by Co. Louth when the decider finally came to a conclusion at Portmarnock Links in November 2000.
Hazel Kavanagh played for Ireland in the European Ladies Team Championship at Golf Club Milano, Monza in 1995 and at Nordcentre Golf and Country Club, Finland in 1997. She played in the Ladies Home Internationals at Wrexham, in 1995 and at Lahinch in 1997, after that at Burnham and Berrow in 1998. She was selected to represent Ireland in the European Ladies Junior Championship at Saint Nom La Breteche Golf Club, in 1992. She played in the Girls' Home Internationals at Penrith Golf Club in 1990 and in 1989. Hazel won the Irish Ladies Stroke-Play Championship at Waterford Castle with rounds of 73,69, and 75 in July 1999.
Four Ladies from Grange are the Ladies Team Champions of the Waterford Crystal, Dunmore East Golf Classic in 1999. They were Ella Cowman, Helen Flynn, Ann McGorgan and Eileen Martin.
Ronan Gormley at 16 years of age won the News of the World-Luttrellstown Castle, Young Irish Golfers Challenge, in July 1999. Playing off a handicap of 8, he shot a sparkling one under par 71.
Hugh Hanley shattered the course record on 06/08/1999 at Youghal G. C. shooting a magnificent 62, beating the previous record by 5 shots.
David Sheehan played Walker Cup at Turnberry in 1963 (he represented Leinster from 1959 to 1976 playing 49 matches); and Paul McGinley played Walker Cup at Portmarnock in 1991, (he represented Leinster from 1988 to 1991, playing 10 matches and Leinster Youths from 1985 to 1988, playing 16 matches).
Michael McGinley participated in the Home International matches in 1996, (he represented Leinster from 1997 to 1998, and played Leinster Youths from 1994 to 1995, playing 8 matches).
Dave Carroll participated in the Boys Home International matches in 1997 (he played Leinster Youths in 1998)
Lesley Walker, represented Leinster from 1989 to 1992, and played Leinster Youths from 1988 to 1990, playing 16 matches and brother David played Leinster Youths from 1983 to 1984, playing 7 matches. Brian Shaw played in Leinster Youths from 1985 to 1987, playing 9 matches.
Theresa O'Reilly was selected to represent Ireland in the European Ladies Team Championship at Tubbercurry in 1987, and Captained the team at Golf Club Milano, Monza in 1995.
Miss Sheena O'Brien-Kenny played for the Irish Girls in 1973 and 1974 and she won the Scratch Match Play Foursomes together with Miss Theresa Moran of Donabate in 1978 and 1979. She also captained The Irish Girls International Team in 1994.
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