Castlegregory Golf Club

Address Stradbally
Castlegregory
Co. Kerry
Telephone: 066-7139444
Public No: 066-7139444
Fax: 066-7139958
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Website: www.castlegregorygolflinks.com
Founded: 1989
Membership: 287
Green Fees Midweek: €20/32
Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €20/32
Green Fees With a Member: €17
Green Fees For Opens: €17
Practice Area: Yes
Club Hire: Yes
Buggy Hire: No
Soft spikes: No
Secretary/Manager: John Rowan
Captain: Joe Mulcahy
Lady Captain: Liz O'Carroll
President: Sean O'Connor - Joan Ferriter
Vice-Captain: Miriam Mulhall-Nolan - Sean O'Connor
Hon. Secretary: Eddie Hamilton - Miriam Bourke
Club Pro: No Golf PRO Golf Shop Yes
Hon. Treasurer: John Rowan - Merlyn O'Connor
Designed by: Dr. Arthur Spring
Course opening hours: Daylight hours
Clubhouse opening hours: 9.00am to 11.30am
Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse
Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim
Catering: Full catering facilities
Days to Avoid: Sundays
Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days
Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance
Location
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Course Description
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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.
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Open & Major Fixtures 2011
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See Event Calendar here.
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Club History
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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.
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.
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
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Card of the Course
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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    
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Roll of Honour
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Marian Bourke 1991 Ladies Captain
Marian Bourke 1992 Ladies Captain
Anne Searle 1993 Ladies Captain
Joan Ferriter 1994 Ladies Captain
Lori Fitzgerald 1995 Ladies Captain
Mary Sills 1996 Ladies Captain
Marian Kennedy 1997 Ladies Captain
Helen Besseling 1998 Ladies Captain
Doreen Fitzgerald 1999 Ladies Captain
Tina Moriarty 2000 Ladies Captain
Teresa Rice 2002 Ladies Captain
Gorretti O'Connor 2005 Ladies Captain
Colette Burghoff 2006 Ladies Captain
Katrina O'Shea 2007 Ladies Captain
Merlyn O'Connor 2008 Lady Captain
Sandra Nyhan 2009 Lady Captain
Liz O'Carroll 2010 Lady Captain
Martin Rice 1991 Men's Captain
Martin Rice 1992 Men's Captain
Kevin Moore 1993 Men's Captain
Sean Leen 1994 Men's Captain
Con O'Connor 1995 Men's Captain
John Brown 1996 Men's Captain
Matt Muller 1997 Men's Captain
John Galvin 1998 Men's Captain
Michael Tagney 1999 Men's Captain
Martin Lynch 2000 Men's Captain
Des Hayes 2001 Men's Captain
Eddie Hannafin 2002 Men's Captain
Pat Moynihan 2003 Men's Captain
Frank Herlihy 2004 Men's Captain
John Rowan 2005 Men's Captain
Michael Keane 2006 Men's Captain
George Nash 2007 Men's Captain
Michael Williams 2008 Men's Captain
Sean Barry 2009 Men's Captain
Joe Mulcahy 2010 Men's Captain
Rev. D. Murphy 1991 President
Rev. D. Murphy 1992 President
Con Kelly 1993 President
Con Kelly 1994 President
Con Kelly 1995 President
John Kenny 1996 President
John Kenny 1997 President
John Kenny 1998 President
Derry O'Mahoney 1999 President
K. Moore 2001 President
Liam Ryan 2003 President
Matt Maloney 2004 President
Matt Maloney 2005 President
Matt Maloney 2006 President
Joe McKenna 2007 President
Gerry Callanan 2008 President
Ger Callanan 2009 President
Ger Callanan 2010 President
     
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