36 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Tower Road, Conlig
Newtownards
Co. Down BT23 7PNSecretary/Manager: John Thomson Captain: Roger Moffitt Lady Captain: Hilary Noble` Telephone: 028-91-271767 President: John Blundell Public No: 028-91-460696 Vice-Captain: None Fax: 028-91-473711 Hon. Secretary: Brian Mills E-mail: cgc-ni@btconnect.com Club Pro: Peter Gregory 048-91-271750 Website: www.cgc-ni.com Hon. Treasurer: Ivor Abernethy Founded: 1933 Designed by: Dave Thomas, Baron Von Limburger & Peter Allis Membership: 1162 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: £30 Clubhouse opening hours: 7.00am to 11.00pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: £35 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: £16/£25 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: £10/15 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Sundays & bank holidays Club Hire: Yes Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days Buggy Hire: Yes Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: No
Course Description:
Clandeboye Golf Club comprises of two distinct golf courses, The Dufferin Course is the Championship course, measuring 6,742 yards of the white tees with a Par of 71 and standard scratch of 72. It has many fine challenging holes not least the 455 yard Par-4 8th index 3 and the tough finishing hole at 433 yards index 6. The Ava Course is somewhat shorter at 5,755 yards with a Par-70 and standard scratch of 71 off the white tees, is no pushover in particular the 524 yard 2nd index 1 is considered as on of the toughest Par-5’s to be encountered anywhere.Situated on classic heartland on the hills above Conlig Village with breathtaking views of the Irish Sea and Belfast Lough. Clandeboye was the venue of one of the most valuable Ladies tournaments staged anywhere in Europe. When in 1984 it staged the Smirnoff Irish Open with a prize fund of £100,000 and a first prize of £22,500 won by the Australian Jan Stephenson to record her 87th victory on tour. It was also the venue of the Irish Close Championship in 1998 won by Lillian Behan of the Curragh Golf Club.
Clandeboye Golf Club has a magnificent modern design clubhouse built at a cost of £1,5 million, which caters for the golfers every need. The warmest of welcomes is extended to visitors at this golfing facility of international repute.
Voted the No. 73-ranked golf course in Ireland, by “Golf Digest Ireland” in 2008.
Clandeboye's Dufferin Course was voted No. 37 Parkland/Inland Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2008, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Founded 1933, affiliated 1933.
Location
Belfast-Bangor Dual carriageway. Turn off Rathgael Road opposite Clandeboye Cemetery-Old Belfast Road, bottom of Rathgeal Road, come to roundabout take last turning to Newtownards. Turn off Newtownards Road at Conlig Village sign Golf Club situated in middle of village.
Members Achievements
Golfing Ireland would like to congratulate Jonathan Caldwell on being, selected on the Walker Cup Team, together with Rory McIlroy of Holywood Golf Club, that was narrowly beaten (12 1/2 matches to 11 1/2 matches) by the USA at Royal Co. Down on 8th & 9th September 2007 and he was part of the victorious Irish Team that won the European Amateur Championship at Western Gailes on the Ayrshire Cost, on Saturday 7th July 2007, when they overcame a strong French team by 4 ½ matches to 2 ½ matches. Ireland had not won this Championship since 1987, the other members of the team were Rory McIlroy (Hollywood Golf Club), Shane Lowry (Esker Hills Golf Club), Richard Kilpatrick (Banbridge Golf Club), Simon Ward (Co. Louth), well done lads and we will continue to follow your progress in the years to come.The Girls’ of Clandeboye Golf Club were runners-up in the Allgrip Girls Under-19 Interclub Finals on Tuesday 28th August 2007 at Westport Golf Club, when they beat Navan Golf Club by 2 ½ matches to ½ match in the morning Semi-Finals and met the girls from Mountbellew Golf Club in the afternoon decider.
First up was Caroline Adams against Laura Burk who lost her match by 6 and 5, Brook Hopley lost her match against Michelle Burke by 5 and 3. The other match of Kelsey Coey against Aoife Fallon was called in, giving Mountbellew a 2 ½ to ½ victory.
Clandeboye won the Ulster Final of the Barton Shield in 2002 and were drawn against Leinster Champions Mullingar in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals at Galway Golf Club on September 5th. They beat Mullingar and became All-Ireland Champions when they beat Nenagh in the Final in the afternoon. The squad was Colm Murphy, Andrew McCormick, Trevor Spence, Chris Moriarty, Johnny Caldwell, David Jackson and Alan Hopley, they were Captained by Sam Gillespie. The team on the day was Andy McCormack with Trevor Spence and Johnny Caldwell with Chris Moriarty they won by 5-holes.
The Boys' of Clandeboye Golf Club won the Holt Shield in 2003, when the team was, N. Lyons, R. Mowat, R. Finlay, J. Galloway, J. Craig and T. Carmichael, they were captained by R. Moffitt.
Clandeboye Golf Club won the Ulster Final of the Irish Senior Cup in 2002 and were drawn against Connaught Champions Galway in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals at Galway Golf Club on September 6th. They beat Galway by 4 matches to 1match and met Munster Champions Limerick in the All-Ireland Final on the Saturday. They collected the silver medals to go with the gold they had won on the Thursday. The team on the day was Andy McCormick, Chris Moriarty, Colm Murphy, Trevor Spence and Johnny Caldwell.
Clandeboye won the Ulster Final of the Fred Daly Trophy and were drawn against Leinster Champions Curragh in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals at Roscrea Golf Club on August 20th 2002, they beat them by 4-matches to 1-match. The team was Johnny Caldwell, Niki Grant, Andrew Conway, Chris Ferguson and Brian Spence. They meet Limerick Golf Club in the All-Ireland Final and clamed the Championship with a 4-matches to 1-match victory.
They won the Ulster Final of the Irish Senior Cup Cup in 2002, when the team was, A. Conway, A. Hopley, I. Cooke, C. Murphy, C. Moriarty, T. Spence and D. Jackson, they were captained by F. S. Gillespie.
They won the Ulster Final of the Irish Senior Cup Cup in 2001, when the team was, A. Hopley, T. Spence, K. Wilkinson, C. Murphy, J. Caldwell, A. Conway, S. Simons, Colin Glasgow and Ian Cooke, they were captained by S. F. Gillespie.
They won the Ulster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield in 1997, when the team was, R, Moffit, T. Johnston, M. Lockhart, S. D. Johnston, B. Owens, D. Hanna, M. McDaid, H. Kitson, N. Coey, P. Murphy, N. Murphy, S. Gillespie, D. Gillespie and B. Patton, they were captained by S. Preater.
They won the Ulster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield in 1980, when the team was, W. Miscampbell, R. Gilliland, M. Rutherford, A. Gregg, B. Patton, C. Murphy, K. O'Donnell, N. Coey, N. Alcock, F. Glasgow, S. Preater and J. Clery.
Johnny Caldwell was selected on the Irish Boy's Team to play in the Home Internationals at Blairgowrie, Scotland in early August 2002 and the Irish Boys' team that played in Rejkjavik, Iceland on July 9th 2002.
Nikki Moore was selected on the Ulster Ladies' team for the AIB Interprovincial Championships at Mount Wolseley Golf Club from August 7-9 2002.
Clandeboye won the Ulster section of the Irish Senior Cup in 2001. They came up against a b Portmarnock team in the All-Ireland semi-finals at Newlands Golf Club on Friday 21st September and were beaten 3 matches to 2 matches. The team was Chris Moriarty, Colm Murphy, Johnny Caldwell, Trevor Spence and Ian Cooke.
Clandeboye Golf Club won the All-Ireland Irish Senior Cup at Galway Golf Club in1986, when the team was, R. G. Kerr, E. Quiery, C. Glasgow, M. H. Thompson, J. J. Verner, D. Jackson and J. Murphy, they were captained by J. D. Coey assisted by M. McDaid.
Clandeboye Golf Club won the All-Ireland Irish Senior Cup at Killarney Golf Club in 1985, when the team was, C. N. Coey, J. J. Verner, C. Glasgow, M. H. Thompson, C. Murphy, M. Lockhart, D. Jackson, R. G. Kerr, E. Quiery and T. G. Magee, they were captained by J. D. Coey assisted by M. McDaid.
Clandeboye Golf Club won the All-Ireland Irish Senior Cup at Royal Portrush Golf Club in 1970, when the team was, S. A. G Cooley, R. Hutton, B. Wilson, J. H. Derby and Rev. F. A. McCorry, they were captained by R. P. Potter.
They won the All-Ireland Barton Shield at Ballybunion in 1965, when the team was, J. J. McEvoy, D. J. Moncrieff, J. H. Derby, S. A. G. Cooley, Rev. F. A. McEvoy and B. Wilson, they were captained by S. Cooley.
They won the All-Ireland Barton Shield at Royal Portrush in 1962, when the team was, J. H. Derby, F. A. McCorry, S. A. G. Cooley and B. Wilson, they were captained by M. A. Quiery
They also won the All-Ireland Irish Junior Cup at Killarney in 1969, when the team was, J. P. Clery, B. Owen, J. Small, E. Nightingale, Rev. J. McCrory, D. R. Robson, C. D. McCutcheon, A. Gregg and D. M. Moncrieff, they were captained by J. McIlveen.
They won the Ulster Final of the Barton Shield and Irish Senior Cup in 1993, when the team was, D. Jackson, C. Glasgow, Ian F. Smyth, K. Campbell, R. G. Kerr, C. Murphy, they were captained by E. Quiery.
They won the Ulster Final of the Irish Junior Cup in 1984, when the team was, D. Campbell, M. Martin, J. Walker, S. Preator, M. McDaid, B. Owen, T. V. Dougherty, D. Kitson, C. Gracey, G. Montgomery and B. Patton, they were captained by J. McIlveen.
They won the Ulster Final of the Irish Junior Cup in 1978, when the team was, Martin Browne, John Walker, George Cooper, John Small, Ernie Nightingale, Victor Dougherty, Derek Haire and Brian Patton, they were captained by Denis McBride.
They won the Ulster Final of the Irish Junior Cup in 1974, when the team was, M . Browne, B. Owen, A. Russell, N. Russell, J. Taggart, C. D. McCutcheon, and D. Haire, they were captained by T. V. Dougherty.
Clandeboye Golf Club won the Belfast and District Cup in 2000, 1990, 1975, 1974, 1965 and 1958.
They won the Ulster Cup in 1967, 1964 and 1956.
David Jackson was selected on the Irish Senior team, together with Eddie Condren (Greystones G. C.) and Denis White (Moate G.C.) in the inaugural European Seniors Nations Cup, played at La Manga, Spain, from 15 th to 17 th June 2000.
C. Murphy represented Ulster from 1986 to 1996, having played 20 matches and played Ulster Youths from 1982 to 1985, playing 14 matches. K. O'Donnell played Ulster Youths in 1983. Trevor Spence played Ulster Boys in 1998. B. Wilson won the Michael Hennelly Award in 1997 with a record 170 points.
Colleen Coey played for the Irish Girls in 1983 and 1984, and Nicola Gracey played for the Irish Girls in 1985.
Card of the Dufferin Course (yards)
Name Hole No Blue White Green Par Index Red Par Index Castle Dunt 1 388 378 369 4 9 352 4 9 Wall 2 179 172 162 3 5 147 3 13 Abbotsford 3 420 414 403 4 13 382 4 1 Cairo 4 403 392 378 4 1 297 4 5 Coffey's 5 190 183 169 3 15 149 3 17 Rathgill 6 520 516 494 5 17 480 5 7 Stile 7 370 364 354 4 7 327 4 11 Cinque Ports 8 455 447 437 4 3 422 5 15 Lisbane 9 409 397 385 4 11 364 4 3 Out 3,334 3,263 3,151 35 2,920 36 Spurs & Roses 10 443 415 402 4 4 379 4 2 Stag's Leap 11 153 148 141 3 14 131 3 12 Somerset Wood 12 517 513 487 5 6 468 5 4 Harriots 13 384 360 350 4 12 315 4 6 Ballyleidy 14 176 166 148 3 8 138 3 14 Maxwell's Point 15 503 495 483 5 16 439 5 8 Runstone 16 424 392 381 4 2 291 4 10 Panorama 17 375 392 351 4 18 308 4 16 Rockies 18 433 428 418 4 10 381 5 18 In 3,408 3,263 3,161 36 2,850 37 Total 6,742 6,550 6,312 71 5,770 73 SSS 72 71 70 73
Men's Course Record: 64 Rory McIlroy July 2007
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour S. D. McAdoo 1990 Ladies Captain W. C. McClune 1990 Ladies President G. A. Fyfe 1990 Men's Captain J. A. Robinson 1990 President J. R. Milliken 1991 Ladies Captain N. S. Rainey 1991 Ladies President W. D. Gillespie 1991 Men's Captain J. A. Robinson 1991 President I. M. Shaw 1992 Ladies Captain N. S. Rainey 1992 Ladies President M. McDaid 1992 Men's Captain J. A. Robinson 1992 President E. C. B. McMullan 1993 Ladies Captain A. G. Burgess 1993 Ladies President T. E. G. Magee 1993 Men's Captain J. A. Robinson 1993 President P. Ainsworth 1994 Ladies Captain A. G. Burgess 1994 Ladies President B. McCance 1994 Men's Captain J. A. Robinson 1994 President W. J. Warwick 1995 Ladies Captain G. D. L. Derby 1995 Ladies President T. H. Thompson 1995 Men's Captain D. S. Gilliland 1995 President T. G. Eakin 1996 Ladies Captain G. D. L. Derby 1996 Ladies President H. Munnis 1996 Men's Captain D. S. Gilliland 1996 President J. P. Considine 1997 Ladies Captain H. Simms 1997 Ladies President W. H. Tedford 1997 Men's Captain S. Smyth 1997 President N. McCann 1998 Ladies Captain H. Simms 1998 Ladies President Dr. J. D. Acton 1998 Men's Captain S. Smyth 1998 President Arigne Savage 1999 Ladies Captain Joan Hanna 1999 Ladies President Mr. R. J. W. Fawcett 1999 Men's Captain Terry Lawley 1999 President Noelle McMillen 2000 Ladies Captain Joan Hanna 2000 Ladies President Stanley Simons 2000 Men's Captain Victor Dougherty 2000 President Sheena Kildea 2001 Ladies Captain Betty Milliken 2001 Ladies President Harry Dickson 2001 Men's Captain Victor Dougherty 2001 President Dorothy Rogers 2002 Ladies Captain Betty Milliken 2002 Ladies President Norman Clarke 2002 Men's Captain J. P. Clarke 2002 President M. Mackenzie 2003 Ladies Captain R. Wilson 2003 Ladies President Ted Spence 2003 Men's Captain J. P. Clarke 2003 President Ann Workman 2004 Ladies Captain R. Wilson 2004 Ladies President S. F. Gillespie 2004 Men's Captain J. P. Clarke 2004 President Gay Moore 2005 Ladies Captain M. E. McAdoo 2005 Ladies President Brian Owen 2005 Men's Captain Victor Dougherty 2005 President Hazel Ballance 2006 Ladies Captain Stanley Preater 2006 Men's Captain John Blundell 2006 President Maura McClements 2007 Ladies Captain John Walker 2007 Men's Captain John Blundell 2007 President Maura McClements 2008 Lowest Ladies Handicap Jonathan Caldwell 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap Harry Diamond 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance E. Bennett 7 June 2001
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