18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Dunbur Road
Wicklow
Co. WicklowSecretary/Manager: Joe Kelly Captain: Michael Quinn Lady Captain: Elaine Cunningham Telephone: 0404-67379 President: Aidan Earls & Maria Kerr Public No: 0404-69958 Vice-Captain: Conal Kavanagh & Marion Sweeney Fax: 0404-64756 Hon. Secretary: Billy Alexander, Mark Whyte & Una Doyle E-mail: info@wicklowgolfclub.ie Club Pro: Enda McLoughlin 0404-66122 Website: www.wicklowgolfclub.ie Hon. Treasurer: Keith Clarke, Eamonn O'Malley & Joan Porter Founded: 1904 Designed by: Tom Craddock & Pat Ruddy Membership: 885 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €40 Clubhouse opening hours: 9.00am to 11.30pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €45 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €20 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €20 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Sundays & Wednesdays 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:
Wicklow Golf Club was extended to 18-holes in 1994, under the watchful eyes of Tom Craddock and Pat Ruddy. It is situated on the outskirts of Wicklow Town and overlooking Wicklow Bay. Full use is made of the natural contours and features of the terrain to provide a challenging and scenically spectacular test of golf. The course provides picturesque views of the Wicklow Mountains to the West and the Irish Sea along the full length of the course to the East. Visitors are assured of a warm welcome and a memorable game of golf at Wicklow Golf Club, which has opened its magnificent new clubhouse in September 2002.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Instituted 1904 affiliated 1906The "Golfing Annual" 1905-6 gives an institution date of 1904 for Wicklow Golf Club. The Captain was Captain Harrington and the Hon. Secretary was Mr. T. A. Tombe, it was a nine-hole course, 2,400 yd's in length on a high-lying coast towards Wicklow Head, about a mile from Wicklow Station. Lionel Hewson gives the following account in The Irish Field on the 30th May, 1908; "Walking out on the first tee, one is faced by a magnificent view, stretching right away to the Hill of Howth.
The first thing that strikes one is the bravery of those who were responsible for making the course. The difficulties must have been well nigh inconceivable, and Mr. W. O’Shaughnessy told me this was the case, as dense furze covered the whole course. He remarked that Mr. H. Toppin, the former D. I. for Wicklow, and the present Secretary, Mr. T. A. Tombe were primarily responsible for the commencement of the club, but I fancy Mr. O’Shaughnessy had a finger in the pie also. Last year, a meeting was called and subscriptions taken. Lord Fitzwilliam and two other gentlemen took debenture shares to all account large enough to buy the land and building which is now the clubhouse.
As remarked before, the gorse-covered ground required Herculean labour to clear it and in 1907 it was always necessary to have a forecaddie to watch the balls. The fact that I enjoyed many rounds without losing a ball testifies to the clearance that has been effected, Mr. Toppin the D. I. with an unfailing supply of matches was largely responsible for a good deal of the clearance. The course of nine-holes was laid out by Tom Hood of Dublin, It had 120 members and Sunday play with caddy was allowed". Wicklow extended to eighteen-holes in the late 1980s.
Location
Just outside Wicklow Town on the Brittas Bay Road.
Members Achievements
Wicklow Golf Club won the Barton Cup in 1986, when the team was P. Roche, B. Finlay, J. Mitchell, S. Hopkins, B. Murphy, S. Dowling, B. Hickey, T. Vickers, E. Harrington, K. Clarke, W. Redmond and R. Vickers. They were captained by S. McGauley.They won the Barton Cup for the first time in 1963, when the team was L. Kavanagh, J. J. Murphy, William Hopkins, J. A. Toner, H. M. Howard, P. Lawless, L. Carroll, R. Fitzpatrick, J. Furlong and S. McGauley, they were captained by P. Kavanagh.
They were Provincial Towns Cup Winners in 1999, when the team was Brendan Jacob, Liam Doyle, Robin Craig, Peter Sinnott, Liam Devlin, Phillip Craig, Stephen Dowling, Joe Phillips, Rob Jacob, Jim Halpenny, Aidan Earls and Jamesie Doyle, they were managed by Keith Clarke and selected by Chris McEntaggart.
They won the Provincial Towns Cup for the first time in 1952, when the team was M. J. McEaschern, G. Kent, L. Carroll, J. Toner, T. A. Delahunt, F. Fennell, J. Gleeson, J. H. McCarroll and C. Walsh, they were captained by P. J. Lawless.
They won the Wicklow section of the J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy in 1996, when the team was John Solon, Dick Fitzpatrick, Bart O’Toole, Liam Kavanagh, Pat Teehan and Joe Furlong.
Wicklow Golf Club first won the Brennan Cup in 1951 when the team was Joe McCarroll, Louis Carroll, Jim Murphy, Charlie Byrne, Pat Lawless, Kevin Lawless, Kevin Branagan, Jim Trayer, Geoff Kent, Jack Toner and Kit Walsh.
They won it again in 1959 with Tom Delahunt, Fr. Neylon, Ger Vickers, Louis Carroll, Pat Lawless, Denis Mooney, Jack Toner, Joe McCarroll and Ned Kavanagh, they were captained by Dick Fitzpatrick.
They won it for the 3rd time in 1963 when the team was J. A. Toner, L. Kavanagh, W. Hopkins, J. T. Murphy, E. Branagan, T. A. Delahunt, J. Fitzpatrick, P. Keelaghan, R. Fitzpatrick, P. Lawless, E. M. Boner, J. Furlong and Joseph Fitzpatrick, they were captained by P. Kavanagh
They won the Brennan Cup in 1975 when the team was R. L. Fitzpatrick, M. Carey, J. Kelly, O. Sinnott, W. Cuffe, D. J. Mooney, P. Kavanagh, R. Vickers, B. Hickey and Liam Kavanagh (Labour T. D.)
Wicklow Golf Club won the Cullen Cup in 1994, when the team was, Des O’Shea, Brian Murphy, Paul Furlong, Stevie Dowling, Colin Shortall, Mary Copeland, Mairead Carroll, Margaret Hopkins, Una Doyle and Patricia Craig,
They won it again in 1995, when the team was Ken Vickers, Bobby Vickers, James Devlin, Keith Clarke, Pat Roach, Lesley Hopkins, Jackie Kavanagh, Pauline Murphy and Cathy Clarke.
They first won the Cullen Cup in 1975, when the team was Paddy Kavanagh, Audrey Hopkins, John Hopkins, Dick Fitzpatrick, Aidan Earls, Bobby Vickers, Pauline Murphy,
The Ladies of Wicklow Golf Club won the Midlands League in 2004, when the team was Mairead Dowling, Lesley Hopkins, Jackie Kavanagh, Ann Reilly, Rose-Mary Kavanagh, Tricia Shannon, Mary Copeland, Una Doyle, Joan Porter and they were captained by Elane Cunningham.
They won the Midland Plate in 2004, when the team was Miriam McGrath, Roisin Moloney, Breda Carroll, Ellen Conalty,-McLoughlin, Llona Madden, Siobhan McEntaggart and they were captained by Dolores Dooley and assisted by Ann Merrigan.
They won the Midland League in 1992 when the team was `Mairead Carroll, Audrey Hopkins, Pauline Murphy and Margaret Hopkins, they were captained by Margaret Kavanagh.
They won the Midland Plate in 1993, when the team was Rosemarie Kavanagh, Mary Flynn, Helen Gorman, Christine Ronning, Ciara McCabe, Mary Finlayson and Teresa Murphy.
They won the Midland League in 1998, when the team was, Margaret Hopkins, Margaret Kavanagh, Mary Copeland, Una Doyle, Theresa Porter, Mairead Dowling and Jackie Kavanagh, they were captained by Nuala Furlong.
They won the Midland Plate in 2000, when the team was Sofia McGorris, Ann-Marie McGorris, Anna O’Reilly, Carol O’Brien, Dolores Dooley, Bernie O’Donoghue and they were captained by Phyllis Kavanagh.
They won the Midland Trophy in 2000, when the team was Helen Keatings, Ann Merrigan, Phyllis Kavanagh, Patricia Shannon, Sheila Murphy and they were captained by Patricia Craig.
They won the Valerie Doyle Trophy in 1999 with Stella Doyle and Lesley Hopkins.
They won the Midland Trophy in 2002, when the team was Phyllis Kavanagh, Tricia Shannon, Ciara Doyle, Anna Merrigan, Carol O’Brien, Lynne Rea, Sheila Murphy, Mary Kavanagh and they were captained by Una Doyle.
They won the Midland League in 1996, when the team was, Mary Copeland, Jackie Kavanagh, Mairead Dowling, Lesley Hopkins, Margaret Kavanagh and they were captained by Una Doyle.
Wicklow Ladies won one of the premier National ILGU tournaments the Australian Spoons, the team consisted Mary Copeland and Patricia Craig. They won the regional finals at Carlow Golf Club and the Final at Ashbourne Golf Club. This was the first National title won by Wicklow Golf Club.
Mary Copeland went on to represent Ireland at the Peugeot Challenge Wold Tour in 1998, she finished seventh out of one hundred and nineteen competitors.
Card of the Course (yards)
Name Hole No Blue White Green Par Index Red Par Index Blackcastle 1 522 515 501 5 8 446 5 6 Marl Hole 2 397 388 374 4 2 314 4 4 Hens & Chickens 3 258 250 244 4 18 218 4 16 The Churn 4 296 291 286 4 10 289 4 2 Codling 5 301 296 292 4 16 271 4 18 Pebble Beach 6 406 355 344 4 4 303 4 10 The Vineyard 7 137 119 109 3 12 101 3 12 The Orchard 8 393 364 359 4 6 284 4 8 Lark's Nest 9 144 134 140 3 14 135 3 14 Out 2,854 2,712 2,649 35 2,361 35 Scratching Post 10 363 354 344 4 1 344 4 1 Monkey Pole 11 170 164 145 3 13 136 3 15 Lovers Leap 12 397 383 369 4 7 316 4 9 Wishing Well 13 348 341 334 4 5 313 4 3 Bride's Head 14 545 493 455 5 3 418 5 7 Lacey's Hill 15 305 300 295 4 15 252 4 11 Sugerloaf 16 456 430 412 5 17 396 5 5 The Glen 17 161 143 128 3 9 100 3 17 The Whistlers 18 348 337 309 4 11 290 4 13 In 3,093 2,945 2,791 36 2,565 36 Total 5,941 5,657 5,440 71 4,926 71 SSS 70 69 68 69
Men's Course Record: Am: 68 A Phillips (7) 16/07/1989 & R Vickers (5) 26/05/1991 Pro: 65 Liam Higgins (Waterville) 7 July 1991 & David Jones (Prudential Life) 7 July 1991
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour Marie Kavanagh 1990 Ladies Captain Sheila O'Malley 1990 Ladies President Desmond O'Shea 1990 Men's Captain Robert Vickers 1990 President Nuala Furlong 1991 Ladies Captain Mary Kavanagh 1991 Ladies President Andrew Phillips 1991 Men's Captain Des Nichols 1991 President Mary Copeland 1992 Ladies Captain Mary Flynn 1992 Ladies President William Earls 1992 Men's Captain John Solon 1992 President Sheila Murphy 1993 Ladies Captain Una Doyle 1993 Ladies President Paul Quinn 1993 Men's Captain Tony Behan 1993 President Helen Gorman 1994 Ladies Captain Nora Fitzpatrick 1994 Ladies President Patrick Smullen 1994 Men's Captain Michael Gleeson 1994 President Evelyn Phillips 1995 Ladies Captain Pauline Murphy 1995 Ladies President Thomas Shortall 1995 Men's Captain Noel Furlong 1995 President Patricia Craig 1996 Ladies Captain Audrey Hopkins 1996 Ladies President Robert Vickers 1996 Men's Captain Seamus Murphy 1996 President Mairead Dowling 1997 Ladies Captain Audrey Hopkins 1997 Ladies President Desmond Nichols 1997 Men's Captain Denis J. Mooney 1997 President Joyce Hourigan 1998 Ladies Captain Helen Gorman 1998 Ladies President Michael Gleeson 1998 Men's Captain William Kavanagh 1998 President Phyllis Kavanagh 1999 Ladies Captain Helen Gorman 1999 Ladies President Leonard Murphy 1999 Men's Captain Patrick Teahan 1999 President Una Doyle 2000 Ladies Captain Anne Merrigan 2000 Ladies President Liam Doyle 2000 Men's Captain Thomas Shortall 2000 President Mary Flynn 2001 Ladies Captain Anne Merrigan 2001 Ladies President Nick Crennan 2001 Men's Captain Sean McGauley 2001 President Maria Kerr 2002 Ladies Captain Kay Murphy 2002 Ladies President Tony Behan 2002 Men's Captain Joe Kavanagh 2002 President Anne Merrigan 2003 Ladies Captain Kay Murphy 2003 Ladies President Keith Clarke 2003 Men's Captain Michael Looby 2003 President Mary Kavanagh 2004 Ladies Captain Anne Hollingsworth 2004 Ladies President Liam Devlin 2004 Men's Captain Leonard Murphy 2004 President Sheila O'Malley 2005 Ladies Captain Anne Hollingsworth 2005 Ladies President Robert Jacob 2005 Men's Captain Des O'Shea 2005 President Sheila O'Malley 2006 Ladies Captain Anne Hollingsworth 2006 Ladies President Billy Alexander 2006 Men's Captain Des O'Shea 2006 President Pauline Murphy 2007 Ladies Captain Ann Reilly 2007 Ladies President Tony McKeever 2007 Men's Captain Michael Thornton 2007 President
Major Prize Winners Name Year Prize David Fitzpatrick 2000 Captain's Prize Anne Merrigan 2000 Lady Captain's Prize Gary Campbell 2000 President's Prize Bernie O'Donoghue 2000 Lady President's Prize Brian Murphy 2000 Club Champion Bernie O'Donoghue 2000 Ladies Golfer of the Year Aubrey Armstrong 2001 Captain's Prize Patricia Shannon 2001 Lady Captain's Prize David Hallihan 2001 President's Prize Julie Newman 2001 Lady President's Prize Brian Murphy 2001 Club Champion Ann-Marie MacGoris 2001 Ladies Golfer of the Year Shane Dowling 2002 Captain's Prize Ann Reilly 2002 Lady Captain's Prize Mark Doyle 2002 President's Prize Dorothy Russell 2002 Lady President's Prize Kevin Monaghan 2002 Club Champion Dorothy Russell 2002 Ladies Golfer of the Year William Kavanagh 2003 Captain's Prize Liz Cosgrove 2003 Lady Captain's Prize Joseph Kelly 2003 President's Prize Stella Doyle 2003 Lady President's Prize Brian Murphy 2003 Club Champion Joan Porter 2003 Ladies Golfer of the Year
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance M. Cunningham 10 June 2002 9th 130 m R. Kavanagh 3 August 2004 11th 136 yds