18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Tullow
Co. CarlowSecretary/Manager: David Murray Captain: Pradaic Bailey Lady Captain: Frances Fitzgerald Telephone: 059-9151674 President: Don Morrissey & Mary Morrissey Public No: 059-9152123 Vice-Captain: Neale Hanley & Breda Brophy Fax: 059-9151035 Hon. Secretary: Michael Cleary & Anne Nash E-mail: billy.murray@hilton.com Club Pro: Billy Murray Shop Website: www.mountwolseley.ie/golf Hon. Treasurer: Laz Murphy & Susan Carey Founded: 1996 Designed by: Christy O'Connor Jnr. Membership: 240 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €45/60 Clubhouse opening hours: 8.00am to 11.30pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €80 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €60/80 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €35 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: None Club Hire: Yes Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Midweek & Weekends Buggy Hire: Yes Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: Yes
Course Description:
Designed by Ryder Cup player Christy O’Connor Jnr. The Championship Course is a par72, 7186 yd's, with a standard scratch of 74 from the back tees. There are no easy holes, with wide landing areas the only concession to demanding approach shots to almost every green. I remember, discussing this course with the Dalton Brothers of Waterford who had recently played Mount Wolseley for the first time of the back tees, they described it thus: "We had a pain in our drivers" this from two International amateur golfers gives one the degree of difficulty. There is water in play on eleven holes, with the eleventh, an all water carry, off the championship tee of 207 yd's. A round of golf at Mount Wolseley is always a treat to remember for golfers who enjoy a challenging and exiting game, in what is a memorable and historic location.
The visual delights of this magnificent setting are many - just a few hundred yd's from the banks of the meandering river Slaney, its rich population of mature, its lakes - all set against the backdrop of the haunting splendour of the mountains of East Carlow and Wicklow. The hotel and other facilities at Mount Wolseley are as good as you will find anywhere in Ireland.
Societies are welcome and group rates are available. Voted the No. 46-ranked golf course in Ireland, by “Golf Digest Ireland” in 2008. Mount Wolsely Country Resort was voted No. 27 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
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Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Once part of the thirty thousand Co. Carlow acres owned by the Butler dynasty, Mount Aaron, came into the possession of the Wolseley family of Staffordshire in 1725. It was the only, gentry home in the county, to have been, torched by insurgents during the 1798 Rebellion, but not before lead from the roof had been enterprisingly removed to make ammunition. Mount Wolseley House was rebuilt in 1864.
Mount Wolseley connections would touch historic events far from Irish shores. It was the ancestral home of the famous brothers Field-Marshal Viscount Garnet Wolseley, one of Britain’s most important military leaders, and Frederick York Wolseley, who pioneered mechanical sheep sheering in Australia, and in whose Birmingham factory the first British-designed car was built in 1895.
The 200-acre property was sold in 1925 to the Patrician Brothers, an Order founded in Tullow by Bishop Daniel Delaney in 1808. In 1994 Mount Wolseley was, purchased by Donal Morrissey and family, whose decision to develop a championship golf course, heralds another era of change in the approach to the twenty-first century
Location
Coming from Dublin, take the road for Tullow as you come out of Castledermot. You will see the entrance to Mount Wolseley on your right as you approach Tullow Town on the Ardattin Road. It is 40 miles from Dublin and 55 miles from Rosslare.
Members Achievements
Mount Wolseley Golf Club won the Cullen Cup in 1997.
The Ladies of Mount Wolseley won the ILGU Midland Plate in 2003.
They were Leinster Finalists in the Bulmers Pierce Purcell Shield at St. Anne's Golf Club in 1999.
They were Leinster Finalists in the BMW Irish Mixed Foursomes in 1999.
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No Blue White Yellow Par Index Red Par Index 1 411 383 363 4 7 318 4 7 2 447 417 398 4 3 353 4 1 3 447 435 420 4 1 403 5 9 4 345 338 321 4 9 301 4 3 5 520 499 483 5 15 401 5 11 6 210 187 174 3 13 139 3 15 7 542 521 505 5 11 423 5 17 8 440 418 385 4 5 301 4 5 9 203 184 161 3 17 137 3 13 Out 3,565 3,382 3,210 36 2,782 37 10 553 525 501 5 14 466 5 6 11 207 191 174 3 6 158 3 10 12 519 504 484 5 16 404 5 12 13 427 409 384 4 8 337 4 4 14 339 319 303 4 18 266 4 16 15 466 438 420 4 2 401 5 18 16 226 204 174 3 12 130 3 14 17 457 397 380 4 10 344 4 8 18 413 394 358 4 4 311 4 2 In 3,607 3,861 3,178 36 2,817 37 Total 7,172 6,763 6,389 72 5,559 74 SSS 74 73 70 72
Men's Course Record: 68 Liam McCaul & Neil Manchip
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour Christy O'Connor Jnr. 1996 President Ann Duffy 1997 Ladies Captain Ann Duffy 1997 Men's Captain Christy O'Connor Jnr. 1997 President Lar Murphy 1998 Men's Captain Christy O'Connor Jnr. 1998 President Brendan Byrne 1999 Men's Captain Christy O'Connor Jnr. 1999 President Martina Fogarty 2000 Ladies Captain Ger Kilcoyne 2000 Men's Captain Christy O'Connor Jnr. 2000 President Bernie Cunnane 2001 Ladies Captain Kenny Dunne 2001 Men's Captain Christy O'Connor Jnr. 2001 President Bernie Cunnaine 2002 Ladies Captain Ger Curtis 2002 Men's Captain Dermot Gilleece 2002 President Ann Nash 2003 Ladies Captain Declan Fogarty 2003 Men's Captain Ronan Collins 2003 President Miriam Murray 2004 Ladies Captain Jimmy Byrne 2004 Men's Captain Ronan Collins 2004 President Martina McGowan 2005 Ladies Captain Mary Morrissey 2005 Ladies President John O'Shea 2005 Men's Captain Don Morrissey 2005 President Ann McDonnald 2006 Ladies Captain Mary Morrissey 2006 Ladies President Jim McCormack 2006 Men's Captain Don Morrissey 2006 President Mary Morrissey 2007 Ladies President Don Morrissey 2007 President Niall Rennick (4.9) 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance S. Dowling 10 June 2001 16th 204 yd's