18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Corballis
Donabate
Co. DublinSecretary/Manager: Patricia Fennelly Captain: Seamus McDonnell Lady Captain: Rosaleen Reid Telephone: 01-8436957 President: Marlene Kennedy Public No: Vice-Captain: Willie Killeen & Shiela Crilly Fax: 01-8436228 Hon. Secretary: Harry Cavanagh & Marion Goss E-mail: balcarr@iol.ie Club Pro: Stephen Ennis 01-8436957 Website: www.balcarrickgolfclub.com Hon. Treasurer: Eugene O'Donnell & Ann Dynes Founded: 1992 Designed by: Barry Langan Membership: 773 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €20 Tue to Fri €15 on Mon Clubhouse opening hours: 11:00am to 11:00pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €35 am and €30 pm Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €15 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €15/20 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: None Club Hire: Yes Green Fees and Societies Welcome: midweek & weekends Buggy Hire: Yes €25 Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 days in advance Soft spikes: No
Course Description:
Originally opened as a 9-hole course in 1992 Balcarrick extended to 18-hole Parkland under the watchful eye of Barry Langan. The course has matured rapidly and water comes into play on several holes, making club selection imperative around this fine course. Balcarrick Golf Club opened its magnificent new clubhouse in 1997 where the visitors every requirement is catered for. The golfer will go a long way to meet more friendly members than he or she will meet at Balcarrick.
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Club History
Balcarrick Golf Club grew out of a group known as the Homeless Golfers, founded by Larry Courtney, Pat Ruddy, Peter Dunne and one other, they formed the Dublin & County Golf Club in 1972. The object of this club was to make golf accessible to the average person. They were playing their golf out of the Municipal course of Corballis just across the road from their present home. Prior to 1992 the members inspected many sites in the area and came down the present location where they continue to upgrade and improve this relatively new club.
Location
Come off the Dublin-Belfast Road after the Swords roundabout, take the road to Donabate and you will see a sign post for Balcarrick. Take a right up the causeway and Balcarrick is about two miles up the road on your left hand side.
Members Achievements
Balcarrick Golf Club won the Leinster Final of the Irish Mixed Foursomes in 2003, when the team was, Marlene Kennedy, Sandra Halligan, Mary Hackett, Frances Daly, Theresa Ranson, Terence Kelly, Philip Mohan, Hugh LaBlanc, Alan Brown and Richard Gordon, they were managed by Dorothy Moynihan and Pat Dillon.Balcarrick Golf Club won the O'Grady Cup in 2002.
Noel Prendergast won the Druid's Glen-Irish Independent Golfer of the Month for July. Noel received a limited edition of a painting by Robert Ballagh of one of the holes at Druid's as part of his prize.
Noel Prendergast won the Druid's Glen-Irish Independent Golfer of the Month for July. Noel received a limited edition of a painting by Robert Ballagh of one of the holes at Druid's as part of his prize.
Prior to 2001:
Balcarrick Golf Club won the All-Ireland Pierce Purcell Shield in 1984 when the team was, Tommy Finnegan, Jim Dwane, Sean Fagan, Larry Doyle, Paddy McEvoy, Gerry Dowdall, Stephen Minogue, Tommy Dent, Jimmy Reilly and Malachy Nulty, they were managed by Pat Doris.
They won the Leinster final of the Pierce Purcell Shield in 1987 when the team was Joe Byrne, Derek Wade, Pat Doris, Paddy McEvoy, John McCabe, Malachy Nulty, Vincent Smith, Eddy Fulton, Jack Collins, Jimmy Reilly, Micke Tunstead and Tommy Dent.
They first won the Leinster Final of the Pierce Purcell Shield in 1983.
Balcarrick won the Uden Cup in 1996 when the team was K. Herrity, J. Collins, T. O'Connor, T. Dent, T. Kelly, J. McLoughlin, M. Byrne, J. Dwan, J. O'Connor, S. Minogue, B. Foy, M. Nulty, E. Fulton and T. Byrne, they were captained by B. Galligan.
They won the McDonnell Cup in 1980 and 1981.
Congratulations to the Ladies of Balcarrick, who captured the fifth-team title, in the Clarins-sponsored Autumn Team finals of the ILGU Eastern Branch, at Lucan Golf Club in November 2000. They overcame Hazel Grove in a trilling match, that was decided on the 20th, when Patsy McGonagle, clinched their first women's title in the history of the Club.
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No Blue White Yellow Par Index Red Par Index 1 237 232 222 4 14 198 4 14 2 372 364 344 4 8 315 4 10 3 362 354 321 4 4 303 4 8 4 331 325 309 4 18 301 4 18 5 176 158 139 3 10 105 3 12 6 488 482 458 5 12 415 5 6 7 135 121 107 3 16 88 3 16 8 497 469 459 5 6 424 5 2 9 411 399 385 4 2 321 4 4 Out 3,009 2,904 2,744 36 2,470 36 10 253 248 225 4 17 220 4 15 11 374 357 344 4 3 306 4 7 12 362 346 336 4 9 314 4 9 13 352 343 333 4 13 307 4 13 14 382 360 336 4 1 312 4 3 15 501 471 457 5 5 421 5 1 16 153 140 116 3 15 106 3 17 17 454 449 437 5 11 400 5 5 18 399 372 339 4 7 300 4 11 In 3,230 3,086 2,923 37 2,686 37 Total 6,239 5,990 5,667 73 5,156 73 SSS 73 71 70 72
Men's Course Record: 66
Roll of Honour Lady Captains
1992 A. Heaney
1993 M. Gubbinsy
1994 A. MacMullan
1995 P. McCarth
1996 M. Cosgrave
1997 A. Byrne
1998 B. King
1999 H. Prendergast
2000 F. Daly
2001 M. Dillon
2002 Joan Baker
2003 L. Sherlock
2004 Michele Callan
2005 Marlene Kennedy
2006 Marie Keegan
2007 Brenda Hayes
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
Men's Captains
1992 J. Hancox
1993 Malachy Nulty
1994 Tony Byrne
1995 Joe A. Byrne
1996 James King
1997 Noel Prendergast
1998 Sean Dowling
1999 Gerry Sheridan
2000 Liam Crawford
2001 Danny Rice
2002 Tom Mangan
2003 Ron Nolan
2004 Liam Sherlock
2005 John Cullen
2006 Noel O'Connell
2007 Gerry Mulholland
2008
2009 Philip Higgins
2010 David Rafferty
2011 Seamus McDonnell
2012
Presidents
1992 Phil Reid
1993 Phil Reid
1994 Sean Dowling
1995 Jim Gubbins
1996 Dessie Redmond
1997 Dessie Redmond
1998 Joe Branagan
1999 Joe Branagan
2000 Tom Mangan
2001 Liam Sherlock
2002 Liam Sherlock
2003 Tom O'Connor
2004 Tom O'Connor
2005 James King
2006 James King
2007 Peter Quinn
2008 Peter Quinn
2009 John Murphy
2010 John Murphy
2011 Marlene Kennedy
2012
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance Alan Walsh 9th 139 m Mick O'Rourke 18 October 1997 14th 128 m Ciaran Murphy 16 November 1997 9th 139 m Pat Doherty 16 April 1998 12th 167 m Gerry Cafferkey 26 February 1998 9th 139 m Marie McCormack 11 March 1998 12th 113 m Brendan Fitzpatrick 8 August 1899 17th 5-wood 145 m Malacy Nulty
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