18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Blessington Road
Naas
Co. KildareSecretary/Manager: Pat Meagher Captain: Jim Power Lady Captain: Catherine Quinn Telephone: 045-897610 President: Cormac McGarr & Ann Coventry Public No: 045-894989 Vice-Captain: Paddy Power & Frances Corrigan Fax: 045-896968 Hon. Secretary: Reg Lawlor, Gerry Byrne & Eileen O'Connell E-mail: enquiries@craddockstown.com Club Pro: None Website: www.craddockstown.com Hon. Treasurer: Tom Carney, Barry Kelly & Lucy Dempsey Founded: 1991 Designed by: Mel Flanagan Membership: 730 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €40 Clubhouse opening hours: am to pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €50 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €18 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €15 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Weekends until 3.30pm Club Hire: No Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days Buggy Hire: Yes Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: Preferable
Course Description:
Craddockstown Golf Club was founded in 1991 it is a magnificent 18-hole Parkland that has matured rapidly with tree lined fairways and water coming into play on several holes. The signature hole is undoubtedly the 13th where your second shot is played over water. The finishing hole at 517 metres has destroyed many a good card. Craddockstown has recently constructed a state-of-the-art clubhouse, where the golfers every need is catered for. The visitor will find the members very friendly and you are assured of a warm welcome here.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Founded 1991.
Location
1.5 miles out of Naas on the road to Blessington the golf club is on your right-hand side.
Members Achievements
The Ladies of Craddockstown Golf Club won the All-Ireland Junior Cup at Headfort Golf Club in October 2006. They beat Southern District Champions Killarney Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final by 3 and halve matches to 1 and halve matches. They met Western Champions Galway Golf Club in the final. First on he tee was Stella Lunny against Geraldine Neville, who secured the first point for the Eastern Champions with a one-hole win. She was followed by Mary Kearney who beat Sheelagh Kearney by 5 and 3. Margaret Swan halved her match with Bryde Glynn. The penultimate match saw Erika Roach have a very comfortable 7 and 3 win over Rita Grealish. Anne Bolster brought up the rear with a 4 and 3 win over Pat Lillis.The Ladies of Craddockstown Golf Club won the All-Ireland Intermediate Cup at Headfort Golf Club in October 2006. They beat Southern District Champions Ballybunion Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final by 4 matches to 1 match.
They met Midland Champions Moate in the All-Ireland Final. First on the tee was Eileen Jones who beat Eileen White by 2 and 1. She was followed by Brigid Kennedy who lost to Mary Rohan by 3 and 2. Next up was Eileen O’Donnell who lost to Beth Dunne by 2-holes. Francis Corrigan restored parity when she beat Pearse Corbett by a single-hole. Everything hinged on the final match of Rosemary O’Connor against Margaret Galvin, Margaret delivered the vital point with a one-hole win over the lady from the Midlands.
Craddockstown got to the Grand Final of the Mitsubishi-Irish Independent National Club Challenge in the Algarve in October 2001. The team was Pat Donegan (6), Kevin O'Reilly (9), Robbie Cullen (11) and Bernard McDonnell (19).
Craddockstown were County Champions in the J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy in 1997, when the team was, N. Russell, J. May, B. Murphy, V. Foran, M. Walsh, P. Hart, P. Rogers, R. Lawlor, F. O'Reilly, P. Power and they were managed by M. Hegarty.
Eileen and Joe O'Donnell booked their place in the National Finals of the Spar-Irish Independent Mixed Pairs challenge at City West in June 2001. Eileen playing off 21 and Liam playing off 9 returned a score of 56 points which gave them the runner-up position and set them on their way to National Finals at Adare Manor Golf & Country Club in August.
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No Blue White Yellow Par Index Red Par Index 1 473 447 431 5 15 394 5 4 2 131 121 109 3 7 82 3 18 3 317 310 302 4 17 291 4 14 4 416 378 346 4 1 361 5 10 5 373 334 310 4 3 263 4 12 6 174 164 153 3 11 97 3 16 7 381 365 360 4 9 328 4 8 8 475 453 444 5 13 404 5 6 9 391 356 348 4 5 340 4 2 Out 3,131 2,928 2,803 36 2,560 37 10 340 323 288 4 2 254 4 7 11 175 146 138 3 16 113 3 15 12 317 308 296 4 12 233 4 13 13 324 304 289 4 4 275 4 5 14 467 456 438 5 6 384 5 1 15 183 162 146 3 14 111 3 17 16 325 301 292 4 18 273 4 11 17 358 350 340 4 8 304 4 9 18 513 470 462 5 10 456 5 3 In 3,002 2,820 2,689 36 2,403 36 Total 6,133 5,748 5,492 72 4,963 73 SSS 73 72 71 72
Men's Course Record: Am: 69 J. Dempsey 1995
Ladies Course Record: 75 Stella Lunny 1970
Roll of Honour M. Kelly 1989 Ladies Captain N. R. Hales 1989 Captain C. Cruise 1989 President M. Kelly 1990 Ladies Captain T. A. Kenny 1990 Captain M. Fitzpatrick 1990 President D. Harrington 1991 Ladies Captain T. J. Fox 1991 Men's Captain M. Fitzpatrick 1991 President Joan Garrigan 1992 Ladies Captain M. S. O'Reilly 1992 Men's Captain C. Gord0n 1992 President Christine Lowry 1993 Ladies Captain Liam O'Maolaodha 1993 Men's Captain W. A. O'Connor 1993 President Deirdre Brennan 1994 Ladies Captain J. C. O'Connor 1994 Men's Captain T. A. Kenny 1994 President Enda Corrigan 1995 Ladies Captain J. J. Garrigan 1995 Men's Captain K. F. Roche 1995 President Eileen Flynn 1996 Ladies Captain F. J. Donaghy 1996 Men's Captain T. J. Fox 1996 President Margaret Doyle 1997 Ladies Captain P. O. Brown 1997 Men's Captain J. A. Hutchinson 1997 President Margaret Swan 1998 Ladies Captain Liz Carroll 1998 Ladies President Frank O'Reilly 1998 Men's Captain P. J. Power 1998 President Rita Burke 1999 Ladies Captain Liz Carroll 1999 Ladies President Donal O'Keeffe 1999 Men's Captain Reg Lawlor 1999 President Aine Keogh 2000 Ladies Captain Nora Stokes 2000 Ladies President Kieran Curtin 2000 Men's Captain Frank Donaghy 2000 President Marianne Brown 2001 Ladies Captain N. Stokes 2001 Ladies President David Lombard 2001 Men's Captain P. M. Corrigan 2001 President A. Reville 2002 Ladies Captain Deirdre Harrington 2002 Ladies President Brendan J. Byrne 2002 Men's Captain A. P. Hennessy 2002 President Anne Hill 2003 Ladies Captain Deirdre Harrington 2003 Ladies President Pat Corrigan 2003 Men's Captain Tommy Cowzer 2003 President Anne O'Connor 2004 Ladies Captain L. Stafford 2004 Ladies President Arthur Hennessy 2004 Men's Captain Dave Lombard 2004 President Carmel Horgan 2005 Ladies Captain Lena Stafford 2005 Ladies President Terry Long 2005 Men's Captain Pat Brown 2005 President Ann O'Malley 2006 Ladies Captain Marie Flynn 2006 Ladies President Aiden McDonnald 2006 Men's Captain Jack O'Connor 2006 President Eileen Jones 2007 Ladies Captain Marie Flynn 2007 Ladies President Pat Keane 2007 Men's Captain Jack O'Connor 2007 President Stella Lunney 2008 Lowest Ladies H'cap Jack Dempsey 2008 Lowest Men's H'cap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance Sheila Kavanagh 1 July 1999 11th 114 m Helen Kavanagh 1 July 1999 11th 114 m Karl Roche 25 September 1999 11th 141 m Carmel Horgan 27 June 2000 6th 99 m Stella Lunny 29 June 2000 2nd 130 m
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