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18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Ballyneety
Co. LimerickSecretary/Manager: Brian McLoghlin Captain: John O'Regan Lady Captain: Rosmund Grogan Telephone: 061-351881 President: Connie Ryan & Olive Scollard Public No: 061-351881 Vice-Captain: Fax: 061-351384 Hon. Secretary: Dave Fitzpatrick & Dolores Blackwell E-mail: info@limerickcounty.com Club Pro: Donal McSweeney 061-352905 Website: www.limerickcounty.com Hon. Treasurer: Brian Hanley & Shiela Grace Founded: 1993 Designed by: Des Smyth Membership: 702 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €40 Clubhouse opening hours: 10.00am to Midnight Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €50 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €25 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €25 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: No
Course Description:
Limerick County is a quality parkland course, a par-72 6171m with a standard scratch of 74 off the back tees. Designed by Ryder Cup player Des Smyth. Opened in 1994, Limerick County has been described by professionals alike as a robust but very fair golfing challenge. It is a high quality built to top specification and is meticulously maintained providing a beautiful and elegant layout with a wide variety of shot-making opportunities to stunningly true greens. Some of the second shots are particularly noteworthy.
The practice facilities are outstanding and are used as a training base by the Irish Ladies Golf Team. There is a fully equipped Driving Range, two large putting greens and a specially designed "short game" practice area.The high quality found on the golf course is carried over to the visitor facilities. The Clubhouse, is an award winning design, provides first class customer comforts as well as wonderful vistas of the golf course and the Golden Vale.
The course is built on part of the Croker Estate, the ancestral home of the notorious "Boss Croker" of Tamany Hall fame. It is set in the rolling hills just 5-miles from Limerick City, just outside the village of Ballyneety. The visitor is assured of a warm welcome and a memorable game of golf.Societies are welcome and group rates are available.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Founded 1994, affiliated 1994.
Location
Sign-posted to Ballyneety from Limerick City off the N24 Tipperary Road.
Members Achievements
Limerick County team of Joe Grimes (12), Walter Shanahan (10), Tony Carroll (12) and Ger Whelan (13) topped the qualifiers with an incredible score of 104 points in the Mitsubishi-Irish Independent National Golf Challenge at Luttrellstown Golf Club in September 2002.Lady Captain Mary Shanahan and her Captain's Prize winner Gillian Stack finished 3rd. in the regional qualifiers of the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captain's Classic at Limerick Golf Club in August 2001. Mary playing off 22 and Gillian also off 22 returned 36 points. They went on to play in the National Finals at Druid's Glen October 1st. They finished second at Druid's in a gale that Eamonn Darcy described as "the worst I've experienced here."
Limerick County Golf Club won the Munster Final of the Irish Mixed Foursomes, when they beat Douglas by 3 matches to 2 matches in 2000, when the was Brian O'Brien with Gillian Stack, Walter Shanahan with Olive O'Callaghan, Bill O'Brien, and Bessie Lawlor, John McCarthy with Barbara English and Michael O'Brien with Paula Carroll, Angela O'Connell, Aileen Hickey, Tony Hopkins, Maura Ryan, Mary Shanahan, Eamon Gregan, Paudie Hehir, John Sexton and John Keogh, they were captained by John Deegan. They beat Charleville, Nenagh, Castletroy, Woodstock and County Tipperary on their way to the final.
The Ladies of Limerick County Golf Club won the ILGU Junior Cup in 1997, with Madge Young and Mary Shanahan.
Limerick County where the National Winners in the Musgrave Crumlin Children's Hospital Club Challenge in 2000, when the team was, Shane Foley, John Cronin and Declan Costello.
Limerick County where the National Winners in the Musgrave Crumlin Children's Hospital Club Challenge in 1999, when the team was, Walter Shanahan, John Deegan and Mick Garry.
Lady Captain in the Millennium Bessie Lawlor (27) and her Captain's prize winner Paula Carroll (18) booked their place in the National Final of the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captains Classic when they won the Regional Qualifying round at Limerick Golf Club in August. 2000. They shot 42pts and went on to compete in the National Final at Druid's Glen on 2nd October, where they came third with 32 points.
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No Blue White Gold Par Index Red Par Index 1 370 355 348 4 5 328 4 7 2 152 141 119 3 15 95 3 17 3 364 355 347 4 3 297 4 8 4 492 454 415 5 9 400 5 3 5 409 392 386 4 1 337 4 5 6 164 148 143 3 11 126 3 12 7 262 251 242 4 13 193 4 14 8 145 135 127 3 16 95 3 18 9 466 457 442 5 17 420 5 2 Out 2,824 2,688 2,569 35 2,291 35 10 326 312 307 4 7 284 4 6 11 443 439 433 5 10 357 5 13 12 305 285 264 4 6 218 4 11 13 143 126 118 3 12 98 3 16 14 450 429 420 5 14 354 5 10 15 170 154 145 3 8 113 3 15 16 373 365 350 4 4 271 4 4 17 372 347 329 4 2 307 4 1 18 280 272 266 4 18 267 4 9 In 2,862 2,729 2,633 36 2,269 36 Total 5,686 5,417 5,202 71 4,560 71 SSS 70 68 67 70
Men's Course Record: 67
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour Breda Kiernan 1994 Ladies Captain Lourdes Gleeson 1994 Ladies President Derek Hickey 1994 Men's Captain Frank Keating 1994 President Ann O'Shaughnessy 1995 Ladies Captain B. Kiernan 1995 Ladies President Walter Shannon 1995 Men's Captain Michael Hennessey 1995 President Terry Lucey 1996 Ladies Captain Ann O'Shaughnessy 1996 Ladies President Liam Lawlor 1996 Men's Captain Luke Kiernan 1996 President Barbara English 1997 Ladies Captain Nora Ryan 1997 Ladies President Paul Tighe 1997 Men's Captain Dave Bermingham 1997 President Olive Scollard 1998 Ladies Captain Miriam Fitzgibbon 1998 Ladies President Mike Gray 1998 Men's Captain Flan O'Neill 1998 President Breda O'Regan 1999 Ladies Captain Doreen O'Brien 1999 Ladies President Tony Carroll 1999 Men's Captain Michael L. Punch 1999 President Bessie Lawlor 2000 Ladies President Pat Davern 2000 Men's Captain Willie Dooley 2000 Men's President Marie O'Brien 2000 President Mary Shanahan 2001 Ladies Captain Terry Lucey 2001 Ladies President John Deegan 2001 Men's Captain John English 2001 President Maeve Martin 2002 Ladies Captain Olive O'Callaghan 2002 Ladies President Padraig Hehir 2002 Men's Captain Tony Connolly 2002 President Angela O'Connell 2003 Ladies Captain Peggy Murphy 2003 Ladies President Minie O'Brien 2003 Men's Captain Michael Murphy 2003 President Gillian Stack 2004 Ladies Captain Mary Shanahan 2004 Ladies President John Keogh 2004 Men's Captain Noel Godfrey 2004 President Noelle Holland 2005 Ladies Captain Rose Connolly 2005 Ladies President Seamus Walsh 2005 Men's Captain P. J. Noone 2005 President Maye Waters 2006 Ladies Captain Dalach Carey 2006 Men's Captain John Keogh 2006 President Olive O'Callaghan 2007 Ladies Captain Olive Scollard 2007 Ladies President Neil Coakley 2007 Men's Captain James O'Shaughnessy 2007 President Rosmund Grogan 2008 Lady Captain Olive Scollard 2008 Lady President Michael J. Cosgrave 2008 Men's Captain Connie Ryan 2008 Men's President 2009 Lady Captain 2009 Lady President 2009 Men's Captain 2009 Men's President Clive Morgan (1.3) 2008 Lowest Men's H'cap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance G. Flavin 14 October 2001 6th 185 yards