9 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Coolnaha
Ballyhaunis
Co. MayoSecretary/Manager: Laurena Freeley Captain: John Doyle Lady Captain: Anne Freeley Telephone: 094-9630014 President: John Mooney Public No: 099-9630014 Vice-Captain: Kevin Henry & Roisin Hill Fax: 094-9681829 Hon. Secretary: Laurena Freeley, Anthony Cunnane & Joan McGuire E-mail: ballyhaunisgc1@eircom.net Club Pro: None Website: www.ballyhaunisgolfclub.com Hon. Treasurer: Roisin Hill & Geraldine Collins Founded: 1929 Designed by: Membership: 318 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €20 Clubhouse opening hours: 9.30am to 11.00pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €20 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: €20 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: €10 Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Evenings & Sundays Club Hire: No Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days Buggy Hire: No Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: No
Course Description:
Founded in 1928, Ballyhaunis Golf Club is a lovely 9-hole course with different tee boxes to differentiate the front 9 from the back nine. It is an interesting mature parkland course with mature trees, strategically placed bunkers and attractive spinney all coming into play while playing to the elevated greens. Its feature hole is the 359 metres Par 4 index 5 9th. The back nine is certainly a few shots harder than the opening nine.Ballyhaunis is located in a beautiful part of the country only seven miles from the Village of Knock. It has a fine clubhouse and the warmest West of Ireland welcomes are extended to visitors at Ballyhaunis Golf Club.
Opens every Thursday Ladies & Gents.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Founded 1929 affiliated 1930
Location
3 km north of Ballyhaunis on the N83, Charleston Road the golf club is on your left-hand side.
Members Achievements
2004 Lady Captain Fiona Prenty (11) and her Captain's Prize Winner Ann Curley (23) were qualifiers with 34 pts. in the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captain's Classic at Co. Sligo Golf Club in August 2004 they qualified for the National Finals at Hermitage on 4th October.Ballyhaunis Golf Club won the Connaught Shield Foursomes at Oughterard on August 30 2002. The team was Shane Buckley, Kevin Henry, Jarlath Henry (Brothers), Eamonn Feryne, John Jordan, John McNicklas and father and son Pat and P. J. Curley.
Shane Buckley won the Mayo Boys Championship in August 2002.
Ballyhaunis Lady Captain Rita Mooney and her Captain's prize winner Laurene Freely booked their place in the National finals of the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captain's Golf Classic. They shot 37 points around Co. Sligo in August 2001. Rita playing off 29 and Laurena playing off 14 went to Druid's Glen for the National finals.
K. Fanning qualified for the National Finals of the Irish Times-Mitsubishi Motors Women's Masters. She returned 29 points in the semi-final at Glasson Golf Hotel & Country Club on 23rd of August 2001. Then it was on to Galway Bay Golf & Country Club for the Final on 13th September.
Kay Curley and Laurene Freely qualified for the National Finals of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ladies Golf Challenge at Druid's Glen Golf Club on the 21st of August 2001.
Prior to 2001:
Rita Hannon(16) teamed up with All-Ireland footballer Jimmy Duggan (10) from Galway G. C., Jimmy was a star on the 1966 team that completed the three in a row, 1964-1966. He hasn't lost his competitive edge, however he credited Rita with their win in the Spar/Irish Independent National Mixed Pairs, regional qualifying at Glasson G. C. where they shot 61 points, in this unique competition, the first six holes are played as a scramble, the next six as foursomes and the last six as singles. They booked their place in the National Finals at St. Margaret's.
Ballyhaunis won the Jack O'Sullivan Trophy in 1999.
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No Green Par Index Red Par Index 1 355 4 1 353 5 9 2 324 4 5 282 4 6 3 437 5 11 372 5 12 4 354 4 3 285 4 3 5 271 4 17 229 4 14 6 153 3 15 145 3 15 7 342 4 7 315 4 1 8 146 3 13 121 3 17 9 365 4 9 322 4 7 Out 2,747 35 2,424 36 10 369 4 2 353 5 10 11 334 4 6 301 4 5 12 409 5 18 382 5 11 13 350 4 4 285 4 4 14 265 4 16 265 4 13 15 149 3 14 142 3 16 16 327 4 8 315 4 2 17 146 3 12 103 3 18 18 347 4 10 322 4 8 In 2,696 35 2,468 36 Total 5,443 70 4,892 72 SSS 68 71
Men's Course Record: 68 Noel Henry
Ladies Course Record: Fiona Prunty
Roll of Honour Mrs. B. Coyne 1990 Ladies Captain V. Freyne 1990 Men's Captain S. Starpey 1990 President Mrs. K. Curley 1991 Ladies Captain S. Conboy 1991 Men's Captain D. Charlton 1991 President Mrs. M. Webb 1992 Ladies Captain B. Hunt 1992 Men's Captain P. Curley 1992 President Mrs. C. Dillon 1993 Ladies Captain P. Martin 1993 Men's Captain T. McNicholas 1993 President Mrs. A. McMahony 1994 Ladies Captain J. Mooney 1994 Men's Captain M. Curley 1994 President Mrs. M. F. Cleary 1995 Ladies Captain R. Power 1995 Men's Captain J. Cheevers 1995 President Mrs. I. Freyne 1996 Ladies Captain L. Damron 1996 Men's Captain F. Dillon 1996 President Mrs. M. Patterson 1997 Ladies Captain J. Forde 1997 Men's Captain A. Reddington 1997 President Mrs. K. Buckley 1998 Ladies Captain A. Eaton 1998 Men's Captain J. Dillon-Leetch 1998 President Mrs. J. Glynn 1999 Ladies Captain T. Buckley 1999 Men's Captain R. O'Connor 1999 President J. Flynn 2000 Ladies Captain J. Freeley 2000 Men's Captain T. Flynn 2000 President Rita Mooney 2001 Ladies Captain John Cleary 2001 Men's Captain Dr. Helen Cleary 2001 President Mrs. Phil Glynn 2002 Ladies Captain John Collins 2002 Men's Captain Michael Mahony 2002 President Attracta Jordan 2003 Ladies Captain Jarlath Henry 2003 Men's Captain Michael Webb 2003 President Fiona Prenty 2004 Ladies Captain Liam Lynskey 2004 Men's Captain Seamus Conboy 2004 President Cait Webb 2005 Ladies Captain Seamus Swift 2005 Men's Captain Norrie Dillon 2005 President Ann Curley 2006 Ladies Captain Alan Delaney 2006 Men's Captain Brian Hunt 2006 President Marina Coyne 2007 Ladies Captain Tom McGuire 2007 Men's Captain John Mooney 2007 President Fiona Prenty (11) 2008 Lowest Ladies Handicap John McNicholas (2) 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance Ritchie Connolly 3 September 2000 17th 148 m