Instituted 1892, affiliated 1898. Golf has been played at Mallow as far back as 1892. The Golfing Annual 1895-96 gives its foundation date as 1892 and records “The course of eighteen-holes, is about half a mile from the town, and the hazards are quarries, brooks, the Fermoy Railway, etc. Play takes place all year round. It gives the President as R. E. Longfield, the Captain as F. J. F. Smith and Hon. Secretary as R. H. Spratt, Bank of Ireland.
It would appear that between 1896 and 1897 the landlord revised the lease and the course was reduced to a nine-hole and only playable in winter. There were 70 members and the annual subscription was £1 for men and twelve shillings for ladies. The club continued until 1924 when it had plans to move to another location and become an eighteen-hole course. It seems this plan never happened and the club became defunct. It was not until 1947 that the new club was revived.
| Members Achievements |
The Ladies of Mallow Golf Club were runner-ups in the Miele Ireland Interclub Fourball Finals at Mount Juliet Golf Club on Sunday 16th September 2007. They were drawn against and beat the Ladies from Co. Armagh Golf Club by 3 ½ matches to ½ match in the Semi-Final on the Saturday and met Mountbellew Golf Club in the National Final.First on the tee was Carmel Kearney with Angela Goggin against Margaret Harkin with Mary Hyland and they won their match by 1-hole, they were followed by Susan Curtin with Mary McEvoy against Laura Burke with Mary Costello, this match went Mountbellew’s way by 2 and 1. Next on the tee was Marie O'Sullivan with Ann Kennelly against Aoife Fallon with Mary Farrell who had a 5 and 4 win over the girls from the west. The bottom match of Nora O'Connor with Ann O'Sullivan against Bernadette Barrett with Laura Farrell went 5 and 4 to Mountbellew. Tied on match results the destination of the pennant went to a count-back and the ladies from West-of-the-Shannon got it on the tightest of margins.
Mallow Golf Club won the Munster Final of the Fred Daly Trophy in 2004; when the team was, Shane McCarthy, Ian Spillane, Kieran McKenna, Jimmy Walsh, Connor O'Donoghue and Ted Vaughan, they were managed by Sean Conway and Donal McCarthy.
Our congratulations, to Mallow Golf Club on winning, the Munster AIB-GUI-ILGU award in the Junior Golf Category in 2003.
Mallow Golf Club won the All-Ireland Club Youths' Championship in 2003; when the team was, Jimmy Walsh, Shane McCarthy, Ciaran McKenna, Graham Conway, Ian Spillane, they were managed by Donal McCarthy and selected by Sean Conway.
They won the Munster Final in 2004 and 1990.
Mallow won the Munster Final of the Irish Senior Cup in 2003; when the team was, David Finn, Ian Spillane, Neil Gallagher, Tim O'Mahony, Jimmy Walsh, Graham Conway and Mervyn Owens, they were captained by Barry Thompson.
Mervyn Owens won the South of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Lahinch Golf Club when he beat Colm Moriarty of Athlone Golf Club by 1-hole on 30th July 2003. Mervyn stood over a breaking 10-foot putt to clinch the Championship, personally I thought he might not get it under the circumstances but he really showed what he was made of to sink a pressure putt to win his first Major.
James Walsh was selected on the Munster Boys' team for the Interprovincial Championships at Headfort Golf Club from August 28-30 2002.
Mallow won the Munster Final of the Irish Senior Cup when they beat Cork on the 26th of August 2001. The team was David Finn, Mervyn Owens, James Murphy, David Conway and Michael Collins. The result was Mallow 3 matches to Cork 2 matches. Then it was of to Newlands Golf Club on the 20th September, where they beat Galway in the Semi-final on the 3rd extra that was played on the Saturday due to darkness. When they reached the All-Ireland Final against, the fancied Cup specialists Portmarnock, nobody but the large Club following gave them a chance. However the match went down to the last pair. Tied with two matches each and all-square on the 18th tee Tim O'Mahony clinched the match with a birdie 4. The other, two wins were recorded by Michael Collins with a 6 and 5 win over David Kelleher and veteran Jimmy Murphy who beat Aengus McAllister by one hole. The other team members were David Conway, David Finn, Tim O'Mahony and Michael Collins.
Mervyn Owens was selected on the Irish team that played Wales at Ashburnham on the 27th April 2001.
Aileen O'Callaghan was selected for the Munster Girls' team in the Smurfit Interprovincial Championship at Enniscrone Golf Club from the 18th to the 20th of April 2001.
Mallow won the All-Ireland Irish Junior Cup at Grange G. C. in 1981; when the team was, Fr. Dan Duane, James Howell, Barry Finn, Paudie O'Callaghan, Jerry Hogan, Kevin O'Keeffe, they were managed by Rick Moylan.
Mallow Golf Club won the Munster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield in 1992, when the team was, R. Hennigan, J. Black, T. McMahon, E. Kelleher, J. J. Casey, M. Heelan, N. Frazer, P. Gyves, M. Burke, J. Horgan, G. Dorgan, F. Walsh, D. O'Donoghue, B. Finn, they were selected by J. Sheehan and F. Holt.
The Ladies of Mallow Golf Club won the ILGU Intermediate League in 1979, when the team was, Maureen Shannon, Mary O'Connor, Theresa Black, Mary Coughlan and Netta Moylan. They won it again in 1992.
They won the ILGU Junior League in 1981 and 1992, when the team was Breda McDonnell, Deirdre Coleman, Miriam O'Keeffe, Eileen Lawlee, Nuala Vereker and Liz Breen.
Thirteen-year old Jimmy Walsh playing off a handicap of eight at the time in July 2000 shot a level par round, returning 44pts. Just to add to his wonderful round Jimmy had a hole-in-one on the 167 m 4th hole. Isn't it, wonderful to see young lads being able to shoot level par, at Jimmy's tender age?
David Conway participated in the Boys' Home International matches in 1992 and 1993 and played Munster Youths' from 1992 to 1994, playing 15-matches as did Mervyn Owens in1998 and 1999.
Graham Conway played Munster Boys' in 1998.
A. O'Callaghan was selected on the ILGU Junior squad in November 2000.
Irene Howell played Munster Girls' from 1992 to 1994 and Mary O'Connor played for the Irish Girls in 1978 and 1979.
Labour Cllr. Joe O'Flynn had the first hole-in-one, in the 30 year-history of the Cork Corporation Golf Society on the 158-m 2nd, playing a 5 wood.
13-year old Aileen O'Callaghan shot a magnificent score of 48 pts. when she won the Munster section of the McGuirk's Golf Junior Open at Dromoland Castle G. C., in April, 1999.
The Coakley brothers did the double, winning the Captain's and President's Prize in 1999, sister Pauline has 2 President's Prizes to her credit. Tadgh won 4 Fitzgibbon Cup medals in a row back in 1981, and a Minor All-Ireland medal with Cork.
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| Holes-in-One |
| Person |
Date |
Hole No. |
Club Used |
Distance |
| Joe O'Flynn |
|
2nd |
5 Wood |
158 m |
| Michael Lawlor |
18 July 1999 |
11th |
|
145 m |
| Jimmy Walsh |
16 July 2000 |
4th |
|
167 m |
| Breda Kenny |
30 March 2004 |
2nd |
|
135 m |
| Donal Murphy |
25 September 2004 |
2nd |
|
180 m |
| Peter McKenna |
2 April 2005 |
2nd |
|
166 m |
| David Curtin |
23 July 2005 |
4th |
|
172 m |
| Kit Bohan |
2 August 2005 |
16th |
|
92 m |
| Ella O'Connor |
4 October 2005 |
11th |
|
121 m |
| James Gyves |
8 June 2005 |
16th |
|
107 m |
| Thomas O'Donovan |
21 January 2006 |
11th |
|
145 m |
| William Hurley |
31 May 2006 |
11th |
|
145 m |
| Ann O'Sullivan |
11 July 2006 |
11th |
|
121 m |
| Darren Murphy |
23 July 2006 |
16th |
|
107 m |
| Robert Howell |
29 July 2006 |
11th |
|
145 m |
| John O'Leary |
9 September 2006 |
11th |
|
145 m |
| Timothy Cronin |
2 February 2007 |
11th |
|
133 m |
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