Mountain View Golf Club

Course Facts:
Address Kiltorcan Secretary/Manager: Mick Dobbyn/Bee O'Grady
Ballyhale Captain: Seamus O'Brien
Co. Kilkenny Lady Captain: Kathleen Lanigan
Telephone: 056-77-68122 President: Jim Maher
Public No: 05677-68122 Vice-Captain: Ann Foskin & Jim Dunne
Fax: 056-77-68122    
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Website: www.mviewgolf.com    
Founded: 1995 Designed by: Richard Long & John O'Sullivan
Open for membership. Societies are welcome and group rates are available. (20+)
Membership: 373 Course opening hours: Daylight hours
Green Fees Midweek: €15 Clubhouse opening hours: Daylight hours
Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €15 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 Catering: Full catering facilities & bar
Practice Area: Range 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: Yes    



Location
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Course Description
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Course Description:

Mountain View Golf Club is a picturesque 18-hole course situated in South Kilkenny, 12-miles from Kilkenny and 14-miles from Waterford. The course offers a wide panoramic view of the surrounding areas from various parts of the course. There are two large lakes, which come into play on six of the holes. The club was founded in 1995 and is already a most vibrant one. It provides an exciting challenge for the avid golfer.The course consists of two par 5, thirteen par 4 and three par 3 holes, covering an overall length of 5,935-yd's, on a well elevated site, providing breath-taking views of the Slievenamon and Comeragh Mountains. Mountain View opened their driving range in December 2006. Societies are welcome and group rates are available.

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Open & Major Fixtures 2011
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See Event Calendar here.

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Club History
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Club History

Founded 1995, affiliated 1996.

Members Achievements

In 2006 Frank Costello and Austin Brownrigg represented Mountain View in the All Ireland National Council for The Blind Of Ireland in St. Andrews Golf Club Scotland.2005 Lady Captain Nuala Cummins (32) and her Captain’s Prize winner Kathleen Lanigan (28) qualified in the Volkswagen/Irish Independent Lady Captain’s Classic at Waterford Golf Club on Thursday 22nd September, when they returned a fine score of 38 points in this scotch foursomes format to be only 2 point off the Castlecomer pairing of Kathleen Hogan and Ann Kennelly. It was off to the National Finals at The Heritage Golf Club on Monday 3rd October where they were paired with the Callan pair of Breda Ryan and Betty McGrath.

Mary Reid and Ciara Fennelly qualified for the National Final of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Ladies Golf Challenge at Druid's Glen on the 21st of August 2001.

Holes-in-One
Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance
Thomas Coleman 22 March 1998 3rd 8 Iron 142 m
Roy Barry 19 June 2004 11th   185 m
Tom Walton 5 September 2004 13th   157 m
James Maher 19 February 2006 11th   185 m
Seamus Corcoran 26 March 2007 9th   143 m

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Card of the Course
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Card of the Course (yards)
 
Hole No Blue White Par Index Red Par Index
1 350 336 4 2 314 4 5
2 302 289 4 6 249 4 17
3 371 358 4 4 386 5 3
4 296 290 4 12 245 4 4
5 488 480 5 8 410 5 13
6 358 351 4 10 347 4 7
7 312 308 4 14 280 4 9
8 296 292 4 16 282 4 15
9 150 143 3 18 135 3 18
Out 2,923 2,847 36   2,650 37  
10 333 301 4 7 289 4 11
11 192 189 3 11 164 3 6
12 335 332 4 17 326 4 14
13 153 141 3 13 130 3 12
14 292 288 4 9 275 4 10
15 533 523 5 1 453 5 1
16 340 335 4 15 327 4 16
17 335 330 4 5 325 4 8
18 404 399 4 3 340 4 2
In 2,917 2,685 35   2,629 35  
Total 5,840 5,685 71   5,279 72  
SSS 68 67     72    



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Roll of Honour
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Celine Farrell 1999 Ladies Captain
Kathleen Hession 2000 Ladies Captain
Carmel Fennelly 2001 Ladies Captain
Noreen Bookle 2002 Ladies Captain
Emily Fitzpatrick 2003 Ladies Captain
Louise O'Neill 2004 Ladies Captain
Nuala Cummins 2005 Ladies Captain
Kathleen Lanigan 2006 Ladies Captain
Celine Farrell 2007 Ladies Captain
Celine Farrell 2003 Ladies President
Celine Farrell 2004 Ladies President
Celine Farrell 2005 Ladies President
Imelda Moloney 2006 Ladies President
Mary Cotterell 2007 Ladies President
Sean O'Sullivan 1998 Men's Captain
Sean O'Sullivan 1999 Men's Captain
Joe Dumphy 2000 Men's Captain
Padraig O'Neill 2001 Men's Captain
Michael Kelly 2002 Men's Captain
Jimmy Fitzpatrick 2003 Men's Captain
John Byrne 2004 Men's Captain
John Byrne 2005 Men's Captain
St. John Donovan 2006 Men's Captain
Jim Ireland 2007 Men's Captain
Dan O'Neill 1998 President
Liam Aylward 1999 President
Celine Farrell 2000 President
Jimmy Fitzpatrick 2001 President
Michael Hoyne 2002 President
Bill Thorpe 2003 President
Pat Bookle 2004 President
Michael Hoyne 2005 President
John Landy 2006 President
John Byrne 2007 President
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