27 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
Farrangalway
Kinsale
Co. CorkSecretary/Manager: Michael Power Captain: Denis O'Sullivan Lady Captain: Maureen Heaslip Telephone: 021-4774722 President: Tom Crowley Public No: 021-4773108 Vice-Captain: Vincent McDwyer Fax: 021-4773114 Hon. Secretary: Eamon Kelly & Mary Crowley E-mail: office@kinsalegolf.com Club Pro: Ger Broderick Website: www.kinsalegolf.com Hon. Treasurer: Brendan Ferguson & Jeanne Madden Founded: 1922 Designed by: Jack Kenneally Membership: 931 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: €35 Clubhouse opening hours: 9.00am to 11.00pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: €40 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 Practice Area: Yes Days to Avoid: Weekends Club Hire: Yes Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days Buggy Hire: Yes Pre-booking for open tournaments: 14 Days in advance Soft spikes: No
Course Description:
Kinsale Golf Club comprises the old 9-hole course at Ringenane, which overlooks the sea and has panoramic views. It has a fully licensed clubhouse, which is renowned for its friendly atmosphere, "crac" and good food. Visitors are welcome all year round. The new course at Farrangalway is an 18-hole newly constructed championship course, which is a real challenge to the serious golfer. It has a two-story imposing clubhouse, which opened in 1995. Both courses are kept in excellent condition all year round and are a pleasure to play.Kinsale have an Open Singles on most Wednesdays from April to September.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
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Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Instituted 1879, affiliated 1912. The 2nd Battalion Kings Own Borderers, laid out an eight-hole course at Musketry Camp, about four miles from Kinsale, when the regiment was stationed there from April, 1883 to the Autumn of 1884. The "Sportsman's Holiday Guide" 1897 records "The Kinsale Golf Club links are situated on the glacis of Charles Fort and command extensive views of the Atlantic, Kinsale Harbour and town, the Royal Naval Reserve Battery, etc. The course is one of nine-holes and is about one mile in circuit". There was no clubhouse and the Kinsale Arms Hotel looked after the needs of golfers. The minute books of the present club only go back to 1932 and the club lists its foundation date as 1912 with a nine-hole course at Ringenane; however, there is little doubt that golf was played at Kinsale as far back as 1883. Kinsale is now a twenty-seven-hole course.
Location
The club has two courses. Farrangalway is north west of the town, take the R72 from Cork and take the left at Halfway. The course is signposted to the right (from Cork) after a stretch of bad bends through a wood. From Kinsale turn left at the White House and turn right at the following crossroads. Then right again and follow road for 3km to signposted left turn.
From Kinsale Ringenane can be reached on the R600 south from Cork or north from Kinsale towards Belgooly and Cork.
Members Achievements
Kinsale Golf Club won the West Cork Senior Shield in 1998, when the team was, R. McCarthy, F. McCarthy, G. Hayes, T. Daly, M. O'Leary, D. Hurley Snr. D. Hurley Jnr., G. Farrissey, B. Nestor, they were managed and selected by T. Crowley and T. O'Brien.Kinsale Golf Club won the the Munster Country Clubs Cup in1984, when the team was H. Madden, T. O'Leary, D. Moore, N. Flynn, B. Walsh, P. McCarthy, T. Tobin, M. Talbot, J. O'Sullivan, D. O'Connell and J. McCarthy.
Kinsale won the West Cork Shield Senior Trophy in 1971, when the team was, T. Blower, D. Moore, P. Tierney, W. P. Walsh, P. Lynch, D. J. Spillane, T. Walsh, J. O'Reilly, J. Nester, T. Tobin, N. Duggan, T. O'Connor and D. O'Leary.
They won the West Cork Junior Shield in 1991, when the team was, M. Creedon, O. Teehan, D. P. Griffin, T. Daly, T. F. Fitzgerald, M. J. O'Sullivan, R. Fitzgerald, D. O'Connell Jnr., B. Thomson, D. Tobin, F. McCarthy, P. Broderick and L. Kehoe, they were selected by T. O'Brien and T. O'Callaghan who also played.
Kinsale won the Juvenile West Cork Shield in 1988, when the team was, R. Walsh, G. Broderick, K. McCarthy and B. McCarthy, they were coached by P. McCarthy.
They won the West Cork Juvenile Shield in 1997, when the team was, Hilary Madden, Kevin Crowley, David Hickey, Daniel Hurley and Val McCann.
The Ladies of Kinsale Golf Club won the ILGU Intermediate League in 1999, when the team was, A. Daly, G. Harte, C. Taylor, E. Power, M. Cotter, M. Crowley, M, Griffin and E. Guiney, they were captained by P. Murphy and selected by B. Hickey.
The Ladies of Kinsale Golf Club, won the West Cork Senior Shield in 1998, when the team was, M. Crowley, M. Griffin, A. Daly, E. Gordon, E. Guiney, I. Comerford-Jones, B. Hickey, P. Murphy and V. McCann.
They won the McEvoy Shield in 1997, the Michael Minihan Shield in 1999, and the Ladies won the West Cork Shield in 1998 and 1999.
K. McCarthy played Munster Youths from 1989 to 1990.
Card of the Farrangalway Course (yards)
Hole No Blue White Yellow Par Index Red Par Index 1 372 365 347 4 10 290 4 16 2 123 118 105 3 14 107 3 14 3 415 407 372 4 2 394 5 12 4 280 274 253 4 16 264 4 8 5 368 358 347 4 8 296 4 6 6 175 163 139 3 18 143 3 18 7 431 419 341 4 4 340 4 2 8 556 548 458 5 12 459 5 10 9 560 550 491 5 6 503 5 4 Out 3,280 3,202 2,853 36 2,796 37 10 405 398 340 4 7 342 4 5 11 216 206 190 3 11 188 3 13 12 438 431 336 4 3 346 4 1 13 395 387 369 4 5 365 4 3 14 421 401 377 4 15 369 4 7 15 183 168 153 3 9 118 3 11 16 368 361 281 4 13 285 4 15 17 411 404 349 4 1 344 5 17 18 492 482 427 5 17 432 5 9 In 3,329 3,238 2,822 35 2,789 36 Total 6,609 6,640 5,675 71 5,585 73 SSS 72 71 67 71
Men's Course Record: Am: 68 Alister McKinlay Kevin Crowley (5) 04/09/2005
Ladies Course Record:
Card of the Ringenane Course (yards)
Hole No Blue White Par Index Red Par Index 1 180 170 3 7 150 3 15 2 299 289 4 15 270 4 11 3 312 275 4 1 250 4 3 4 332 332 4 14 300 4 7 5 177 155 3 6 140 3 9 6 326 316 4 10 300 4 1 7 140 125 3 11 110 3 17 8 464 454 5 18 440 5 13 9 436 436 5 3 400 5 5 Out 2,666 2,552 35 2,000 35 10 180 170 3 7 150 3 15 11 299 289 4 15 270 4 11 12 312 275 4 1 250 4 3 13 332 332 4 14 300 4 7 14 177 155 3 6 140 3 9 15 326 316 4 10 300 4 1 16 140 125 3 11 110 3 17 17 464 454 5 18 440 5 13 18 436 436 5 3 400 5 5 In 2,666 2,552 35 2,000 35 Total 5,332 5,104 70 4,000 70 SSS 66 65 71
Roll of Honour T. O'Brien 1989 Ladies Captain T. Fitzgerald 1989 Men's Captain J. W. Ahern 1989 President I. Comerford-Jones 1990 Ladies Captain J. Crowley 1990 Men's Captain D. M. O'Leary 1990 President M. Crowley 1991 Ladies Captain T. Daly 1991 Men's Captain T. Fitzgerald 1991 President M. Cotter 1992 Ladies Captain H. Madden 1992 Men's Captain M. O'Sullivan 1992 President L. Hassett 1993 Ladies Captain B. McCarthy 1993 Men's Captain B. P. Nestor 1993 President E. Kenny 1994 Ladies Captain B. Seery 1994 Men's Captain M. Talbot 1994 President C. Nestor 1995 Ladies Captain J. J. Murphy 1995 Men's Captain T. Daly 1995 President N. Quinn 1996 Ladies Captain D. Cummins 1996 Men's Captain J. Crowley 1996 President K. O'Sullivan 1997 Ladies Captain J. O'Mahony 1997 Men's Captain D. P. Griffin 1997 President B. Hickey 1998 Ladies Captain K. Daly 1998 Men's Captain B. Quinn 1998 President Phil Murphy 1999 Ladies Captain Ger Cullinane 1999 Men's Captain John McNamara 1999 President Clodagh Taylor 2000 Ladies Captain Donal Hickey 2000 Men's Captain Tony Boland 2000 President Gillian Harte 2001 Ladies Captain Joe Dumigan 2001 Men's Captain Jim O'Riordan 2001 President Val McCann 2002 Ladies Captain Tom Crowley 2002 Men's Captain Danny Cummins 2002 President Linda Maguire 2003 Ladies Captain George Cantwell 2003 Men's Captain Barry McCarthy 2003 President Anne Buckley 2004 Ladies Captain Gerard Hayes 2004 Men's Captain Robbie McCarthy 2004 President Frances Power 2005 Ladies Captain Ted Curtin 2005 Men's Captain Kevin Murphy 2005 President Mary T. Ahern 2006 Ladies Captain Eamon Kelly 2006 Men's Captain George Cantwell 2006 President Maire O'Driscoll 2007 Ladies Captain Declan F. Murphy 2007 Men's Captain Tom Crowley 2007 President D. Keating 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap Kieran McCarthy 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap
Holes-in-One Person Date Hole No. Club Used Distance Anne Leonard 16 May 1999 2nd 107 yd's Paddy O'Neill 20 June 1999 15th 168 yd's Derry Coleman 27 June 1999 2nd 123 yd's John V. O'Donovan 18 July 1999 2nd 123 yd's John Evens 1 September 1999 6th 163 yd's