18 Hole Parkland
Course Facts: Address
14 Coniamstown Road
Bright, Downpatrick
Co Down BT30 8LUSecretary/Manager: Gordon Ennis Captain: Bobby Knott Lady Captain: None Telephone: 028-44-841319 President: None Public No: 028-44-841319 Vice-Captain: None Fax: 028-44-841319 Hon. Secretary: Harry Scott E-mail: gordonennis@aol.com Club Pro: None Website: Hon. Treasurer: Gordon Ennis Founded: 1979 Designed by: Arnold Ennis Snr Membership: 82 Course opening hours: Daylight hours Green Fees Midweek: £12 Clubhouse opening hours: am to pm Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: £15 Mobile phones: Not on course or in clubhouse Green Fees With a Member: £12/£15 Dress Code: Neat casual, no denim Green Fees For Opens: N/A Catering: Full catering facilities Practice Area: No Days to Avoid: None Club Hire: No Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Midweek & Weekends Buggy Hire: Yes Pre-booking for open tournaments: N/A Soft spikes: No
Course Description:
Bright Castle Golf Club was founded in 1979 and designed by its owner Arnold Ennis Snr. It is an 18-hole Parkland measuring 7,143 yards with a Par 74 and a standard scratch of 73 off the blue stakes. Its length makes it one of the longest Parkland courses in the country. Up to recently Bright Castle had its 16th hole playing as a Par 6 measuring 735 yards making it the longest golf hole in Europe.Its length and degree of difficulty off the back stakes has attracted some if not all of Irelands finest golfers to visit Bright Castle from time to time. However the course is designed to facilitate your average golfer and particular attention is given to the society player to ensure he or she enjoys their day's golf.
The clubhouse has everything the modern golfer could wish for and on my last visit here I had the pleasure of spending some time chatting to Arnold who sure knows his golf. A warm welcoming hand of Ulster is extended to all who visit this most picturesque part of Co. Down.
The course can be difficult to find so allow a bit of time to locate it if you are not familiar with the area.
Open & Major fixtures 2008: Event
Start
Finish
Type
Duration
No fixtures until 2009.
Club History
Founded 1979
Location
4 miles from Downpatrick off the B1 to Killaigh, then take the road to Minerstown. It is signposted from there.
Members Achievements
N/A
Card of the Course (yards)
Hole No Blue White Green Par Index 1 550 520 520 5 8 2 560 530 510 5 2 3 475 460 400 4 4 4 440 420 410 4 6 5 285 265 265 4 18 6 340 320 310 4 14 7 330 320 315 4 11 8 355 340 330 4 10 9 140 125 110 3 16 Out 3,475 3,300 3,170 37 10 565 520 500 5 13 11 345 330 330 4 12 12 455 430 400 4 3 13 455 425 410 4 1 14 320 310 290 4 7 15 210 200 190 3 15 16 735 720 625 6 5 17 395 375 360 4 9 18 188 175 160 3 17 In 3,668 3,485 3,265 37 Total 7,143 6,785 6,435 74 SSS 73 72 71
Men's Course Record: 69 D. Baker, 1997
Ladies Course Record:
Roll of Honour G. Winway 1990 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 1990 President F. Young 1991 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 1991 President D. McCartan 1992 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 1992 President R. Fexton 1993 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 1993 President W. Shence 1994 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 1994 President R. Reid 1995 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 1995 President K. Adams 1996 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 1996 President C. Flanagan 1997 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 1997 President N. McCartan 1998 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 1998 President N. McCartan 1999 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 1999 President Stephen Gibson 2000 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 2000 President S. Cummins 2001 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 2001 President C. Scoular 2002 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 2002 President S. Gibbons 2003 Men's Captain A. Ennis Snr. 2003 President Edd Baggley 2004 Men's Captain Martin McQuillan 2005 Men's Captain 2006 Men's Captain 2007 Men's Captain Bobby Knott 2008 Men's Captain Arnold Ennis (1.8) 2008 Lowest Men's Handicap
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