Spa golf club Down
Spa Golf Course
Spa Golf Club is in existence since 1907 and at its present location since 1967, this is a mature Parkland course with tree lined fairways and panoramic views of the Mountains of Mourne on the back nine. The course is famous for the abundance of wildlife that inhabits the course.
The signature holes are the 5th and 11th where this course will test the best of golfers yet it is a fair test of golf and having played it you will want to return again and again.
The visitor is always welcome at Spa Golf Club where full catering facilities are provided a warm Ulster hand of welcome is extended to one and all.
Green Fees Midweek: | £35 |
Green Fees Non G.I.M. Midweek: | £65 |
Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: | £45 |
Green Fees Non G.I.M. Weekends & B.H.: | $80 |
Green Fees with a Member: | £20/25 |
Green Fees for Opens: | £20/25 |
Practice Area: | Yes |
Club Hire: | Yes |
Buggy Hire: | No |
Soft Spikes: | No |
Membership Available: | Yes |
Full Membership: | £1,096 |
Full Seniors Membership: |
£880 |
Full 6 Day Membership: | £970 |
Full 5 Day Membership: | £779 |
Full 4 Day Membership: | £665 |
Full Juvenile Membership: | £108 |
Full House Membership: | £103 |
Course Type | Parkland |
No Holes | 18 |
Members | 676 |
Designer | Nature |
Founded | 1907 |
Address | Grove Road, |
Telephone | 028-97-562365 |
spagolfclub@btconnect.com | |
Website | Spa golf club website |
General Manager: | Aoife Downey |
Captain: | Gary Wright |
Lady Captain: | Marian Armstrong |
President: | Heather Edgar |
Boys Junior Captain: | Charlie |
Girls Junior Captain: | Maia |
Vice-Captains': |
Keith Murphy & Gwyneth Cordner |
Hon. Secretary: | Kenneth Burtney & Heather Edger |
Club Pro: | Simon Thornton |
Hon. Treasurer: | Harry Walsh & Carol Shields |
Comp. Secretary: | David McCullough & Mandy Murphy |
Location Map
Lat:54.417973
Long:-6.010757
General Facts & Information
Course opening hours: Daylight hours | Clubhouse opening hours: 8.30am to 11.30pm |
Mobile phones: Not on course |
Dress Code: Neat and casual, no denim |
Catering: Full catering, facilities | Days to Avoid: None |
Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Midweek & Weekends | Pre-booking for open Tournaments: 14 Days in advance |
Spa Golf Club Fixtures 2024 provisional*
Open & Major Fixtures 2023 (Confirmed) | ||||
Event | Start | Finish | Type | Duration |
Captains' Drive-In | Sunday 12 March | Closed | 1 | |
Captain's Prize to the Ladies | Friday June | Closed | 1 | |
Captain's Prize | Saturday 1 July |
Closed | 1 | |
Lady Captain's Prize | Friday 4 August | Closed | 1 | |
Lady President's Prize | Friday 12 August |
Closed | 1 | |
President's Prize | Saturday 12 August | Closed | 1 | |
L. & G. Singles Stableford | Friday 17 March | Open | 1 | |
Seniors Singles Stableford | Monday 3 April | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 5 April | Open | 1 | |
L. & G. Singles Stableford | Monday 10 April | Open | ||
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 12 April | Open | 1 | |
Junior Singles Stableford |
Thursday 13 April |
Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 19 April | Open | 1 | |
Mixed | Sunday 23 April | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 26 April |
Open | 1 | |
Seniors Singles Stableford | Monday 1 May | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 3 May | Open | 1 | |
Ulster U-16 Boys' & Girls' Junior Schools Championship | Monday 8 May | G.I. | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 10 May | Open | 1 | |
Mixed & Seniors Singles Stableford | Monday 15 May | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford |
Wednesday 17 May | Open | 1 | |
Inter. Scratch Cup | Saturday 20 May | Open | 1 | |
Minor Scratch Cup | Saturday 20 May | Open | 1 | |
Sunday 21 May | Open | 1 | ||
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 24 May |
Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 31 May |
Open | 1 | |
Seniors Singles Stableford | Monday 5 June | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 7 June | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 14 June | Open | 1 | |
Ladies Charity Day | Friday 16 June | Open | 1 | |
Mixed Greensomes | Sunday 18 June | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 21 June | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Monday 26 June | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 28 June | Open | 1 | |
Seniors Singles Stableford | Monday 3 July | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 5 July | Open | 1 | |
Tuesday 11 July | Open | 1 | ||
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 12 July | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 19 July | Open | 1 | |
Mixed Greensomes | Sunday 23 July | Open |
1 |
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Singles Stableford | Monday 24 July | Open | 1 | |
Start of Open Week | Saturday 22 July |
Sunday 30 July | Open | 9 |
Singles Stableford | Saturday 22 July |
Open | 1 | |
Mixed Greensomes | Sunday 23 July |
Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Monday24 July |
Open | 1 | |
Juvenile Singles Stableford | Tuesday 25 July |
Open | 1 | |
Ladies Team Event | Tuesday 25 July |
Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 26 July |
Open | 1 | |
Seniors Singles Stableford | Thursday 27 July |
Open | 1 | |
Ladies Singles Stableford | Friday 28 July |
Open | 1 | |
Singles Strokes | Saturday 29 July |
Open | 1 | |
L. & G. Singles Stableford | Sunday 30 July |
Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 2 August | Open | 1 | |
Seniors Singles Stableford | Monday 7 August | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 9 August | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 16 August | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 23 August |
Open | 1 | |
TinyLife 35th Anniversary Golf Classic | Friday 25 August | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 30 August |
Open | 1 | |
Seniors Singles Stableford | Monday 4 September | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 6 September | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 13 September | Open | 1 | |
Ulster Men's Ulster Cup Fina | Sunday 17 September | G.I. | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 20 September | Open | 1 | |
Irish 2023/2024 U18 Senior Boys' & Girls' Schools Championship - Ulster Qualifying | Tuesday 26 September | G.I. | 1 | |
Start of Autumn Open Week | Wednesday 27 September | Sunday 1 October | Open | 5 |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 27 September | Open | 1 | |
L. & G. Singles Stableford | Thursday 28 September | Open | 1 | |
Ladies 3-Person Waltz | Friday 29 September | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Saturday 30 September |
Open | 1 | |
Mixed Greensomes | Sunday 1 October | Open | 1 |
Card of the Course
Key | Data |
White | Par 72 SSS 72 6,469 yd's |
Yellow | Par 72 SSS 71 6,130 yd's |
Red | Par 72 SSS 72 5,526 yd's |
Card
Hole Name | Hole No. | White | Yellow | Par | Index | Red | Par | Index |
Grove Hill | 1 | 486 | 467 | 5 | 7 |
420 | 5 | 9 |
McAdam's Wood | 2 | 167 | 140 | 3 | 13 |
140 | 3 | 15 |
Millbrook | 3 | 454 | 433 | 4 | 3 |
375 | 4 | 7 |
Clanwilliam | 4 | 279 | 266 | 4 | 15 | 266 | 4 | 13 |
The Ridge | 5 | 363 | 350 | 4 | 1 |
328 | 4 | 3 |
Mutton Hill | 6 | 371 | 351 | 4 | 11 |
347 | 4 | 11 |
The Gap | 7 | 485 | 465 | 5 | 9 |
406 | 5 | 5 |
Dogwood | 8 | 140 | 126 | 3 | 17 | 126 | 3 | 17 |
Bobby's Bridge | 9 | 392 | 372 | 4 | 5 | 353 | 4 | 1 |
Out | 3,137 | 2,970 | 36 | 2,761 | 36 | |||
Stoke's | 10 | 296 | 273 | 4 | 18 | 281 | 4 | 10 |
Edenavaddy | 11 | 398 | 394 | 4 | 8 |
345 | 4 | 6 |
Pheasantry | 12 | 172 | 160 | 3 | 16 | 136 | 3 | 14 |
Spa Wells | 13 | 540 | 499 | 5 | 4 |
437 | 5 | 2 |
The Road | 14 | 420 | 411 | 4 | 6 |
319 | 4 | 12 |
Montalto's Edge | 15 | 527 | 506 | 5 | 12 | 413 | 5 | 16 |
The Battle | 16 | 397 | 374 | 4 | 2 |
336 | 4 | 8 |
Slieve Croob | 17 | 186 | 165 | 3 | 14 |
150 | 3 | 18 |
Bell's Chance | 18 | 396 | 378 | 4 | 10 |
348 | 4 | 4 |
In | 3,332 | 3,160 | 36 | 2,765 | 36 | |||
Total | 6,469 | 6,130 | 72 | 5,526 | 72 | |||
SSS | 72 | 71 | 73 |
Notable rounds
Men's Course Record Am: 67 R. Wallace
Ladies Course Record:
Members Achievements
The Spa Golf Club won the Carlingford Cup in 2004, when the team was, J. Walker, L. Doherty, J. Mann, G. Wilson, D. Bittle, T. Wilson, K. \Murphy and B. Wilton, they were captained by T. Coburn
Prior to 2001:
The Spa Golf Club won the Rossmore Cup in 2001, when the team was, K. Murray, J. Nugent, G. Stephens, M. Heathwood, D. Magill, R. Catherwood, R. Scott, J. Kelly, B. Murphy, C. Mountford and M. Pollock, they were captained by K. Walsh.
The Spa Golf Club won the County Championship of the J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy in 2000, when the team was, C. Dorman, J. Hamilton, D. Kane, H. Murray, M. Gallagher, K. Wallace, A. Baillie, P. B. Collins, G. Kirkpatrick, S. Poole and K. McCluskey, they were captained by D. Rutherford.
The Spa Golf Club won the Mid-Ulster Seniors Alliance Inter-Club Perpetual Trophy in 1999-2000, when the team was, D. Kane, H. Murray, M. Gallagher, R. Wallace, A. Baillie, P. B. Collins, G. Kirkpatrick, S. Poole and K. McCluskey, they were captained by D. Rutherford.
The Spa Golf Club won the Senior Cowdy Cup in 1997, when the team was, N. McNellis, R. Wallace, B. Stokes, S. Proctor, K. Reid, G. Stevenson, C. McClenaghan, B. Dobbin, A. Cairns and K. Kidd, they were captained by K. Murray.
The Spa Golf Club won the Ulster Fourball in 1995, when the team was, E. Manderson, G. Higham, G. Martin, G. Simpson, J. Robinson, P. Stewart, R. Anderson, H. Bonner, C. Fowler, P. Rice, A. Johnston, A. Maguire and D. Kane, they were captained by G. Kilpatrick.
The Spa Golf Club won the Sam Rutherford Cup in 1995, when the team was, D. Toman, E. Mountford, T. Murray, A. Baillie, J. Somerville, R. Stevenson, N. Magill, B. Patterson, C. Harland, D. Heathwood, C. Cull and N. Parker, they were captained by P. Cowan.
The Spa Golf Club won the Junior Cowdy Cup in 1985, when the team was, P. Cowan, D. Donny, E. Jrinne, P. Savage, R. Graham, M. Riddell, D. Rooney, S. Poole, R. Spence, G. Murnin, G. Corbett and P. Giff, they were captained by G. McRelvey.
J. Cleland and H. G. Hegan won the Belfast Telegraph Foursomes in 1972.
The Ladies of Spa Golf Club won the Peggy Nelson Trophy in 1980, when the team was, Phyllis Howitt, Sandra Stevenson and Phyllis Brown.
The Boys' of Spa Golf Club won the Ronan Rafferty Trophy in 1983, when the team was, B. Wilson, S. Procter, S. Brewster, K. Kidd and G. English.
Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;
R. Wallace represented Ireland at Senior (55+) from 2001 to 2003 playing 9-times won 3-matches halved two and lost 4-matches accumulating 8-points;
G. Reid represented Ulster as a Youth in the Interprovincial Championships from 2006 to 2007 playing 11-times won 6-matches and lost 5-matches accumulating 12-points;
Miss Anne Ferguson played for the Irish Girls' in 1975, 1976 and 1977 and she won the Stroke Play Foursomes together with Miss Dympna Keenan of Belvoir Park in 1989 she won the Irish Girls Close Championship in 1977;
Katherine Stevenson was a reserve for The Irish Girls International Team in 1996;
History of Spa
Instituted 1907 affiliated 1907
The "Belfast Newsletter" on the 11th of May, 1907, records the opening of this course "The new course of nine-holes opened at Ballynahinch should prove an important attraction. It is on the short side, the longest being only 230 yards and the bogey as low as 35, but it is a very sporting links. The Ulster Spa should soon find the benefit of having the all-powerful attraction of golf as well as drinking-water."
Miss Moore, the local hotelier, was deeply involved in the formation of the original club. The first Captain was D. S. Kerr, and the Hon. Secretary was the Rev. D. S. Taylor.
Between 1963 and 1967, the present Spa Golf Club moved nearer the town of Ballinahinch and was opened by the Earl of Clanwilliam on 30th September 1967.
Roll of Honour
Member | Year | Hon. Position |
Miss M. Finnegan | 1989 | Ladies Captain |
S. B. Aiken | 1989 | Lady President |
R. Patterson | 1989 | Mens Captain |
Dr. Stafford Dobbin | 1989 | President |
Mrs. K. Bailie | 1990 | Ladies Captain |
J. Ferguson | 1990 | Lady President |
P. W. Wilkin | 1990 | Mens Captain |
Dr. Stafford Dobbin | 1990 | President |
Mrs. E. J. Wilkin | 1991 | Ladies Captain |
J. Ferguson | 1991 | Lady President |
R. Dickson | 1991 | Mens Captain |
S. W. Ferguson | 1991 | President |
Mrs. E. C. Cunningham | 1992 | Ladies Captain |
Mona Rice | 1992 | Lady President |
M. J. M. Kidd | 1992 | Mens Captain |
S. W. Ferguson | 1992 | President |
Miss C. A. McEvoy | 1993 | Ladies Captain |
Mona Rice | 1993 | Lady President |
P. Savage | 1993 | Mens Captain |
M. J. McKay | 1993 | President |
Mrs. A. L. Rooney | 1994 | Ladies Captain |
E. Glass | 1994 | Lady President |
N. Morrow B. A. | 1994 | Mens Captain |
M. J. McKay | 1994 | President |
Mrs. N. L. A. Hill | 1995 | Ladies Captain |
E. Glass | 1995 | Lady President |
C. V. Corry | 1995 | Mens Captain |
J. K. Carlisle | 1995 | President |
Mrs. B. Savage | 1996 | Ladies Captain |
P. Howitt | 1996 | Lady President |
R. Wallace | 1996 | Mens Captain |
J. K. Carlisle | 1996 | President |
Mrs. M. J. McKelvey | 1997 | Ladies Captain |
P. Howitt | 1997 | Lady President |
P. B. Collins | 1997 | Mens Captain |
H. G. Murray | 1997 | President |
Mrs. K. E. Russell | 1998 | Ladies Captain |
D. H. Pickering | 1998 | Lady President |
A. A. Bailie | 1998 | Mens Captain |
H. G. Murray | 1998 | President |
J. Rutledge | 1999 | Ladies Captain |
D. H. Pickering | 1999 | Lady President |
E. E. McCloy | 1999 | Mens Captain |
D. McNamara | 1999 | President |
L. M. Stevenson | 2000 | Ladies Captain |
J. Hunter | 2000 | Lady President |
S. J. Thompson | 2000 | Mens Captain |
D. McNamara | 2000 | President |
E. Kirkpatrick | 2001 | Ladies Captain |
J. Hunter | 2001 | Lady President |
J. T. Graham | 2001 | Mens Captain |
W. R. Henry | 2001 | President |
H. Percival-Price | 2002 | Ladies Captain |
K. Bailie | 2002 | Lady President |
N. Patterson | 2002 | Mens Captain |
W. R. Henry | 2002 | President |
D. Cunningham | 2003 | Ladies Captain |
J. Bailie | 2003 | Lady President |
G. M. Kirkpatrick | 2003 | Mens Captain |
Jim Graham | 2003 | President |
Beth Coburn | 2004 | Ladies Captain |
G. Cunningham | 2004 | Lady President |
Wilmur Kirk | 2004 | Mens Captain |
Jim Graham | 2004 | President |
Mandy Murphy | 2005 | Ladies Captain |
J. Cunningham | 2005 | Lady President |
Hugh Hegan | 2005 | Mens Captain |
Brian Collins | 2005 | President |
Dawn Crosby | 2006 | Ladies Captain |
Maura Finnegan | 2006 | Lady President |
John Munn | 2006 | Mens Captain |
Brian Collins | 2006 | President |
Sharon Beattie | 2007 | Ladies Captain |
Maura Finnegan | 2007 | Lady President |
Tom Coburn | 2007 | Mens Captain |
Bobby Wallace | 2007 | President |
Ursula Kelly | 2008 | Ladies Captain |
Eleanor Wilkin | 2008 | Lady President |
Brian Murphy | 2008 | Mens Captain |
Bobby Wallace | 2008 | President |
Sally Shields | 2009 | Ladies Captain |
Eleanor Wilkin | 2009 | Lady President |
Mark Heathwood | 2009 | Mens Captain |
Roy Patterson | 2009 | President |
Maureen Hanna | 2010 | Ladies Captain |
Catherine McEvoy | 2010 | Lady President |
Raymond Holmes | 2010 | Mens Captain |
Pat Savage | 2010 | President |
Kathryn McKenna | 2011 | Ladies Captain |
Barbara Savage | 2011 | Lady President |
Jimmy Kelly | 2011 | Mens Captain |
Norman Morrow | 2011 | President |
Lynne Robinson | 2012 | Ladies Captain |
Kathleen Russell | 2012 | Lady President |
John Abernethy | 2012 | Mens Captain |
Charles Corr | 2012 | President |
Ann Douglass | 2013 | Ladies Captain |
Lorna Stevenson |
2013 | Lady President |
Jack Hood | 2013 | Mens Captain |
Alf Bailiy |
2013 | President |
Emer Canavan | 2014 | Ladies Captain |
Louise Adams | 2014 | Lady President |
Robert Gartley | 2014 | Mens Captain |
Terry Graham | 2014 | President |
Pam Trohear | 2015 | Ladies Captain |
Denise Cunningham | 2015 | Lady President |
Mike Porter | 2015 | Mens Captain |
Gordon Kirkpatrick |
2015 | President |
Vivienne Abernethy | 2016 | Ladies Captain |
Beth Coburn |
2016 | Lady President |
Harry Walsh | 2016 | Mens Captain |
William Kirk |
2016 | President |
Vivienne Abernethy | 2017 | Ladies Captain |
2017 | Lady President | |
Harry Walsh | 2017 | Mens Captain |
Carol Shields | 2017 | President |
Heather Edgar | 2018 | Ladies Captain |
Sharon Beattie | 2018 | Lady President |
John Robinson |
2018 | Mens Captain |
Tom Coburn |
2018 | President |
Liz Geddes | 2019 | Ladies Captain |
Ursula Kelly | 2019 | Lady President |
Brian McClure | 2019 | Mens Captain |
Tom Coburn | 2019 | President |
Teresa McCullagh | 2020 | Ladies Captain |
Ursula Kelly | 2020 | Lady President |
Gordon Martin | 2020 | Mens Captain |
Brian Murphy | 2020 | President |
Teresa McCullagh |
2021 | Ladies Captain |
Ursula Kelly | 2021 | Lady President |
Gordon Martin |
2021 | Mens Captain |
Brian Murphy |
2021 | President |
Teresa Hazzard | 2022 | Ladies Captain |
Maureen Hanna | 2022 | Lady President |
Aidan Savage | 2022 | Mens Captain |
James Kelly | 2022 | President |
2022 | Girls' Junior Captain | |
2022 | Boys' Junior Captain | |
Marian Armstrong | 2023 | Ladies Captain |
Gary Wright | 2023 | Mens Captain |
Heather Edgar |
2023 | President |
2023 | Girls' Junior Captain | |
Charlie S | 2023 | Boys' Junior Captain |
Pam Trohear (9) | 2023 | Lowest Ladie's H'cap |
Barry Stokes (0) | 2023 | Lowest Men's H'cap |
Holes in One at Spa
Member | Date | Hole No. | Club Used | Distance |
Francis Ward |
12 September 2000 |
8th | 139 m | |
Bernie McConville
|
21 April 2006 | 8th | 7-Wood | 126 yd's |
Kathleen Russell | 22 May 2007 |
12th | 7-Wood |
136 yd's |
Kathleen Russell | 3 July 2008 | 8th | 9-iron | 126 yd's |
Beth Coburn | 9 April 2010 | 17th | 136 yd's | |
Amy Geddes | 8 April 2011 | 8th | 9-iron | 126 yd's |
Gwyneth Cordner
|
11 May 2011 | 8th | 9-Wood | 126 yd's |
Kathleen Russell | 16 August 2012 | 11th | Downpatrick | 157 yd's |
Veronica Mccormick | 5 March 2013 | 8th | P-Wedge | 126 yd's |
Vivienne Abernethy | 2 August 2013 | 8th | 7-iron | 126 yd's |
Logan
|
8 September 2020 | 2nd | 140 yd's | |
Brian Graham
|
17 April 2021 | |||
Mark Gunda
|
6 May 2021 | |||
Chris Harland
|
26 May 2021 | |||
Ben Simpson
|
29 May 2021 | 8th | 140 yd's | |
Harry Massey
|
29 June 2021 | 2nd | 140 yd's | |
Nathan Jones
|
14 July 2021 | |||
David McCullough
|
15 July 2021 | 12th | 160 yd's | |
Zac Ward
|
15 July 2021 | 8th | 140 yd's | |
Jimmy Walker
|
4 August 2021 | 8th | 140 yd's | |
Stephen Montgomery | 2 October 2021 | 8th | 140 yd's | |
18 April 2022 | ||||
30 April 2022 | 12th | 136 yd's | ||
14 May 2022 | 8th | 142 yd's | ||
20 May 2022 | 8th | 126 yd's | ||
18 June 2022 | 2nd | 167 yd's | ||
Calum Carson | 18 June 2022 | |||
Trish | 24 June 2022 | 8th | 126 yd's | |
Aarom McMullen | 27 June 2022 | 8th | 142 yd's | |
28 June 2022 | 8th | 142 yd's | ||
2 July 2022 | 8th | 142 yd's | ||
15 July 2022 | 8th | 126 yd's | ||
16 August 2022 | 8th | 140 yd's | ||
22 August 2022 | 12th | 160 yd's | ||
31 August 2022 | ||||
2 September 2022 | ||||
Viv Abernethy | 26 May 2023 | 8th | 126 yd's |