Ballinascorney golf club Dublin
Ballinascorney Golf Course
Nestled in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, Ballinascorney Golf Club offers a pleasant golfing experience and the warmest of welcomes to members and visitors alike.
One of the most enjoyable 9-hole courses in the country, Ballinascorney offers a challenge to all standards of golfer whilst also being a perfect course for beginners and those returning to the game after a break.
Founded in 1971, the club’s first home was Bohernabreena in County Dublin. The club moved to its current location in Kilmashogue Lane in Rathfarnham in 2002. Since then we have strived to continually improve the playing experience and in 2011 we completed an ambitious redevelopment and extension to the course which saw the construction of new greens and tee-boxes as well as the addition of two new par 5 holes, along with a new practice area.
Ballinascorney also boasts a very lively social scene with Thursday Night Mixed fun golf running from April to September each year; an annual club trip to sunnier climes each spring; bridge nights every Wednesday when the evenings draw in; and regular friendly golf competitions such as the BUFS (Brighten Up Your Fridays) during the summer - which are sure to have you coming back for more golfing fun week after week.
Our fully licenced bar is open during golfing hours and serves food for the weary golfer after a trip round the course. Visitors, societies and group outings are most welcome - contact the club on 01-4937755 for more details.
Green Fees 9-hole Midweek: | €20 |
Green Fees Weekends & B.H. | €20 |
Green Fees with a Member: | €15 |
Green Fees For Opens: | €15 |
Practice Area: | Yes |
Club Hire: | No |
Buggy Hire: €15 |
Yes |
Soft Spikes: | No |
Full Membership Available: | Yes |
Full Membership Fee: | €960 |
Full U-29 Membership Fee: | €655 |
Full Student Membership Fee: | €210 |
Entrance Fee: | None |
Course Type | Parkland |
No Holes | 9 |
Members | 368 |
Designer | Nature |
Founded | 1971 |
Address | Kilmashogue Lane, |
Telephone | +353 (0)1-4937475 |
admin@ballinascorneygolfclub.com | |
Website | Ballinascorney golf club website |
Secretary/Manager: | Therese McDonnell |
Captain: | Gerry Lawlor |
President: | Doreen Martin |
Vice-Captains': | Doreen Dempsey |
Hon. Secretary: | Carmel McCartney, Paul Savage & Louise McKennedy |
Club Pro: | None |
Hon. Treasurer: | Una Fitzgerald |
Comp. Secretary: | Tom Ainsworth & Evelyn Sheehan |
Location Map
Lat:53.263802
Long:-6.279867
General Facts & Information
Course opening hours: Daylight hours | Clubhouse opening hours: 9.00am to 10.00pm |
Mobile phones: Not on course |
Dress Code: Neat and casual, no denim |
Catering: Snacks | Days to Avoid Sundays & Bank Holidays |
Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days | Pre-booking for open Tournaments:14 Days in advance |
Ballinascorney Golf Club Fixtures 2024 provisional*
Open & Major Fixtures 2024 (Confirmed) | ||||
Event | Start | Finish | Type | Duration |
Captains' Drive-In | Saturday 23 March |
Closed | 1 | |
Vice-Captain's Prize | Thursday 16 May | Sunday 19 May | Closed |
4 |
Vice-Captain's Prize | Friday 17 May | Closed | 1 |
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Vice-Captain's Prize | Saturday 18 May | Closed | 1 |
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Vice-Captain's Prize | Sunday 19 May | Closed | 1 |
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Captain's Prize (Q) | Friday 7 June | Sunday 16 June | Closed | 1 |
Captain's Prize (Q) |
Saturay 8 June | Closed | 1 | |
Captain's Prize (Q) | Sunday 9 June | Closed | 1 | |
Captain's Prize | Saturday 15 June | Sunday 16 June | Closed | 1 |
Captain's Prize | Sunday 16 June | Closed | 1 | |
President's Prize to the Ladies |
Thursday 8 August | Closed | 1 |
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President's Prize | Friday 9 August | Sunday 11 August | Closed | 3 |
President's Prize | Saturday 10 August |
Closed | 1 |
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President's Prize | Sunday 11 August |
Closed | 1 |
Card of the Course
Key | Data |
Red | Par 72 SSS 71 5,089 yd's |
Blue | Par 71 SSS 69 5,819 yd's |
Card
Hole No. | Blue |
Par | Index | Red | Par | Index |
1 |
174 |
3 |
15 |
168 |
3 |
17 |
2 | 405 |
4 | 1 |
412 |
5 |
3 |
3 | 274 |
4 |
17 | 230 |
4 |
13 |
4 | 440 |
5 |
11 |
307 |
4 | 1 |
5 | 279 |
4 |
13 |
279 | 4 | 9 |
6 | 253 |
3 |
7 |
203 |
3 |
15 |
7 | 371 |
4 |
5 |
352 |
4 |
7 |
8 | 390 |
4 |
3 |
386 |
5 | 5 |
9 | 332 |
4 | 9 |
281 | 4 | 11 |
Out | 2,900 | 35 | 2,618 | 36 | ||
10 | 168 |
3 |
16 |
154 |
3 |
16 |
11 | 457 |
5 |
6 |
412 |
5 |
2 |
12 | 274 |
4 |
18 | 230 |
4 | 14 |
13 | 440 |
4 | 12 |
283 |
4 | 6 |
14 | 279 |
4 |
14 |
253 |
4 |
10 |
15 | 220 |
3 |
8 |
152 |
3 |
18 |
16 | 371 |
3 | 4 |
330 |
4 |
8 |
17 | 378 |
4 |
2 |
376 |
5 | 4 |
18 | 332 |
4 | 10 |
281 |
4 | 12 |
In | 2,819 | 36 | 2,471 | 36 | ||
Total | 5,819 | 71 | 5,089 | 72 | ||
SSS | 69 | 71 |
Notable rounds
Mens Course Record:
Ladies Course Record:
Members Achievements
Ballinascorney Golf Club reached the All-Ireland Quarterfinal of the Pierce Purcell Shield at Gorth Golf Club on Saturday 31st August 2024 when they lost out to Tulfarris Golf Club by 2½-matches to 1½ -match. They were led out by Gerard Redmond with Finbarr O'Mahony who won their match by 3 and 2 against Mark Daly with James Benson, next on the tee was Jimmy Fitzachary with Hugh Stafford who lost their match by 4 and 3 against Paddy Carthy with Eoin Curley, in the penultimate match of Micheal O'Donnabhain with Declan O'Leary against Darragh Louge with Oisin Carolan was halved and in the penultimate match Larry Mooney with Neill McDonnell lost their match against Tom O'Rourke with Enda Daly by 3 and 2.
The Ladies of Ballinascorney Golf Club were Runners-Up in the All-Ireland Semi-Final of the Irish Women’s Challenge Cup at Knightsbrook Golf Club on Thursday 14th September 2023 when they went down to Portumna Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matches.
In the top match Sandra Dillon lost her match against Sheila Noone by 3 and 2, she was followed by Eileen Ryan who went down by 3 and 1 against Monica Cormican, next on the tee Patricia Fitzachary recorded a 3 and 2 win against Lily Sullivan, in the penultimate match Val Carrigan went down by 5 and 4 against Mary McDonagh and in the bottom match Rosaleen Tracey halved her match against Ena Moran.
The Ladies from Ballinascorney Golf Club won the Quarter-Final of the Irish Women’s Challenge Cup on Saturday 26th August 2023 at Enniscorthy Golf Club when they beat Clonakilty Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matches.
In the top match Sandra Dillon lost her match against Mary Ryan by 3 and 2, she was followed by Eileen Ryan who halved her match against Loni Murphy when called-in, next on the tee was Patricia Fitzachary who had a comfortable 4 and 3 win against Rebecca McCarthy, in the penultimate match Val Carrigan recorded a similar result against Elaine Lane and in the bottom match Rosaleen Tracey had a 3 and 2 win against Mary Cahill.
The Ladies of Ballinascorney Golf Club won the Final of Leinster South Irish Women’s Challenge Cup on Sunday 6th August 2023 when they beat Delgany Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matchs.
Ballinascorney won the Bloom Cup against Dun Laoghaire Golf Club in September 2022.
Ballinascorney won the Dublin Team Trophy for the 3rd time at Edmondstown Golf Club on 5th September 2004. The team was Jim Kennedy, Gerard Redmond, Liam Redmond and my old pal Frank Spain.
Mary Lucherini won the green Division of the I.L.G.U. Eastern Division at Co. Meath Golf Club when she shot a 70 net. Mary McNamara came third in the Bronze division and other club member Patricia Lynch clamed fourth place.
Congratulations, to Ballinascorney now playing their golf out of Oldfield on winning the TSB-sponsored inter-club foursomes at Bray Golf Club in June 2001.
They lost to Kilcock in the quarter final of the Best Cup.
I was delighted to see Captain Tom Mealy and President Vinnie Byrne lift the trophy in the South Dublin Captains' Association in August 2001.
The Club was sucessful in the following Inte-Club Competitions:
1982 4th Autumn Team Trophy
1984 Bloom Cup
1985 Best Cup
1996 3rd Autumn Team Trophy
1987 Best Cup & Bloom Cup
1988 Metropolitan Cup & Dublin Team Trophy
1989 Bloom Cup
1992 5th Autumn Team Trophy
1993 Dublin Team Trophy
1999 North Leinster Boys Trophy & Millenium Cup
2000 Best Cup & Millenium Cup
2001 TSB Mixed Invitation & South Dublin Captains
2002 Three Rock Trophy
2003 Three Rock Trophy
2004 Dublin Team Trophy & Millenium Cup
2005 Volvo Classic Sweden
2006 Three Rock Trophy
2007 Three Rock Trophy & Millennium Cup
2008 Three Rock Trophy & South Dublin Captains
History of Ballinascorney
Ballinascorney Golf Club was founded in the Orwell Lodge Hotel in Rathgar in 1971. A small but intrepid group gathered there one spring evening and took the decision to form a golf club. A fairly unremarkable event in itself save that none of those present were golfers. Indeed, such was their playing prowess that all the original male members had to be given temporary handicaps of 30 for their first year in the game so that they wouldn’t get too discouraged! This lenient regime didn’t last too long and they all found their handicaps cut quite savagely to 18 after that first honeymoon year. The Club’s first home in Bohernabreena was originally a 9-hole layout which was subsequently extended to 18 holes in the 1980s. The hilly terrain helped hone the skills of many of the club’s finest players over the years and the club hit a purple patch in the mid to late 1980s when we started to pick up trophies with almost monotonous regularity. The big breakthrough came in 1984 when the gents brought home the Bloom Cup for the first time, this was followed by victory in the Best Cup the following year and a memorable double in 1987 when both the Best Cup and Bloom Cup were won. 1986 might have been a disappointingly fallow year were it not for the ladies who won the Third Team championship that year. But even greater achievements were to come. 1988 saw Ballinascorney join that small and highly select group of clubs to have won the Metropolitan Cup and two years later the club, which had yet to celebrate its 20th birthday, shocked the golfing community by reaching the final of the Barton Cup. The 1990s saw more success with the ladies scoring a hard fought win in the Fifth Team Championship in 1992, the gents won the Dublin Team Championship for the second time in 1993, and we celebrated the turn of the millennium by winning the Best Cup for a third time in 2000. But change was afoot and circumstances meant that Ballinascorney Golf Club had to seek new accommodation. The move to our new home in Rathfarnham was completed without a hitch in 2002 with a 10 year license which expired in 2012 but has recently been renewed. Work began almost immediately on the construction of the new clubhouse – designed by club member Tony O’Herlihy – with the official opening taking place in 2003. Ownership of the course changed in 2007 but this did not affect the running of the club in any way. Indeed, it brought with it an unforeseen benefit as the club was able to secure the use of additional land from the new owner. This was used to extend the course and upgrade it significantly through the creation of two new par 5 holes whilst preserving all the best aspects of the existing 9-hole layout. Through all of these changes one thing has remained constant at Ballinascorney Golf Club – our well-earned reputation as the friendliest golf club you’ll find anywhere in the country. Visiting golfers and opposing teams from other clubs invariably comment on the warm welcome they receive from our staff and members. We are particularly proud of the way in which we welcome new members and involve them in the life of the club. Our hugely successful “Thursday Mixed” fun golf events, which run from spring to autumn each year, regularly attract more than 70 players to compete and to socialise in the clubhouse afterwards and offer an ideal opportunity for new members to make new friends in Ballinascorney Golf Club. |
Roll of Honour
Member | Year | Hon. Position |
Diana Jamieson | 1998 | Ladies Captain |
Gary Byrne | 1998 | Men's Captain |
Tom Moran | 1998 | President |
Anne Elmore | 1999 | Ladies Captain |
Vincent Savage | 1999 | Men's Captain |
Seamus Elmore | 199 | President |
Patricia Lynch | 2000 | Ladies Captain |
Vincent V. Byrne | 2000 | Men's Captain |
Seamus Elmore | 2000 | President |
A. Casey | 2001 | Ladies Captain |
Tom Meally | 2001 | Men's Captain |
A. Nolan | 2002 | Ladies Captain |
Ger Redmond | 2002 | Men's Captain |
Mary Doyle | 2003 | Ladies Captain |
Gerard Redmond | 2003 | Men's Captain |
Tom Meally | 2003 | President |
Helen Shortall | 2004 | Ladies Captain |
Tom Ryan | 2004 | Men's Captain |
Ina Doyle | 2004 | President |
Edwina Kenny | 2005 | Ladies Captain |
Michael Casey | 2005 | Men's Captain |
Vincent P. Byrne | 2005 | President |
Eadaoin Maher | 2006 | Ladies Captain |
Tony O'Herlihy | 2006 | Men's Captain |
Kay O'Brien | 2006 | President |
Fabiola Casey | 2007 | Ladies Captain |
Cormac Duffy | 2007 | Men's Captain |
Gerry Redmond | 2007 | President |
Ita Balfe | 2008 | Ladies Captain |
Liam Sharkey | 2008 | Men's Captain |
Helen Shortall | 2008 | President |
Imelda Malin | 2009 | Ladies Captain |
Dermot Murray | 2009 | Men's Captain |
Liam Redmond | 2009 | President |
Maureen Flanagan | 2010 | Ladies Captain |
James Kennedy | 2010 | Men's Captain |
Agnes Nolan | 2010 | President |
Mary Coffey | 2011 | Ladies Captain |
Agnes Nolan | 2011 | Ladies President |
Peter Murphy | 2011 | Men's Captain |
Liam Sharkey | 2011 | President |
Alice McGlynn | 2012 | Ladies Captain |
Tim O'Neill | 2012 | Men's Captain |
Kay O'Brien | 2012 | President |
Doreen Martin | 2013 | Ladies Captain |
Peter Boate | 2013 | Men's Captain |
Dermot Murry | 2013 | President |
Brenda Byrne | 2014 | Ladies Captain |
Oliver Martin | 2014 | Men's Captain |
Ita Redmond | 2014 | President |
Mary Fetherston | 2015 | Ladies Captain |
Barry McCaul | 2015 | Men's Captain |
Jim Kennedy |
2015 | President |
Bernie McGovern | 2016 | Ladies Captain |
Jim Davidson | 2016 | Men's Captain |
Mary Coffey |
2016 | President |
Rita Flynn | 2017 | Ladies Captain |
Mick O'Boyle | 2017 | Men's Captain |
Tim O’Neill | 2017 | President |
Hilary Coffey | 2018 | Ladies Captain |
Martin McGlynn | 2018 | Men's Captain |
Theresa McDonnell | 2018 | President |
Joan Keegan | 2019 | Ladies Captain |
Gerry Lawlor | 2019 | Men's Captain |
Peter Boate | 2019 | President |
Catherine Plunkett |
2020 | Ladies Captain |
Declan O'Leary | 2020 | Men's Captain |
Alice McGlynn | 2020 | President |
Linda Sweeney | 2021 | Ladies Captain |
Jimmy Fitzachary | 2021 | Men's Captain |
Tony O'Herlihy | 2021 | President |
Roisin Long | 2022 | Ladies Captain |
Tom Hogan | 2022 | Men's Captain |
Jim Davidson |
2022 | Chairperson |
Carmel McCartney | 2023 | Ladies Captain |
Garvan Clarke | 2023 | Men's Captain |
Jim Davidson | 2023 | Chairperson |
Gerry Lawlor | 2024 | Men's Captain |
Doreen Martin | 2024 | President |
2024 | Lowest Ladies Handicap | |
2024 | Lowest Men's Handicap |
Holes in One at Ballinascorney
Member | Date | Hole No. | Club Used | Distance |
Vincent Savage | 13 August 1996 | 15th | 135 m | |
Imelda Malin | 6 July 2003 | 11th | 106 m | |
Mark Grace | 4 June 2022 |