Dooks golf club Kerry

Members Achievements

The Ladies of Dooks Golf Club were Runners-Up the Final of the West Munster Women’s Intermediate Cup on Saturday 29th July 2023 at East Clare Golf Club when they lost out to Ballyneety Golf Club by 4-matches to 1-match.

Dooks Golf Club were Runners-Up in the Final of the West Munster Fred Perry Trophy on Saturday 29th July 2023 at East Clare Golf Club when they lost out to Ballykisteen Golf Club by 4-matches to 1-match.

The Ladies of Dooks Golf Club were Runners-Up in the Final of the West Munster Women’s Junior Foursomes on Sunday 23th July 2023 at Kenmare Golf Club when they lost out to Dromoland Castle Golf Club by 2-matches to 1-match.

Conor Hickey was selected on the Munster Interprovincial Championship team at Moyvalley Golf Club from Tuesday 29th August to Thursday 31st August 2023.
Other members of the team were Jordan Boles (Charleville Golf Club), Donnacha Cleary (Tipperary Golf Club), Darragh Flynn (Carton House Golf Club), Mark Gazi & Darren O’Sullivan (Tralee Golf Club), Alex King (Faithlegg Golf Club), David Reddan (Nenagh Golf Club).
They were Captained by Juan Fitzgerald (Limerick Golf Club) and Managed by Shane Horgan (Monkstown Golf Club).

Dooks Golf Club qualified for Quarter-Finals of the Pierce Purcell Shield at Knightsbrook Golf Club on Thursday 15th September 2022 when they were drawn against Mayobridge Golf Club and lost their match by 3½-matches to 1½-matches.
They were led out by Kieran Foley with James Long who lost out by 2-holes against Patrick McGivern with J. P. McIlvenny, they were followed by Karl Griffen with Jason Hunter who lost their match by the minimum against Joseph Boyd with Colm Magee, next on the tee was Aidan and Brendan Foley who had a 3 and 2 win against Conor McConville with John Brown, in the penultimate match Eamon Foley with Martin Hurley also lost their match by the minimum against Shane Fagan with Barry O’Hare and the bottom match between Paul McKenna with Mark Kennedy against George Devlin with Peter Travers was halved when called-in.
So it was not to be for the team from this picturesque part of Kerry, but sur they have Sam down there for a year at most!!.                  

Tracy Eakin was selected on the Irish Senior Team to compete in the European Senior Ladies’ Team Championship at Aebortun Golf Club, Slovenia from 30th August to 3rd September 2022.

Dooks Golf Club won the Munster Final of the Irish Mixed Foursomes on their home course on Saturday 8th August 2015 when they beat Skibbereen Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matches and accounted for Castletroy Golf Club by a similar margin in the Munster decider.

First on the tee were Enda Curtayne with Tracy Eakin who beat Tony Delaney with Eimear Costelloe 2-holes, they were followed by Paul Griffin with Mary Inglis who lost out to Fergal Costelloe with Grainne Forde by 3 and 2, next up were Denis McGillicuddy with Jenny Piggott who recorded a halve against Keith Bermingham with Mary Quinlan, in the penultimate match Pat Griffin with Joan Harmon beat Brendan Reidy with Mary Bermingham by 2 and 1, in the bottom match Karl Falvey with Eileen Breen had a very comfortable 5 and 4 win over Gerard Maher with Rachel Maher.

They didn’t have far to go to compete in the All-Ireland Final as it was played at Dooks on the 3rd & 4th September.

The Ladies of Dooks Golf Club won the Noreen Moore Trophy League Kerry Class in 2012, when the team was Jane Hickie, Deirdre Galvin, Mary McGillycuddy, Anne Griffin, Betty Griffin Adrienne O’Sullivan and Louise Farrell, they were managed by Helen Ahern assisted by Mary Curran.

The Ladies of Dooks Golf Club won the Munster Final of the AA-Insurance Senior Foursomes in 2007, they made their way to Athlone Golf Club to compete in the National deciders, where the met Connaught Champions Galway Golf Club in the All-Ireland quarter-final which they lost by 2 matches to 1 match.

First on the tee was Mary Keane with Joan Harmon who lost their match by 2 and 1 against Sheelagh Kearney with Jo Price, next up was Ogie O'Sullivan with Mary Hackett who had a 3 and 2 win over Ger Neville with Mary Tierney, the bottom match of Catherine O'Brien with Helen Aherne was a 6 and 4 win for the Galway pair of Bryde Glynn with Ann O'Donnellan.

Dooks won the Kerry Shield in 1984, when the team was Michael Shanahan, Tom Curran, Billy Dodd, Ted Houlihan, George Boyle, Gene Ahern and John McGillycuddy. They won it again in 1985, when the team was Arthur Boyle, Eric Brick, Dermot O'Grady, Declan Mangan and George Boyle.

They won the Cork Examiner Am-Am at Waterville Golf Club in July 1979, with Sean O'Connor, John F. O'Connell and Michael Murphy. They won the Dr. Bill O'Sullivan Shield in 2000.

The Ladies of Dooks Golf Club won the ILGU Junior League in 1997 when the team was Mary Curran, Rose Cunningham, Dolores Foley, Catherine Foley, Margaret O'Sullivan, Brenda Brick, Kay Woods, Catherine O'Donoghue, Delia Foley and Anne Mangan, they were managed by Anne Gannon.

They won the Munster Cup in 1991 at Charleville Golf Club, with Joan Harmon, Mary Keane and Meg O'Shaughnessy. ILGU Munster Junior Championship in 1995, with Meg O'Shaughnessy and in 2002 with Eileen O'Sullivan.

They won the ILGU Minor League in 1987 and again in 1990.

Members who played representative golf for their Province;

William O’Sullivan* represented Munster as a Senior Interprovincial from 1938 to 1939;

History of Dooks

Dooks Golf Links is celebrating its 125 year as a golf links this year making it one of the olgest Golf Clubs in Ireland.
Dooks Golf Club, situated in a panoramic setting in a corner of Dingle Bay which is on the Wild Atlantic Way was founded in 1889 and is one of the ten oldest Golf Clubs in Ireland.  Golf was first played on this particular stretch of true sea-side links by soldiers from The Curragh (where golf came to Ireland in 1883), who were billeted in nearby Glenbeigh for artillery practice on the Rossbeigh dunes.
For many years Dooks was a 9-hole course whose original members were from the titled residents of Caragh Lake or active and retired members of the Army.  Over the years business and professional people from Killorglin and mid-Kerry tried their hands at golf and became enraptured by the magic of Dooks and intrigued by the game of golf.
The 9-hole golf course at Dooks was played on land that was part of the Besford McGregor Estate and from whom Dooks had a 75 year lease. When this lease was up in 1965 the owners were anxious to sell the land to a third party (believed to be interested in building a hotel in the area). The members ran a national Press Campaign – including a Press Conference in the Gresham Hotel, Dublin – and eventually the owners agreed to sell the land to Dooks Members for £7,000.
This might sound like a small sum but at the time the club had only about 20 active members and the annual income was £1,000.  Bord Failte gave a very generous grant of £3,500 and the members raised the rest by a Development Bond Scheme, costing £5 per bond.  Current members are eternally grateful to the members and subscribers who organised this magnificent effort and saved Dooks for the future enjoyment of generations to come.
Having obtained ownership of the land, the members set about extending the 9-holes. They designed and physically built the “new 9″ themselves for a total expenditure of £3,500.  A magificent achievement which would not have been possible without the commitment and generosity of the members at that time.
The 18-Holes were opened in 1970 by the President of the GUI, Mr Gerry Owens and over the next 30 years the reputation of Dooks as an honest test of traditional links golf spread worldwide.  The clubhouse, which was just a tin shack in the 1960′s went through 5 different “makeovers” before the present magnificent building was opened in 2005.
In 2002, the committee felt that the layout of Dooks’ course needed to be upgraded and renowned architect Martin Hawtree was asked to “have a look” and come up with suggestions.  This resulted in a complete overhaul and the revamped Dooks was opened in 2006.  The new Hawtree design has put Dooks in the forefront of Links Golf and its reputation for excellent golf in a magical setting with a renowned friendly atmosphere is the envy of golf clubs worldwide and remains to this day one of Ireland’s leading golf links.