Achill Island golf club Mayo

Members Achievements

Achill Island Golf Club were Runners-Up in the Connaught Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield on Sunday 23th of July 2023 when they lost out to Tubbercurry Golf Club by 4-matches to 1-match.
David Ryder with Mark Corrigan halved their match against Dylan Craig with Brendan McDonagh. Eugene Patten with Cian McNamara. Lost their match against Ronan Forkin with Pat Kilcoyne by 4 and 2. Michael Scanlon with Colin Cooney lost their match by 4 and 3 against Keith Feehily with Damien Keenan as did Leo Smith with Paul Fitzgerald against Paul O'Reilly with Alan Bowens and Sean McGinty with Mark English halved their match against Christy Wamsey with Marc McCausland.

Achill Island Golf Club won their regional Final in the Irish Mixed Foursomes and qualify for the All-Ireland Series at Strandhill Golf Club, Co. Sligo from Thursday 30th September to Saturday 2ND October 2021.
They met Tipperary Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals on Thursday 30th September and lost their match by 4-matches to 1-match.
They were led out by Michael Scanlon with Sheila Roughton-Smith who lost their match by 2 and 1 against Thomas O’Donovan with Renagh Murphy, they were followed by Leo Smith with Anne Kane who went down to Jamie Keaty with Yvonne Ryan-Daly by 4 and 3, the following two matches of Paul Fitzgerald with Karen Lyons against Tony O’Sullivan with Ann English and Gerry and Julie Hassett against Jim McGlynn with Mary Whelan were both halved when called-in and in the bottom match Noel English with Jackie Kennedy had one of those days when going down to Paul Ryan with Joanne Collins by 7 and 6.

Achill Island Golf Club won the County Cup for the fourth time in 2016 at Carne Golf Links. The team was Dominick M. Vesey, Noel English, Kevin Callaghan, Jim Quigley, John Gallagher, Paddy Joe Cafferkey, Alan Gielty, Leo Smith, Mark English, Ioseph McGowan, Michael Molloy, Edward McNamara, Mark Corrigan, Michael Scanlon, Rory Lavelle and Gerry Hassett.

J. Hassett qualified for the National Finals of the Irish Times-Mitsubishi Motors Women's Masters. She returned 33 points in the semi-final at Glasson Golf Hotel & Country Club on the 23rd of August 2001. Then it was on to Galway Bay Golf & Country Club for the Final on 13th September.

Prior to 2001:

On 21st March, 1999 John Murray had a Hole-in-One on the 225-metre, par 4, 4th, at Achill Island.

History of Achill Island

Achill Island Golf Club was founded in 1951 and was designed by Paddy Skerritt the resident Professional at St. Anne's until his death. Paddy laid out a fine 9-hole links in this most scenic part of the country.