Whitehead golf club Antrim

Whitehead Golf Course

Located between Whitehead village and Islandmagee, perched on the basalt cliffs that overlook the sea on three sides, our layout offers plenty of spectacular views as you make your way around this wonderful 18-hole course. Our picturesque course has views, on a good day, which can take in the Antrim Plateau, Alisa Craig, Mourne Mountains and Isle of Man to name a few. Our club is a haven for golf enthusiasts of all levels. Friendly members, and a warm atmosphere make every round a memorable one. We've been welcoming members and visitors since 1904 and, when your round is complete, our restaurant and bars provide a perfect setting to relax and reflect on your round.
Off the championship tees, it is 6004 yards long, with a rating of 69.1, Par 70 and Slope Rating of 123. The ladies course is shorter at 5,315 yards with a rating of 70.9, Par 72 and a slope rating of 119. It will test the very best of golfers where if you play to your handicap you have had a good round.
Green Fees Monday to Friday: | £48 |
Green Fees with a Member: | £40 |
Green Fees for Opens: | £20 |
Practice Area: | Yes |
Club Hire: | Yes |
Buggy Hire: |
Yes |
Soft Spikes: | N/A |
Full Membership Available: | Yes |
Full Membership Fee: | £669 |
Full Lady Membership Fee: | £519 |
Full 5-Day Membership Fee: | £447 |
There are first time Membership Discounts |
Course Type | Parkland |
No Holes | 18 |
Members | 664 |
Designer | A. B. Armb |
Founded | 1904 |
Address | McCrea's Brae, |
Telephone | 028-93-370820 |
info@whiteheadgolfclub.com | |
Website | Whitehead golf club website |
Secretary/Manager: | Trevor Wright |
Captain: | George Hawthorne |
Lady Captain: | Judith Spencely |
Presidents': | Bert French & Patricia Swann |
Vice-Captains': | Stephen McNeice & |
Hon. Secretary: | Trevor Wright |
Club Pro: | Colin Farr 028-93-370821 |
Hon. Treasurer: | Patrick O’Donnell |
Comp. Secretary: | Colin Niblock |
Location Map
Lat:54.768711
Long:-5.702848
General Facts & Information
Course opening hours: Daylight hours | Clubhouse opening hours: 12.00am to 11.30pm |
Mobile phones: Not on course |
Dress Code: Neat and casual, no denim. |
Catering: Full catering, facilities | Days to Avoid: Saturdays |
Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other Days | Pre-booking for open Tournaments:14 Days in advance |
Whitehead Golf Club Fixtures 2025 provisional*
Open & Major Fixtures 2025 (Confirmed) | ||||
Event | Start | Finish | Type | Duration |
Captain's Prize | Saturday 21 June | Closed | 1 | |
Captains' Prize to the Juniors | Sunday 27 July | Closed | 1 | |
Lady Captain's Prize | Saturday 2 August |
Closed | 1 | |
President's Prize | Saturday 16 August |
Closed | 1 | |
Presidents' Prize to the Juniors | Sunday 17 August | Cosed | 1 | |
Lady President's Prize | Friday 22 August | Closed | 1 | |
Start of Open Week | Saturday 14 June | Sunday 22 June | Open | 7 |
Singles Stableford | Saturday 14 June | Open | 1 | |
Ladies Singles Stableford |
Sunday 15 June | Open | 1 | |
Seniors Stableford 50+ | Monday 16 June | Open | 1 | |
Ladies Team Event | Tuesday 17 June |
Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 18 June | Open | 1 | |
Fourball | Thursday 19 June | Open | 1 | |
Fourball Betterball |
Friday 20 June |
Open | 1 | |
Singles Strokes | Saturday 21 June | Sunday 22 June |
Open | 2 |
Singles Strokes | Sunday 22 June | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 25 June | Open | 1 | |
McFerran CupSingles Strokes | Saturday 28 June | Open | 1 | |
Singles Stableford | Wednesday 2 July | Open | 1 | |
Sherriff Trophy Singles Stableford | Saturday 5 July | Sunday 6 July | Open | 2 |
Sherriff Trophy Singles Stableford | Sunday 6 July | Open | 1 | |
East Antrim Seniors | Friday 5 September |
Open | 1 | |
Seniors Stableford 50+ | Sunday 7 September | Open | 1 | |
Lions Club Golf Classic | Sunday 14 September | Open | 1 |
Card of the Course
Key | Data |
White | Par 70 Slope 123 6,064 m |
Red | Par 71 Slope 119 5,574 m |
Green | Par 70 Slope 123 5,840 m |
Card
Hole Name | Hole No. | White | Green | Par | Index | Red | Par | Index |
Muldersleigh | 1 | 340 | 330 | 4 | 4 | 340 | 4 | 3 |
Rath Cimbaeith | 2 | 160 | 152 | 3 | 16 | 118 | 3 | 17 |
Gobbins | 3 | 523 | 513 | 5 | 6 | 406 | 5 | 7 |
Windy Gap | 4 | 318 | 308 | 4 | 14 | 308 | 4 | 11 |
The Steeple | 5 | 189 | 181 | 3 | 12 | 180 | 3 | 9 |
Galloway | 6 | 507 | 487 | 5 | 8 | 461 | 5 | 5 |
Forthill | 7 | 398 | 383 | 4 | 2 | 365 | 4 | 1 |
Auld's View | 8 | 363 | 355 | 4 | 10 | 330 | 4 | 13 |
Bla Hole | 9 | 164 | 152 | 3 | 18 | 142 | 3 | 15 |
Out | 2,962 | 2,861 | 35 | 2,650 | 35 | |||
The Loanin | 10 | 511 |
503 |
5 | 9 |
447 | 5 | 10 |
Port Davey | 11 | 147 | 136 | 3 | 17 | 125 | 3 | 18 |
Lighthouse | 12 | 387 | 376 | 4 | 5 |
365 | 4 | 2 |
The Beeches | 13 | 421 | 411 | 4 | 3 | 415 | 5 | 14 |
Clonmore | 14 | 321 | 311 | 4 | 11 |
305 | 4 | 4 |
Days Dog Leg |
15 | 406 |
389 | 4 | 1 | 379 | 5 | 6 |
The Hollow | 16 | 345 | 337 | 4 | 15 | 343 | 4 | 8 |
McCrae's | 17 | 352 | 342 | 4 | 7 |
261 | 4 | 16 |
Loughview | 18 | 188 | 174 | 3 | 13 | 184 | 3 | 12 |
In | 3,078 | 2,979 | 35 | 2,924 | 36 | |||
Total | 6,040 | 5,840 | 70 | 5,574 | 72 | |||
SSS | 69 | 68 | 73 |
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Slope | 123 | 123 | 119 |
Notable rounds
Men's Course Record: 68 A. Hope
Ladies Course Record:
Members Achievements
Whitehead Golf Club were County Champions in the J. B. Carr Diamond Trophy in 2002.
Ian Cochrane and Craig Addley won the Belfast Telegraph Foursomes in 1997.
Whitehead Golf Club were Ulster Finalists in the Belfast and District Cup in 1981, when the team was, B. Armstrong, K. Wilson, R. Young, H. Henry, J. Taylor, M. Boyd, P. Finney, A. Hope, J. Jones and P. O'Donnell.
G. Parkhill and P. O'Donnell won the Christie Flag in 1982.
P. O'Donnell with C. Niblock won the British Isles Daily Mail Foursomes in 1994.
Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;
J. Jones represented Ireland at international Youths' level in 1981 playing 6-matches, won 3-match halved one and lost 2-matches accumulating 7-points. He represented Ulster as a Youth in the Interprovincial Championships in 1981 playing 4-times won 2-matches and lost 2-matches accumulating 4-points;
R. Hunter represented Ireland at Irish Boys' level in 1997 playing 3-times won 0-matches and lost 3-matches accumulating 0-points;
S. K. Neill* represented Ulster in the Senior Interprovincial’s in 1938;
Matthew Kane represented Ulster at the inaugural Boys Under-15 Interprovincial Championships in 2010 playing 3-times won 3-matches and lost 0-matches accumulating 6-points;
Lesley Callen played for the Irish Girls' in 1985;
Kim Hunter played for the Irish Girls' in 1986;
History of Whitehead
Instituted 1904 affiliated 1905
Whitehead is one of the few older clubs to possess its original minutes. On Friday, the 27th July, 1904, a letter was circulated to the residents of Whitehead, notifying them of a meeting on 29th July, with the purpose of setting up a golf club. The first President was Col. James McCalmont M. P., and the Captain was James Waterson.
The" Irish Golfer" in 1905, gives us the following report "The links are situated at no great distance from Blackhead, the lighthouse on the promontory stands out conspicuously, considering the limited time during which Messrs. Morrow and Son have been engaged in bringing the ground to order, very good progress has been made. The nine-hole course is partly uphill for the first three or four holes and there are sufficient difficulties in the form of hedges and ravines. Mr. R. B. Urquhart, Belfast, erected the handsome pavilion which adorns the grounds and which provides ample accommodation for both ladies and gentlemen."
There is ample evidence that ladies were involved from the start of the club. The first Lady President was the Marchioness of Donegall, and the Lady Captain was Mrs. Smiley, of Belair. The annual subscription was a guinea for men and ten shillings and six pence for ladies.
In 1909, the club moved to the Marquis of Donegall’s Estate and this became its home until it moved to a new home at Bentra, where James Braid laid out a nine-hole course.
In 1973, the club moved to its present location at Muldersleigh and developed the eighteen-hole course that opened officially in 1975.
What the Club tells us:
In 1904 a number of prominent gentlemen in Whitehead mooted the idea that a golf course would be of great benefit to residents and visitors located at Blackhead. A meeting was held in the Victoria Café and a plan was hatched. The original course was marked off on an ordnance map. The rules and bye laws were adopted from Malone, Royal Belfast and Larne Golf Clubs. The cost to build the course was £114 and was constructed by George Morrow from Belfast. In 1908 the 2nd course was constructed in the Donegall area and then in 1935, moved to a 3rd location with a new clubhouse, this being the current Bentra course. In 1970 a decision was taken to relocate to a new location on Muldersleigh Hill which, after many changes to the course is the current home of WGC.
Ancient man once inhabited Muldersleigh Hill on which the present course is laid out. There are 8 historical sites on or around The Hill, 4 of which are on the lands occupied by the course. The 2nd green is on an ancient site called Rath-Cimbaeith, ahillfort built in the earlier part of the 1st Millennium. On the 3rd fairway is the former site of an ancient church and burial place. To the left of the 10th fairway was an old graveyard. Finally during construction of the original 4th green, 2 stone axe heads were uncovered and now form part of the Rath-Cimbaeith Trophy played for each year. A marker stone was carved out of a slab of stone from Cork (Rath-Cimbaeith royal site of King Nemed who died in Cork) and is still sited to the left of the 2nd green to this day.
Roll of Honour
Member | Year | Hon. Position |
Mrs. P. Archer | 1989 | Ladies Captain |
M. Sandford | 1989 | Ladies President |
R. H. Ruddock | 1989 | Men's Captain |
J. Adrain | 1989 | President |
Mrs. G. Kay | 1990 | Ladies Captain |
G. Logan | 1990 | Ladies President |
George McKinney | 1990 | Men's Captain |
J. Adrain | 1990 | President |
Mrs. R. M. Maxwell | 1991 | Ladies Captain |
G. Logan | 1991 | Ladies President |
W. J. Kelso | 1991 | Men's Captain |
A. G. Smyth | 1991 | President |
Mrs. A. M. Baxter | 1992 | Ladies Captain |
R. Chambers | 1992 | Ladies President |
J. Kerr | 1992 | Men's Captain |
A. B. Armstrong | 1992 | President |
Mrs. L. N. Sheriff | 1993 | Ladies Captain |
R. Chambers | 1993 | Ladies President |
R. J. Sheriff | 1993 | Men's Captain |
E. H. T. Chambers | 1993 | President |
Mrs. V. E. Hill | 1994 | Ladies Captain |
A. Hockings | 1994 | Ladies President |
P. W. J. Finney | 1994 | Men's Captain |
T. F. Stainer | 1994 | President |
Mrs. D. E. Taylor | 1995 | Ladies Captain |
J. H. Jones | 1995 | Ladies President |
J. D. Holmes | 1995 | Men's Captain |
G. McKinney | 1995 | President |
Mrs. J. McDowell | 1996 | Ladies Captain |
I. Stewart | 1996 | Ladies President |
James J. Murray | 1996 | Men's Captain |
H. A. Burns | 1996 | President |
Mrs. H. McLean | 1997 | Ladies Captain |
I. Stewart | 1997 | Ladies President |
Paul D. Archer | 1997 | Men's Captain |
D. A. MacNiven | 1997 | President |
Mrs. J. McDowell | 1998 | Ladies Captain |
K. Fulton | 1998 | Ladies President |
Jim M. Sedgwick | 1998 | Men's Captain |
J. C. Reid | 1998 | President |
Mrs. F. Boyd | 1999 | Ladies Captain |
K. Fulton | 1999 | Ladies President |
Marshall Boyd | 1999 | Men's Captain |
B. Q. Baxter | 1999 | President |
Mrs. J. Hall | 2000 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs. A. Baxter | 2000 | Ladies President |
Allen Hall | 2000 | Men's Captain |
B. Q. Baxter | 2000 | President |
E. Fitzsimmons | 2001 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs. A. Baxter | 2001 | Ladies President |
Maurice Watson | 2001 | Men's Captain |
B. Q. Baxter | 2001 | President |
H. McKernon | 2002 | Ladies Captain |
Dorothy Cavan | 2002 | Ladies President |
Trevor Greenwood | 2002 | Men's Captain |
David Maxwell | 2002 | President |
Eilish Donnelly | 2003 | Ladies Captain |
Dorothy Cavan | 2003 | Ladies President |
J. McKernon | 2003 | Men's Captain |
David Maxwell | 2003 | President |
Irene Patrick | 2004 | Ladies Captain |
Dorothy Cavan | 2004 | Ladies President |
Nick McCrory | 2004 | Men's Captain |
David Maxwell | 2004 | President |
Mary Walker | 2005 | Ladies Captain |
Dr. Annette Gordon | 2005 | Ladies President |
Jim Hamilton | 2005 | Men's Captain |
Jim Kelso | 2005 | President |
Julia Gardner | 2006 | Ladies Captain |
Dr. Annette Gordon | 2006 | Ladies President |
Bert French | 2006 | Men's Captain |
Jim Kelso | 2006 | President |
Margaret Fullerton | 2007 | Ladies Captain |
Dr. Annetta Gordon | 2007 | Ladies President |
John Elliott | 2007 | Men's Captain |
Jim Kelso | 2007 | President |
Heather Smith | 2008 | Ladies Captain |
Joan Burns | 2008 | Ladies President |
Robin McDonald | 2008 | Men's Captain |
Patrick Finney | 2008 | President |
Isobel Day | 2009 | Ladies Captain |
Liz Reid | 2009 | Ladies President |
John Thompson | 2009 | Men's Captain |
Patrick Finney | 2009 | President |
Mary Overton | 2010 | Ladies Captain |
Julia Gardner | 2010 | Ladies President |
Eamon McAllister | 2010 | Men's Captain |
Patrick Finney | 2010 | President |
Linda Hamilton | 2011 | Ladies Captain |
Frances Boyd | 2011 | Ladies President |
David J. Moore | 2011 | Men's Captain |
James J. Macaulay | 2011 | President |
Lorraine Arbuckle | 2012 | Ladies Captain |
Frances Boyd | 2012 | Ladies President |
Richard Lamb | 2012 | Men's Captain |
James J. Macaulay | 2012 | President |
Patricia Swann | 2013 | Ladies Captain |
Irene Patrick |
2013 | Ladies President |
Tim Patton | 2013 | Men's Captain |
James J. MaCaulay |
2013 | President |
Elsie French | 2014 | Ladies Captain |
Irene Patrick | 2014 | Ladies President |
James E. McAllister | 2014 | Men's Captain |
James J. MaCaulay | 2014 | President |
Alice Hartford | 2015 | Ladies Captain |
Roy Armstrong | 2015 | Men's Captain |
P. Archer |
2015 | President |
Sarah Stewart |
2016 | Ladies Captain |
Elaine Fitzsimmons | 2016 | Ladies President |
Jeremy Jones |
2016 | Men's Captain |
Maurice Watson | 2016 | President |
Elizabeth Simpson | 2017 | Ladies Captain |
2017 | Ladies President | |
Alfie Patton | 2017 | Men's Captain |
2017 | President | |
Elaine Arthurs | 2018 | Ladies Captain |
Isobel Day | 2018 | Ladies President |
Trevor Wright | 2018 | Men's Captain |
Trevor Greenwood | 2018 | President |
Claire Lynn | 2019 | Ladies Captain |
Isobel Day | 2019 | Ladies President |
Dave Smyth | 2019 | Men's Captain |
Marshall Boyd | 2019 | President |
Carol Peat | 2020 | Ladies Captain |
Hilary McDowell | 2020 | Ladies President |
Graham Baird | 2020 | Men's Captain |
Marshall Boyde | 2020 | President |
Carol Peat | 2021 | Ladies Captain |
Hilary McDowell | 2021 | Ladies President |
Graham Baird | 2021 | Men's Captain |
Marshall Boyde | 2021 | President |
Janice Dennison | 2022 | Ladies Captain |
Elish Donnelly | 2022 | Ladies President |
Frazer McKendrick | 2022 | Men's Captain |
Rhys Millar | 2022 | Junior Captain |
Marshall Boyde | 2022 | President |
Heather Gilmour | 2023 | Ladies Captain |
Elsie French | 2023 | Ladies President |
Michael McGread |
2023 | Men's Captain |
Jim Hamilton |
2023 | President |
2023 | Junior Captain | |
Nicola Walker | 2024 | Ladies Captain |
Elsie French | 2024 | Ladies President |
Desie Hamilton | 2024 | Men's Captain |
Bert French | 2024 | President |
2024 | Junior Captain | |
Judith Spencely | 2025 | Ladies Captain |
Patricia Swann | 2025 | Ladies President |
George Hawthorne | 2025 | Men's Captain |
Bert French | 2025 | President |
2025 | Junior Captain | |
Amy O'Donnell | 2025 | Lowest Ladies Handicap |
Alice Hartford | 2025 | Lowest Ladies Handicap |
Matthew Kane | 2025 | Lowest Men's Handicap |
P. Sheldon | 2025 | Lowest Men's Handicap |
D. Beattie | 2025 | Lowest Men's Handicap |
Holes in One at Whitehead
Member | Date | Hole No. | Club Used | Distance |
Roy Armstrong | April 2023 |
18th | 8-iron | 221 yd's |
Elsie French | 22 April 2024 | Edenmore G. C. |