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Virginia Golf Course
Located in the grounds of The Park Hotel just outside Virginia Town, this very scenic golf course is a pleasure to play. Straddling Lough Ramor the course has six additional tee boxes making for greater verity as you play the 18-holes.
The fairways are tight and the course is awash with mature trees requiring accuracy and good club selection together with a delicate touch around the greens. A short course measuring only 4,134 metres with a standard scratch of 62 and a most unusual course record of 57 shot by G. Eagleton on 25th July 1993. The Ladies course measures 4,139 metres with a Par of 67 and a standard scratch of 65.
The Virginia Golf Club provides a unique test of golfing skill for all standards of players and with mature landscaping and breath-taking lake views it has all the ingredients for a wonderful round of golf. Founded in 1945 by Mrs Helen McDonnell of the Park Hotel it is located on the shores of beautiful Lough Ramor, easily accessible from the N3.
Virginia Golf Club has held a special place in the heart of many a golfer and we are delighted to welcome all members and visitors; we hope you will enjoy your golfing experience here. As a club we pride ourselves on the heart-warming camaraderie among the membership which is a key element of what makes Virginia Golf Club so special.
What Visitors Say:
“Tt's a tough little 9-hole course which is far harder than it looks. The setting is beautiful on the shores of Lough Ramor but it’s the friendliness of the members that was the clincher for me.”
“Small club with a very friendly atmosphere where everyone is made welcome. Beautiful testing course with fabulous panoramic views.”
Green Fees Midweek: | €15 |
Green Fees Weekends & B.H. | €15 |
Green Fees with a Member: | €15 |
Practice Area: | No |
Club Hire: €15 | Yes |
Buggy Hire: | No |
Soft spikes: | Yes |
Full Membership Available: | Yes |
Full Membership Fee: |
€395 |
Full New Membership Fee Yesr-1: | €250 |
Full Senior Membership Fee: | €280 |
Full Country Membership Fee: | €220 |
Full Student Membership Fee: | €70 |
Full Juvenile Membership Fee: | €40 |
Course Type | Parkland |
No Holes | 9 |
Members | 244 |
Designer | Nature |
Founded | 1945 |
Address | Park Hotel, |
Telephone | 049-8548066 |
vgcsecretary@gmail.com | |
Website | Virginia golf club website |
Secretary/Manager: | Patrick Murphy |
Captain: | Eddie Moore |
Lady Captain: | Mairead Denning |
President: | Veronica Donnelan |
Chairperson: | Seamus Sheridan |
Vice-Captains': | & |
Hon. Secretary: | Pat Murphy, Niall Lynch & Anne Tully & Maureen Donohue |
Club Pro.: | None |
Hon. Treasurer: | Pat Murphy, Fintan O’Malley & Isobel Davidson |
Comp. Secretary: | Niall Hickey & Caitriona Keoghan |
Location Map
Lat:53.833107
Long:-7.094035
General Facts & Information
Course opening hours: Daylight hours | Clubhouse opening hours: Daylight hours |
Mobile phones: Not on course |
Dress Code: Neat and casual, no denim |
Catering: None | Days to Avoid: Tuesdays & Sundays |
Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other days | Pre-booking for open Tournaments: 14 Days in advance |
Virginia Golf Club Fixtures 2024 provisional*
Open & Major Fixtures 2025 (to be Confirmed) | ||||
Event | Start | Finish | Type | Duration |
Captains' Drive-In | Sunday 6 April |
Closed | 1 | |
Lady Vice-Captain's Prize | Thursday 8 May | Closed | 1 | |
President's Prize Day 1 |
Saturday 28 June |
Sunday 29 June |
Closed | 2 |
President's Prize Day 2 |
Sunday 29 June |
Closed | 1 | |
Ladies Captain's Prize | Thursday 19 July | Closed | 1 | |
Ladies Captain's Prize to the Men | Thursday 19 July | Closed | 1 | |
Captain's Prize Day to the Ladies | Thursday 7 August | Closed | 1 | |
Captain's Prize Day 1 |
Saturday 9 August | Sunday 10 August | Closed | 2 |
Captain's Prize Day 1 |
Sunday 10 August |
Closed | 1 | |
Captain's Prize Day 2 | Saturday 16 August | Sunday 17 August |
Closed | 2 |
Captain's Prize Day 2 |
Sunday 17 August | Closed | 1 | |
Vice-Captain's Prize | Saturday 13 September | Sunday 14 September |
Closed | 2 |
Vice-Captain's Prize | Sunday 14 September | Closed | 1 | |
Ladies Singles Stableford | Thursday 15 May | Open | 1 | |
Virginia Golf Club Classic | Friday 30 May |
Saturday 31 May |
Open | 2 |
Virginia Golf Club Classic | Saturday 31 May |
Open | 1 | |
Ladies 3-Person Waltz | Thursday 7 August | Open | 1 | |
4-Person Classic | Friday 15 August | Saturday 16 August | Open | 2 |
4-Person Classic | Saturday 16 August | Open | 1 |
Card of the Course
Key | Data |
White | Par 64 Slope 98 4,139 m |
Red | Par 67 Slope 109 4,139 m |
Card
Hole No. | White | Par | Index | Red | Par | Index |
1 | 167 | 3 | 5 |
167 | 3 | 6 |
2 | 281 | 4 | 8 | 281 | 4 | 4 |
3 | 244 | 4 | 18 | 244 | 4 | 15 |
4 | 282 | 4 | 11 | 282 | 4 | 9 |
5 | 270 | 4 | 14 | 270 | 4 | 12 |
6 | 225 | 3 | 1 | 225 | 4 | 10 |
7 | 123 | 3 | 16 | 123 | 3 | 17 |
8 | 309 | 4 | 6 |
309 | 4 | 1 |
9 | 137 | 3 | 10 | 137 | 3 | 11 |
Out | 2,038 | 32 | 2,039 | 33 | ||
10 | 218 | 3 | 2 | 218 | 4 | 16 |
11 | 281 | 4 | 13 |
281 | 4 | 5 |
12 | 204 | 3 | 3 | 204 | 4 | 18 |
13 | 282 | 4 | 9 |
282 | 4 | 8 |
14 | 256 | 4 | 17 |
256 | 4 | 13 |
15 | 262 | 4 | 7 |
262 | 4 | 3 |
16 | 163 | 3 | 12 | 163 | 3 | 7 |
17 | 308 | 4 | 4 |
308 | 4 | 2 |
18 | 127 | 3 | 15 | 127 | 3 | 14 |
In | 2,101 | 32 | 2,102 | 34 | ||
Total | 4,139 | 64 | 4,139 | 67 | ||
SSS | 61.7 | 65.5 | ||||
Slope | 98 | 109 |
Notable rounds
Men's Course Record: 61 Stephen Smith 18/09/2022
Ladies Course Record:
Members Achievements
Virginia Golf Club won the Towns Cup in 2024 The team on the day was Conor Sherlock, Eoin McDonald, Neill Gregg, Eamonn Owens, Raymond Conway, Hugh Leddy and Eddie Moore.
In 2015, club member Stephen Smith represented Ireland at the Belfry, came 6th overall and helped the Irish team to secure a memorable victory
Lady Captain Mary Halligan and her Captain's Prize winner Bernadette Daly got through in the last regional qualifier of the Volkswagen-Irish Independent Lady Captain's Classic at Headfort Golf Club in September 2001. Mary playing off 27 and Bernadette of 26 posted a score of 35 points. They booked their place in the National Finals at Druid's Glen on the 1st of October.
Prior to 2001:
Virginia got to the quarter-finals of the Ulster Cup in 2000.
History of Virginia
What the Club tells us:
The Club was founded in 1945 by the late Mrs Helen McDonnell of the Park Hotel in the grounds of which the course is located. Mrs McDonnell laid out the course assisted by Major Bennett, an engineer with the British Army, who happened to be staying in the hotel at that time. The tees were built up with stones from the lake shore, ferried by donkey and cart. In 1953 her son, Barry, and his wife Helen Junior took over the management of the Hotel and arranged an agreement and nominal rent with the Club to maintain the course. Up to then the fairways were cut with a mower pulled by two horses and it took two days to do same. The greens were cut with a hand mower borrowed from the hotel.
As club funds grew during the 1960’s the club could afford to hire a tractor to cut the fairways. A major turning point came in the early 1970’s when Mannix Smith, a successful business man and Captain in 1972 donated a tractor to the Club. Mannix was owner and managing director of a very successful ladies wear business in Dublin called Janelle. He also presented two cups, the Janelle Cups to the club which were awarded to the winners of an Open Mixed Foursome Match play Competition. This competition put Virginia on the map as players came from all over to compete. The fixture list appeared in the national newspapers as over 120 players took part. It was run over two weeks and the presentation took place in the Park Hotel. Throughout the early 1970’s the Janelle Competition attracted huge crowds of spectators and the 10th tee became known as “the Hogan Stand” as people vied for the best vantage point. The Park Hotel encouraged by its then owners Helen McDonnell provided a welcoming recluse for all, winners and losers and provided a great social outlet for the club at that time.
The ladies section was very strong in those early days and two ladies in particular brought great honour to the club, Mrs Julie English and Miss Miriam Arnold. Playing in “the Daily Mail Foursomes” Competition these ladies won the All Ireland Finals in 1966, 1969 and 1972. They travelled the length and breadth of the country at their own expense and went on to represent Ireland in the Home Internationals reaching the final on one occasion and the semi-finals on the other two.
While the gents have had some local success in the Cavan-Monaghan Alliance and Treacy Cup Competitions, our most noteworthy success on a National basis was in the Ulster Cup in the early 1990’s. This competition is a club match play, one on a home and away basis, with an individual handicap limit of 10. Although very limited in its narrow choice of players, Virginia took the scalps of some notable large clubs such as Malone, Mourne, Ardglass and Screbo. However, the most famous victory of all was the defeat of Royal Portrush who had great difficulty in locating Virginia on the map at the onset. This victory became a much talked about achievement not only around Virginia but throughout Ulster clubs generally.
Roll of Honour
Member | Year | Hon. Position |
Mrs. A. Brady | 1989 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs. Eva Williams | 1989 | Ladies President |
Phil Ward | 1989 | Men's Captain |
Dr. H. Hession | 1989 | President |
Mrs. E. Murphy | 1990 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs T. Brady | 1990 | Ladies President |
Wilson Green | 1990 | Men's Captain |
Dr. H. Hession | 1990 | President |
Mrs. P. O'Reilly | 1991 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs. B. Halloran | 1991 | Ladies President |
Frank McEvoy | 1991 | Men's Captain |
Dr. H. Hession | 1991 | President |
Mrs. H. O'Reilly | 1992 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs. O. Steenson | 1992 | Ladies President |
Seamus Sheridan | 1992 | Men's Captain |
Dr. H. Hession | 1992 | President |
Mrs. K. Caffrey | 1993 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs. D. Cronin | 1993 | Ladies President |
P. J. Earl | 1993 | Men's Captain |
Mr. M. J. Costello | 1993 | President |
Mrs. B. Sheridan | 1994 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs. A. O'Malley | 1994 | Ladies President |
Tom Hutchinson | 1994 | Men's Captain |
Mr. M. J. Costello | 1994 | President |
Mrs. E. Williams | 1995 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs M. Whelan | 1995 | Ladies President |
Victor Nesbitt | 1995 | Men's Captain |
Mr. M. J. Costello | 1995 | President |
Mrs. A. Duffy | 1996 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs. H. O'Reilly | 1996 | Ladies President |
Michael Murphy | 1996 | Men's Captain |
M. F. O'Reilly | 1996 | President |
Mrs. F. Gibney | 1997 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs. P. O'Reilly | 1997 | Ladies President |
Pat O'Connor | 1997 | Men's Captain |
Mr. F. O'Reilly | 1997 | President |
Mrs. A. O'Malley | 1998 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs. M. Bowles | 1998 | Ladies President |
Ollie O'Dwyer | 1998 | Men's Captain |
Mr. F. O'Reilly | 1998 | President |
Brid Halloran | 1999 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs. M. Curran | 1999 | Ladies President |
Joe Green | 1999 | Men's Captain |
Mr. Phil Ward | 1999 | President |
Mrs. Dolores O'Brien | 2000 | Ladies Captain |
Mrs F. Gibney | 2000 | Ladies President |
Mr. Seamus Kearney | 2000 | Men's Captain |
Leonard Brady | 2000 | President |
Mary Halligan | 2001 | Ladies Captain |
2001 | Ladies President | |
Sean Callaghan | 2001 | Men's Captain |
2001 | President | |
2002 | Ladies Captain | |
2002 | Ladies President | |
Pauric Caffrey | 2002 | Men's Captain |
2002 | President | |
Sheila Courtney | 2003 | Ladies Captain |
Catherine Flood | 2003 | Ladies President |
Pat O'Reilly | 2003 | Men's Captain |
Frank Dolan | 2003 | President |
Mary McDonagh | 2004 | Ladies Captain |
2004 | Ladies President | |
Peadar Reynolds | 2004 | Men's Captain |
Frank Dolan | 2004 | President |
Margaret Ormiston | 2005 | Ladies Captain |
Eilish Reynolds | 2005 | Ladies President |
Charlie Gillick | 2005 | Men's Captain |
Stanley Bowles | 2005 | President |
Maureen Curran | 2006 | Ladies Captain |
Eilish Reynolds | 2006 | Ladies President |
Seamus O'Meara | 2006 | Men's Captain |
Stanley Bowles | 2006 | President |
Eilish Reynolds | 2007 | Ladies Captain |
2007 | Ladies President | |
Ray Clarke | 2007 | Men's Captain |
Seamus Sheridan | 2007 | President |
Teresa O'Reilly | 2008 | Ladies Captain |
Marese Callaghan | 2008 | Ladies President |
Paddy McCabe | 2008 | Men's Captain |
Seamus Sheridan | 2008 | President |
Maureen Donoghue | 2009 | Ladies Captain |
Marese Callaghan | 2009 | Ladies President |
Tom Lynch | 2009 | Men's Captain |
Seamus Sheridan | 2009 | President |
Maureen Donoghue | 2010 | Ladies Captain |
Mary Halligan | 2010 | Ladies President |
Patrick Murphy | 2010 | Men's Captain |
Peter Callaghan | 2010 | President |
Carol McEnroe | 2011 | Ladies Captain |
Kay Lynch | 2011 | Ladies President |
Ray Foley | 2011 | Men's Captain |
Peter Callaghan | 2011 | President |
Elizabeth Murphy | 2012 | Ladies Captain |
Ann Courtney | 2012 | Ladies President |
Michael Keating | 2012 | Men's Captain |
Seamus O'Meara | 2012 | President |
Pauline Hutchinson | 2013 | Ladies Captain |
Emily McHugo |
2013 | Ladies President |
John Mulvany | 2013 | Men's Captain |
Seamus O'Meara | 2013 | President |
Isobel Davidson | 2014 | Ladies Captain |
Angela O'Dwyer | 2014 | Ladies President |
Peadar Gill | 2014 | Men's Captain |
Seamus O'Meara | 2014 | President |
Sara Loftus | 2015 | Ladies Captain |
Moira Blacklock | 2015 | Ladies President |
Peter Kermath | 2015 | Men's Captain |
Victor Nesbitt |
2015 | President |
Pauline Clarke | 2016 | Ladies Captain |
Bernie Flynn |
2016 | Ladies President |
Gary Corcoran |
2016 | Men's Captain |
Victor Nesbitt |
2016 | President |
Moira Blacklock |
2017 | Ladies Captain |
Sheila Courtney |
2017 | Ladies President |
Sean McEvoy | 2017 | Men's Captain |
Victor Nesbitt |
2017 | President |
Marese Callaghan | 2018 | Ladies Captain |
Margaret Ormiston | 2018 | Ladies President |
Martin Sherry | 2018 | Men's Captain |
Tom Hutchinson | 2018 | President |
Regina O'Brien | 2019 | Ladies Captain |
Maureen Donohoe | 2019 | Ladies President |
Pat Murphy | 2019 | Men's Captain |
Tom Hutchinson | 2019 | President |
Veronica Donnellan | 2020 | Ladies Captain |
Marie Gillick | 2020 | Ladies President |
Declan Smith | 2020 | Men's Captain |
Tom Hutchinson |
2020 | President |
Angela O’Dwyer | 2021 | Ladies Captain |
Marie Gillick | 2021 | Ladies President |
Vivian Connell | 2021 | Men's Captain |
Michael Callaghan | 2021 | President |
Emily McHugo | 2022 | Ladies Captain |
Arthur Tormay | 2022 | Men's Captain |
Isobel Davidson | 2022 | President |
Linda Gill | 2023 | Ladies Captain |
Liam Murphy | 2023 | Men's Captain |
Declan Smith | 2023 | President |
Mary Coyle | 2024 | Ladies Captain |
Paul Bates | 2024 | Men's Captain |
Veronica Donnelan | 2024 | President |
Mairead Denning | 2025 | Ladies Captain |
Eddie Moore | 2025 | Men's Captain |
2025 | President | |
Dolores O'Brien (14) | 2025 | Lowest Ladies H'cap |
Stephen Smith | 2025 | Lowest Men's H'cap |
Gerry Eagleton (5) | 2025 | Lowest Men's H'cap |
Holes in One at Virginia
Member | Date | Hole No. | Club Used | Distance |
Michael Staunton | 23 April 1995 | 9th | 137 m | |
Michael Staunton | 17 May 1995 | 7th | 127 m | |
Michael N. Murphy | 21 July 1996 | 9th | 137 m | |
Gerry Hopkins | 23 June 1997 | 9th | 137 m | |
Pat Joe Monaghan | 1 May 1998 | 12th | 3 Wood | 204 m |
May Brady | 1 August 1998 | 18th | 127 m | |
Michael Staunton | 1 August 1998 | 16th | 4 Iron | 163 m |
Michael Staunton | 17 August 1998 | 7th | 123 m | |
Anne Courtney | 3 August 1999 | 7th | 123 m | |
Finbar O'Reilly | 22 June 2000 | 9th | 137 m | |
Joe Greene | 21 October 2001 | 18th | 123 m | |
PJ Farrelly | 23 May 2004 | 16th | 163 m | |
Stanley Bowles | 19 August 2007 | 10th | 239 m | |
Joseph Graydon | 14 March 2022 | |||
Stephen Smith | 16 September 2024 | 6th | 225 m |