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The K Club Palmer South Course golf club Kildare

The K Club Palmer South Course golf course Kildare

The K Club Palmer South Course Golf Course

The K Club Palmer South Course Club Crest

The best way to describe the Arnold Palmer designed Smurfit Course at The K Club is that of an inland links course. However, its true attributes do not stop there. The course has many dramatic landscapes with dune style mounding throughout the Kildare Golf Resort. This assists in making the course into a true Championship Golf Course with many vantage points for spectators to view golf professionals at work.

This course has played host to some of golf’s most exciting moments. Who could forget the excitement of the 2004 Smurfit European Open when Retief Goosen went on to win just two weeks after taking his second US Open title?

Or the closing stages of the 2007 Smurfit European Open, when Colin Montgomerie finally ended his 18-month drought without a trophy and somehow stayed out of the water on the 18th to win the 2007 European Open by just one shot? Magical moments are created and forever remembered in our Kildare Golf Club.

The Smurfit Course at The K Club is such a fantastic course that we decided it deserved a membership of its own.
Locally known as The Smurfit Golf Club the members are the lucky ones who get to play this magnificent course on a daily basis.

Membership of this course is available now to Men, Ladies and Juniors.

K Club (Palmer South) was voted the No. 57-ranked golf course in Ireland, by “Irish Golfer” in 2023 (Same);

K Club (Palmer South) was voted the No. 57-ranked golf course in Ireland, by “Irish Golfer” in 2022;

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 47-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2020 (Same);

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 47-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2019 (Down-1);

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 46-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2018 (Up-1);

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 47-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2017 (Same);

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 47-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2016 (Up-2);

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 49-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2015 (Same);

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 49-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2014 (Down-7);

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 42-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2013 (Down-1);

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 16-ranked parkland golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2012;

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 23-Parkland/Inland Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2012, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland;

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 17-Parkland/Inland Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2010, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland;

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the  No. 17 Parkland/Inland Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2009, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland;

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 34-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2010;

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 40-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2009;

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the No. 41-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2008;

The K Club Smurfit Course was voted the  No. 14 Parkland/Inland Course in Ireland by "Backspin" Irelands leading Golf magazine in 2008, the panel comprised of a selection of 52 Professional and amateur golfers throughout Ireland;

Green Fees Hotel Guest November to March: €60
Green Fees November to March: €90
Green Fees Hotel Guest April to October: €80
Green Fees April to October: €110
Green Fees for Opens Palmer South Course: €45/55
Green Fees for Opens Palmer North Course: €60/100
Practice Area: Yes
Club Hire: €50
Yes
Buggy Hire: €60
Yes
Soft Spikes: Yes
Full Membership Available: Yes
Full Membership Fee: On application
Entrance Fee: None
Course Type Parkland
No Holes
Members 263
Designer Harrison Minchew
Founded 1991
Address

Straffan,
Co. Kildare

Telephone +353 (0)1-6017300
Email golfreservations@kclub.ie
Website The K Club Palmer South Course golf club website
Director of Golf: Conor Russell
Golf Sales Executive: Michael Sheehan
Captain: Miceal Sammon
Lady Captain: Finola Murphy
President: Michael Fetherston
Vice-Captains':  & 
Hon. Secretary: Domnick Ward & Mary Burnell
Club Pro: Gary Murphy 01-6017321
Touring Pro: Seamus Power
Hon. Treasurer: Miceal Sammon
Comp. Secretary: Anthony Murray & Phyllis Kelly
The K Club Palmer South Course Golf Course Layout Course Layout

Location Map

GPS Coord*
Lat:53.306671
Long:-6.625443
*Please check information before travelling

General Facts & Information

Course opening hours: Daylight hours Clubhouse opening 7.00am to 12.00pm
Mobile phones: Not on course
Dress Code: Tailored shorts only no sports, 3/4 length or cargo shorts allowed on the golf course.
Catering: Full catering, facilities Days to Avoid: Wednesdays
Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other Days Pre-booking for open Tournaments: 14 days in advance

The K Club Palmer South Course Golf Club Fixtures 2024 provisional*

Open & Major Fixtures 2023 (to be Confirmed)        
Event Start Finish Type Duration
Captains' Drive-In Sunday
  Closed 1
Captain's Prize Saturday 9 July   Closed 1
Lady Captain's Prize Saturday 9 July   Closed 1
President's Prize to the Ladies Wednesday 5 October
  Closed 1
President's Prize Saturday 8 October
  Closed 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 3 January   Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 10 January   Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 17 January   Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 24 January   Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 31 January   Open 1
Singles Stableford
Friday 3 June   Open 1
Singles Stableford
Friday 10 June   Open 1
Singles Stableford
Sunday 12 June   Open 1
K Club PGA Pro AM Monday 10 July   IPGA 2
K Club PGA Pro AM Tuesday 11 July   IPGA 1
Irish Challenge Tour Monday 25 July Saturday 30 July IPGA 6
Irish Challenge Tour Tuesday 26 July   IPGA 1
Irish Challenge Tour Wednesday 27 July   IPGA 1
Irish Challenge Tour Thursday 28 July   IPGA 1
Irish Challenge Tour Friday 29 July   IPGA 1
Irish Challenge Tour Saturday 30 July   IPGA 1
Irish Open  Championship Thursday 7 September Sunday 10 September DPWT 4
Irish Open  Championship Friday 8 September   DPWT 1
Irish Open  Championship Saturday 9 September   DPWT 1
Irish Open  Championship Sunday 10 September   DPWT 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 3 October   Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 10 October   Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 17 October   Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 24 October   Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 31 October   Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 7 November
  Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 14 November   Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 21 November   Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 28 November   Open 1
The Palmer Winter Series Tuesday 5 December
  Open 1
Christmas Competitions (Both) Tuesday 26 December Saturday 30 December Open 5
Christmas Competitions (Both) Wednesday 27 December   Open 1
Christmas Competitions (Both) Thursday 28 December   Open 1
Christmas Competitions (Both) Friday 29 December   Open 1
Christmas Competitions (Both) Saturday 30 December   Open 1

*Please check information before travelling

Card of the Course

KeyData
White Par 72 SSS 74 6,864 yd's
Red Par 72 SS 74 5,412 yd's
Green Par 72 SSS 73 6,388 yd's
Blue Par 72 SSS 74 7,277 yd's

Card

The Palmer South Course

Hole No. Blue White Green
Par Index Red Par Index
1 449 424
396
4 6
362
4
6
2 179
168
149
3
16
130
3
16
3 603
574
557
5
8
423
5
14
4 394
372
332
4
10
330
4
8
5 403
369
329
4 14
277
4
12
6 436
411
382
4 4
312
4
10
7 600
561
509
5
12 438
5
4
8 144
132
129
3 18 107
3
18
9 464
445
418
4 2
351
4
2
Out 3,672 3,456
3,201
36   2,730
36
 
10 551
530
501
5 11
447
5
7
11 365
336
304
4 17 285
4
15
12 214
189
170
3 15 142
3
17
13 468
423
393
4 3
328
4
1
14 394
379
353
4
7
328
4
11
15 376
388
366
4 13
268
4
13
16 457
441
422
4
1
310
4
3
17 202
184
177
3
9
135
3
9
18 578
538
507
5 5
439
5
5
In 3,605 3,408
3,187
36   2,682
36
 
Total 7,277 6,864
6,388
72   5,412
72
 
SSS 74 74
73
    74
   

Members Achievements

The Ladies of The K Club qualified for the All-Ireland Fourball Final Series on Saturday 4th September 2021 where they met the Ladies from Shandon Park Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter Finals and recorded a 4-matches to 1-match win against the Co. Down Club.
They were led out by Karen Palmer with Pat Desmond who halved their match against Paula Irvine with Brenda Marson, they were followed by Sharon Smurfit with Carol Barry who had a very comfortable 6 and 5 win against Karen Simpson with Maeve Hamilton the match of Noreen O’Grady with Catherine Kinane against Debra Thompson with Lorraine McCaffrey was halved when called-in and the bottom match of Karena O’Connor with May Mangan was another comfortable 5 and 4 win against C. Loughins with Alison Horan.  

Having accounted for the Ladies from Shandon Park Golf Club by 4-matches to 1-match in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals, they made their way to Strandhill Golf Club in Co. Sligo where they met the Ladies from Ballycastle on Saturday 2nd October in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals and lost out by 3½-matches to 1½-matches against the Co. Antrim Club
First on the tee was Karen Palmer with Sally-Ann O’Connor who lost their match by 2 and 1 against Brenda McNeill with Phoebe Traill, next on the tee was Una McQuillan with Angela Cirillo who halved their match against Bernadette Hegarty with Mary-Teresa McKiernan, they were followed by Carol Barry with Beryl Bowden who went all the way up the 21st before relinquishing the point against Joan Kennedy with Briege Loughrey, in the penultimate match Noreen O’Grady with Catherine Kinane lost their match against Susan Crawford with Mary Duffin by 2 and 1 and in the bottom match Noitin Donovan with Amy Mangan won their match by 5 and 4 against Catherine Black with Rita McCormick.   

The Ladies of K Club Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland deciders of the Intermediate Cup at Limerick Golf Club on Thursday 16th September 2021 by winning their Leinster Regional Finals and were drawn against Banbridge Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter Finals; they won their match by 3-matches to 2-matches.
First on the tee was Pat Desmond who lost her match by the minimum against Mary Longmore, she was followed by Sally-Ann O’Connor who won her match against Karen Curran by 3 and 2, next on the tee was Carol Barry  who had a very comfortable 5 and 4 Susan Magennis, in the penultimate match Noreen O’Grady lost out by 1-hole to Megan Whan and in the bottom match Beryl Bowden secured the match with a 1-hole win against Ann Magennis.

Having accounted for the Ladies of Banbridge Golf Club in by 3-matches to 2-matches in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals the previous day they met the Ladies from Royal Tara in the Semi-Finals on the Friday and won their match by 3½-matches to 1½-matches
First on the tee was Pat Desmond who lost her match by 3 and 1 against Vonie Macken, she was followed by Sally-Ann O’Connor who had a 2 and 1 win against Brenda McGuinness, next on the tee was Carol Barry who had a very comfortable 6 and 4 win against Barbara O’Rourke, in the penultimate match Noreen O’Grady clinched their place in the All-Ireland Decider when she had a 4 and 3 win against Deirdre O’Grady and the bottom match of Beryl Bowden against Siobhan Magee was halved when called-in.

They met fellow Leinster and Kildare club Athy in the All-Ireland Decider on the Saturday and were led out by Pat Desmond when she had one of those days and went down by 7 and 6 to Amy Kelly, she was followed by Sally-Ann O’Connor who had a 2 and 1 win against Heather Hegarty, the next match of Carol Barry against Siobhan Smyth was halved when called-in, in the penultimate match Noreen O’Grady had a very comfortable 6 and 5 win against Joan McDonald-Hyland and the bottom match of Beryl Bowden against Mary Mahon went 3 and 2 to the ladies from Straffan and with it the green pennant.                   

The Ladies of the K Club won East-Leinster Final of the AA Insurance Intermediate Cup and made their way to Royal Tara Golf Club to participate in the National deciders in 2009, where they lost out to Ulster Champions Edenmore Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter-Final by 3 matches to 2 matches the eventual green pennant winners. First on the tee was Beryl Bowden (16)who beat Colleen Hanna (18) by 3 and 2, she was followed by Miriam O'Callaghan (16) who lost her match against Zoe Allen (18) by 5 and 4, next up was Alice Doyle (17) who went all the way to the 22nd-hole before losing her match against Cherry Logan (19), in the penultimate match Lou Soden (19) lost to Stephanie Watson (21) by 5 and 3, in the bottom match Mary Burrell (19) won her match against Louise Gaw (21) by 2 and 1.

Congratulations to The K Club on winning their first All-Ireland green pennant and indeed their first Leinster pennant, when they beat Castle Golf Club in the final at Enniscorthy Golf Club on Saturday 11th August 2007 and went on to win the Irish Mixed Foursomes. It was on to Athlone Golf Club on Thursday 6th September where they met Ulster Champions Balmoral Golf Club by 3 matches to 2 matches.

The team was Vincent Coyle, Michael Lavelle, Peaches Kemp (Lady Captain 2007), Mary Burnell, Tom Freeman, Emmet Savage, Alice Doyle, Jody Gilhooley, Pat Desmond, Patricia Lacey, Michael Morrissey, Kerena O'Connor, Lou Soden, and Beryl Bowden.

The Ladies of The K Club won the All-Ireland Challenge Cup at Athlone Golf Club on the 30th September 2007 they beat Boystown Golf Club by 3 matches to 2 matches in the Semi-Final and met Galway Bay Golf Club in the All-Ireland decider.

First up was Sarah Newman who beat Helen Fitzgerald by 2 and 1, she was followed by Marianne Fitzgerald who lost to Nano Gough by 4 and 2. Next on the tee was Terry Somers who lost to Clare Noonan by 2 and 1. Things were not looking too good the ladies from Straffan until Phyllis Kelly delivered a 3 and 2 win over Jacinta Quinn and Margaret Canavan had the same result against Marie Kelly, to clinch the title. For a club with little or no track record in inter-club competition The K Club had a memorable year making this the 2nd All-Ireland green pennant having already won the All-Ireland Mixed Foursomes.

2005 Lady Captain Pamela Furlong and her Captain’s Prize winner Liz Burke qualified in the Volkswagen/Irish Independent Lady Captain’s Classic in this scotch foursomes format. It was off to the National Finals at The Heritage Golf Club on Monday 3rd October where they were paired with the Castletroy pair of Anne Hackett and Yvonne Cassidy.

The K Club won the Eastern District Final of the Ulster Bank All-Ireland Fourball Championship at St. Margaret's in 2002, when the team was Kerena O'Connor, Sharon O'Brien, Anna Freyne, Lou Soden, Miriam Callaghan and they were, captained by Ann Lynch. They went on to be crowned All-Ireland Champions when they beat Ulster Champions Massereene in the Final by 2.5 matches to 0.5

The K Club had its third win in the McDonnell Cup on August 2nd 2002 when they beat Rush by 8 matches to 6 matches. The team included three members of the previous two winning teams in 1994 and 1996. They were Martin Fitzgerald, Frank Ward and Tony Moran. The remainder of the, squad were Maurice O'Connor, Declan O'Reilly, Frank McCarthy, Jimmy Boucher, Seamus Tully, Brendan Barrett, Tony Kelly, Joe Higgins, John Clohessy, Tony Kerr and Brian Grassick.

Lady Captain Mary Merrins, Captain Liam Lacy and Honorary Secretary, Joseph O'Grady qualified for the National Final of the Mercedes-Benz Irish Independent Executive Golf Classic at their home club on August 12th 2002.

The K Club trio of Lady Captain Melanie Lawlor, Captain Michael Kenny and Hon. Secretary Joe O'Grady got off to a flying start in the Mercedes Benz-Irish Independent Executive Golf Trophy. In April 2001 they played Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links in a swirling breeze that came at them from all sides. With two scores to count on each hole they were the leading qualifiers. Melanie playing off 20, Michael playing off 11 and Joe off 6 returned 80 points which gave them two points to spare over Grange. They booked their place in the National Finals at their home club on August 13th. The three made history when they delivered, by winning the National Final with a score of 75 points. The trophy, a replica of the Ryder Cup was very fitting. As we all know the Ryder Cup matches are to be played here in September 2006.

Prior to 2001:

Congratulations to past Captain Arthur and Bosco French on winning the World Invitational Father and Son Tournament, organized by Marty Carr, each year at Waterville G. C. There was a record entry in the Millennium year. They had a score of 126 points.

The Ladies of The K Club won the fourth-team crown, in the Clarins-sponsored Autumn Team finals, when they beat Newlands, at Lucan Golf Club in November 2000.

Members who played representative golf for their Province;

D. Houlihan represented Leinster at Senior Interprovincial level in 2005 playing 4-times won 4-matches and lost 0-matches accumulating 8-points;

Michael Lavelle represented Connacht at Senior Interprovincial level from 2006 to 2007 playing 12-times won 4-matches halved one and lost 7-matches accumulating 9-points;

History of The K Club Palmer South Course

The 2006 Ryder Cup was played here in September 2006, this was won by the European Golfers 18½ to 9½ a great win and an overall success for the K Club and Irish Golf.

The inaugural European Open was held at Walton Heath in 1978, won by Lenny Wadkins. It was not until 1995 that it became a special date on the Irish Golf Calendar. When Dr. Michael Smurfit agreed to sponsor it and make it the second richest PGA event in Europe.

Although a relatively new course designed by Arnold Palmer and opened in July 1991, the K Club was in a fit state to host a major championship. Bernhard Langer won it in 1995 with a score of 280.

After that the Swedish invaders made it, there own for the next three years. Per-Ulrik Johansson won it in 1996 and 1997, it is interesting to note that there were 10 shots in the difference in his winning scores. He was, followed by his fellow countryman Marthias Gronberg in 1998 with an identical score as Langers’.

1999 saw the first of Lee Westwood back-to-back victories. That same year he put together a fantastic final round, when I’m sure he thought he was playing for second place.

As on the Saturday Darren Clarke shot the lights out when he went around in 60 shots braking, the course record by 4 shots, this was his second 60 in his professional carrier, which included a Hole-in-one. I would consider it, the best round I have ever had the privilege to witness. Darren was six shots clear of the rest of the field, going into the final round.

I bumped into Chubby Chandler as Clarke was teeing off and I commented to him "This is only a stroll in the park for Darren" the wise manager replayed, "Every Championship has to be won". How right he was and his other charge step in, and stood on the podium on the fine Sunday afternoon. Lee became the only player to successfully defend the title in the Millennium with a score of 276.

The Smurfit European will continue to be played on the course until 2003, when it will find a new home, on the new 18 under construction at the K Club. The "old" course is to be rested before the arrival of The Ryder Cup in 2006.

The new 18 opened in July 2003 at an estimated cost of £7.5 million. The first sod was turned in February 2001 and was designed by Harrison Minchew of the Arnold Palmer Company and the project co-ordinator is Jesse Wilson.

The new layout is on 220 acres on the other side of the River Liffey. Minchew is quoted as saying "It is going to have a distinctive, links feel about it as an interesting contrast to the existing course. We have also designed it essentially as a Tournament venue and with an awareness of how good the modern professional can be. So we have made it bigger, covering 170 acres, though it will be easier to walk than the existing one".

Harrison Minchew has been greatly influenced in his design concept by Royal Co. Down. By excavating areas for water hazards, about one million, cubic m in total, they have enough soil to create what he had in mind. He said, "My objective is to get a sort of Royal Co. Down feel about some of the holes, where you play down into the dunes.

We’ll also introduce links characteristics in the fescue grasses we plant, along with some gorse and shrubs. We’re going to plant spinneys, but nothing like the extensive tree planting on the existing course. The greens were completed by the end of summer 2001 and "they have a different grass on them.

In terms of agronomy, things have improved since we did the existing course, though it will become a subjective thing as to which layout is better" Michael has said. A very interesting concept, a links in the Co. Kildare! Couldn't wait to play it after what the professionals said about in having played the 2004 Smurfit European Open over it.

Roll of Honour

Member Year Hon. Position
Michael Smurfit Jnr. 1991 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 1991 President
Michael Smurfit Jnr. 1992 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 1992 President
M. J. O'Brien 1993 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 1993 President
J. F. Hogan 1994 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 1994 President
J. F. Hogan 1995 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 1995 President
Mary Ward 1996 Ladies Captain
M. F. Holly 1996 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 1996 President
Anna Freyne 1997 Ladies Captain
T. M. Murray 1997 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 1997 President
Patrice Lacey 1998 Ladies Captain
Pat Mangan 1998 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 1998 President
Karena O'Connor 1999 Ladies Captain
Arthur French 1999 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 1999 President
Mary Burnell 2000 Ladies Captain
Tony Lynch 2000 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2000 President
Mrs. Melanie Lawlor 2001 Ladies Captain
Mr. Michael Kenny 2001 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2001 President
Mary Merrine 2002 Ladies Captain
Liam Lacey 2002 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2002 President
Ann Lynch 2003 Ladies Captain
Frank Ward 2003 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2003 President
Sharon O'Brien 2004 Ladies Captain
Frank Ward 2004 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2004 President
Elizabeth Burke 2005 Ladies Captain
Sean Hehir 2005 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2005 President
Pat Desmond 2006 Ladies Captain
Michael Smurfit Jnr. 2006 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2006 President
Peaches Kemp 2007 Ladies Captain
Martin Fitzgerald 2007 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2007 President
Grainne Blake 2008 Ladies Captain
John P. Treacy 2008 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2008 President
Ruth Duggan 2009 Ladies Captain
Michael Keating 2009 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2009 President
Sarah Newman 2010 Ladies Captain
Ray Finn 2010 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2010 President
Sally Ann O'Connor 2011 Ladies Captain
Tom Taaffe 2011 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2011 President
Marianne Fitzgerald 2012 Ladies Captain
Jim Kirwan 2012 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2012 President
Noreen O'Grady 2013 Ladies Captain
Allan Crinion 2013 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2013 President
Geraldine Delamere 2014 Ladies Captain
Greg Brady 2014 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2014 President
Liz Brady 2015 Ladies Captain
David Coyle 2015 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2015 President
Angela Cirillo 2016 Ladies Captain
Tony Kelly 2016 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2016 President
Carol Barry
2017 Ladies Captain
Jim Leyden
2017 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit
2017 President
Karen Palmer 2018 Ladies Captain
Gary Owens 2018 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2018 President
Josephine Murray 2019 Ladies Captain
Austin McCabe 2019 Men's Captain
Dr. Michael Smurfit 2019 President
Beryl Bowden 2020 Ladies Captain
Niall Quinn 2020 Men's Captain
Michael Fetherston
2020 President
Mandy Smith 2021 Ladies Captain
Emilio Cirillo 2021 Men's Captain
Michael Fetherston
2021 President
Finola Murphy 2022 Ladies Captain
Miceal Sammon 2022 Men's Captain
Michael Fetherston 2022 President
  2023 Ladies Captain
  2023 Men's Captain
  2023 President
 
2023
Lowest Lady Handicap
J. A. Hayes 2023
Lowest Men's Handicap
Michael Lavelle (+1) 2023
Lowest Men's Handicap

Holes in One at The K Club Palmer South Course

Member Date Hole No. Club Used Distance
Darren Clarke 1 August 1999 5th 6 iron 213 yd‘s
Noel O'Fearraigh 24 March 2002 8th   137 yd‘s
Colm Maher 28 March 2004 8th   122 yd’s
Paul Casey Ryder Cup 2006
14th   213 yd's
Scott Verplank Ryder Cup 2006 14th   213 yd's
Vincent McDonagh 30 September 2009 14th   200 yd’s
Noreen O'Grady 3 April 2022