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Mount Wolseley golf club Carlow

Mount Wolseley golf course Carlow

Mount Wolseley Golf Course

Mount Wolseley Club Crest

Situated 12 km east of Carlow town, Mount Wolseley is set in opulent surroundings and boasts an 18-hole championship golf course. According to Christy O’Connor Junior, course designer, “Rarely after a first look around a potential site for a golf course had I been so impressed as at Mount Wolseley. What we have here is a fair but testing 18 holes of championship golf, none of which will disappoint even the most discerning player”.

This par 72 course provides a challenge to every ability as each hole presents demanding approach shots, with wide landing areas being the only concession. With its broad fairways, unforgiving rough and picturesque water hazards, Mount Wolseley has justifiably played host to a number of national and international golf competitions. Most recently Mount Wolseley has been chosen as the host venue to the European Challenge Tour Irish Challenge & 2017 marks its 3rd staging of this fantastic event.

The Mount Wolseley Hotel, Spa and Golf Resort is located on the grounds of the 18th century ancestral home of Frederick York Wolseley, whose family became synonymous with the automotive industry. This charming resort offers an eclectic blend of contemporary design and lavish detail surrounded by 200 acres of peaceful landscape. Featuring 143 bedrooms including four suites and eight executive rooms, each with individually controlled air conditioning and interactive IT facilities with broadband access. Facilities include: Frederick’s awardwinning fine dining restaurant – voted “Best Hotel Restaurant in Carlow” and recipient of a 1AA Rosette.

The Aaron Lounge and the Snug provide the ideal spot for relaxation and informal dining. Leisure and relaxation facilities are also provided at the Sanctuary Spa, Carlow’s only resort spa which features 14 treatment rooms using Elemis and Thalgo products, relaxation pool, dry floatation, experience showers and balneotherapy.

 TYPE OF COURSE: 18 Hole Championship Christy O’Connor Jnr parkland – 7,172 yards (6,558 metres) Par 72.There are numerous tee options available for all levels of golfers to enjoy this fantastic golf course.

The Aaron Lounge and Frederick’s Fine Dining Restaurant also offer excellent dining options. Equally a number of private dining areas suitable for groups are available.

 GREEN FEES: From €45 – €60. Group rates also available. Contact sales for further details t: 059–9180161 or e: golf@mountwolseley.ie

The latest clubs from Titleist are available for hire.  Trolley and buggy hire are also available at an additional cost.

OPEN COMPETITIONS: Open Seniors competition on the 3rd Tuesday of each month. Full schedule of open days on www.mountwolseley.ie/open-days.html  

GPS: 52.790611, -6.730338

Societies are welcome and group rates are available.

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted the No. 99-ranked golf course in Ireland, by “Irish Golfer” in 2023 New Entry);

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted theNo. 64-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2020 (Same);

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted theNo. 64-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2019 (Down-3);

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted theNo. 61-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2018 (Up-3);

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted theNo. 64-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2017 (Same);

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted theNo. 65-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2015 (Up-5);

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted theNo. 70-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2014 (Down-8);

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted theNo. 62-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2013 (Up-2);

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted theNo. 64-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2012;

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted  theNo. 76-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2010;

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted  the   No. 28-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;

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted the  No. 42-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2009;

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted the  No. 28 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;

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted the  No. 46-ranked golf course in Ireland, by "Golf Digest Ireland" in 2008;

Mount Wolseley Country Resort was voted the  No. 27 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;


  • Golf Deals » Mount Wolseley

  • Stay & Play @ Mount Wolseley Hotel, Spa & Golf Resort €242.00

    Offer valid from 01 Jul 2023 to 30 Nov 2025 Detail:

    Unbeatable Value PLAY & STAY Getaway
    Overnight stay in a Deluxe Room with Full Irish Breakfast and 4-course Dinner in Frederick's Restaurant & a Round of Golf on our Championship Parkland Golf Course, designed by Christy O'Connor Jnr.
    From: €242

Green Fees Sunday to Friday: €60
Green Fees Saturday & B.H.: €70
Green Fees with a Member: €30
Green Fees for Opens: €35
Practice Area: Yes
Club Hire: €35 (Callaway) Yes
Buggy Hire: €40
Yes
Electric Trolley Hire: €15 Yes
Trolley Hire: €4
Yes
Soft Spikes: Yes
Open for Membership: Yes
Full Membership Fee:
1,126
Full New Membership including Levys: €986
Full Senior 65+ Membership Fee:
€1,039
Full 5-Day Membership Fee: €725
Full U-35 Membership Fee: €976
Full Student Membership Fee: €424
Full Youth Membership Fee: €159
Full Junior Membership Fee: €108
Course Type Parkland
No Holes 18
Members 255
Designer Christy O'Connor Jnr.
Founded 1996
Address

Tullow,
Co. Carlow

Telephone +353 (0)59-9180161
Email golf@mountwolseley.ie
Website Mount Wolseley golf club website
Director of Golf: Terry Martin
Captain: Padraig Murphy
Lady Captain: Deirdre Hughes
Presidents': Kenny Dunne & Bernie Campbell
Vice-Captain: None
Hon. Secretary: Paul Ronan & Deirdre Hughes
Club Pro: Sean O’Donaghoe 059-9180161
Hon. Treasurer: Padraig Murphy & Mary Behan
Comp. Secretary: Luke Bermingham & Ann Duffy
Mount Wolseley Golf Course Layout Course Layout

Location Map

GPS Coord*
Lat:52.790203
Long:-6.731272
*Please check information before travelling

General Facts & Information

Course opening hours: Daylight hours Clubhouse opening hours: 8.00am to 7.00pm April-October 9.00am to 5.30pm Nov-March 
Mobile phones: Not on course
Dress Code: Neat and casual, no denim
Catering: Full catering, facilities Days to Avoid: None
Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Midweek & Weekends Pre-booking for open Tournaments: 14 Days in advance

Play at Mount Wolseley Golf Course, Carlow Golf Club and Bunclody Golf Course for just €119

Mount Wolseley Golf Club Fixtures 2024 provisional*

Open & Major Fixtures 2025 (to be Confirmed)        
Event Start Finish Type Duration
Captains' Drive-In Sunday 2 March
  Closed 1
Presidents' Prize Saturday 7 June Sunday 8 June Closed 2
Presidents' Prize Sunday 8 June   Closed 1
Lady Captain's Prize (Q) Saturday 12 July   Closed 1
Captain's Prize   (Q) Saturday 19 July Sunday 20 July  Closed 2
Captain's Prize (Q) Sunday 20 July   Closed 1
Captain's Prize Final Sunday 20 July
  Closed 1
Lady Captain's Prize Final
Sunday 20 July   Closed 1
Captain's Prize to the Ladies
Saturday 2 August Sunday 3 August Closed 2
Captain's Prize to the Ladies Sunday 3 August   Closed 1
Professional's Prize Saturday 23 August
Sunday 24 August Closed 2
Professional's Prize Sunday 24 August   Closed
1
Seniors Singles Stableford Tuesday 29 April   Open 1
L. & G. Singles Stableford Monday 5 May   Open 1
Seniors Singles Stableford Tuesday 27 May   Open 1
L. & G. Singles Stableford Monday 2 June   Open 1
Seniors Singles Stableford Tuesday 24 June   Open 1
Ladies Singles Stableford Wednesday 25 June   Open 1
L. & G. Singles Stableford Monday 7 July   Open 1
L. & G. Singles Stableford Wednesday 23 July   Open 1
Seniors Singles Stableford Tuesday 29 July   Open 1
L. & G. Singles Stableford Monday 4 August   Open 1
Senior Scratch Cup Sunday 17 August   Open 1
Junior Scratch Cup Sunday 17 August   Open 1
Inter. Scratch Cup Sunday 17 August   Open 1
Seniors Singles Stableford Tuesday 26 August   Open 1
Carlow Tourism Annual Golf Classic Monday 1 September Wednesday 3 September Open 3
Carlow Tourism Annual Golf Classic Tuesday 2 September   Open 1
Carlow Tourism Annual Golf Classic Wednesday 3 September   Open 1
Seniors Singles Stableford Tuesday 23 September   Open 1
L. & G. Singles Stableford Monday 6 October   Open 1
Seniors Singles Stableford Tuesday 28 October   Open 1
Seniors Singles Stableford Tuesday 25 November   Open 1

*Please check information before travelling

Card of the Course

KeyData
White Par 72 SSS 73 6,669 yd's
Yellow Par 72 SSS 71 6,341 yd's
Red Par 74 SSS 73 5,597 yd's
Blue Par 72 SSS 75 7,134 yd's

Card

Hole No. Blue White Yellow Par Index Red Par Index
1 411 379 359 4 5
342 4 7
2 447 412 392 4 3 353 4 1
3 447 438 423 4 1 403 5 5
4 345 332 314 4 11
301 4 3
5 520 495 478 5 13 401 5 11
6 210 186 170 3 9
139
3 15
7 542 518 501 5 15 423 5 13
8 420 383 371 4 7
301 4 9
9 203 180 158 3 17 137 3 17
Out 3,545 3,323 3,166 36   2,776 37  
10 557 526 503 5 14 470 5 2
11 207 190 169 3 4
158 3 10
12 519 490
473 5 18 404
5 12
13 427 406 381 4 8 337 4 6
14 339 313 301 4 16 266 4 16
15 466 437 419 4 2 401 5 18
16 204 192 170 3 10 130 3 14
17 457 394 377 4 12 344 4 8
18 413 398 382 4 6
311 4 4
In 3,589 3,346 3,175 36   2,821 37  
Total 7,134 6,669 6,341 72   5,597 74  
SSS 75 73 71     73    

Notable rounds

Men's Course Record: 68 Liam McCaul & Neil Manchip (Old)

Ladies Course Record:

Members Achievements

The Ladies of Mount Wolseley Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals of the Intermediate Cup at Knightsbrook Golf Club on Thursday 15th September 2022 where they were drawn against the Ladies from Edmondstown Golf Club and lost their match by 3-matches to 2-matches.
Ellis Hanley led them out and put the first point on the board with a 2-hole win against Barbara Maher, she was followed by Michelle Butler who had a convincing 5 and 3 win against Carmel Burke-Daly, she was followed by Ann Nash who went down by 3 and 1 against Carol Anne Roopnarinesingh, in the penultimate match Deirdre Hughes went up the 19th before relinquishing the point against Shirley O’Donoghue, in the bottom and deciding match Denise Ashby lost out to Grace O’Neill by 3 and 2.                           

Mount Wolseley Golf Club won the Cullen Cup in 1997.

The Ladies of Mount Wolseley won the ILGU Midland Plate in 2003.

They were Leinster Finalists in the Bulmers Pierce Purcell Shield at St. Anne's Golf Club in 1999.

They were Leinster Finalists in the BMW Irish Mixed Foursomes in 1999.

History of Mount Wolseley

Mount Wolseley recently came under new ownership under Strategic Capital & further improvements to the resort will be coming soon.

Once part of the thirty thousand Co. Carlow acres owned by the Butler dynasty, Mount Aaron, came into the possession of the Wolseley family of Staffordshire in 1725. It was the only, gentry home in the county, to have been, torched by insurgents during the 1798 Rebellion, but not before lead from the roof had been enterprisingly removed to make ammunition. Mount Wolseley House was rebuilt in 1864.

Mount Wolseley connections would touch historic events far from Irish shores. It was the ancestral home of the famous brothers Field-Marshal Viscount Garnet Wolseley, one of Britain’s most important military leaders, and Frederick York Wolseley, who pioneered mechanical sheep sheering in Australia, and in whose Birmingham factory the first British-designed car was built in 1895.

The 200-acre property was sold in 1925 to the Patrician Brothers, an Order founded in Tullow by Bishop Daniel Delaney in 1808. In 1994 Mount Wolseley was, purchased by Donal Morrissey and family, whose decision to develop a championship golf course, heralds another era of change in the approach to the twenty-first century.

Roll of Honour

Member Year Hon. Position
Christy O'Connor Jnr. 1996 President
Ann Duffy 1997 Ladies Captain
Ann Duffy 1997 Men's Captain
Christy O'Connor Jnr. 1997 President
Lar Murphy 1998 Men's Captain
Christy O'Connor Jnr. 1998 President
Brendan Byrne 1999 Men's Captain
Christy O'Connor Jnr. 1999 President
Martina Fogarty 2000 Ladies Captain
Ger Kilcoyne 2000 Men's Captain
Christy O'Connor Jnr. 2000 President
Bernie Cunnane 2001 Ladies Captain
Kenny Dunne 2001 Men's Captain
Christy O'Connor Jnr. 2001 President
Bernie Cunnaine 2002 Ladies Captain
Ger Curtis 2002 Men's Captain
Dermot Gilleece 2002 President
Ann Nash 2003 Ladies Captain
Declan Fogarty 2003 Men's Captain
Ronan Collins 2003 President
Miriam Murray 2004 Ladies Captain
Jimmy Byrne 2004 Men's Captain
Ronan Collins 2004 President
Martina McGowan 2005 Ladies Captain
Mary Morrissey 2005 Ladies President
John O'Shea  2005 Men's Captain
Don Morrissey 2005 President
Ann McDonnald 2006 Ladies Captain
Mary Morrissey 2006 Ladies President
Jim McCormack 2006 Men's Captain
Don Morrissey 2006 President
Susan Carey  2007 Ladies Captain
Mary Morrissey 2007 Ladies President
Terry Martin Bentrick  2007 Men's Captain
Don Morrissey 2007 President
Frances Fitzgerald 2008 Ladies Captain
Mary Morrissey 2008 Ladies President
Pradaic Bailey 2008 Men's Captain
Don Morrissey 2008 President
Breda Brophy 2009 Ladies Captain
Mary Morrissey 2009 Ladies President
Neale Hanley 2009 Men's Captain
Don Morrissey 2009 President
Catherine Murphy 2010 Ladies Captain
Mary Morrissey 2010 Ladies President
Gregory Brophy  2010 Men's Captain
Don Morrissey 2010 President
Eileen Stapleton 2011 Ladies Captain
Mary Morrissey 2011 Ladies President
Martin Savage 2011 Men's Captain
Don Morrissey 2011 President
Maeve Bayley 2012 Ladies Captain
Elsie Morrissey 2012 Ladies President
Bernard O'Toole 2012 Men's Captain
Don Morrissey 2012 President
Ann Duffy 2013 Ladies Captain
Elsie Morrissey 2013 Ladies President
Gerry Connelly 2013 Men's Captain
Don Morrissey 2013 President
Eilis Hanley 2014 Ladies Captain
Elsie Morrissey 2014 Ladies President
Conor Ronan 2014 Men's Captain
Don Morrissey 2014 President
Brede Brophy 2015 Ladies Captain
Ann Duffy 2015 Ladies President
Michael Carthy 2015 Men's Captain
Jimmy Byrne 2015 President
Geraldine O'Reilly 2016 Ladies Captain
Ann Duffy
2016 Ladies President
Seamus Lawlor 2016 Men's Captain
Jimmy Byrne
2016 President
Yvonne Moore 2017 Ladies Captain
Ann Duffy
2017 Ladies President
John Dargan 2017 Men's Captain
Jimmy Byrne
2017 President
Deirdre Hughes 2018 Ladies Captain
Bernie Cunnane 2018 Ladies President
Gerry Cosgrove 2018 Men's Captain
Gregory Brophy
2018 President
Catherine Murphy
2019 Ladies Captain
Bernie Cunnane 2019 Ladies President
Niall Rennick 2019 Men's Captain
Gregory Brophy 2019 President
Miriam Murray
2020 Ladies Captain
Anne Nash
2020 Ladies President
Tom Condon 2020 Men's Captain
John Dargan
2020 President
Miriam Murray
2021 Ladies Captain
Anne Nash 2021 Ladies President
John Murray
2021 Men's Captain
Gerry Cosgrove 2021 President
Audrey Duffy
2022 Ladies Captain
Bernie Campbell
2022 Ladies President
Eamonn Redmond
2022 Men's Captain
Gerry Cosgrave 2022 President
Deirdre Hughes 2023 Ladies Captain
Bernadette Campbell 2023 Ladies President
 Michael Quinn 2023 Men's Captain
Kenny Dunne 2023 President
  2024 Ladies Captain
  2024 Ladies President
Padraig Murphy 2024 Men's Captain
Kenny Dunne
2024 President
  2025 Ladies Captain
  2025 Ladies President
  2025 Men's Captain
  2025 President
Eilish Hanley 2025 Lowest Ladies Handicap
Pat Bevins 2025 Lowest Men's Handicap

Holes in One at Mount Wolseley

Member Date Hole No. Club Used Distance
Eddie Quigley 2 February 1997 9th    161 yd’s
Michael Curran 1 July 1998 11th    191 yd’s
Laz Murphy 26 December 1999 6th   174 yd’s
Padraig Murphy 7 May 2000 9th   177 yd’s
John S. Nolan 3 December 2000 6th   174 yd’s
Seamus Dowling 10 June 2001 16th   204 yd's
Susan Carey 15 June 2003 6th   139 yd’s
Gary Bayley 12 August 2005 9th   184 yd’s
Martin McGauran 11 June 2006 6th   139 yd’s
Shay O'Toole 1 June 2011 11th   191 yd's
Paul Maher 1 May 2012 6th   184 yd's
Michael Quinn 2 May 2022