Killymoon golf club Tyrone

Members Achievements

The Ladies from Killymoon Golf Club won the Ulster Final of the Revive Active Women’s Fourball at St. Patrick’s Golf Club on the 8th September 2024 when they beat Newtownstewart Golf Club by 2½-matches to 1½-matches.

Killymoon Golf Club qualified for the Quarter-Finals of the All-Ireland Jimmy Bruen Shield at Slieve Russell Golf Club on Thursday 8th September 2022.
They were drawn against Ballykisteen Golf Club and won their match by 4½-matches to ½-match.
First on the tee was Ronan Fowler with Conor McElhone who won their match by 2 and 1 against Brian Downey with P. J. Carey, they were followed by Matthew Kempton with Adrian McKenna who recorded a very comfortable 7 and 5 against John Hoare with Colin Riordan, they were followed by Mark Meenan with Ian Hughes who had a similar result against Gavan Downey with Darragh Hanley, in the penultimate match Ian Hutchinson with Rory Duffin recorded a 6 and 4 match against Declan O’Leary with Michael Fitzgerald and the bottom match of Ryan Murphy with Paul McElhone against Darren Dunlea with Dara Heffernan was halved when called-in.
They met Coollattin Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final the following day but lost out by 3½-matches to 1½-matches.
Ronan Fowler with Conor McElhone led them out again and put the first point on the board with a 3 and 2 win against Michael Lennon with Padraig Doyle, next up was Matthew Kempton with Adrian McKenna who halved their match against Tony Egan with Dermot Nolan, they were followed by Mark Meenan with Ian Hughes who lost their match against Cormack Redmond with Paddy Myers by 3 and 2, in the penultimate match Ian Hutchinson with Rory Duffin lost their match against Timmy Collins with Emmet Wardell by 4 and 3 and in the bottom match Ryan Murphy with Paul McElhone lost out by 5 and 3 win against Edward Kennedy with Padraig Doran.      

The Ladies from Killymoon Golf Club qualified for the Women’s Junior Foursomes All-Ireland Series at Tramore Golf Club on Thursday 1st September 2022.
They were drawn against Tralee Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals and lost out by 2-matches to 1-match.
First on the tee was Diane McIvor with Oonagh McCoy who lost their match by 3 and 1 against Maria O’Connor with Lucy Grattan, next on the tee was Kathryn Kerr with Avril Marshall who won their match against Ella Moynihan with Laura Rafferty by 4 and 2 and in the bottom match Anne McMahon with Orla Lenny lost their match by 5 and 3 against Gorretti O’Connor with Brid Halloran.  

Killymoon Golf Club won the Ulster Final of the Jimmy Bruen Shield when they beat Shandon Park Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matches on 10th August 2012.

They made the long journey to Kinsale Golf Club to compete in the All-Ireland deciders on Friday 21st September when they were drawn against Munster Champions Gold Coast Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals.

They were led by B. Bleeks with D. McCabe who had a 1-hole win over John Hallinan with Ian Pericho, next up was K. Wilson with R. Montgomery who halved their match against Derek Power with Michael Kavanagh, they were followed by J. Bleeks with T. Doonan who had a 2 and 1 win over Declan Kiely with Garry Manning. In the penultimate match B. Gogarty with S. Devlin who lost their match against Ger Bagge with D. J. Kiely by 3 and 2, in the bottom match G. Toal with M. Lenny had a very comfortable 6 and 5 win over Jimmy O’Dwyer with Jody Hallinan.

They met Connaught Champions Roscommon Golf Club who beat Leinster Champions Waterford Golf Club by 3-matches to 2-matches in their Semi-Final.

They were led by B. Bleeks with D. McCabe who had a 3 and 2 win over David Hill with John Walker, they were followed by K. Wilson with R. Montgomery who lost their match against Alan Craven with Shane McConn by 3 and 2, next up was J. Bleeks with T. Doonan who had a very comfortable 5 and 4 over Liam Casey with Paul McNally. In the penultimate match of B. Gogarty with S. Devlin who recorded a 2-hole win over Brian Daly with Peter Geraghty and with it the All-Ireland green pennant, in the bottom match G. Toal with M. Lenny lost their match by 2 and 1 against Paul Hoare with Francis Ferguson.      

Killymoon Golf Club won the Ulster final of the Junior Foursomes they were drawn against the Leinster Champions The Island in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals at Roscrea Golf Club on August 19th 2002. They lost out on the 19-hole.

Members who played representative golf for their Province;

A. D. Gaussen represented Ulster in the Senior Interprovincial’s from 1996 to 1997 playing 3-times won 1-match and lost 2-matches accumulating 2-points;

History of Killymoon

Instituted 1890 affiliated 1891

This club is famous for several reasons. It was one of the nine original founding clubs of the GUI. The club representatives were Hugh Adair and A. W. Gaussan. It was the first club to have a ladies course and to have an All-Ireland open Ladies competition.

The Adair family had a lifetime association with the Club. Hugh Adair was a prime figure in the formation of the club, his daughter Rhona, won the British Amateur Championship in 1990. John Adair, a grandson of Hugh, laid out revisions to the course in 1920-21.

The club has never changed location since its foundation, which is very unusual for a club so old.
What the Club tells us:

Established in 1889 Killymoon Golf Club is steeped in history and indeed was one of the founding members of the Golfing Union of Ireland and Irish Ladies Golfing Union.
Set in the historic grounds of Killymoon castle, our 18 hole championship course offers an experience for both seasoned & novice golfers.
To compliment our superb golf course we have a well stocked professional shop to provide for all your golfing needs and practice facilities where instruction is provided by our PGA Professional, Gary Chambers.

Our new clubhouse was opening in 1989 by British Open champion Fred Daly