Galgorm Castle golf club Antrim

Members Achievements

Galgorm Castle Golf Club were Runners-Up in the Final of the North Ulster Irish Senior Cup at Portstewart Golf Club on Sunday 9th July 2023 when they lost out to Royal Portrush Golf Club by 3-matches to 2-matches.
They were led out by Michael Reid who went up the 19th before securing the point against Paul Cutler, he was followed by Jorden Hood who lost out by 3 and 2 against Richard McCrudden, next on the tee was Jamie Sutherland who had a 1-holw win against Matthew McAlpin, in the penultimate match Patrick Dallat lost by the minimum against William Beattie and in the bottom match Joshua Hill brought Patrick McCrudden up the 20th before relinquishing the point and the pennant.   

The Boys’ from Galgorm Castle Golf Club reached the Semi-Finals of the Boys’ Foursomes on Wednesday 30th August 2023 at Castletroy Golf Club when they lost out to Monkstown Golf Club by 2-holes.
In the top match Josh Nicholl (0) with Brendan Mulgrew (4) lost their match by 4-holes against Cian McDonnell (2) with Jack Morrison (5) and in the bottom match Cole Henderson (2) with Rory Brown (10) had a 2-hole win against Ronan O’Keeffe (1) with Callum O’Farrell (12).
They met the Boys’ from Co. Louth Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals the previous day and had to go up the 19th before securing the passage ti the Semi-Finals.
They were led out by Josh Nicholl (0) with Zac Kane (11) who had a 3-hole win against Jack McKenna (0) with Louis Goodman (1) and in the other match Cole Henderson (2) with Rory Brown (10) lost their match by a similar margin against Gavin Tiernan (+5) with Daniel O’Brien (4), hence the play-off.

The Girls’ from Galgorm Castle Golf Club reached the All-Ireland Quarter-Final of the Girls’ Inter-Club Championship on Tuesday 29th August at Castletroy Golf Club when they lost out to Forrest Little Golf Club by 2½-matches to ½-match.
In the top match Mollie Blair (9) lost her match against Grace Dowdall (16) by 4 and 3, she was followed by Ruby Chambers (15) who lost out by 2 and 1 against Emma McDonagh (18) and the bottom match between Aimmie Watt (27) against Amelia Penrose (19) was halved.

Jordan Hood was selected on the Ulster Interprovincial Championship team at Moyvalley Golf Club from Tuesday 29th August to Thursday 31st August 2023.
Other members of the team were Fionn Dobbin (Malone Golf Club), Lewis Gowdy (Bangor Golf Club), Cian Harkin (Letterkenny Golf Club), James Hewitt (Tandragee Golf Club), Darcy Hogg (Belvoir Park Golf Club), Shane McDermott (Slieve Russell Golf Club) and Rory Williamson (Holywood Golf Club).
They were Captained by Rory Leonard (Banbridge Golf Club) and Managed by Peter Waddell (Knock Golf Club).

Galgorm Castle Golf Club qualified for the All-Ireland Barton Shield deciders played at Tramore Golf Club on Thursday 1st September 2022.
They were drawn against Cork Golf Club in the All-Ireland Quarter-Finals and lost out by 4-holes.
First on the tee was Jordan Hood with Michael Read who had a 1-hole win against Ian O’Rourke with Brian Kelleher, they were followed by Steven Penny with Kaeden Anderson who lost their match by 5-holes against Gary O’Flaherty with Morgan Cain.  

Joshua Hill was, selected on the 2023 Golf Ireland Men’s High Performance Squad.

Galgorm Castle Golf Club won the Ulster Championship in the Irish Junior Foursomes in 2004 when the team was, Philip Graham, Alan Goodrich, Jonathan Rodgers, Liam Reilly, Andrew Duncan and J. J. McAnally.

Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;

Liam Reilly represented Ireland at Irish Boys level from 2005 to 2006 playing 10-times won 5-matches and lost 5-matches accumulating 10-points. He represented Ulster at the Boys Interprovincial Championships from 2004 to 2007 playing 17-times won 11-matches and lost 6-matches accumulating 22-points;

Philip Graham and Liam Reilly were selected on the Ulster team for the Boys' Interprovincial Championships at Warrenpoint from 25th to 27th August 2004.

Jordan Hood and Michael Reid were selected for the Ulster Men’s Interprovincial Team in 2021

History of Galgorm Castle