Ormeau golf club Down
Ormeau Golf Course
This nine-hole course with an eighteen-hole par of 68 has proved over the years to have, been a test to the best golfers in the country. The course provides a challenge to both the low and high handicap golfer with good shots being rewarded and those that stray off line receiving due punishment.
The long par-4, 455 yard fifth hole with intimidating out of bounds on the right of the tee box and a narrow sloping green well protected by trees and bunkers is reckoned to rate with the best par four Parkland holes in Ireland. Two long par-3 holes, each demanding an accurate tee shot, add to the variety of holes, which the course has to offer. When playing the third and twelfth holes visitors are advised to look for the Fairy Tree which graces the middle of the fairway within driving range. Club Folklore has it that if a golfer hits the Fairy Tree with his/her ball or club he/she should apologies to the fairies before playing the next shot, otherwise his/her game is likely to suffer thereafter.
Those who have played the Course believe they could play it better the next time round and often make a point of putting their beliefs to the test.
Visitors to Ormeau Golf Club can be assured of a warm and friendly welcome and a challenging round of golf.
Green Fees Midweek: | £22 |
Green Fees Weekends & B.H.: | £25 |
Green Fees with a Member: | £18 |
Green Fees for Opens: | £15 |
Practice Area: | Yes |
Club Hire: | Yes |
Buggy Hire: | Yes |
Soft Spikes: | No |
Membership Available: | Yes |
Full Membership Fee: | £577 |
Full 5-Day Membership Fee: | £460 |
Full Lady Membership Fee: | £473 |
Full Student Membership Fee: | £309 |
Full Student 5-Day Membership Fee: | £218 |
Full Social Membership Fee: | £50 |
Course Type | Parkland |
No Holes | 9 |
Members | 670 |
Designer | Nature |
Founded | 1892 |
Address | 50 Park Road, |
Telephone | 028-90-640700 |
ormeau.golfclub@btconnect.com | |
Website | Ormeau golf club website |
Administration: | Mary Dawson |
Captain: | Ray Shanks |
Lady Captain: | Tina Diamond |
President: | Jack Davidson |
Vice-Captain: | |
Hon. Secretary: | Chris McNicholl & Isabel Cowan |
Club Pro: | Paddy Orr 028-90-640999 |
Hon. Treasurer: | Jack Davidson & Valerie Elwood |
Comp. Secretary: | Colin Kerr |
Location Map
Lat:54.582733
Long:-5.915816
General Facts & Information
Course opening hours Daylight hours | Clubhouse opening hours: 11.30am to 11.00pm |
Mobile phones: Not on course |
Dress Code: Neat and casual, jacket and tie required evenings |
Catering: Full catering, facilities | Days to Avoid: Tuesdays pm & Saturdays until 6.30p.m. |
Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other times | Pre-booking for open Tournaments:14 Days in advance |
Ormeau Golf Club Fixtures 2024 provisional*
Open & Major Fixtures 2024 (to be Confirmed) | ||||
Event | Start | Finish | Type | Duration |
Captain's Prize to the Ladies | Thursday 6 June | Closed | 1 | |
Captain's Prize | Saturday 8 June | Closed | 1 | |
Lady Captain's Prize | Sunday 9 June | Closed | 1 | |
President's Prize to the Ladies | Thursday 1 August | Closed | 1 | |
President's Prize | Saturday 3 August | Closed | 1 | |
Lady President's Prize | Saturday 3 August | Closed | 1 | |
Vice-Captain's Prize | Saturday 24 August | Closed | 1 |
Card of the Course
Key | Data |
Yellow | Par 68 SSS 69 5,556 yd’s |
Red | Par 70 SSS 70 5,230 yd’s |
Green | Par 68 SSS 68 5,312 yd’s |
Card
Hole Name | Hole No. | Yellow | Green | Par | Index | Red | Par | Index |
The Hanging Tree | 1 | 311 | 284 | 4 | 6 | 271 | 4 | 4 |
Ravenhill Reach | 2 | 331 | 318 | 4 | 16 | 314 | 4 | 8 |
Fairy Thorn | 3 | 511 | 505 | 5 | 4 | 503 | 5 | 2 |
The Pitch | 4 | 101 | 100 | 3 | 18 | 94 | 3 | 18 |
Old Dublin Road | 5 | 455 | 416 | 4 | 2 | 412 | 5 | 12 |
The Pancake | 6 | 194 | 184 | 3 | 10 | 183 | 3 | 14 |
The Pines | 7 | 306 | 298 | 4 | 14 | 295 | 4 | 16 |
The Bandstand | 8 | 222 | 212 | 3 | 8 | 208 | 3 | 10 |
Clubhouse View | 9 | 352 | 339 | 4 | 12 | 335 | 4 | 6 |
Out | 2,783 | 2,656 | 34 | 2,615 | 35 | |||
The Hanging Tree | 10 | 311 | 284 | 4 | 5 | 271 | 4 | 3 |
Ravenhill Reach | 11 | 331 | 218 | 4 | 15 | 314 | 4 | 7 |
Fairy Thorn | 12 | 511 | 505 | 5 | 3 | 503 | 5 | 1 |
The Pitch | 13 | 101 | 100 | 3 | 17 | 94 | 3 | 17 |
Old Dublin Road | 14 | 455 | 416 | 4 | 1 | 412 | 5 | 11 |
The Pancake | 15 | 194 | 184 | 3 | 9 | 183 | 3 | 13 |
The Pines | 16 | 306 | 298 | 4 | 13 | 295 | 4 | 15 |
The Bandstand | 17 | 222 | 212 | 3 | 7 | 208 | 3 | 9 |
Clubhouse View | 18 | 352 | 339 | 4 | 11 | 335 | 4 | 5 |
In | 2,783 | 2,656 | 34 | 2,615 | 35 | |||
Total | 5,556 | 5,312 | 68 | 5,230 | 70 | |||
SSS | 69 | 68 | 70 |
Notable rounds
Men's Course Record: 63 E. Donaldson, 1995
Ladies Course Record:
Members Achievements
Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;
P. T. Crymble* represented Ireland as a Senior International in1902. He represented Ulster in the Senior Interprovincial’s from 1902 to 1906 playing 5-times won 3-matches and lost 2-matches accumulating 3-points;
J. McEvoy* represented Ireland as a Senior International from 1900 to 1902;
F. Royston* represented Ireland as a Senior International in 1902;
T. A. McKeag represented Ulster in the Senior Interprovincial’s from 1901 to 1905 playing 3-times won 1-match halved two and lost 0-matches accumulating 2-points;
C. W. Patton represented Ulster in the Senior Interprovincial’s from 1898 to 1902 playing 3-times won 2-matches halved one and lost 0-matches accumulating 2½ -points;
James Woodside represented Ulster in the Senior Interprovincial’s from 1896 to 1901 playing 7-times won 1-match halved two and lost 4-matches accumulating 2-points;
History of Ormeau
Instituted 1893 affiliated 1894
The "Belfast Newsletter" 24th September, 1892, reported "that a deputation had gone to the Parks Department of Belfast City Council re the proposed golf links at Ormeau Park and they are hopeful of the outcome" The "Irish Golfer" on 14th October, 1899, reports "Ormeau possess one supreme advantage over most of the important courses in the North of Ireland. It lies inside the municipal boundary of no mean city, being only twenty minuets walk from Belfast exchange. The club was founded in 1893 under the Captaincy of Mr. James Woodside. The outlook from the clubhouse is a very charming view of wonderful scenery, contributed to by the tall, ancestral trees of the Donegal estate, now the Ormeau Park"
The club had 160 members and there was separate accommodation for the ladies in the clubhouse. It was a nine-hole course as it remains today.
What the Club tells us:
The Course in the Heart of the City"
Roll of Honour
Member | Year | Hon. Position |
B. Clulow | 1989 | Ladies Captain |
G. Kirkham | 1989 | Men's Captain |
L. Archer | 1990 | Ladies Captain |
R. Burnett | 1990 | Men's Captain |
G. Moore | 1990 | President |
J. Doran | 1991 | Ladies Captain |
A. McVeigh | 1991 | Men's Captain |
W. C. Mills | 1991 | President |
E. McClure | 1992 | Ladies Captain |
K. Griffith | 1992 | Men's Captain |
W. C. Mills | 1992 | President |
E. McLarnon | 1993 | Ladies Captain |
R. Tease | 1993 | Men's Captain |
W. H. Boyd | 1993 | President |
L. Elwood | 1994 | Ladies Captain |
J. Cree | 1994 | Men's Captain |
W. Moore | 1994 | President |
M. McCartney | 1995 | Ladies Captain |
R. Stringer | 1995 | Men's Captain |
W. Moore | 1995 | President |
E. Mawhinney | 1996 | Ladies Captain |
N. Millar | 1996 | Men's Captain |
C. Osborne | 1996 | President |
R. Mitchell | 1997 | Ladies Captain |
T. Orr | 1997 | Men's Captain |
C. Osborne | 1997 | President |
R. Orr | 1998 | Ladies Captain |
S. Shanks | 1998 | Men's Captain |
J. Cooke | 1998 | President |
May Bunting | 1999 | Ladies Captain |
Benny Marley | 1999 | Men's Captain |
J. Cooke | 1999 | President |
Elizabeth Baily | 2000 | Ladies Captain |
Mr. Danny Holmes | 2000 | Men's Captain |
Mr. G. McVeigh | 2000 | President |
Roberta Burnett | 2001 | Ladies Captain |
Denis McKnight | 2001 | Men's Captain |
2001 | President | |
Joan Parker | 2002 | Ladies Captain |
Maurice Montgomery | 2002 | Men's Captain |
2002 | President | |
2003 | Ladies Captain | |
S. Martin | 2003 | Men's Captain |
2003 | President | |
Ena McKnight | 2004 | Ladies Captain |
Richard Barnes | 2004 | Men's Captain |
Alan McVeigh | 2004 | President |
Margaret Edgar | 2005 | Ladies Captain |
Lily Archer | 2005 | Ladies President |
Martin Graham | 2005 | Men's Captain |
Alan McVeigh | 2005 | President |
Barbra Moorhead | 2006 | Ladies Captain |
Lily Archer | 2006 | Ladies President |
James Duggan | 2006 | Men's Captain |
Alan McVeigh | 2006 | President |
Jean Hughes | 2007 | Ladies Captain |
2007 | Ladies President | |
Jim Smith | 2007 | Men's Captain |
Ken Griffith | 2007 | President |
Jennifer Johnston | 2008 | Ladies Captain |
Carol McClure | 2008 | Ladies President |
Graham Turner | 2008 | Men's Captain |
Ken Griffith | 2008 | President |
Heather Stevenson | 2009 | Ladies Captain |
Carol McClure | 2009 | Ladies President |
Jack Davidson | 2009 | Men's Captain |
Stanley Shanks | 2009 | President |
Linda Robinson | 2010 | Ladies Captain |
Elizabeth Bailey | 2010 | Ladies President |
David Clarke | 2010 | Men's Captain |
Danny Holmes | 2010 | President |
Janet Connor | 2011 | Ladies Captain |
Elizabeth Bailey | 2011 | Ladies President |
Bertie Wilson | 2011 | Men's Captain |
Benny Marley | 2011 | President |
Michele Devlin | 2012 | Ladies Captain |
Roberta Burnett | 2012 | Ladies President |
Ronnie Moore | 2012 | Men's Captain |
Benny Marley | 2012 | President |
Moira Quail | 2013 | Ladies Captain |
Roberta Burnett |
2013 | Ladies President |
Jackie McIlwaine | 2013 | Men's Captain |
Denis McKnight |
2013 | President |
Clare McCaughey | 2014 | Ladies Captain |
Joan Parke | 2014 | Ladies President |
Jackie McIlwaine | 2014 | Men's Captain |
Denis McKnight | 2014 | President |
Wilma McCune | 2015 | Ladies Captain |
Joan Parke | 2015 | Ladies President |
Chris McNicholl | 2015 | Men's Captain |
Steve Martin |
2015 | President |
Margaret Edgar | 2016 | Ladies Captain |
Carol Moore |
2016 | Ladies President |
John Currie | 2016 | Men's Captain |
Steve Martin | 2016 | President |
Isobel Cowan |
2017 | Ladies Captain |
Carol Moore |
2017 | Ladies President |
Alan Elliott | 2017 | Men's Captain |
James Duggan |
2017 | President |
Paula Smith | 2018 | Ladies Captain |
Carol Moore | 2018 | Ladies President |
John McCullough | 2018 | Men's Captain |
James Duggan | 2018 | President |
Kate Graham | 2019 | Ladies Captain |
2019 | Ladies President | |
David Smyth | 2019 | Men's Captain |
Grahame Turner | 2019 | President |
Heather Stevenson | 2020 | Ladies Captain |
2020 | Ladies President | |
Alan Silcock | 2020 | Men's Captain |
Jack Davidson | 2020 | President |
Heather Stevenson | 2021 | Ladies Captain |
2021 | Ladies President | |
Alan Silcock |
2021 | Men's Captain |
Jack Davidson |
2021 | President |
Heather Stevenson |
2022 | Ladies Captain |
2022 | Ladies President | |
Muir Clark | 2022 | Men's Captain |
2022 | President | |
2023 | Ladies Captain | |
2023 | Ladies President | |
2023 | Men's Captain | |
2023 | President | |
Tina Diamond | 2024 | Ladies Captain |
2024 | Ladies President | |
Ray Shanks |
2024 | Men's Captain |
2024 | President | |
2024 | Lowest Ladies Handicap | |
2024 | Lowest Men's Handicap |
Holes in One at Ormeau
Member | Date | Hole No. | Club Used | Distance |
M. Vincent | 6th | 5 Iron | 193 yd's | |
W. Moore | 4th | 9 Iron | 113 yd's | |
E. McConnell | 4th | 9 Iron | 113 yd's | |
Joe Hendron | 6 August 2005 | 13th | 101 yd’s | |
Kate Graham | 14 August 2022 |