Ormeau golf club Down

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" 24^th 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 14^th 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"