Rathsallagh golf club Wicklow

Members Achievements

Jack Hume now an Honorary Life Member of Rathsallagh Golf Club, won the West of Ireland Amateur Open Championship at Co. Sligo Golf Club when he won it on the 18th against Robbie Cannon of Balbriggan Golf Club in a trilling final.

Young Jack Hume had a wonderful year in 2010, when he captured all four of the Provincial Boys’ Championships and needless to say he won the Tom Montgomery Award with a total of 200-points he was 95-points ahead of C. Glynn from Carton House Golf Club, Jack is only the second player in the history of Irish golf to achieve this, the other being Ramie Burns when playing out of Banbridge Golf Club in 1994. Well done to the young man.

The Ladies of Rathsallagh Golf Club won the ILGU Midland Plate in 2002, when the team was, Geraldine Ryan, Denise McCarthy, Eleanor Brazill, Patricia Brady, Mary Campbell, Siobhain McDermot and Joan McMahon, they were managed by Mary Birmingham. 

They won the Wicklow section of the Holmpatrick Cup in 2004.

Prior to 2001:

Noel Owens became the first Irishman to win the Johnny Walker Amateur Euro Classic in Portugal's Algarve, with rounds of 70,72, 70 and 75.

Liz Matthews had a wonderful year's golf loosing 10 shots off her handicap winning her Captain's, President's, and Captain's Prize to the Ladies, she also won the Capital Oil Regional Final at Naas with a score of 38 pts. in July, 1999, and booked her place in the National Finals of the Shell Ladies Golf Challenge at Mount Juliet in August.

Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;

Jack Hume represented Ireland at Irish Boys level in 2010 playing 6-times won 4-matches and lost 2-matches accumulating 8-points. He represented Leinster at Boys  Interprovincial level in 2010 playing 6-times won 4-matches and lost 2-matches accumulating 8-points;

Tom O'Neill was selected on the Leinster Boys' team for the Interprovincial Championships at Headfort Golf Club from August 28/30/2002.

Gavin Lunney, now turned Professional, was a member of the Leinster team in 1999;

History of Rathsallagh

Founded 1994, affiliated 1994.

What the Club tells us:

Rathsallagh Golf Club reopened in June 2016 having been brought back to its previous splendour after 18 months of hard work and investment under new ownership. The magnificent course, which first opened in 1994, was designed by Peter McEvoy and the late Christy O’Connor Jnr. It sits in beautiful parkland near Dunlavin Co Wicklow with mature woodland lining all the fairways.

Over the years it has challenged and delighted golfers of all abilities. In September 2017, the course was reconfigured so that play begins and ends in front of the clubhouse and a new Par 3 hole was built in the woods between the old 1st and 2nd holes bridging a small river. The old 10th hole (index 1) is now the opening hole – so the ‘wow factor’ is evident right from the very first shot. The re-routing occurs during the middle of the game and players will intertwine the ‘old’ back and front nines for a totally fresh experience.

Rathsallagh is a golf course built to championship standard, routed over rolling terrain and with a number of burns, ditches and ponds that bring water into play on several holes. Hundreds of mature trees flank the fairways. The bunkers are always challenging - such is the brilliance of its layout it is often described as offering some of the best bunkers in Ireland both in terms of construction and intelligent placement.  The condition of the course is almost second to none, the greens were built to the highest USGA specification. The course is beautifully maintained by our Head Greenkeeper's Sean Farrell & Shane Daniels and their team.

Use of the landscape is a key feature of Rathsallagh and this is truly apparent as the golfer ambles through the exciting newly reconfigured course layout. When golfers finish on the 18th hole, it is just a few steps to reach the sanctuary of the clubhouse veranda. A perfect place to enjoy an after-golf drink and meal, with spectacular views of the course and rolling Wicklow landscape.

A popular choice for all kinds of functions and golf days.  Rathsallagh Golf & Country Club has been recently ranked 57^th best Golf Course in Ireland and 27^th best Parkland by Irish Golfer Magazine. In County Wicklow, it is rated 2^nd best parkland course by Top 100 Golf Courses Ltd and 3^rd best by Irish Golfer Magazine. This award is a reflection of not only the golf course but of our clubhouse, high quality service and friendly Staff.

“As one of Ireland’s most natural and elegant landscapes, it is excellent to see Rathsallagh back in the Irish golfing fold.”

(The Examiner 26^th Sept 2017 - Kevin Markham)

Joe O’Flynn Snr, having sold his Dairy Farm on the out skirts of Cork City purchased Rathsallagh as a 570-acre Beef and Tillage farm in 1978. In the late 80’s he decided, that he needed to diversify, and set about building a par-3 practice course on the parklands either side of the main avenue to Rathsallagh House. In the early 90’s after a night at the bar with the famous Peter Thomson CBE, he had a dream and decided to extend the original concept and contracted Christy O’Connor Jnr and Peter McEvoy to design a Championship Golf Course at Rathsallagh. The course was opened for play by Peter Thomson in 1995 and ever since has been highly acclaimed by the golfing press: "Augusta without Azalea…as good a layout and challenge as you will find anywhere in Irish Golf". John Redmond " a true championship course" Christy O’Connor Jnr.