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Skibbereen & West Carbery golf club Cork

Skibbereen & West Carbery golf course Cork

Skibbereen & West Carbery Golf Course

Skibbereen & West Carbery Club Crest

Course Description

Skibbereen and West Carbery Golf Club, has seen many renovations since the club moved to its present location in 1935. The late Eddie Hackett was retained to design and extend the course to 18-holes, which opened in 1992. The course offers a varied test for all golfers, with long holes on the old nine with water coming into play to the left of the 8th green, the new nine are shorter but much tighter holes. The old and new are nicely integrated as only Eddie Hackett could do.

Skibbereen and West Carbery has always been considered as the friendliest club in Cork, located within easy reach of all holiday villages an area unbelievable scenery.

Green Fees Midweek (Winter): €25
Green Fees Midweek (High Summer): €35
Green Fees Weekends & B.H.(High Summer): €35
Green Fees (Off-Peak): €25
Green Fees with a Member:

€20/25

Green Fees for Opens: €20
Practice Area: Yes
Club Hire: €20
Yes
Buggy Hire: €35
Yes
Soft Spikes: Yes
Full Membership Available: Yes
Full Membership Fee: €736
Full Pay as you Golf Membership Fee: €281
Full Beginners Year-1 Membership Fee: €386
Full Returning Membership Fee: €578
Full Family Membership Fee: €1,302
Full Country Membership Fee: €400
Full Juvenile 12-18 Membership Fee: €137
Full Cadet 8-11 Membership Fee: €87
Course Type Parkland
No Holes 18
Members 627
Designer Eddie Hackett
Founded 1905
Address

Licknavar,
Skibbereen,
Co. Cork

Telephone 028-21227
Email skibbgolf@gmail.com
Website Skibbereen & West Carbery golf club website
Administrator: Kieran Lynch
Captain: Brian Herraghty
Lady Captain: Margaret O’Donovan
Presidents': Diarmuid Hayes & Bernie Ryan
Vice-Captains': Timmy BarnettImelda Kearney
Hon. Secretary: Teresa O’Sullivan, Brendan McCarthy & Kay Ronan
Club Pro: Kieran Lynch & Sarah Claridge
Hon. Treasurer: Christine McNamara, Tony Downing & Teresa O’Sullivan
Comp. Secretary: Jerome O’Driscoll & Bernie O’Sullivan
Skibbereen & West Carbery Golf Course Layout Course Layout

Location Map

GPS Coord*
Lat:51.535576
Long:-9.294318
*Please check information before travelling

General Facts & Information

Course opening hours: Daylight hours Clubhouse opening hours: 10.00a.m. to 7.00p.m. daily
Mobile phones: Not on course
Dress Code: Neat and casual, no denim
Catering: Full catering, facilities Days to Avoid: Thursdays & Fridays
Green Fees and Societies Welcome: Other Days Pre-booking for open Tournaments:14 Days in advance

Skibbereen & West Carbery Golf Club Fixtures 2024 provisional*

Open & Major Fixtures 2024 (Confirmed)        
Event* Start Finish Type Duration
Captains' Drive-In Sunday 28 January
  Closed 1
Captain's Prize to the Ladies
Saturday 6 July Sunday 7 July Closed 2
Captain's Prize to the Ladies Sunday 7 July   Closed 1
Captain's Prize Saturday 6 July
Sunday 7 July Closed 2
Captain's Prize Sunday 7 July   Closed 1
Lady Captain's Prize to the Men Saturday 20 July Sunday 21 July
Closed 2
Lady Captain's Prize to the Men Sunday 21 July   Closed 1
Lady Captain's Prize Saturday 20 July Sunday 21 July
Closed 2
Lady Captain's Prize Sunday 21 July   Closed 1
Patron's Prize to the Ladies
Saturday 3 August
Sunday 4 August
Closed 2
Patron's Prize to the Ladies Sunday 4 August   Closed 1
Patron's Prize Saturday 3 August
Sunday 4 August Closed 2
Patron's Prize Sunday 4 August   Closed 1
Lady President's Prize Saturday 10 August Sunday 11 August Closed 2
Lady President's Prize Sunday 11 August   Closed 1
Lady President's Prize to the Men Saturday 10 August Sunday 11 August Closed 2
Lady President's Prize to the Men Sunday 11 August   Closed 1
President's Prize to the Ladies
Saturday 17 August Sunday 18 August
Closed 2
President's Prize to the Ladies Sunday 18 August   Closed 1
President's Prize Saturday 17 August Sunday 18 August Closed 2
President's Prize Sunday 18 August   Closed 1
Inter. Scratch Cup Sunday 2 June
Monday 3 June Open 2
Inter. Scratch Cup Monday 3 June
  Open 1
Minor Scratch Cup Sunday 2 June Monday 3 June Open 2
Minor Scratch Cup Monday 3 June   Open 1
Junior Scratch Cup Sunday 2 June Monday 3 June Open 2
Junior Scratch Cup Monday 3 June   Open 1
L. & G. 3-Person Team Event
Saturday 22 June Sunday 23 June Open 2
L. & G. 3-Person Team Event Sunday 23 June   Open 1
Mairin Lynch Ladies Singles Stableford Friday 26 July Saturday 27 July Open 2
Mairin Lynch Ladies Singles Stableford Saturday 27 July   Open 1
Jack Lynch 2-Person Team Event Friday 26 July Sunday 28 July Open 2
Jack Lynch 2-Person Team Event Saturday 27 July   Open 1
Jack Lynch 2-Person Team Event Sunday 28 July
Open 1
L. & G. Singles Stableford Monday 29 July   Open 1
9-Hole 2-Person Team Event Monday 29 July   Open 1
Singles Stableford Tuesday 30 July   Open 1
Ladies 3-Person Scramble Wednesday 31 July   Open 1
Singles Stableford Thursday 1 August
  Open 1
L. & G. 3-Person Team Event
Friday 2 August
Sunday 4 August
Open 3
L. & G. 3-Person Team Event Saturday 3 August
  Open 1
L. & G. 3-Person Team Event Sunday 4 August
  Open 1

*Please check information before travelling

Card of the Course

KeyData
Yellow Par 71 SSS 68 5,785 yd's
Red Par 72 SSS 72 5,306 yd's
Blue Par 71 SSS 69 6,025 yd's

Card

Hole No. Blue Yellow Par Index Red Par Index
1 408 397 4 5 393 5 14
2 157 150 3 13 149 3 16
3 437 399 4 7
372 4 4
4 275 270 4 17 270 4 10
5 502 483 5 3
378 5 12
6 356 346 4 9
345 4 6
7 315 304 4 15 301 4 8
8 533 523 5 1 426 5 2
9 142 130 3 11 128 3 18
Out 3,125 3,002 36   2,762 37  
10 330 319 4 8
309 4 7
11 297 387 4 16 286 4 11
12 493 482 5 12 436 5 5
13 350 335 4 2 280 4 1
14 181 168 3 10 133 3 17
15 303 290 4 18 289 4 15
16 351 340 4 6 332 4 3
17 200 192 3 14
172 3 13
18 395 370 4 4
307 4 9
In 2,900 2,783 35   2,544 35  
Total 6,025 5,785 71   5,306 72  
SSS 69 68     72    

Notable rounds

Men's Course Record: 65 Kieran Lynch July 2008

Ladies Course Record: Sorcha Begley August 2007

Members Achievements

Skibbereen & West Carbery Golf Club, won the West Cork Junior Shield in 1996, when the team was Henery Ross, Michel Kehily, Derry Browne, Tim Cahalane, Martin Ryan, Brendan Griffin, Jim Canty, Robert Creedon, Martin Holland and Dan Burke.

The won it prior to that in 1994, when they beat Kenmare Golf Club, when the team was Charlie Poillot, Derry Brown, Martin Holland, Sean Cronin, Brendan Griffin, Michael Ryan, Frank Ryan, Jim Canty, Dennis Lynch, Colm Kenneally and Stephen Daly, they were managed by Alan Dodd.

They won the West Cork Juvenile Shield in 1994, when the team was Mark Werner, Donal McCarthy, Fergal O'Mahony, Brian Hamilton, Tadhg Crowley and Denis McCarthy.

They won the McEvoy Shield in 1999, when the team was Ted O'Donovan, Dan Hourihane, Diarmuid Mawe, Joe O'Donovan, Joe Connoly, Richard Roycroft, Jim Mordaunt, Brian Herlihy, Barry Herlihy, M. J. Collins and Tim Coakley, they captained by Ger McCarthy.

Skibbereen & West Carbery Golf Club, won the West Cork Junior Shield in 1996, when the team was Henery Ross, Michel Kehily, Derry Browne, Tim Cahalane, Martin Ryan, Brendan Griffin, Jim Canty, Robert Creedon, Martin Holland and Dan Burke.

The won it prior to that in 1994, when they beat Kenmare Golf Club, when the team was Charlie Poillot, Derry Brown, Martin Holland, Sean Cronin, Brendan Griffin, Michael Ryan, Frank Ryan, Jim Canty, Dennis Lynch, Colm Kenneally and Stephen Daly, they were managed by Alan Dodd.

They won the West Cork Juvenile Shield in 1994, when the team was Mark Werner, Donal McCarthy, Fergal O'Mahony, Brian Hamilton, Tadhg Crowley and Denis McCarthy.

They won the McEvoy Shield in 1999, when the team was Ted O'Donovan, Dan Hourihane, Diarmuid Mawe, Joe O'Donovan, Joe Connoly, Richard Roycroft, Jim Mordaunt, Brian Herlihy, Barry Herlihy, M. J. Collins and Tim Coakley, they captained by Ger McCarthy.

The Ladies of Skibbereen & West Carbery Golf Club won the West Cork Shield in 1983, when the team was M. Connolly, N. Quinn, P. McCarthy, M. Linnane, B. Breen, E. R. McDaid, N. O'Flynn, H. Murphy, M. Connolly, B. Brown, B. McDonnell, M. O'Regan, B. Chapple, M. Dwyer and E. O'Regan.

The won it again in 1986, when the team was B. McDonnell, E. R. McDaid, B. Ckapple, N. O'Flynn, N. Quinn, M. Connolly, M. O'Regan, B. Delahunty, M. Dwyer, B. O'Driscoll, M. Linnane, B. Breen, H. Murphy, B. Browne and E. McDaid.

Their last win in the West Cork Shield was in 1990, when the team was B. McDonnell, M. Linnane, A. Williams, M. O'Regan, B. Chapple, N. Quinn, M. Connolly, K. O'Sullivan, B. Delahunty, H. Murphy, N. Lupton, B. Breen, N. O'Flynn, M. Dwyer and D. Flynn.

Members who played representative golf for Country or Province;

B. McDaid represented Ireland as a Senior International in 1979 playing 3-times won 0-matches and lost 3-matches accumulating 0-points.He represented Ireland at international Youths level from1977 to 1981 playing 21-matches, won 10-matches halved one and lost 10-match accumulating 21-points. He represented Munster as a Senior Interprovincial from 1978 to 1981 playing 16-times won 10-matches halved one and lost 6-matches accumulating 20-points. He represented Munster at Youths’ Interprovincial level from 1977 to 1980 playing 11-times won 5-matches and lost 6-matches accumulating 10-points;

Kieran Lynch represented Ireland at Irish Boys level in 2010 playing 3-times won 1-match and lost 2-matches accumulating 2-points. He was selected to represent Ireland in the European Boys’ Amateur Team Championship to be held at Klassis Golf & Country Club, Turkey on Tuesday 6th to Saturday 10th July 2010. The others

on the team were Liam Harnett Milltown G. C., Jeff Hopkins Skerries G. C., Stephen Barry Laytown & Bettystown G. C., Dermot McElroy Ballymena G.C. and Chris Selfridge Moyola Park G. C., they were captained by Liam Martin.

K. McDaid represented Ireland at Irish Boys level in 1981 playing  6-times won 4-matches and lost 2-matches accumulating 8-points. He represented Munster at Youths’ Interprovincial level from 1981 to 1983 playing 11-times won 6-matches and lost 5-matches accumulating 12-points;

D. Casey* represented Munster at Youths’ Interprovincial level in 1973;

Kieran Lynch represented Munster in the Boys Interprovincial Championships from 2009 to 2010 playing 10-times won 3-matches halved two and lost 5-matches accumulating 8-points;

Miss Eileen McDaid was selected to represent Ireland in the European Ladies Team Championships at Wentworth in 1991, at Pals, Spain in 1989 and at Tubbercurry in 1987. She played for Ireland in the Girls' Home Internationals in 1982 and 1983. She won the Stroke Play Foursomes together with Miss Ada O'Sullivan of Monkstown in 1990 she won the Irish Girls Close Championship in 1983;

History of Skibbereen & West Carbery

Instituted 1905 affiliated 1931

The original course at West Carbery was at Castlelands, before it moved to its present location at Licknavar in 1935. The first record of golf at Skibbereen is given in the "Golfing Annual" 1905-6 giving an instituted date as 1905. The Hon. Secretary was Lieutenant S. T. Stephens, the course was nine-holes and it had 56 members. The first recorded Captain was Mr. R. P. Chambers.

Roll of Honour

Member Year Hon. Position
Mary Coughlan 1990 Ladies Captain
Ann Williams 1990 Ladies President
Finbarr Williams 1990 Men's Captain
Michael O'Sullivan 1990 President
Mary Meagher 1991 Ladies Captain
Maeve O'Regan 1991 Ladies President
Brendan McCarthy 1991 Men's Captain
Charlie McCarthy 1991 President
Catherine O'Keeffe 1992 Ladies Captain
Ann O'Donovan 1992 Ladies President
Tom Ryan 1992 Men's Captain
Pat Dwyer 1992 President
Mary McCarthy 1993 Ladies Captain
Noreen McCarthy 1993 Ladies President
John Hamilton 1993 Men's Captain
John Field 1993 President
Bea Delahunty 1994 Ladies Captain
Mary Meagher 1994 Ladies President
John McNamara 1994 Men's Captain
Pierce Hickey 1994 President
Nuala Lupton 1995 Ladies Captain
Mary Meagher 1995 Ladies President
Dan Burke 1995 Men's Captain
Stan Rispin 1995 President
Brgda Hamilton 1996 Ladies Captain
Brigid O'Brien 1996 Ladies President
Pat Kirwan 1996 Men's Captain
Jim Linnane 1996 President
Theresa O'Driscoll 1997 Ladies Captain
Nancy Quinn 1997 Ladies President
Fergus O'Mahony 1997 Men's Captain
Tim Seymour 1997 President
Carmel O'Sullivan 1998 Ladies Captain
Patricia Long 1998 Ladies President
Rory Walsh 1998 Men's Captain
Brian Murphy 1998 President
Maura Dwyer 1999 Ladies Captain
Nuala O'Flynn 1999 Ladies President
Gerard Galvin 1999 Men's Captain
David Silvernale 1999 President
Margaret Foley 2000 Ladies Captain
Else De Boer 2000 Ladies President
Declan Price 2000 Men's Captain
Leo Warner 2000 President
Nuala Gibbons 2001 Ladies Captain
Pauleen O'Sullivan 2001 Ladies President
Michael O'Shea 2001 Men's Captain
Kevin Barry 2001 President
Shanonn Silvernale 2002 Ladies Captain
Margaret Linnane 2002 Ladies President
David Ring 2002 Men's Captain
John Daly 2002 President
Rachel O'Keeffe 2003 Ladies Captain
B. Delahunty 2003 Ladies President
Christy O'Donovan 2003 Men's Captain
Finbar Williams 2003 President
Ann De Monfort 2004 Ladies Captain
Mary McCarthy 2004 Ladies President
Michael Kelly 2004 Men's Captain
Pat Kirwin 2004 President
Ann Price 2005 Ladies Captain
Brenda O'Driscoll 2005 Ladies President
Michael Collins 2005 Men's Captain
Dick Roycroft 2005 President
Mary Dineen 2006 Ladies Captain
Eithne Barry 2006 Ladies President
Liam Quirke 2006 Men's Captain
John McNamara 2006 President
Majella Minihane 2007 Ladies Captain
  2007 Ladies President
David O'Connor 2007 Men's Captain
Brian Fitzsimons 2007 President
Kay Roycroft 2008 Ladies Captain
Theresa O'Driscoll 2008 Ladies President
Leo Werner 2008 Men's Captain
Michael O'Shea 2008 President
Mary Cowley 2009 Ladies Captain
Kay O'Sullivan 2009 Ladies President
Jerome O'Driscoll 2009 Men's Captain
Declan Price 2009 President
Marion Pattenden 2010 Ladies Captain
Ann Bailey 2010 Ladies President
Sean Conmy 2010 Men's Captain
Noel Kearney 2010 President
Catriona Buckley 2011 Ladies Captain
Rachel O'Keeffe 2011 Ladies President
Pierce Barrett 2011 Men's Captain
Michael Collins 2011 President
Teresa O'Sullivan 2012 Ladies Captain
Nuala Lupton 2012 Ladies President
Alan Byrne 2012 Men's Captain
Dermot O'Flaherthy 2012 President
June Ring 2013 Ladies Captain
Elaine Haughey
2013 Ladies President
Noel Kearney 2013 Men's Captain
David Ring
2013 President
Hilda Hegarty 2014 Ladies Captain
Maura Dwyer 2014 Ladies President
Diarmuid Hayes 2014 Men's Captain
Finbar Buckley 2014 President
Una Murray 2015 Ladies Captain
Margaret Foley
2015 Ladies President
Frank Ryan 2015 Men's Captain
Brendan Hamilton 2015 President
Maureen O'Regan 2016 Ladies Captain
Catherine Werner
2016 Ladies President
Liam Ennis 2016 Men's Captain
Tom Ryan
2016 President
Bernie Ryan 2017 Ladies Captain
Kay Roycroft 2017 Ladies President
Dermot O’Flaherty 2017 Men's Captain
Seamus O'Mahony 2017 President
Bernie O'Sullivan 2018 Ladies Captain
Carmel O’Driscoll 2018 Ladies President
Liam Weadick 2018 Men's Captain
Liam Quirke 2018 President
Ros Rourke 2019 Ladies Captain
Mary Crowley 2019 Ladies President
David Walden 2019 Men's Captain
Geoffrey Wycherley 2019 President
Judy Naylor 2020 Ladies Captain
Catriona Buckley 2020 Ladies President
Tommy Devine 2020 Men's Captain
Brian Fleet 2020 President
Anne McNamara 2021 Ladies Captain
Teresa O’Sullivan 2021 Ladies President
Fergal Morgan 2021 Men's Captain
Jerome O'Driscoll 2021 President
Elaine Haughey 2022 Ladies Captain
June Ring 2022 Ladies President
Jerome McCarthy 2022 Men's Captain
Sean Conmy 2022 President
Finola Byrne 2023 Ladies Captain
Hilda Hegarty 2023 Ladies President
Kevin O’Regan 2023 Men's Captain
Frank Ryan 2023 President
Margaret O’Donovan 2024 Ladies Captain
Bernie Ryan 2024 Ladies President
Brian Herraghty 2024 Men's Captain
Diarmuid Hayes 2024 President
Sorcha O'Connor (7) 2024 Lowest Ladies Handicap
Kieran Lynch (1.2) Now Pro.
2024 Lowest Men's Handicap
Christy O'Donovan (2) 2024 Lowest Men's Handicap

Holes in One at Skibbereen & West Carbery

Member Date Hole No. Club Used Distance
Henry Ross   17th 5-wood 198 yd’s
Nancy Quinn 15 March 2002      
Eithne Barry 28 June 2002 2nd     156 yd’s
Declan Price 22 September 2002  14th 4-iron 182 yd’s
June Ring 22 September 2002      
Tim Joe O'Regan 20 April 2003 14th 9-irom 182 yd’s
Noreen O'Donovan 27 June 2004 14th   138 yd’s
Kevin O'Regan 28 October 2004 9th 7-iron 143 yd’s
Breda Browne 22 July 2005 2nd   156 yd’s
Pat Connolly 1 November 2005 17th   194 yd’s
Betty Chapple 4 July 2007 9th   124 yd’s
Noel Kearney 6 April 2008 2nd   159 yd’s 
David O'Connor 23 April 2009 12th Albatross 438 yd’s
Helen Quirke 30 May 2009 14th   138 yd’s 
Marion Pattenden 6 August 2010 14th   138 yd’s
Tim Collins 6 April 2012 9th   142 yd's
Nuala Lupton 23 May 2012 14th   133 yd's
Sheamus O’Reilly 24 February 2013 2nd   159 yd's
Kevin O’Flynn 9 January 2014 2nd   159 yd's
Mary Crowley 25 June 2014 14th   133 yd's
Pat Kirwan 17 February 2015 17th   198 yd's
Tim Joe O’Regan 12 July 2015 2nd   159 yd's
Noel Shanahan 28 March 2016 9th   142 yd's
Sean Kenneally 3 April 2016 9th   142 yd's

Andrew Mackey (Jr.)

16 July 2016 9th   142 yd's

Brian Fitzsimons

25 August 2016 9th   142 yd's

Tim Seymour

1 November 2016 2nd   159 yd's

Joe O’Donovan

26 March 2017 9th   142 yd's

Michael Sweeney

15 July 2017 14th   168 yd's
Steve Rourke 17 September 2017 2nd   159 yd's
Dan MacEoin 21 September 2017 14th   168 yd's
Joe O’Donovan 8 April 2018 9th   142 yd's
Gearoid MacEoin 8 July 2018 9th   142 yd's
Niall Scully 8 July 2018 14th   168 yd's
David Ring 2 August 2018 14th   168 yd's
Matthew Mulcahy 29 June 2019 9th   142 yd's
Kieran Lynch 14 March 2020 9th   142 yd's
Liam Quirke 30 July 2020 17th   192 yd's
Cyril Thornton 1 December 2020 2nd   159 yd's
Brian Minihane 21 July 2021 14th   168 yd's
Kay Ronan 7 August 2021 2nd   149 yd's
Pat Moloney 10 August 2021 2nd   168 yd's
Fergal Morgan 24 March 2022 2nd   168 yd's
Danny McQueen 11 August 2022 14th   168 yd's
Jerome McCarthy 17 September 2022 2nd   168 yd's