Woodstock golf club Clare

Members Achievements

Woodstock Golf Club won the All-Ireland Final of the Pierce Purcell Shield at Castlerock Golf Club in September 2011. They won the Munster Final at Limerick Golf Club when they beat Ballykisteen Golf Club by 3½-matches to 1½-matches on Sunday 17th July 2011.

They made the long journey to the Co. Derry Club to compete in the All-Ireland deciders the following September. They were drawn against Connacht Champions Athenry Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final, whom they beat by 3-matches to 2-matches. First on the tee was Tom Hehir with Martin Dormer who beat David Donohue with Brendan Lynskey by 2-holes, they were followed by Shane Fitzgerald with Michael O’Brien who had to go up the 19th before securing the point against Michael Shaughnessy with Luke Glynn, they were followed by Liam McInerney with Mike Kelly who lost out to Martin Naughton with Shane Donohue by 6 and 4, the penultimate match of Jason Considine with Brian Mulcahy beat Michael Crimmins with Jimmy Flaherty by 4 and 2, in the bottom match Declan Coote with Jimmy Kelly lost to Kevin McCarthy with Michael Noone by 2 and 1.

They met Leinster Champions Corrstown Golf Club in the All-Ireland Final the following day. This time they were led by Frank Doherty with Mike Kelly who lost out to Garry Beagan with Andrew Holohan by 8 and 6, they were followed by Jason Considine with Brian Mulcahy who beat Jarlath Beagan with Paul O’Kane by 4 and 3, next up was Tom Hehir with Martin Dormer who had a very comfortable 8 and 7 win over Martin Mooney with Brendan Doyle, the penultimate match of Declan Coote with Jimmy Kelly was halved against Gerry Burns with Tom Brady, in the bottom match Shane Fitzgerald with Michael O’Brien had another comfortable 7 and 5 win over Martin McIvor with David O’Shaughnessy.

This was Woodstock’s second green pennant in the Pierce Purcell Shield their first being in 2002 at Galway Golf Club.

Woodstock Golf Club won the Munster Final of the Pierce Purcell Shield for the second time in their short history in 2007.

They made the long journey to Shandon Park Golf Club in Belfast to compete in the All-Ireland deciders. They were drawn against Ulster Champions Warrenpoint Golf Club in the All-Ireland Semi-Final on Thursday 13th September.

First on the tee were Steve Spencer and Mike Kelly against Seamus Sands and Damien Flanagan, when they lost their match by 6 and 4. They were followed by James Kelly and Jason Dormer who halved their match with Seamus Colgan and Paul Devine. Next up was Noel Dinan and Liam O'Connor who lost out to Noel Devine and Anthony Campbell by 2-holes. Martin Nolan and Mike O'Brien played the penultimate match and recorded a halve against Kieran Campbell and Andrew Ferguson. The bottom match of Tony Lawlor and James McMahon against Michael Redmond and Michael McGivern saw the match go to the Co. Down club with a 3 and 1 win, to book their place in the All-Ireland Final against Leinster Champions Donabate the following day, when they won their 2nd Pierce Purcell Shield with a 3 match to 2 match win over Donabate.

Declan Coote (11) and Paul Coote (8) qualified with 41 pts. at Druid's Heath in the National Final of the O2 All-Ireland Masters. They qualified for the Grand Final played at the Kempinski Resort Hotel, Estepona, Spain in October 2004. They set out for the 5* Hotel on 9th October where having played a practice round they then went on to compete in the Grand Final over four days.

Woodstock Golf Club won the Munster Final and All-Ireland Pierce Purcell Shield at Galway Golf Club in 2002, and were drawn against Connaught Champions Loughrea in the All-Ireland Semi-Finals at Galway Golf Club on September 5th. They beat Loughrea and faced Ulster Champions Moyola Park in the All-Ireland Finals on the Friday where they lifted their first green pennant with a 4 matches to 1 match victory. The team was Brian McNamara, Michael O'Brien, Brian Keogh, John Feehan, Darragh Lynch, Martin Nugent, John O'Connor, Liam McInerney, Robert Dormer, Tony Coote, Mike Kelly, Frank Doherty, Club Captain Jimmy Kelly and John Condon. They were managed by Luke Coote and Brian Dinan. The players in the final were Darragh Lynch with Mike Kelly, who won 3 and 2, Liam McInerney with Michael O'Brien who won 6 and 5, John Condon with M. Meehan halved, Tony Coote with Robert Dormer halved and Jimmy Kelly with Martin Nugent won 6 and 4.

Prior to 2001:

The Coote brothers gave it their best shot, to win the Captain's Prize (Brian Dinan), on16-7-2000. When Luke (12) returned a marvellous 62 net, with Paul (8) and Declan (13). hot on his heels with 65 each.

History of Woodstock

The land which Woodstock Golf Club now stands was once the farm of Christy and Sheelagh Guerin. Woodstock House was the original name of their imposing Georgian property. Hence the name Woodstock Golf Club. The property consisted of 180 acres of free draining good quality farmland on which dry stock was raised.
In 1993 Sheelagh and Christy put the wheels in motion to launch Woodstock Golf and Country club. Christy almost single handily, and with immense drive set about the Golf Club business. He immediately engaged Golf course designer Arthur Spring to lay out a course that would be up to the highest championship standards.
It was a creation beyond the expectations of many.