Early 2019 Introductory Membership at Donabate Golf Club from €499

16 Months Membership Offer ( Terms & conditions apply, offer subject to availability and for limited period )

Membership from 1st of September 2018 to 31st of December 2019

5 Day Introductory Membership only €499.00 + GUI FEE
7 Day Introductory Membership only €750.00 + GUI FEE

For other categories of membership and for further details simply click here…

• • 27 Holes + Extensive practice facilities including a new dedicated short game practice area.
  • 4 Full Floodlit Tennis Courts with discounted rates for Tennis Club Membership.
  • Excellent clubhouse, bar and restaurant facilities.

Contact our office for further details: +353 (0)1 843 6346

Winter​ ​League​ ​2018 – Sponsored​ by

 Sundays​ ​from​ ​14^th October​ ​until​ ​2^nd ​December​ ​inclusive

• Create your own team of 4 players (Men only). Teams pick their team name.
• Paper entry sheet at bar & club shop.(Closing date for entries: Fri 12th October).
• €20 entry fee per person.
• Junior rules apply (also only 1 junior per team of 4 permitted).
• Five Day Members not eligible to enter.
• Presentation Sunday 9^th of December

Committee will put names on BRS at closing date and entry fee will be taken through BRS so please make sure you have enough money in your account.  Make​ ​sure​ ​also that your​ ​team​mates​ ​are​ ​all​ ​topped​ ​up​ ​so​ ​you​ ​can​ ​get​ ​on​ ​sheet​ ​together easily.

New​ ​Members​ ​and​ ​those​ ​without​ ​a​ ​group​ ​of​ ​4:
If you don’t have 4 players, put your name down anyway and the committee and shop will assist in completing a team for you.

Weeks 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7 will be various 2 Man Team formats whilst weeks 3, 5 & 8 will be 4 Man Team events.

Teams decide pairings each week in 2 Man events with the best pair from team each week counting for league points.

If only 3 from a team is available on a given week then the usual low man rule applies and therefore the team can have 2 pairings with the low man partnering both of the other 2. Minimum of 2 from a team required to play each week.(otherwise zero league points).

Weekly competition formats are as follows:

• Week 1 = 2 Man Team (1 to count all holes)
• Week 2 = 2 Man Team (1 to count all holes)
• Week 3 = 4 Man Team (2 scores to count on each hole)
• Week 4 = 2 Man Team (1 to count all holes). 4th
• Week 5 = 2 Man Stableford Multiplier *(see below for rules)
• Week 6 = 4 Man Team (2 scores to count on each hole)
• Week 7 = 2 Man Team 2 Man Stableford Multiplier. *(see below for rules)
• Week 8 = 4 Man Team (2 scores to count on each hole)

* ​2 Man​ ​Stableford​ ​Multiplier​ ​Rules
If both players score 3pts on a hole the result will be 3×3=9pts.
If both players score 2pts on a hole the result will be 2×2=4pts.
If one player scores 1pt & the other scores 2pts the result will be 1×2=2pts.
If one player scores 0pts and the other scores 2pts the result will be 0x2=0pts.
The​ ​secret​ ​is…​ ​don’t​ ​scratch​ ​a​ ​hole​!

Weekly league points are based on a team’s best pair’s position each week as follows: 1st – 20, 2nd – 17, 3rd – 15, 4th – 14, 5th – 13…. All the way down to last. (if 2 pairs from a team play only best one counts for league)

On weeks where a 4 Man Team is played the same points system is applied.

Teams missing a player on a given Sunday, can play with 3 players. A 4th player (non league player) can play on that team but only for weekly competition purposes and 2 cards must be marked. (4 cards if it’s a 2 Man Team).

If only 2 from a team on a weekly timesheet with no opposition they may play and mark their own card.

Teams count best 6 from 8 weeks scores

If any course closures happen during the league, the following applies, 5 from 7wks, 4 from 6wks, 4 from 5wks and so on.

No handicap cuts for league. Cuts only apply for weekly competition purposes.

Each week you must enter separate cards for the league and the competition of the week. Therefore on a 2-man competition week, there will be 2 cards for the 2 league pairings and a further 2 cards for the 2-man competition of the day (note that winter cuts apply to the competition of the day and not the league).

Each weeks competition can be played by league and non league entrants.

Committee’s​ ​decision​ ​is​ ​final​ ​on​ ​league​ ​cancellations​ ​due​ ​to​ ​weather​ ​delays​ ​or​ ​course closures

Congratulations to the eight set of winners in our 100 Club Draw:

1st €500 Cathy Fay & Mary Noonan (39)
2nd €300 Pat Bernard (69)
3rd €100 David Power (4)
4th €100 Patrick Harrington (52)
5th €100 Bernadette Sweeney (29)
6th €100 Evelyn de Lacy (8)

We are delighted to announce the times of this year’s Matchplay Finals, which will take place this Sunday (9th of September) on Red-Blue. Why not come along on Sunday to support these fine players.

12:12 – Andy Doherty Cup is Ger Campion v Nigel Cosgrave
12:20 – Club Singles Class 1 is Daragh Kelly v Mark Lawlor
12:28 – Club Singles Class 2 is Ciaran Grant v Brendan Synnott
12:52 – Ladies Ferguson Cup Singles is Mary Lynam v Mary White
13:00 – Ladies Club Singles is Jackie Doolan v Patricia O’Neill
13:08 – Club Fourball is Gary Murray & Ardle Culleton v Dermot Bradfield and Tom Flood
13:32 – Ladies Foursomes is Martina McGrath & Catherine Crummey v Ursula Ryan & Mary Brennan

Father & Son Scotch Foursomes was won by Martin and Alan O’Gorman who beat Donal & Cian O’Hagan
Gents Foursomes was won by Maurice O’Grady and Harry May who beat John McGillicuddy and Brian Ennis
Mixed Foursomes was won by Damien and Kate Hanratty who beat Mark and Freda Mackey
Club Singles Class 3 & 4 will be played at a later date

Presentation of prizes will commence at 6:30pm on Sunday evening.
Best of luck to all finalists!

Best of luck to our Best Cup Team in the Second Leg of the Final on Sunday 9th of September from 1:30pm in Charlesland (Greystones). Support would be greatly appreciated.

The live match will be updated here…

Congratulations to Pat Doran who has been selected on the Team to represent Ireland in the European Senior Ladies’ Team Championship, which will take place in the Mont Garni Golf Club, Belgium on the 4th-8th of September.

Nineteen teams from all over Europe will compete, all hoping for victory. This is a great achievement for Pat and we are all very proud of her. Everybody in Donabate Golf Club wishes Pat and Team Ireland the best of Luck and every success in the Championship.

Pink Day Raffle Results – 19/Aug/18
1st Claire Carthy €100 Pavilions Voucher
2nd Alice Deegan Voucher for 4 for Donabate GC Restaurant
3rd Pauline Brennan Wine Hamper
4th Mary White Tea Hamper
5th Ken Fitzpatrick Lantern
6th Anne Marie O’Neill Golf Holdall
7th Cliona McCartney Pink Gilet
8th Joe Rice Grey Gilet
9th Deirdre Bradshaw McNutt Scarf
10th Pat McNeill Bracelet
11th Tony de Lacy Avoca Mugs
12th Michele Milner Fossil Pendant
13th Michael Fearon Jones Voucher
14th Gemma Daly Diffuser and Candle
15th Anna Halligan Co Co Belle Voucher
16th Deirdre Morgan Slayside Pottery Cup and Saucer
17th Grainne Treanor Retriever, Visor, Socks and Towel
18th Martin Bracken Visor, Towel and Golf Ball Allignment Tool
19th Anne Marie O’Neill 2 Wine and Chocs
20th Charles Robinson Red Wine and Forever Products
21st Anne Bolster Brut and Chocs
22nd Margaret Maher Prosecco and Chocs
23rd Cloina McCartney 2 Wine
24th John Galvin 2 Wine
25th Celsus Brennan 2 Wine
26th Teresa Kilmurray Wine and Candle
27th Kathleen Brooks Wine and Chocs
28th Eithne Dempsey Wine and Chocs
29th Mary C. Noonan Purse
30th Adrienne Flood Candle
31st Ann Brown Candle
32nd Catherine McGuinness Spalding Club Covers
33rd Dermot Dunne Chocs
34th Kathleen Fetherston Chocs

Have you ever wondered about the meanings of those weird and wonderful names we have on our scorecards for each hole on our course? If you have, please read on. If you haven’t, please read on… you might learn something new!

Approximately 11 years ago a crack team was assembled at the request of the 2007 Captain John McGroddy, to give local names, where appropriate, to each hole on each of the three nines of our golf course. It was an excellent idea and one which set out to preserve local field names, some of which were in use for centuries and which were in danger of being forgotten by future generations. That crack team consisted of Peadar Bates (author of a “History of Donabate” and former member of Donabate Golf Club), Des O’Shaughnessy (our club historian) and Captain John McGroddy.

Peadar, with his great depth of knowledge on the history of the area, played a huge role in naming at least 50% of the holes. John’s excellent grasp of the Irish Language, and Des’ amazing knowledge of the club provided the remaining names.

A great thanks to Des who provided me with great detail, and without his help this wouldn’t have been possible and may have been lost forever.

So, what do these names stand for? In order to see the detail, simply navigate on our menu to “About us”, then “The Course” and from there you can view the guide for each nine (details of names can be found under the scorecard).
Or simply click here:
Yellow Nine
Red Nine
Blue Nine

The Club Matchplay competitions have reached the Semi Final Stages and all draws have now been updated on the website. They can be found on our website under the Members Menu in “Matchplay Competitions”.

Congratulations to the seventh set of winners in our 100 Club Draw:

1st €500 Donald O’Keeffe (13)
2nd €300 Margaret Maher (42)
3rd €100 The Looney’s (40)
4th €100 Mary Brennan (27)
5th €100 John Hannon (75)
6th €100 Will Murray (45)

National Breast Cancer Research Institute “Play in Pink Day” Open Fourball Better Ball Competition.

Prizes: A two Lady Team will win first prize and will be eligible for selection to “Play in Pink” in the National Final in Athlone in October. The top 20 best scores from golf clubs around the area will be selected to play. The Ladies Team with the best gross on the day will also go forward for selection. There will be a prize for the best men’s team.

Be in the pink on Play in Pink Day. The shelves of Penny’s are ripe for plundering. There is a plethora of pink products waiting for you all to come and choose your outfits. Best pink person’s outfit for the ladies and also best man in pink will get a prize.

To help increase funds, there will be a raffle on the day. Donations of prizes for the raffle would be gratefully received. If you can’t be there to play on the 19th you could send a Securicor van up with a request for some or many raffle tickets.

Click here for further details of the Pink Day Open Fourball

Well done to our Best Cup Panel and Management team on a fantastic victory in the Semi Final of the best cup against Foxrock.

The final (opponents unconfirmed) will be completed by Sunday 9th of September. The final has 2 legs over 2 different dates, 1 at home (5 matches) and 1 away (5 matches). Best of luck to all involved.

Mary McKenna MBE Perpetual Trophy – Open Fourball – July 24th

Format:
Fourball Better Ball Stableford Competition
Teams of 2, 90% of combined handicap

Prizes:
Winners, Runners-Up, Best Gross, Front 9, Back 9

Bookings:
For Visitors (€15), simply click here:
https://www.brsgolf.com/donabate/opens_home.php

For Members (€10), simply click here:
https://www.brsgolf.com/donabate/members_home.php

or contact Donabate Golf Club at +353 (0)1 843 6346

Congratulations to the sixth set of winners in our 100 Club Draw:

1st Prize (€500) – Number 100 – Tom & Teresa KIlmurray
2nd Prize (€300) – Number 78 – President Pauline Byrne
3rd Prize (€100) – Number 12 – Ann Brown
4th Prize (€100) – Number 24 – Colm Whelan
5th Prize (€100) – Number 92 –  Pat, Peter & Paddy McNeill
6th Prize (€100) – Number 60 – Linda Hamell

The Club Matchplay competitions have reached the Quarter Final Stages and all draws have now been updated on the website. They can be found on our website under the Members Menu in “Matchplay Competitions”.

Health Check day: The committee would like to thank McCabes Pharmacy for their sponsorship of the health check to be held from 11am to 3 pm on Captain’s Prize day – Saturday 7th of July.

McCabes Pharmacy have also sponsored the sun cream to be found in the club shop. If for some reason you have forgotten your own sun cream you can top up at the shop before you go out.

The Men’s Committee have decided to introduce on a trial basis a new Invitation Nine Hole Qualifying Competition for men on Tuesday evenings. The competition will start on Tuesday 19th June and will run from 5 pm to 7 pm. Our first evening will be on the Yellow nine. The entry fee, payable through the BRS, will be €3 for members and €7 for guests. The BRS will go live for entries seven days before the competition – the first competition on 19th June is already available for booking on the BRS.

We hope, in common with other golf clubs, this new nine hole competition will be successful and will continue throughout the summer. We would urge members to come out and support it by playing in it themselves and also bringing along a guest. We hope it will become a sociable yet competitive evening’s golf for members and guests.

Great news – the Annual Shorts and Shades evening will take place at Donabate Golf Club on Saturday 23rd of June.

There will be the usual short game challenge on the 9th Blue and there will be a Gents Prize and a Ladies Prize.

There will be entertainment on the balcony throughout the competition and DJ Ger returns for 1 night only, for after competition entertainment. Thankfully we have negotiated that this will only be for 1 night!

Why not wear your best or most colourful shorts and shades for an evening of guaranteed fun!

Expect possible traffic delays this weekend due to Flavours of Fingal Festival being held in Newbridge House, Donabate on 23rd & 24th of June.

Click here for further details of the All Ireland Mother and Daughter Open Foursomes

Friday 22nd June 2018

Sponsored by:
The Moran Family, Radisson Blu Hotel, Dublin Airport & Jenny’s Boutique, Ashbourne

Members €10 / Visitors €15 (per person)

Prizes: 1st, 2nd, Best Gross, Front 9, Back 9

For Visitor bookings, simply click here:
https://www.brsgolf.com/donabate/opens_home.php

For Members, simply click here:
https://www.brsgolf.com/donabate/members_home.php

Click here to see the Cotter Cup Draw for 2018

Congratulations to the fifth set of winners in our 100 Club Draw:

1st Prize (€500) – Number 19 – John O’Riordan
2nd Prize (€300) – Number 36 – Evelyn Galvin
3rd Prize (€100) – Number 40 – Anne Casey & Padraig Looney
4th Prize (€100) – Number 87 – Jim Doherty
5th Prize (€100) – Number 32 – Jim Gillespie & Mary Collins
6th Prize (€100) – Number 10 – Frank Barry

Donabate Golf Club presents The Cotter Cup 2018: Ireland’s oldest, fully open Matchplay competition.

Strokes Qualifier on June 9^th – 31 to Qualify plus last year’s winner

For further details simply click here…

Donabate Golf Club wishes to acknowledge the generous contribution our sponsors make towards the running of the club. Their contributions and valuable prizes add to the attraction of club competitions. The club is continually seeking to have new sponsors and a list of those for 2018 has now been added to the website. If you would like to become a Sponsor at Donabate Golf Club please feel free to contact us here…

Please visit Our Sponsors page by clicking here…

Great news – the Annual Shorts and Shades evening will take place at Donabate Golf Club on Saturday 23rd of June.

There will be the usual short game challenge on the 9th Blue and there will be a Gents Prize and a Ladies Prize.

There will be entertainment on the balcony throughout the competition and DJ Ger returns for 1 night only, for after competition entertainment. Thankfully we have negotiated that this will only be for 1 night!

Why not wear your best or most colourful shorts and shades for an evening of guaranteed fun!

Sitting here in the plus 20 heat and lovely sunshine. It has struck me that very few including myself prepare for golfing in the sun. Most will put on their golf shoes gloves even a Golf hat however who puts on sun-screen? We all know the dangers of over exposure to harmful UV rays from the sun and still take little action. The Diagram below Slip, Slap, Slop refers to a simple 3 step way of dealing with Sun exposure:
Slip: Slip on clothing to cover exposed areas Arms and legs
Slop: Slop on Sun Screen factor recommended 30+, 20 minutes prior to going out in the Sun. Bring cream with you to top up or offer to someone who forgot theirs.
Slap: Slap on a wide rim hat that shades ears and neck.

Follow the simple steps above and don’t forget if you notice some area of skin showing changes consult your doctor now. Consult the Irish cancer society web site for further information.

Click here to see the Father and Son Draw for 2018

Donabate Golf Club is one of the chosen venues to host the Senior Foursome’s Qualifier on Sunday the 27^th of May. Tee off times are at 13.32 and complete at 15.40 hours. This competition is straight foursome’s stroke play and the top four teams on the day will qualify for match-play at Seapoint in early September.

We envisage it will be a busy afternoon; 10 teams will participate from East Leinster District comprising of three pairs per team, substitutes, managers and supporters. The ILGU which is described as a “dynamic and vibrant organisation” will have representatives present for the afternoon to manage this competition.

On behalf of the club we would like to extend a warm, friendly welcome to all and we look forward to observing great golf being played in a spirit of competitiveness and enjoyment.  Our bar and catering staff will be on hand to provide food, refreshments and assistance on the day.

Best of luck to all the players.

Congratulations to our very own Pat Doran on winning the ILGU Silver Medal yesterday at Headfort (New Course). For further details of Pat’s fantastic achievement simply click here…

Congratulations to the fourth set of winners in our 100 Club Draw:

1st Prize (€500) – Number 70 – Tony Fetherston
2nd Prize (€300) – Number 77 – Kevin Hamell
3rd Prize (€100) – Number 76 – L A Hannon
4th Prize (€100) – Number 100 – Tom and Teresa Kilmurray
5th Prize (€100) – Number 74 – Andrew Hannon
6th Prize (€100) – Number 55 – Angela Rowan and Joe Grennan
Early Bird Prize – Number 64 – Mary Bermingham

The Club Singles Draws have been made and are now available on the website. Further details can be found in the Matchplay Competitions section of the site or by clicking here…

As a result of the great drying conditions over the past week, you will be pleased to hear that finally, we are able to go with qualifying conditions (no placing anywhere) from Saturday 21st of April.

Congratulations to the third set of winners in our 100 Club Draw:

1st Prize (€500) – Number 09 – Paddy Mulligan
2nd Prize (€300) – Number 24 – Colm Whelan
3rd Prize (€100) – Number 90 – Paula Christie
4th Prize (€100) – Number 96 – Christopher Creevey
5th Prize (€100) – Number 68 – Brian Brophy
6th Prize (€100) – Number 08 – Evelyn de Lacy

At Donabate Golf Club we have a wide variety of categories of Membership to match your golfing needs. Some are based on age and some are based on your playing requirements.

We have just launched an attractive new membership fee structure for Intermediate members aged 20 to 34, which start from as little as €100.

We also have very popular Introductory Membership categories that start from €499.00
( Terms & conditions apply, offer subject to availability and for limited period )
Membership from now until the 31st of December 2018
5 Day Introductory Membership only €499.00 + GUI FEE
7 Day Introductory Membership only €699.00 + GUI FEE

For further details of these categories and other categories of membership simply click here…

• • 27 Holes + Extensive practice facilities including a new dedicated short game practice area.
  • 4 Full Floodlit Tennis Courts with discounted rates for Tennis Club Membership.
  • Discounted bar prices.

Contact our office for further details: +353 (0)1 843 6346

Click here to see the Mixed Foursomes Draw for 2018

Donabate Golf Club won back the BD Trophy today. Congratulations to all of the players and management teams. As always the competition was fierce and played in the best of spirits with our close neighbours from Beaverstown GC.