Roll of Honour
Winners of Tournaments Held at the Club
Current top professionals who won as amateurs at Cork GC; left: Graeme McDowell Irish Youths 1999. right: Shane Lowry Irish Close Championship 2007
| Professional | Mens Amateur Irish Close |
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| 1932 Irish Open, Alf Padgham, Ashdown 1941 Irish PGA, Fred Daly, Balmoral 1959 Hennessy, Ernie Jones, Foxrock 1963 Irish PGA, Christy O’Connor 1964 Jeyes, Christy O’Connor 1965 Carrolls, Neil Coles, Coombe Hill 1968 RTV, Tommy Horton, Royal Jersey 1969 RTV, Peter Butler, Hartsbourne 1981 Carrolls matchplay, Eamonn Darcy In addition Pro-Ams are held annually |
1927 J. D. Mc Cormack, Hermitage 1933 John Burke, Lahinch 1951 Michael Power, Muskerry 1975 Martin O’Brien, New Ross 2007 Shane Lowry, Esker Hills |
| Ladies amateur Irish Close |
Munster Strokeplay Championship |
| 1928 Mrs William Dwyer, Cork 1960 Philomena Garvey, Co Louth 1983 Claire Hourihane, Woodbrook 1995 Eileen Rose Power, Kilkenny 2002 Rebecca Coakley, Carlow |
2006 Connor Doran, Banbridge 2007 Niall Gorey, Muskerry 2008 Niall Gorey, Muskerry 2009 Pat Murray, Limerick 2010 Rory Leonard, Banbridge 2011 Niall Gorey, Muskerry 2012 Brian Casey, Headford 2013 Kieran McCarthy, Kinsale 2014 B. Anderson, Royal Dublin 2015 S. Carter, Royal Dublin 2016 C.Butler, Kinsale 2017 B.Anderson, Royal Dublin 2018 A.Fahy, Dun Laoghaire 2019 J.Lyons, Galway
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| Home Internationals | Irish Youths |
| 1977 England 2012 England |
1983 Paul Murphy, Killarney 1999 Graeme McDowell, Rathmore 2003 C. Mills, Wales |
| Irish Stroke Play | |
| 2004 Tara Delaney, Carlow |
Internationals
Tom Cleary
Cork Golf Club’s first golf international was in 1902 and since then many members have been honoured with caps at various grades. Our latest cap is Tom Cleary, a member of the Irish Senior team that retained the European Championship in Poland in September 2014.
INTERNATIONALS (with year of first cap in brackets)
| Men : Edward Dillon (1902), Thomas Jennings (1902), Redmond Simcox (1930), Jimmy Bruen (1937), George Crosbie (1953), John FitzGibbon (1955), Jimmy Bowen (1961), Ted Higgins (1966), Liam Higgins (1968), Hugh MacKeown (1973), Norman Baker (1975), Liam Lehane (1976), Denis O’Sullivan (1976), Tom Cleary (1976), Pat Lyons (1986), Niall Goulding (1988), Padraig Dooley (2002), Mervyn Owens (2003) |
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| Ladies: Aileen McCarthy (1952), Ann Heskin (1970), Claire Coughlan (1999), Gillian O’Leary (2007), Emma O’Driscoll (2013), R. Thompson (2019) |
| Senior men: Peter Cowley 2001, Hugh MacKeown (2001), Tom Cleary (2009), P. Lyons (2019) |
| Youths: Robin Turnbull (1971), Niall Goulding (1986), Kieran O’Flaherty (1989), Padraig Dooley (1996), Gary O’Flaherty (1996), |
| Boys (from 1982): Kevin Sheehan (1985), Gary O’Flaherty 1991, Mervyn Owens (1998), Ian O’Rourke (2009) |
| Girls : Elizabeth Abernethy (1982), Miriam Abernethy (1984), Claire Coughlan (1999), R. Thompson (2016) |
Administration & Team Captaincies
| Comdr. George Crosbie | President G.U.I. | 1938/42 |
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| Redmond Simcox | President G.U.I. | 1950/2 |
| Miss Eileen Murphy | President I.L.G.U | 1965/7 |
| Mrs Nell Bruen | President I.L.G.U | 1985/6 |
| George F. Crosbie | Non-playing captain mens international team | 1988/90 |
| Mrs Nell Bruen | President L.G.U. | 1989/91 |
| Miss Ann Heskin | President I.L.G.U. | 2005/6 |
| Mrs Claire Coughlan-Ryan | Non-playing captain ladies international team | 2012 & 2013 |
Major Championship Successes by Club Members
Claire Coughlan
Members have had numerous successes in national championships and have been selected on both Walker and Curtis cup sides. Pictured right is Claire Coughlan, Irish Ladies Stroke Play Champion in 2003.
Dwyer, Bruen, O’Sullivan, O’Leary
| Miss Stuart French Irish Close 1921 – Hermitage Egyptian Ladies 1928 – Egypt |
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| Mrs William Dwyer Irish Close 1928 – Cork GC |
| James Bruen British Boys 1936 – Royal Birkdale Irish Close Championship 1937 – Ballybunion Irish Close Championship 1938 – The Castle Irish Open leading amateur 1938 – Portmarnock Irish Amateur Open 1938 – Newcastle Walker cup 1938 – St Andrews British Open leading amateur 1939 – St Andrews British Amateur Championship 1946 – Royal Birkdale Walker Cup 1949 – Winged Foot, US Walker Cup 1951 – Royal Birkdale |
| John Fitzgibbon Irish Amateur Open 1955 – Newcastle |
| Denis O’Sullivan Irish Close Championship 1985 – Westport Irish amateur scratch cups – Seventy eight wins Senior Pro Tour 1990 – Present – Seven wins |
| Claire Coughlan Irish Close 1999 – Carlow Irish Strokeplay 2003 – Rathsallagh Curtis Cup 2004 – Formby British Amateur 2005 (finalist) – Nairn B&I Vagliano team 2005 – Chantilly Curtis Cup 2006 – Oregon |
| Gillian O’Leary Portuguese championship 2004 – Quinta de Cima |
Exhibitions
Some leading world players of different eras have demonstrated their skills at Cork Golf Club.
Henry Cotton 1953 (on left) with Jimmy Bruen, George Crosbie & Tom Egan
Seve Ballesteros in 1983