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The Timeline

Over the last 117 years Portmarnock Golf Club has hosted some of the greatest tournaments in golf. We have welcomed the greatest Amateur and Professional golfers to have played the game, from Arnold Palmer to Padraig Harrington. In an open competition in 1899 the great Harry Vardon established a record of 69 over a course measuring 5,810 yards.

1893

Having established the viability of the site through an earlier boat trip from the mainland in 1893, William Chalmers Pickeman (Centre) and his friend, George Ross, formally opened our links with nine holes on December 26th, 1894. The Club’s first officers were G. Ross (Captain), W.C. Pickeman (Honorary Secretary) and the well-known distillery owner, John Jameson (left; President). Mungo Park (right), the 1874 Open Champion, supervised the course design and stayed on for one year as the club’s first professional.

Testimonial

What a wonderful links golf course Portmarnock is. I played in the Irish Open and recall vividly the challenge it presented that week. I hope to go back there some day very very soon.

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- Gary Player