Balcarrick Golf Club

Owing to the growth of the sport, members of Dublin & County Golf club experienced difficulty finding time available to play in Corballis, the public course. The time allotted for club competitions in the public course was simply not enough to meet member demand. To resolve this problem, a member of the club and local land owner, the late Jack Collins, suggested that a course could be built on his land. With this generous offer and the offer of additional land from the Smith Family, the members of Dublin & County decided to build their own course. The members of Dublin & County Golf Club renamed the club on the opening of their new nine hole course in 1992. In the same year, Balcarrick members approved a new constitution, granting full membership to Ladies and changing from Trust to Limited Company status. In 1995 the course became an 18 hole course under the guidance of course designer, Barry Langan. The current club house facility opened in 1997. In 1999, the members approved the purchase of the 50 acres required for our second 9, thus exercising our option to buy out this land which had been leased since 1992. This purchase was financed through a one off levy of ir£250 per member. In 2006 the members approved re-development of the course – for details click here. In 2007 Golf Course Architect, Roger Jones redesigned the course and engaged Dar Golf Construction Ltd. to complete the work – for details, click here. The redesigned course was officially opened on 28th June 2008. For Irish Times report, “Clever links between land and water”, click here. Since 2009: The club has adapted to recent economic realities and customer demand by waiving entrance fees, lowering membership subs & green fees, initiating fundraising events, reducing costs and increasing marketing activity. We have also re-designed and re-launched our website, completely renovated the men’s changing room, showers and toilets and established a buggy club for members with reduced mobility. The club has a long established culture of living within its means, as evidenced by reporting modest profits to its members for 2009, 2010 and 2011 (unlike most golf clubs in Ireland). In 2014 the club realised it had to re-design the website again, taking into account members needs for simpler, faster avenues to news and information and links to social media . The new website went live in August 2014.