Fermoy Golf Club 100 Years of Golf 1892-1992

Fermoy Golf Club was originally formed in 1893 and was situated at the race course about a quarter of a mile from the train station and was very much connected with the British Regiments that were stationed there. It subsequently played over a nine-hole course t the Sandpit on the Duntaheen Road. In 1934 the club moved again near to the Aerodrome in Fermoy and this was designed by David Brown, the Cork professional. Three distinguished amateurs (Crosbie, McConnell and Simcox) from Cork Golf Club were invited to position the bunkers. Afterwards the club moved to its current location on Corrin Hill in 1972 at a considerably discounted cost of £1,600 for the 150 acre site from the Department of Forestry.
The course is a mature, 18-hole, par 70 heathland course designed by Commander John Harris in 1967, for a fee of around £1k who served in the Royal Navy during World War II and is credited with designing over 450 courses worldwide. The new course was being played from 1970 but the full eighteen didn’t come into effect until 1972. In conjunction with the course development the club was reaching out to Bord Failte, who were promoting golf around this time, for a grant to assist with the building of a new clubhouse, in the end they settled for a more modest clubhouse when the state funding wasn’t secured but also managed to have a new clubhouse by 1972.
The course is 5,831 meters long and offers breathtaking views of the Blackwater Valley. It features a variety of challenging holes, including the 326-meter par four 1st hole and the 476-meter par five 6th hole. Fermoy Golf Club is a private members’ club.
The club hosted the Munster Under-18 Boys Open Championship in 2022 which was won by Jack Murphy. There most notable golfer is Tom Cleary won the East of Ireland Men’s Open Championship in 1977.