Bray Golf Club, Ravenswell Road Course, County Wicklow. (1897 - 2003)
Evidence that a course was in existence in the early 1770s on common land, now the seafront promenade area.
The current club laid out a nine-hole course at Ravenswell in 1897.
The club moved to its current course at Greystones Road in 2003.
Club Professionals prior to WW2; Richard Larkin, 1898 - 1913; William Hanna, 1913 - 1915; A Wrenne, 1915 - 1919; J Sullivan, 1920 - WW2.
Report on the new club in July 1897.
The new links of the Bray Golf Club at Ravenswell were opened in January 1898.
From the 1905 Nisbet's Golf Yearbook; Instituted 1898; Number of members 212, ladies 103; Station at Bray 5 minutes; Hon. Sec. - George Price, Torca Lodge, Dalkey, Co. Dublin; Captain B Leslie Smith; Entrance fee, £3/£3s, Ladies, £2/2s; Subs £1/1s; Nine-holes; Professional, Larkin; Professional record - Larkin, 33 (1894); Amateur record - F Stuart King, 69 - 18-holes (1894); Terms for visitors at either of the three Bethel Hotels - (Station, Marine and Bray Head), 1s/6d a day, 6s a week; other visitors, 2s/6d a day. The course is an inland one, prettily situated close to the sea shore, amid the beautiful scenery of County Wicklow. The course is a fairly easy one, the longest hole being 475 yards. There are tennis and croquet grounds open to visitors.
Report on the annual meeting and a move to a new course in December 1910.
Entry from the 1998 Golfer's Handbook; Ravenswell Road, Bray; Membership, 275; Secretary/Manager, T Brennan; Professional, M Walby; 9-holes, 5,230 metres, SSS 70; Amateur course record - K Nolan, 65 (1994); Visitors, £17.
Picture of the Ravenswell Road course in October 2002.
Report on the move to the present course in December 2003.
Google Map below shows the location of the former course.