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A sporting band of prominent citizens of the town and district of New Ross came together in the autumn of 1905 and decided the time was ripe to establish a golf club and acquire land suitable for a 9 hole course.
In January 1906, suitable land was made available by A.J.Mockler on his estate at Castle Annaghs on the Waterford side of New Ross. A seven year lease was signed on the 15 February 1906.
The course was prepared and completed by May of that year and it is recorded that the first ball was driven on the 23 May, 1906. Golf continued to be played at Annaghs until the end of 1913, when the lease expired and was not renewable.
Before Castle Annaghs golf course closed down in 1913, the committee had made arrangements for the continuation of the club and game. A lease was secured on lands, the property of Mr. Reggie Jeffares at Tinneranny, Rosbercon. The task of converting the forty-six acres of the Jeffares estate in Tinneranny was to prove a formidable one but amidst great pomp and ceremony, the 9-hole course was opened for play in April 1914. A small number of players kept playing throughout 1917-1920, until the club was served with a notice to quit. This came about when the landlord Mr. Reggie Jeffares was killed in action in the war. His wife, an English actress, had no interest in either golf or the locality and so put the whole estate up for sale and the game ceased to be played in Tinneranny.
In 1925, the Jeffares estate in Tinneranny was acquired by the Land Commission and thanks to some recent legislation, it was possible to reacquire that portion of the estate which New Ross Golf Club had developed and used prior to 1918. A new long term lease was put in place and members could now proceed with playing golf in Tinneranny.
During World War 2, a unit of the National Army took over Bawnjames and established a military camp there. The Club offered the military officers full playing facilities and membership and as a token of appreciation before their departure, the Third Battalion of the Irish Army presented the Club with a beautiful silver trophy, known as the Military Cup. Each year a major competition is held in the Club for this trophy.
The period 1991 to 1997 was probably the most progressive in the development of New Ross Golf Club. Following an EGM in 1991, the members voted to change the management structure of the club and offered the lady members the same status as their male counterparts.
From April of 1992, there was a flurry of activity to to secure sufficient lands to develop the course into an eighteen hole course. The period from July to December 1992 was spent in negotiations with a number of local landowners adjoining the existing course. These negotiations were led by Jim Chapman and Owen Conway and following a total of 26 negotiating sessions, agreement was reached to purchase the land required.
In the following months, there was a major amount of work to be completed. Work commenced in June of 1993, was competed in April 1994 and play on the new course started in 1995. The new course was officially opened in May 1996 by Sean Doyle, the oldest member of the club and a past Captain and President.
The original clubhouse or pavilion dates back to before the First World War. In 1971 a new prefab structure replaced the old clubhouse and was used until 1998. Following the extension of the course to eighteen holes in 1995, it soon became very evident that with an increase in the number of new members and the interest shown by golf societies, there was a need to build a new clubhouse.
Under the stewardship of the Chairman Owen Conway, plans were drafted by John Santry to build the current Clubhouse in 1997. A development committee was established and Walsh Bros. of Mullinavat were awarded the contract.
Under the supervision of Martin Forristal and Owen Conway the clubhouse was completed and opened to members in 1998. A total of £1.25 million was spent in the development of the club's facilities between June 1993 and July 1998, a major achievement by the members.
In 2005 in its Centenary Year, it was decided to redesign the 11th Hole building a brand new green. The 18th green was also re-designed. The work was done by Gary Flood Landscaping under the supervision of Eddie Sweeney and John Murphy. The new greens were designed by Eddie Connaughan.