Tramore Golf Club (Old)

Tramore Golf Club was formed in 1894 when nine holes were fashioned on links land beside the old racecourse in the Back Strand. The original members fought a constant battle against the sea which threatened to engulf their course. Finally, after almost half a century of fighting nature, the club beat a retreat further inland to their present location at Newtown Hill where H.C.C. Tippet (Secretary at Royal Wimbledon Golf Club in 1927) laid out a new…