10 October 2007
Over the past year, record numbers of golfers have become members at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club, enjoying the facilities of three great Championship Courses of one of Ireland's most prestigious and well established Golf Clubs.
This week marked a very special occasion at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club when one of Kerry's leading personalities Colm "The Gooch" Cooper, officially became a member. When Colm isn't busy training and competing for the All Ireland winning Kerry Football Team he enjoys nothing better then relaxing with a good game of golf, now as a member of Killarney Golf & Fishing Club he has a choice of three great courses right on his doorstep. "Becoming a member of Killarney Golf & Fishing Club has been a dream of mine for years. Many of my friends are already members so I have often played on all three courses. Now I am looking forward to playing even more great golf at Killarney, a Club steeped in tradition and history and I am very proud to become a member today."
Welcoming Colm to the Club is one of the oldest members at the Club, Jim Keating. Jim was born in Waterville in 1912 and joined Killarney Golf & Fishing Club in 1976, after he returned to Ireland from America where he worked for nearly 60 years.
At the age of 95 Jim still plays golf 3 times a week, which he says keeps him young and he is delighted to see the younger people like Colm joining the Club and continuing the great tradition of golf in Killarney. On welcoming Colm to the Club, Jim stated, "One of my greatest memories at the Club was playing the Pierce Purcell Shield against two other footballing legends, Mick O'Dwyer and Eoin Liston. Mick and Eoin were representing Waterville while Tom Fox and I represented Killarney. I know I would have never matched them on the football field, but that day we beat them on the Golf Course! I look forward to playing a game with Colm sometime and make it a hat trick of Kerry Legends!!"
There are a limited number of memberships still available at Killarney Golf & Fishing Club. Further information on membership can be found on www.killarney-golf.com or directly at the Club on (064) 31034
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