Barton Cup

The Barton Cup is a prize in golf in the province of Leinster in Ireland. The competition was established in 1905. It was most recently won in 2009 by Gowran Park Golf Club. The tournament is competed for annually and is under the control of the Leinster Branch of the Golfing Union of Ireland. It is open to all clubs situated in the Province of Leinster and affiliated to the Golfing Union of Ireland. Each Club is entitled to enter one team consisting of ten members and the format of the matches is Foursomes Match Play. All matches are played off scratch. The combined handicap of any pair can't be lower than 14 and the handicap applicable is the lowest playing handicap held by a player during the preceding calendar year. The five matches are played on a home and away basis (depending on the draw) while the final is played over 2 legs with each team having 5 matches at their own club.

Winning clubs

Year Winning Club
1905 Bray
1906 Malahide
1907 Bray
1908 Carlow
1909 Sutton
1910 Milltown
1911 Athy
1912 Hermitage
1913 Foxrock
1914 Killiney
1915 No Tournament
1916 No Tournament
1917 No Tournament
1918 No Tournament
1919 Kingstown
1920 Kingstown
1921 Clontarf
1922 Portmarnock
1923 Grange
1924 Hermitage
1925 Bray
1926 Clontarf
1927 Howth
1928 Sutton
1929 Howth
1930 Malahide
1931 Portmarnock
1932 Clontarf
1933 Kildare
1934 Kildare
1935 University College
1936 Curragh
1937 Hermitage
1938 Clontarf
1939 University College
1940 Co Louth
1941 Castle
1942 Clontarf
1943 Woodbrook
1944 Dun Laoghaire
1945 Clontarf
1946 Royal Dublin
1947 L’town & B’town
1948 St. Anne’s
1949 Clontarf
1950 Portarlington
1951 Royal Dublin
1952 Clontarf
1953 Kilkenny
1954 St. Anne’s
1955 Newlands
1956 Delgany
1957 Howth
1958 Portmarnock
1959 Kildare
1960 Mullingar
1961 Dundalk
1962 Rathfarnham
1963 Wicklow
1964 Co Louth
1965 Skerries
1966 Kilkenny
1967 Royal Dublin
1968 Clontarf
1969 Carlow
1970 Hermitage
1971 Lucan
1972 Sutton
1973 Mountrath
1974 Baltinglass
1975 Lucan
1976 Tullamore
1977 Kilkenny
1978 Carlow
1979 Royal Dublin
1980 Malahide
1981 Delgany
1982 Sutton
1983 Slade Valley
1984 Delgany
1985 Greystones
1986 Wicklow
1987 Slade Valley
1988 Lucan
1989 Grange
1990 Bodenstown
1991 Delgany
1992 Howth
1993 Baltinglass
1994 Headfort
1995 St. Anne’s
1996 Mountrath
1997 Castlecomer
1998 Stackstown
1999 Dundalk
2000 Hermitage
2001 Vartry Lakes
2002 Sutton
2003 Sutton
2004 Cill Dara
2005 Newlands
2006 Royal Dublin
2007 Tullamore
2008 Enniscorthy
2009 Gowran Park
2010 Laytown & Bettystown

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