The Barton Cup is a prize in golf

Golf

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 in the province of Leinster

Leinster

Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled...

 in Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. 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

Match play

Match play is a scoring system for golf in which a player, or team, earns a point for each hole in which they have bested their opponents; this is as opposed to stroke play, in which the total number of strokes is counted over one or more rounds of 18 holes...

. 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