Month: August 2015

Douglas, Lee Valley, East Cork & Mallow in Ladies Finals at Lee Valley

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ILGU-LogoFour Cork Ladies clubs are with reach of a Munster ILGU Pennant as Lee Valley host the AIG Ladies Inter Club Cups & Shields finals today and tomorrow.  Mallow and Lee Valley are in action in the foursomes this afternoon while Doulgas, Lee Valley and two East Cork teams are in singles action tomorrow.

AIG Ladies Inter Club Cups & Shields
Friday
2.00pm: Senior Foursomes Final: CASTLETROY vs MALLOW
2.30pm: Junior Foursomes Final: ADARE MANOR vs LEE VALLEY

Saturday
10.00am: Junior Cup Final: EAST CORK vs LIMERICK
10.50am: Intermediate Cup: LEE VALLEY vs EAST CORK
11.40 am: Minor Cup: CASTLEGREGORY vs CO.TIPPERARY
12.30pm: Challenge Cup: DOUGLAS vs EAST CORK

Thursday Round Up

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Plenty happening today…….

Kanturk’s Madigan wins Limerick Boys at Newcastlewest
Jack Egan (Muskerry) wins Munster Boys Under 14 Championship
Shanahan into final 16 in Irish Close Championship
Walsh and Boland through to Irish Boys U16 Final Round

And some stories from last weekend….

Muskerry Retain Munster Barton Shield Title
Douglas win AIG Junior Cup

Walsh and Boland through to Final Round of Irish Under 16

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Mitchelstown’s Adam Boland and Mallow’s Ed Walsh have both made the cut in the Irish Boys Under 16 Open Championship at The Heath Golf Club.  Walsh and Boland were the only two Cork golfers to be named on the Munster Under 16 team and their good run of form has continued.

Mallow's Edward Walsh

Mallow’s Edward Walsh

Boland is currently in 6th place just three strokes off the lead and has a great chance of pushing on tomorrow.  Walsh is just outside the top twenty but is 7 shots off the lead to a win is a big ask for the Mallow golfer.

Irish Boys Under 16 Live Scoring   ========       Draw for Round 3

Among those to miss the cut were Liam Dowling and Roy Whelan (Mallow), Michael Kelly (East Cork), Sean Foley, Eoghan O’Shea and Conor Twomey (Mahon) and David Hanley (Douglas)

Conor Og Madigan wins Limerick Boys 2015

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Conor Og Madigan receiving the Limerick Boys Trophy from Seamus Moloney, Vice-Captain Newcastlewest Golf Club.

Conor Og Madigan receiving the Limerick Boys Trophy from Seamus Moloney, Vice-Captain Newcastlewest Golf Club.

Kanturk’s Conor Og Madigan won the Limerick Boys Championship in Newcastlewest this afternoon after a win on the 18th hole over Darragh Carmody from Tralee.  Madigan had on impresssive run during the competition, in addition to Carmody he beat Fota’s Cillian Moloney in the semi-final.  It was almost an all Kanturk final as Con O’Callaghan narrowly lost out to Carmody in the semi-final.

Limerick Boys Semi-finalists

Limerick Boys Semi-finalists

Shanahan into last 16 in Irish Close Championship

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Mark Shanahan pictured after winning the Castlemartyr Senior Scratch Cup last September. Picture: Niall O'Shea

Mark Shanahan pictured after winning the Castlemartyr Senior Scratch Cup last September.

Mark Shanahan had two impressive wins in Tramore today as he negotiated his way through the first day of Matchplay at the Irish Close Championship.  Shanahan recorded strokeplay rounds of 72 &75 to finish in the top 30.  This morning he drew Gavin Young from Birr GC and beat him 3&2 on the 16th.  The 16th was again the final hole for Shanahan in the afternoon as he recorded a 4&2 over Conor O’Rourke (Naas).  The Castlemartyr golfer will now face Daniel Holland in the last Continue reading →

Muskerry’s Egan wins Munster Boys Under 14 Championship

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Munster Boys Under 14 Open Championship 2015Muskerry’s Jack Egan won the Munster Boys Under 14 Championship today at East Cork Golf Club.  Egan shot the low round of the day and his one over par 70 beat the runner up by three shots.  The young Muskerry man had a very steady  front nine, with a bogey on the third hole the only blemish.  He birdied the tricky par three 16th to get back to level par but gave the shot back on the following hole.  He parred the 18th to sign for a 70, four shots better that his handicap of five.  Second place went to Scott Millar who travelled from Clandeboye and the Castle Dargan Continue reading →

Douglas Young Guns win AIG Junior Cup Munster Final

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AIG Junior Cup Munster FinalThe Douglas Junior Cup team have booked their place in Carton House for the All Ireland finals, and they did it in exciting style winning their Munster final on the 18th green in Dungarvan Golf Club last Sunday.  Their team featured several of last year’s Fred Daly winning team and shows how much those players have further matured in winning two very competitive provincial matches.  After winning a dramatic semi-final again Mitchelstown, Douglas faced Ballybunion in the final, with the Kerry side looking to book a second team into the All-Ireland finals.  Ballybunion held a slight advantage through the opening nine holes and built on that lead going into the back nine.  A win in the first game was likely for Douglas after Darren Hourihan turned into the back nine 4 up.  Hourihan again led Douglas from the front, wrapping up his win on Continue reading →

Muskerry Retain AIG Barton Shield Munster Title

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Action from the AIG Barton Shield Munster Final at Dungarvan Golf Club. Saturday 15th August 2015. Picture: Niall O'Shea

Action from the AIG Barton Shield Munster Final at Dungarvan Golf Club. Saturday 15th August 2015.
Picture: Niall O’Shea

Muskerry’s Barton Shield team completed phase two of their plan to match last year’s heroics, after winning the competitive South Munster qualifiers, they went on and secured a second successive Munster title last Saturday in Dungarvan.  Now they face a trip back to Carton House next month for the finals of the AIG Cups and Shields, and they have a great chance of retaining the national title.  The experienced side have one change from last year, Shane Whooley has filled the spot held by John Waldron and has slotted into the seamlessly going on his recent performances.  On Saturday morning they faced Youghal in an all Cork clash.  Youghal had come through the East Munster qualifier, and despite Conor Coyne leading the team they couldn’t keep pace with Muskerry and lost by five holes.  Shannon came through on the other side of the draw with an impressive eight hole win over Tralee.  The final was set to be a battle and it was the first of three Munster finals to be decided on Dungarvan’s 18th green.  The match started as a very evenly

Gallery: AIG Barton Shield Munster Final Continue reading →

Sean Barry top Cork Qualifier at Irish Close

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Sean Barry (Fota Island) faces Jeff Hopkins in the first matchplay round of the Irish Close at Tramore tomorrow morning.  Barry who celebrated the birth of his daughter just over a week ago got back into the swing of things when he added a tidy 74 to yesterday’s 71 to finish the strokeplay in 15th place (tied 12th).

Ian Spillane (Mallow) and Mark Shanahan (Castlemartyr) both finished in the top 30 posting a three over 147 total for the 36 holes.  Spillane faces Jordan Hood tomorrow and Shanahan was drawn against Gavin Young.  Muskerry’s Ronan Twomey was three shots back on +6 and he also comfortably made it through to the matchplay – he’ll face 2nd placed qualifier Thomas Mulligan tomorrow morning.

Mallow’s Paul McCarthy was one of the unluckiest golfers in the competition, he finished tied for 59th place but on the countback he was 65th and missed the top 64 matchplay placings by one.  Paul Tobin (Cork) added a second round 79 to his opening 75 to finish well outside the qualifying mark.

Irish Close Strokeplay Scoring      —–       Irish Close Matchplay Draw

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