Beaten finalists in 2014 and 2015, Douglas will be hoping the home course advantage will help them to go one better this year in the Irish Senior Cup. The Munster qualifier is taking place this weekend in Douglas and home side face East Cork in their first round match. The Douglas team features Karen O’Neill, Tara Gribben, Kate McCann, Evan Higgins and Sara Byrne.
There are 14 clubs in action this weekend with up to four rounds of matchplay facing the finalists. Cork and Muskerry have bye’s through to the second round this afternoon. Killarney were winners in 2014 and Lahinch in 2015, when each respective club were hosts for the Munster district qualifier.
Draw
Match 1: 07:30 Lahinch v Clonmel
Match 2: 08:10 Tipperary v Killarney
Match 3: 08:50 Castletroy v Dooks
Match 4: Muskerry (bye)
Match 5: 09:38 Douglas v East Cork
Match 6: 10:18 Limerick v Ballybunion
Match 7: Cork (bye)
Match 8: 10:58 Mallow v Tralee
Update will be posted on Twitter once available.
Mark Shanahan and James Sugrue both shot two under par 70’s at Royal Dublin today in the second round of the Flogas Irish Amateur Open. Sugrue is now two under for the tournament and he’s just outside the top 10. Around half of the field have completed their second rounds. Castlemartyr’s Mark Shanahan is two shots behind Sugrue. He had a mixed start to his round but he birdied three of the last six holes to get back into the red and he’s on level par after 36 holes. Shanahan is tied for 20th place currently. John Hickey bounced back from his opening 75, he had four birdies and two bogies and signed for a 70 to get back to +1. Cathal Butler shot a second round 74 and he now also sits in 30th place on +1. Ian O’Rourke is currently on +5, he added a 75 to his opening 74 and he’ll need a better score tomorrow to make the 54 hole cut.
There was an air of familiarity today as David Higgins clocked up another win, this time it was a play-off win over Michael McDermott to secure the Irish Club Professional Tournament. Higgins was the only golfer in the field to break par and his one under par 70 was enough to stake a share of 1st place. Dunmurry Springs was the venue and it took two tie holes to separate the pair. Higgins needed a good up an down to save par at the first, but he hit the green in regulation on the second when McDermott found water.
Castlemartyr Golf Club held its first Open Weekend competition over the Bank Holiday weekend. The club had Halpenny Golf on board as a new sponsor to support this event, with over 200 golfers playing over the weekend. Recent weather had disrupted preparation of the golf course for the weekend, but the course was in great condition on Friday morning as the first golfers headed out. Conditions for the weekend were reasonable if not a little cold for the time of year. This obviously had no effect on scoring as there were some great rounds posted over the weekend. This was especially true on Sunday where there were a number of scores in the high forty’s.
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