Frankfield’s David Whyte and Michael Ryan pictured with John McSweeney from McGuirks at the new custom fitting bay at Frankfield Golf Academy. Picture: Niall O’Shea
John McSweeney from McGuirks trys out the new custom fitting bay at Frankfield Golf Academy, watched by resident PGA professionals David Whyte and Michael Ryan. Picture: Niall O’Shea
John McSweeney from McGuirks trys out the new custom fitting bay at Frankfield Golf Academy, watched by resident PGA professionals David Whyte and Michael Ryan. Picture: Niall O’Shea
John McSweeney from McGuirks trys out the new custom fitting bay at Frankfield Golf Academy, watched by resident PGA professionals David Whyte and Michael Ryan. Picture: Niall O’Shea
David Whyte, PGA Professional at Frankfield Golf Academy. Picture: Niall O’Shea
The new putting green and course at Frankfield, the 50m x 30m green is one of the largest in the country. Picture: Niall O’Shea
One of the two chipping greens at Frankfield Golf Academy, the greens have approaches of up to 70 yards with approach and greenside bunkers. Picture: Niall O’Shea
The former 9th and 18th greens in Frankfield have been joined and extended to create the innovative putting course. Picture: Niall O’Shea
David Ryan from Frankfied Golf Academy. Picture: Niall O’Shea
Michael Ryan, Frankfield Golf Academy. Picture: Niall O’Shea
PGA Professionals Michael Ryan and David Whyte pictured at Frankfield Golf Academy. Picture: Niall O’Shea
Cork IT GC leveled the series in Muskerry when they beat UCC GC 6-4 in the second Cork inter-varsity event. Despite a short frost delay ten matches got underway in Muskerry and although the golfers had a hard wind to deal with, all praised the course which was in great condition. Rory Dineen led the way for Cork IT when he had a good win over Cathal O’Reilly in the top match, while Adam McSweeney also won the bragging rights with a win over Paul Tobin in the match featuring the lowest handicappers. Darragh Cashman, Frank Bruen and Alan Riordan all recorded wins for Cork IT while Conor Roche and Tristan Coakley halved their matches. The winners for UCC were Aoife Ni Thuama, Colm Power and Rory Calnan with Bill Murray and Adam Ahern securing halves. The 6-4 win meant that the series is now level following UCC’s win in Cork Golf Club two weeks ago.
Local knowledge seemed to give two local golfers the edge in Cork today as Padraig Dooley (Drive Golf Performance) and David Ryan (Cahir Park) won the Munster PGA event. Over 20 golfers started out this morning and while there was a cold wind blowing through Little Island, the course was in great condition and surprisingly dry given the heavy rainfall over the weekend. Both golfers trained under Peter Hickey and they returned today to triumph over a field of talented professionals. Both golfers played very steady golf, Ryan was an early starter and had birdies on the 6th, 11th & 12th. The only blemish came on the 17th, but the two under par 70 was enough to get into the winners circle. It was a similar story for Dooley, he also birdied the 6th and the 12th. A bogey on the 14th brought him back to -1 but a birdie on the 17th saw him sign for a 70 and take a share of 
Peter O’Keeffe opened his season on a high last Sunday when he finished joint top at the opening round of the Mid West Golf Alliance at Dromoland. He shot 37 points to tie for the lead alongside Andrew McCormack and David Reddan Jnr.
Lisselan Golf Club are set for a bumper 2017 as the club embarks on a new era, operating as a members club. With the Lisselan Estate up for sale on the open market for over a year, there were doubts if the course and club would survive beyond 2016 when the licence agreement expired. The short and medium term future is assured as the members have taken over the management of the club. Captain Mark Naughton, Lady Captain Helen Hughes and President Tony Calnan will lead the 300 strong membership into another exciting chapter for the West Cork club. Since it was founded just over 12 years ago, the small club has gone from strength to strength and has an impressive list of achievements. Lisselan were All-Ireland Mixed Foursomes runners up 2010 & South Munster Area winners 2012, Jimmy Bruen National semi- finalists 2015, South Munster Pierce Purcell winners 2016, South Munster Michael Cashman Fourball runners-up 2016, Michael Minihan Shield winners 2016, McEvoy Shield winners 2014/2015/2016 as well as two West Cork Junior Shields and four 
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