Nice video below by Golf World on Derek Murray’s Fore Golf, a favourite for many Cork golfers. Many people will remember the Fore golf fitting truck on it’s regular visits to Cork clubs and locations. Now based at Killeen Castle, Derek and the team have a top class set up.
East Cork won the Eileen Murphy Memorial foursomes at Cork Golf Club yesterday after a great score of 39 points saw them finish two ahead of the field. A full timesheet saw 40 clubs from all over Munster take part in the event.
East Cork’s Fran Fitzpatrick and Deirdre O’Mahony had the best score on a day when the course at Cork was in great condition. The regional final of the Revive Active Fourball takes place in Castletroy today. Unfortunately there are no Cork clubs involved, Fota Island lost out at the semi-final stage, having beaten Macroom in the quarter final. Today’s final will see Thurles take on Cahir Park.
Eileen Murphy Foursomes, Cork Golf Club
1: East Cork Golf Club, Deirdre O’Mahony (8) & Fran Fitzpatrick (29) 39 pts
2: Blarney Golf Club, Marie O’Sullivan (19) & Anne O’Driscoll (24) 37 pts
Gross: Cork Golf Club, Michelle Tobin (8) & Irene Rafferty (11) 22pts
3: Lahinch Golf Club: Lynn Slattery (17) & Mart O’Brien (21) 34 pts
Many golf clubs are starting to wind down their activities now that all the major competitions have been played and weather starts to get a bit cooler. That’s not yet the case for Kinsale as they have a few more important events on their calendar. Now celebrating 21 years in Farrangalway, the club still has a busy schedule of events that will run through to the end of next month. First up is their club classic which takes place on Friday. Last year they were fundraising for their Purcell and Fred Daly teams who reached Munster finals, and this year the focus is on course improvements as Kinsale Captain Declan O’Flynn explained. “We had a very successful Club Classic last year as a fundraiser for teams Continue reading
Peter O’Keeffe
Poor weather forced the abandonment of the the Munster Over 30’s final round this morning. The heavy overnight rain meant that the course in Ballyclough was unplayable for the final round.
Sean Poucher was a deserving winner based on the opening day. He had an eagle and two birdies in his opening round on Friday. His 69 was enough to get him over the line as the winner by one stroke from Peter O’Keeffe. This is O’Keeffe’s third time to claim a runner up spot this season and even though he’ll be disappointed, it does prove that his game is still good enough to compete at the top amateur level. Pat Murray also left a calling card, his third place was down to shooting a low round of 70 on Friday afternoon. Keith Crowley (Fota Island) took fifth place and Kenny McGarry (Castlemartyr) and Gary O’Flaherty (Cork) were just outside the top 10.
Attention now turns to Macroom, the mid-Cork club are hosting a 36 hole senior scratch cup next Saturday, bookings Continue reading
Peter O’Keeffe
Peter O’Keeffe is just one shot off the lead going into the final round of the Munster Over 30 Championship at Limerick Golf Club. O’Keeffe opened with a one under par 71 this morning and he followed that with a 73 this afternoon. Fota Island’s Keith Crowley is in fifth place on +2. Crowley shot a 75 this morning but he was one of only two golfers to beat par this afternoon as he signed for a 71. Sean Poucher from Limerick Golf Club leads the competition after shooting 69/74 today, holder Pay Murray is in third place on +1, and both Kenny McGarry and Gary O’Flaherty are in 12th and 13th place respectively. The final round gets underway at 9.45am tomorrow with the top 49 golfers qualifying for the third round.
Doneraile had no luck today in the semi-final of the I Love Spain sponsoted Irish Mixed Foursomes. Doneraile were playing Greystones and secured their first point when Peter Duane and Clare Hamilton won. Sean Barrett and Karena Hunter also won Continue reading
Mallow’s Ed Walsh is playing his golf in Italy this week, at the Italian Under 16 Championship. Walsh has two rounds completed in the tournament in Turin and is in a good position to make the 54 hole cut tomorrow.
Walsh opened with a 75 yesterday on the par 73 course and he added a 79 today. He’s currently in 47th place and just one shot outside the cut mark. After tomorrow’s third found the top forty golfers qualify for Friday’s final round.
Walsh had a good summer, last month he won the Munster Under 17 Championship, his first major win at provincial level. He was on the winning Munster team at the Boys Under 16 Inter-Provincials and he is also a member of the Irish Boys Under 16 panel.
Tom Cleary (Cork), Picture by Pat Cashman
Tom Cleary shot a one under par 71 in Slovenia today as Sean O’Leary’s team qualified for Flight A in the European Senior Mens Team Championship. Cleary was three under par through 12 holes with four birdies in the bag, but two bogies on the way home meant that he signed for a 71. That brought him up five places and into a tie for 12th place. It was another powerful day for the Irish as all six team members finished the strokeplay phase in the top 20. Jim Carvill shot a to under par 70 to finish in third place and Maurice Kelly and Adrian Morrow were one shot behind tied for fourth place. Arthur Pierse is alongside Cleary in a tie for 12th and Garth McGimpsey finished in 17th place in the field of 114 golfers.
Ireland now enter the top flight of the matchplay stage where the top eights teams will do battle over the next three days. After qualifying as top seed, Ireland face italy in the quarter final.
Irish Seniors Team Captain Sean O’Leary
Sean O’Leary’s team had an amazing opening day today as Cork’s Tom Cleary shot a one over par 73 in the opening round of the European Senior Men’s Team Championship in Slovenia. Cleary is safely inside the top 20, but in an amazing day for Ireland, he’s the last of the six Irish golfers.
Arthur Pierse and Adrian Morrow both finished on -3 to lie one off the lead. Maurice Kelly and Jim Carvill are on -2 and Garth McGimpsey is in 9th place on -1. Tom Cleary is back on +1, tied for 17th place in a field of 114 golfers from 19 countries. Cleary had four birdies and five bogies in his opening round.
Ireland are hoping for a fourth consecutive title. Ireland completed a hat-trick in 2015 and have been the dominant force in Europe with five titles since the Championship began in 2006. After two rounds of stroke play qualifying, the top eight teams will enter Flight A and battle it out for the European title across three days of match play combat.
Susan White, Premium Credit, presenting the Munster Inter Club Mixed Foursomes trophy to Nick Moore and Emer Moran, Monkstown Golf Club, following their win at Muskerry Golf Club. Included is Tom Purcell, Muskerry G.C. Captain. Picture: Mike English.
The Munster Inter Club Mixed Foursomes final was held in Muskerry on Sunday 28th August .
There was a new Sponsor this year and Susan White of “Premium Credit “ welcomed the 26 participating Clubs and was delighted to be hosting such an event. The eventual winners were Nick Moore and Emer Moran representing Monkstown with a score of 69.5. The Runners Up were Lee Valley represented by Alan Cashman and Margaret Ahern with Adare Manor’s Barry O’Riordan and Siobhan Curran and Ballybunion’s Sean Kennelly Janice O’Connell in 3rd and 4th Place .
The photo ( by Michael English ) shows Susan White of Premium Credit presenting the trophy to Nick Moore and Emer Moran ably assisted by Tom Purcell Captain of Muskerry
East Cork continued it’s long tradition of hosting Munster Golf events on Saturday but this time it was more special as the competition was in memory of former East Cork Member and Munster Golf Chairman Michael Cashman. The All Ireland Club Fourball is a new competition and the Munster competition was named the Michael Cashman Munster Club Fourball. The final took place in East Cork on Saturday with two Tipperary teams contesting the final. Slievenamon, who were appearing in their first ever Munster final, had a great with over Nenagh who have had several successes already this year. Slievenamon won t Continue reading
Cork Golf News 