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Murphy in the lead at Munster Boys, Desmond shoots a 66

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Fred Daly Trophy Munster Finals

John Murphy (Kinsale Golf Club)

Kinsale’s John Murphy leads the Munster Boys heading into the final round at Dromoland Castle.  The Munster and Ireland golfer was two shots off the lead after the first round and today he added a 70 to finish in -7 after 36 holes.  Murphy was two over for his round after six holes but five birdies in six holes set his round alight.  He birdied the ninth to turn on one over and then he reeled off four birdies in a row from the 11th to the 14th to get back into the red.  He bogied the par three 17th and signed for a two under par 70.  Murphy has a three shot lead over Andrew Mulhall and first round leader Hugh O’Hare.

Monkstown’s Sean Desmond shot the lowest round of the day, he carded a six under Continue reading →

Murphy opens with impressive 67, Munster Boys Round 1 Report

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Final Round, EMC Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup 2016Kinsale’s John Murphy opened with an impressive five under par 67 at the Munster Boys in Dromoland Castle.  Murphy was one of two golfers to break 70, Hugh O’Hare from Fortwilliam has a to shot lead after carding a seven under par 65.

Mark Healy is just outside the top ten after he signed for a one over par 73, and he’s one shot ahead of Mallow duo Greg Barrett and Adam Boland.

Daniel O’Sullivan (Mallow), Eric Rumley (Kinsale) and Sean Desmond (Monkstown) and Cillian Moloney are all just inside the cut mark and will need to manage their way around Dromoland Castle tomorrow to ensure they stay in the top 50 and make the cut for the final 18 holes on Friday.  Darren Hourihan and Continue reading →

Blarney 10th Anniversary Open Week

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The Blarney Hotel Open WeekBlarney Golf Club is celebrating it’s 10 anniversary this year and their Open Week takes place next week.  Events run from Tuesday to Friday with competition fees starting at €10 for visitors.  The open week competitions culminate with a 10th Anniversary dinner dance which takes place on Saturday 23rd July.

The John Daly designed course – his  only project in Europe to date – has survived and thrived during a very challenging decade for golf in Cork and Munster.  Since its opening a decade ago, Blarney Golf Club has grown and consolidated its position on the Irish golfing map to become a club with over 500 members, competing strongly in local and national GUI competitions.  There’s a fantastic welcoming atmosphere pervading the club from junior to senior members, PGA Professional Alan O’Meara as well as management and staff, and part of this is evident in just how popular the Thursday open singles competitions have become in a relatively short space of time.  This year’s grand prize, incidentally, is a year’s Continue reading →

O’Keeffe Golf Performance Open Day at Dennehy’s Blackpool

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AIG Barton Shield South Munster Final, Sunday 10th July, Monkstown Golf Club

Peter O’Keeffe pictured with Barton Shield partner Karl Bornemann last weekend.

Peter O’Keeffe is holding an open day at Dennehy’s Health and Fitness Blackpool on Saturday.  Dennehy’s opened their third gym in early May and the new state of the art gym features a dedicated golf fitness area complete with the very latest tool in golf swing analysis.  Trackman 4 was launched at the start of the year and O’Keeffe Golf Performance was one of the first to invest in the new technology in Ireland.

O’Keeffe launched his golf fitness business in late 2015 in Dennehy’s Douglas, and he quickly build up a reputation for himself.  Using the renowned TPI screening in conjunction with his college qualifications in sports and excercise science, O’Keeffe has spent the last ten months working with amateurs and professionals, junior golfers and seniors.

The open day is a great opportunity to find out more about how golf specific fitness training can Continue reading →

Bruen Youths to launch Muskerry’s Bruen Open Week

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Bruen Youths 2015 Sean Desmond

Sean Desmond (Monkstown) receiving the Bruen Youths Trophy from David Bruen, also included are David Taylor Captain Muskerry and Richard Cahill Sponsor.

The Bruen Youths will this year mark the start of Muskerry’s Bruen Open week which celebrates the 80th anniversary of Jimmy Bruen’s magnificent victory in the British Boys Championship.  It also marks the 70th anniversary of Bruen’s win at the British Amateur in 1946.  This year’s competition is a 36 hole strokeplay event and takes place on Monday 15th August.

The Bruen Youths started in 1986 as a boys (under 18) competition but later moved to youths level.  There have been many famous winners, Professionals David Higgins, Cian McNamara, Mick Collins, Mark Murphy and Aaron O’Callaghan have all won, and Ronan Twomey and Dave O’Donovan are among very few Muskerry that have won for the home club.  Kinsale’s Cathal Butler did a rare double in 2013 and 2014, and Monkstown’s Sean Desmond won Continue reading →