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Successful Season opener for Castlemartyr

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Castlemartyr LogoCastlemartyr 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.

Castlemartyr Captain Tony Loughnane, was Continue reading →

Castletroy Scratch Cup

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After four week’s of competitive golf, Cork’s Category one golfers have a week off next week but there are plenty of competitions in the calendar.  The famous Castletroy Scratch Cup takes place on Saturday 21st May and it’s set to be a bumper field.

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Liz Horgan, Bank of Ireland, Fergal Costelloe, Captain of Castletroy Golf Club and Brian Punch, President of Castletroy Golf Club officially launching the Bank of Ireland Castletroy Senior Scratch Cup-2016 at Castletroy Golf Club, Limerick Picture by Dave Gaynor

First competed for in 1948, the Castletroy trophy is one of the oldest and most prestigious scratch cups in the country and attracts the cream of Munster and Ireland’s amateur golf each year.   As a Munster Senior Golf “Order of Merit” tournament, results in the Castletroy Senior Scratch Cup are included in the selection criteria for the Munster team in the Senior Golf Interprovincial Series.

Last year’s winner was, Munster and Ireland stalwart, Pat Murray, Limerick GC, with a score of 145 strokes for 36 holes.  Former winners include Niall Gorey, Eddie McCormack, Mark Shanahan and Alan Thomas, not to mention the Continue reading →

Play-off Delight for Butler

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Munster Strokeplay Championship 2016

Cathal Butler (Kinsale) winner of the Munster Strokeplay Championship at Cork Golf Club.

Cathal Butler recorded his second major win of the season when he won a play-off yesterday to scoop the Munster Strokeplay Championship.  Butler was seven strokes off the lead going into the final round but jumped up the leaderboard thanks to some great play.  Butler birdied the 2nd, 6th and 9th but gave one back on the 7th where the pin had caused several problems for the field.  He then went on a burst with three consecutive birdies on 11,12 and 13, and after parring the 14th he was five under and leading the tournament by two shots.

Further back on the course, 54 hole leader Gary O’Flaherty had dropped a few shots and it looked like it would be an all Cork battle between O’Flaherty and John Hickey.  A large number of spectators were Continue reading →

O’Flaherty leads Munster Strokeplay, Draw for Day 2

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Gary O'FlahertyCork’s Gary O’Flaherty shot the low round of the afternoon to take a two stroke lead into the second day of the Munster Strokeplay Championship.  Cork Golf Club proved to be at tough test for everyone during the opening day of the Munster Strokeplay Championship.  Although there were several under-par rounds not a single golfer got through the day without at least two bogies.  Indeed there were plenty of eagles on the par fives, but there were also several triple bogies also as the Continue reading →

Draw for Munster Strokeplay, Cork Golf Club

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There were only a few changes to the entry list for the Munster Strokeplay and the draw that was published on Friday last still stands.  Holder Shaun Carter along with 2014 winner Barry Anderson lead the charge from Royal Dublin, along with a host of Leinster golfers. Gary O’Flaherty, John Hickey and Mark Ford lead the charge from the hosts while Peter O’Keeffe, Cathal Butler, Ian Spillane and James Sugrue will be hoping to build on early season form going into the Championship.

Draw for R1 & R2:

Munster Stroke Play 2016 Draw

The top 39 (plus ties) will qualify for Continue reading →

Fernhill & Fota through to Irish Open Pro-Am Qualifier Final

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Dooks was the venue yesterday for the Munster staging of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Pro-Am qualifier.  Close to 30 teams from clubs all over Munster took part in the fourball competition.  The top four clubs have qualified for the final which takes place in The K Club in two weeks.  Tony O’Donovan and Cathy McGuinness from Fernhill combined for a winning 43 points to finish first on the day.  Fota Island’s Anthony O’Connor and Pauline McKechnie took fourth place with 41 points to also book their place in the final.  Tipperary and Killarney were the other qualifiers.

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Dooks Golf Club

The Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Club Challenge is one of the key elements of Rory McIlroy’s ‘five point plan’ to encourage golf clubs to Continue reading →

Fred Daly wins for Mallow & Cobh, Country Clubs Results

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The last remaining quarter finals of the Fred Daly Trophy took place over the weekend at Douglas and Monkstown.  Mallow played their second match and again won on a 4-1 scoreline.  The Munster champions beat Youghal on Sunday, and for the second week running they won without losing a match.

Fred Daly Trophy (South Munster) 2016 Draw

Cobh had a thrilling win over East Cork on Continue reading →