Enable Ireland Longest Drive Competition

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Rachel Thompson, Jack McFarlane, John McHenry and Grace McGrath pictured at the launch of Enable Ireland’s Longest Drive & Nearest the Pin competitions.  Picture: Ger McCarthy

Enable Ireland are asking Golfers to support their fundraising plans  and invite Golfers to donate €5, log their name and then, on a nominated hole, take a shot and mark where their drive lands.  Each Club is invited to send 4 representatives to Fota Island on the 7th of May (Male Nearest the Pin; Female Nearest the Pin; Male Longest Drive and Female Longest Drive). We are trying to raise funds for our new Children’s Centre in Curraheen on the grounds of the old ESB Club and would really appreciate the support of Cork Golfers.

 

 

Each of the four winners on the 7th May will win a trophy, an overnight stay in Fota Island, a session on Trackman 4 by O’Keeffe Golf Performance and one month’s platinum membership of Dennehy’s Health & Fitness.

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Desmond through to Matchplay in West of Ireland

AIG Senior Cup Munster Finals, Cork Golf Club, Saturday13th August 2016Monkstown’s Sean Desmond made it through to the matchplay stage on his debut in the West of Ireland Championship today.  Desmond shot a second successive 73 at Co Sligo and finished inside the top twenty.  Sean had a colourful card today, five bogies and a double were offset by five birdies on the testing links track.  Tomorrow he has a 7.27am start where he’ll face Robert Brazill from Naas.

Desmond was the only Cork qualifier in a very narrow field that saw just three Cork golfers get into the tournament.  James Sugrue finished 20 places outside the matchplay cut while Kinsale’s John Murphy had a tough debut with rounds of 79 and 77.  Conor O’Rourke secured the Silver Medal as the best qualifier on -2, while just two others managed to break par.  Three days of matchplay golf follow as all 64 qualifiers will have hopes of winning the season’s first major event.

West of Ireland Matchplay Live Scoring

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And then there were 4, Ford Junior Scratch Trophy

The quarter-finals are over and only three matches remain in Cork’s biggest handicap competition.  It’s an early morning start for the four semi-finalists, with one of them being added to the famous roll of honour tomorrow afternoon.

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Semi-Finals
8.000am: John O’Sullivan (Fota Island) v Jack Boyd (Lee Valley)
8.10am: Noel McGee (Fota Island) v Kieran O’Brien (East Cork)

McGee still in the hunt, Ford Junior Scratch Trophy R3 Results

Leading qualifier Noel McGee (Fota Island) had a 3&1 win over former winner John McSweeney to make his way into the quarter final this morning.  Interesting Fota Island have four golfers in the final eight, Lee Valley have two and East Cork and Monkstown have one each.

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The quarter-finals are underway with the four winners coming back tomorrow morning for the semi-finals.

Quarter-finals:
Liam Power v John O’Sullivan
Jack Boyd v Anthony O’Connell
Frank Bruen v Noel McGee
Kieran O’Brien v Stephen Brett

Irish Junior Foursomes Qualifiers

Munster Golf LogoQualifiers from the first round strokeplay:

Fermoy: Mitchelstown & Kanturk

Cobh: Fota Island & Douglas

Macroom: Lee Valley & Bantry Bay

Charleville: Charleville & Castletroy

The qualifiers will now join the qualifiers from the five other venues, and the 16 teams will advance to the matchplay stages.

Full Details:  https://www.golfnet.ie/results/505/irish-junior-foursomes

48 Matches Later – 16 Golfers remain, Ford Junior Scratch Trophy

Ford LogoA marathon 48 matches were played in Muskerry today as 64 of the best junior handicap golfers played on the first day of the Ford Junior Scratch Trophy.  Honorary Starter Tim O’Brien had the weather on his side as he started 32 matches this morning, and a further 16 matches this afternoon in the second round.  Last year the competition endured a weather delay as the course was covered in hailstones.  Light rain was about the worst that golfers had to endure and the Cloghroe course was in great condition.  Joe Lane, Joe O’Keeffe and Hugo Gallagher were also busy men as the results came in thick and fast and the morning winners went back out for the afternoon matches.

Round 1 Results (Matches 1-16)   Round 1 Results (Matches 17-32)

Round 2 Results

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Ford Junior Scratch Trophy Round 2 Results

Results from this afternoon’s matches:

33 Power, Liam Beat Livesey, Niall
34 Linehan, Padraig Beat BUCKLEY, ALAN
35 Harte, Benjamin Beat Linehan, Cian
36 O’Sullivan, John Beat Gardiner, Tony
37 Boyd, Jack Beat Downey, Roy
38 Treacy, Ken Beat O’Callaghan, James
39 Manley, Patrick Beat Taylor, Jack
40 O’Connell, Anthony Beat O Tuama, Liam
41 Bruen, Frank Beat O’MAHONY, NIALL
42 Egan, Billy Beat O’Sullivan, John P
43 McSweeney, John Beat Devereaux, Stephen
44 McGee, Noel Beat Bagnall, Ronan
45 O’Brien, Keiran Beat Twomey, Bernard
46 O’MAHONY, FINBARR Beat Purcell, Tom
47 Cooney, Thomas Beat Curtin, Brian
48 Brett, Stephen Beat Manley, Ken