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Standings after 36 holes: Continue reading
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Woodroofe leads after R1, EMC Lee Valley SSC
Colin Woodroofe leads the EMC Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup after the first round. The Blainroe member shot a three under par 69 in near perfect conditions at Lee Valley. Woodroofe was one over after two holes, he bogeyed the short par four first hole. He bounced back however with a birdie on the third. Back to back birdies on the 7th and 8th also helped him to top the leaderboard after 18.
Cillian Moloney (Fota Island) is in second place on 70, along with Tiarnan McLarnon and Andrew McCormack. the only others to break par were Colm Campbell and Jack Pierce. Mallow pair Ian Spillane and James Sugrue are among four players on 72 while Greg O’Mahony, John Hickey and Robin Dawson are among those on one over.
Holder Dave O’Donovan is back in the field on 77, he’s tied for 30th place eight shots off the lead
Pictures from today’s action in Lee Valley
- Colin Woodroofe 69
- Cillian Moloney 70
- Tiarnan McLarnan 70
- Andrew McCormack 70
- Jack Pierce 71
- Colm Campbell 71
- James Sugrue 72
- Darragh Coughlan 72
- Alan Thomas 72
- Ian Spillane 72
- Greg O’Mahony 73
- Robin Dawson 73
- John Hickey 73
- Jamie Fletcher 73
- Daniel Hallissey 73
Gallery: EMC Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup Day 1
Pictures from the first day of the EMC Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup: Continue reading
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Gallery: Irish Schools Junior Championship Munster Final
Pictures from the schools junior championship final at Charleville GC: Continue reading
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Draw made for EMC Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup
The draw for Saturday’s two rounds was made today with 81 golfers making to to the start line. Robin Daswon is the lowest handicapped golfer in the field, playing off a +4 mark. He will be joined by Dave O’Donovan and Peter O’Keeffe on the first tee. A waiting list of 9 reserves is in place.
Reserves:
- Seamus Stack (Doneraile)
- David O’Sullivan (Monkstown)
- Cian Kidney (Lee Valley)
- Jack Boyd (Lee Valley)
- Danny Brassil (Lee Valley)
- Conor Meade (East Clare)
- Gary Morris (Macroom)
- Kieran Farrell (Ballybunion)
- Stephen Minihane (Bandon_
Rescheduled Fred Daly Trophy matches
RESCHEDULED ROUND 1 FRED DALY MATCHES
South Munster At Muskerry GC Continue reading
Fred Daly Trophy Round 1 – Rain Stops Play
Today’s four Fred Daly matches fell foul of the weather, and that won’t be too much of a surprise for anyone to hear. Muskerry, Douglas and Monkstown were all due to host matches today.
Cork GC hosted two games yesterday. Fota Island had an impressive 4-1 win over Muskerry in the first match. The second match proved to be a tighter event, it took two tie holes to decide the winner, with Bantry Bay winning Continue reading
Frank to help Fight for Fionn
Charleville PGA Professional Frank Holly is involved in a pretty unique and demanding fundraiser at the end of this month. Frank along with a few friends is holding a golf marathon on Saturday 23rd April and he’s planning on playing golf for a full day to raise funds for 2 year old Fionn Barry. Frank reckons that the group will play 100 holes during event: “We will tee off at sunrise, aprox 6am, and play until dark (just after 9pm). We will have a 3 club rule, no honour on the tees (even though Cathal Hawe in the group is a stickler for the honour). There won’t be any Continue reading
