Kinsale’s Cathal Butler carded a one under par 71 in the final round of the Munster Boy;s Open Championship at Mallow Golf Club. Although tied for second place, five behind winner William Small, Butler’s official finishing place was 4th on the countback. After bogey on the tricky par three 16th, he birdied the 17th to go back into the red. On a day when only four players bettered par, Butler’s 71 saw him jump from 10th place to fourth. Conor Roche from the home club Continue reading
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O’Driscoll wins Junior Scratch Cup in Fota Island
Seamus Leahy, Director of Marketing Fota Island Resort, presenting the Fota Island Junior Scratch Cup to Michael O’Driscoll.
Picture: Niall O’Shea
Michael O’Driscoll made it two wins for the family when he won the Junior Scratch Cup in Fota recently. 12 months ago Michael’s son Robert won the Junior Scratch Cup with a winning score of 74. Another O’Driscoll name was added this year as Michael shot a winning 76 from the championship tees on the famous Deerpark Course.
O’Driscoll playing off a handicap of 7 was one clear of the field, which recorded a clean sweep for the home club. Young gun Daniel Devlin was second with 77 (playing off 5) and Mike Moloney (6) shot a 78 to take Continue reading
Munster Boys Team Announced
The long wait is over and the names of th seven strong Munster Boys Inter-Provincial team has been announced.
As expected Kinsale feature strongly with Cathal Butler, John Murphy and Mark Healy all getting the call-up. Anyone from Kinsale could have argued for one or even two more inclusions but the selectors went with the three. Monkstown’s Sean Desmond is the fourth Cork member of the team that will take part in the Inter-Provincial Championships next week in Athlone Golf Club.
Kinsale’s Mark Healy
Munster Boy’s Inter-Provincial Team
Cathal Butler (Kinsale)
John Murphy (Kinsale)
Mark Healy (Kinsale)
Sean Desmond (Monkstown)
Luke Cummins (West Waterford)
John Molyneaux (Ballybunion)
Joseph O’Neill (Tralee)
Team Captain – Joe Rouine (Adare Manor)
Team Manager – Michael Coote (Tralee)
Provincial Coach – Fred Twomey
Sean Desmond (Monkstown Golf Club) pictured in action in the AIG Senior Cup at Fota Island Golf Club.
Picture: Niall O’Shea
Boy’s Win Escapes Cork Lads Again = Walsh Second in Clonmel
Yet again Cork golfers have been pipped at the post while looking for the next big win of the season.
The Munster Boys Under 16 Amateur Open took place at Clonmel Golf Club today and Mallow’s Ed Walsh was Continue reading
Monkstown win Thriller in Fota Island, AIG Senior Cup
Monkstown booked their place in Dungarvan for the AIG Senior Cup Munster finals after a thrilling win over hosts Fota Island. Continue reading
Mallow’s Barrett & Walsh Named on Munster U16 Team
Mallow Golf Club had more reasons to celebrate today as two more junior golfers were named to represent their province. Greg Barrett and Edward Walsh were both named on the Munster Continue reading
Bandon Charity Am-Am A Huge Success
Pictured at the MSD, Bandon Rotary Club Golf Fundraiser at Bandon Golf Club was Michael Walsh, MSD with Mens Winners Mervyn Good, Andrew Kingston and Richard Kingston from Bandon Golf Club.
Pic. Provision
Golfers across Cork dusted off their clubs to participate in the 29th annual Rotary/MSD Charity Golf Am-Am at Bandon Golf Club. 90 teams came together to raise over €10,000 in order to support local community groups and initiatives across Cork. Having generating over a quarter of a million in funds for various voluntary organisations in Cork to date, this year’s competition saw one of the largest attendances since the event began!
The event, supported by MSD, with local leadership from the company’s facility in Brinny, has supported 40 charities over its 29 years in existence. Some of the charities to benefit from Continue reading
Butler Shoots -3 Par 69 for 6th Place in Connacht Boys
Kinsale’s Cathal Butler in Fred Daly action recently
Kinsale’s Cathal shot the low round of the day to climb the leaderboard in the Connacht Boys Amateur Open in Roscommon. Butler carded a three under par 69 which included
six birdies. He finished in 6th place on +3 for his three rounds.
Photo Gallery: Golffile Connacht Boys U18 Open (www.golffile.ie)
John Murphy also sneaked inside the top ten, he had a final round 73 to finish on +4. Overnight leader Marc McKinstry shot a final round 70 to extend his six shot lead to a final winning margin of eight shots. Continue reading
Tough Day at the Office for Munster Golfers, Leinster win Interpro title
Munster came off second best today in their winner takes all clash against Leinster in the final days place at the Senior Inter-Provincial Championship at Donegal’s Rosapenna Continue reading
