Cork Golf Club scooped the Munster Parkland Course of the Year award at the Golfers Guide to Ireland awards last week. The publishers of the Golfers Guide to Ireland, announced the results of its annual golf business awards, which cove red parkland and links clubs, golf resorts and hotels specialising in golf travel and tourism. It was Cork’s third time to win the award in the past four years and a testament to the work that has taken place to further develop and improve the course. The renowned Alister McKenzie course in Little Island remains close to the original design of almost 100 years, although the club has continually upgraded and modernised the layout. Continue reading
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Hartnett at the Helm in Castlemartyr
Castlemartyr Golf Club might be one of the newest clubs in Munster but the small club is growing and developing. Several original committee members who have served their time are taking a break while a new committee will seek to consolidate the work to date. The club held their AGM last week and Tommy Hartnett was elected Captain.
Ryan and Ruddy Win in Cork
The Munster PGA held their first event of 2015 this week when the Wilson Golf Singles took place in Cork GC on Monday. Despite heavy rain on Sunday night, the sun was out on Monday morning for the competition. 16 holes were in play and the scoring was keen even though the course was playing long. Despite the weather there was a full timesheet with the winter series again proving popular with PGA professionals from all over the province. David Ruddy and David Ryan took the honours as they both finished on three under par. Continue reading
Munster Branch Rules Roadshow
The Munster Branch Rules Roadshow will be available again in 2015 to visit clubs commencing on the 2nd week of January 2015.
Preferred nights are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and the presentation lasts for approx 2 hours. All club members (GUI & ILGU) are welcome to attend these sessions. Early booking is essential as the show has been extremely popular with clubs over the past two years. Space is needed to lay out the floor show with room for participants seated around the show.
Contact: Barry Lynch :: 086-8101837 :: barrylynch2@gmail.com
or through the Munster Branch office in Mallow
The presentation is complimentary on behalf of the Munster Branch
Sugrue Wins on Home Course
Danny Sugrue made it two wins from two in the Munster PGA Winter Series, sponsored by Premium Golf Brands. Killarney was the venue for the second event and the home course pro went around in a very impressive five under par (67). He had a three shot winning margin over Monkstown’s Cian McNamara who was the only other player to break par. Charleville’s Jamie O’Sullivan was third with 72, and Wayne O’Callaghan and John McHenry were next with 76. David Foley shot a 76 and the top ten was rounded off with Don McFarlane, Kevin Morris, Billy O’Boyle and Davey Barry shooting 77.
The next event takes place in Fota Island in Monday 1st December. The fourball competition is sponsored by Motocaddy.
Mahon win Harbour Shield
The presentation of the Harbour Shield took place in Mahon Golf Course recently and members from the clubs who took part over the summer returned to play in the final competition of the year. Mahon won the final a few weeks ago in a thrilling match against East Cork in Monkstown. The Mahon team was comprised of Sean Foley, Eoghan O’Shea, James Daly, Stephen Jermyn, Aidan Power, Jack Bolster, Simon Lougheed, Liam Foley, Cathal Browne and Cormac Beausang. This was Mahon’s second time to win the competition, having won the inaugural event in 2009. Continue reading
VM Ware Win Fota Company Challenge
The final of Fota’s first inter-company challenge took place last week with Ballincollig’s VM Ware becoming the first winner. The competition ran over two months, with teams of eight playing in singles format. The best five scores from each team counted with the top four teams qualifying for the final. The winning team was comprised of Wade Lynch, Donagh O’Mahony, Cillian Hurley, Kieran Hallihan, Aidan Lennon, Paul O’Connell, Trevor Harty and Denis O’Neill. The winning team received a golf outing in Fota Island for 20 people including dinner. As well as that they become the first name on a newly commissioned trophy. Continue reading
McHenry & Sugrue win Winter Series Opener
Munster’s PGA Professionals got their winter series underway in Adare this week as the first round of the Premium Golf Brands Series took place on Monday. The event saw over 30 golfers compete in what has become a very popular and competitive series which runs from November through to March. Adare Golf Club was in great condition as usual, however poor weather limited the competition to 15 holes. Callaway Golf were sponsors of the event and the top prize was shared between John McHenry and Danny Sugrue. Continue reading
Williams’ win Adult/Junior Event in Fernhill
The Irish Junior Masters Golf Tour held their final two events of the year last weekend Fernhill in Carrigaline was the venue for the adult/junior competition and over 60 golfers took part. The format was scotch foursomes and there was a tie for first place. Barry and Shane Williams from Douglas took the top spot along with Fernhill’s Brendan O’Callaghan and Wayne Whitley O’Callaghan. John and Jack Murphy (Fernhill) were third and fourth place went to Kinsale’s John and Laura Cousins. Continue reading
2014 Order of Merit Final Standings
After 11 Senior Scratch Cups in Cork, running from March through to October, here’s the top ten in the Cork Golf News Order of Merit:
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