The countdown is on to the Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup which takes place this weekend, with a top class field hoping to win Cork’s only 54 hole scratch cup. John Murphy, Ian O’Rourke, John Hickey and Peter O’Keeffe lead the field, all four are playing off +3 and over 30 more golfers are playing off scratch or lower. O’Keeffe recently won the Mid West Alliance and will be hoping to continue to run of form while Murphy is also coming off a big win in the Munster Students Championship. Despite moving to Dublin, O’Rourke has been a loyal supporter of Cork events, and the Royal Dublin has seen his handicap drop further to +3. John Hickey has been out with an injury for the past few weeks and he too will be looking to build on the inter-varsity title he won at Continue reading
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Dell EMC Lee Valley SSC Drawsheet
AIG Junior Cup :: South Munster 2017
Enable Ireland Longest Drive Competition
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.
Gallery: Ford Junior Scratch Trophy semi-finals
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Desmond through to Matchplay in West of Ireland
Monkstown’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
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.
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.
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
Qualifiers 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
A 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)
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