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Blarney and Mahon host Irish Mixed Foursomes

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CGN IMF 24th June 2015-27Blarney and Mahon will be busy places tomorrow as they with both host qualifiers for the Irish Mixed Foursomes.  Mahon were area finalists last year and hopes will be high that they qualify from their home course.  They will play the winner of the morning match between Monkstown and Fernhill.

2015 Munster semi-finalists Skibbereen are in action tomorrow morning when they take on Macroom in Blarney.

Irish Mixed Foursomes South Munster Draw

Meanwhile, several Cork golfers will be in action in Limerick Golf Club tomorrow at the the Irish Mid Amateur Open.  Gary O’Flaherty, Keith Crowley, and Sean Continue reading →

McSweeney takes top 10 place in Leinster Youths

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AIG Junior Cup Munster Finals

Adam McSweeney

Adam McSweeney (Douglas) shot a final round 68 at the Leinster Youths to secure a top ten finish.  McSweeney started brightly with a birdie on the opening hole and although he bogied the 7th, he regained the shot on the 8th.  Two more birdies followed  on the 10th and 11th and McSweeney eagled the 14th.  He took a four iron on the short par four and holed out with a classy wedge from 135 yards.  Unfortunately for McSweeeney he dropped a shot on the way home but he did sign for a 68 and was one of only three golfers to break 70 on the final day.

Kinsale’s Cathal Butler recovered from a disappointing 79 yesterday to card two rounds of 73 today.  That saw him move up to tie for 12th place.  Mark Healy and Gary Ward also made the 36 hole cut but finished down the field on the final day.

Winner Marc Norton came storming through the field with a final round 67.  The 19 year old Belvoir Park golfer set the clubhouse target on level par and then waited anxiously as Jake Whelan (Newlands) and Jack Blake (The Island) tried to catch him down the closing straight.  In the end both players came up short.  Norton’s final round heroics included six birdies, three on each nine. Two under at the turn thanks to birdies at the first, sixth and eighth, Norton picked up further shots at the 10th and the 13th, where he stitched a 6-iron within two feet of the pin from 179 yards.

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Butler best of Cork golfers at Leinster Youths (R1)

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Cathal Butler leads the Cork challenge in Esker Hills at the Leinster Youths.  Butler shot a 74 but he’s currently six shots off the lead set by Adam Mulhall from Ardglass.  Mark Healy and Cillian Moloney both shot 78 and Adam McSweeney is a shot behind.
Leinster Youths Amateur Open Championship, Esker Hills Golf Club

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Bornemann 3rd in European Senior’s Championship

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Karl Bornemann (Douglas Golf Club) finished in third place in the European Senior Men’s Championship in Spain.  The Douglas member was in fourth place going into the final round, but a one under par 71 saw him jump one place to finish in third place.  The Douglas member shot an opening round 73 and he was going well in the second round until he had four consecutive bogies.  He still signed for a 75 to hold 4th place going into the final round.  Today Bornemann bogied the second hole but birdied the fifth and ninth to get into the red.  He went on par the back nine and claim third place in his first time playing in the event?  Bornemann has been working on his game over the winter, and he’s also been working on his fitness with Peter O’Keeffe.

Karl Bornemann Scorecard European Seniors

Portmarnock’s Adrian Morrow won the competition after leading overnight. He added a final round 77, despite this he retained the lead Continue reading →

British Amateur start for John Hickey

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Munster Strokeplay Championship 2016Cork’s John Hickey will join a select number of Cork golfers this weekend when he takes part in the British Amateur Championship.  Hickey will play Royal Portcawl tomorrow afternoon in the first of his two rounds.  Hickey was third alternate when the draw was made a the start of the week and soon after he got the official call up.  Hickey has had a solid start to the season, and is currently in the top ten in the Munster senior Order of Merit.  He had good performances in the Munster Strokeplay and the East of Ireland.

2016 marks the 70th anniversary of Jimmy Bruen’s British Amateur win at Royal Birkdale.  Only a select few have qualified to play in the Amateur Championship.  Padraig Dooley play twice, Aaron O’Callaghan played when it was held in St Andrew’s and Peter O’Keeffe played in three Amateur Championships.  O’Keeffe made it to the final 32 in 2007 when a second round 66 got him through to the matchplay stage.  Padraig Dooley also made it to the Continue reading →

Hickey, McCarthy & Butler make the cut in the East of Ireland

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Munster Strokeplay Championship 2016

John Hickey

John Hickey (Cork) remains the leading Cork golfer after the second round of the East of Ireland Championship at Baltray.  Today Hickey added a 73 to yesterday’s 71, and his level par total saw him safely through to the final day tomorrow.  Mallow’s Paul McCarthy is one shot behind Hickey, as is Kinsale’s Cathal Butler.  Paul O’Hanlon still holds the lead, his -9 total is four shots clear of the field.

Gary Ward (Kinsale) was very unlucky to miss the cut, he shot a wonderful 69 today.  Although he opened with two bogies in his first four holes, he rattled off three birdies and an eagle in five holes in the middle of his round.  Unfortunately for Ward he missed the cut by one shot, Saturday’s untidy 78 came back to cost the Kinsale man a place in the final day.  James Sugrue also missed the cut following a second round 75.

 

Hickey, McCarthy and Butler have 36 holes to play tomorrow, with order of merit points on offer all three will have an added incentive for finishing strongly.

East of Ireland Amateur Open Championship Scores

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Hickey best of Cork at East of Ireland

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Golf_John Hickey_Cork GC_Munster_july 2014Cork’s John Hickey is safely positioned in the top 20th after the first round of the East of Ireland at Co Louth.  Two bogies and one double threatened to distract Hickey but he birdied four of his final seven holes to sign for a one under par 71.  James Sugrue is one shot behind Hickey, the Mallow teenager had a mixed round but an eagle on the last got him back to level par, and a tie for 28th place.

East of Ireland Leaderboard

Cathal Bulter and Paul McCarthy signed for 75’s and Mark Shanahan is a shot behind on 76.  All three are currently outside the projected cut (72) and will need a good round tomorrow.  Gary Ward is two shots further back.

Draw for Round 2

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Six Cork golfers in East of Ireland Action

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Co LouthSix Cork golfers will start in tomorrow morning’s first round of the East of Ireland.  Munster Strokeplay winner Cathal Butler and Kinsale teammate Gary Ward are in action, as are Mallow duo Paul McCarthy and James Sugrue.  Mark Shanahan (Castlemartyr) and John Hickey (Cork) are also playing.

Introduced by Co Louth Golf Club in 1941, the first East of Ireland was won by Joe B Carr, who Continue reading →