The Douglas Junior Cup team have booked their place in Carton House for the All Ireland finals, and they did it in exciting style winning their Munster final on the 18th green in Dungarvan Golf Club last Sunday. Their team featured several of last year’s Fred Daly winning team and shows how much those players have further matured in winning two very competitive provincial matches. After winning a dramatic semi-final again Mitchelstown, Douglas faced Ballybunion in the final, with the Kerry side looking to book a second team into the All-Ireland finals. Ballybunion held a slight advantage through the opening nine holes and built on that lead going into the back nine. A win in the first game was likely for Douglas after Darren Hourihan turned into the back nine 4 up. Hourihan again led Douglas from the front, wrapping up his win on Continue reading
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Muskerry Retain AIG Barton Shield Munster Title
Action from the AIG Barton Shield Munster Final at Dungarvan Golf Club. Saturday 15th August 2015.
Picture: Niall O’Shea
Muskerry’s Barton Shield team completed phase two of their plan to match last year’s heroics, after winning the competitive South Munster qualifiers, they went on and secured a second successive Munster title last Saturday in Dungarvan. Now they face a trip back to Carton House next month for the finals of the AIG Cups and Shields, and they have a great chance of retaining the national title. The experienced side have one change from last year, Shane Whooley has filled the spot held by John Waldron and has slotted into the seamlessly going on his recent performances. On Saturday morning they faced Youghal in an all Cork clash. Youghal had come through the East Munster qualifier, and despite Conor Coyne leading the team they couldn’t keep pace with Muskerry and lost by five holes. Shannon came through on the other side of the draw with an impressive eight hole win over Tralee. The final was set to be a battle and it was the first of three Munster finals to be decided on Dungarvan’s 18th green. The match started as a very evenly
Sean Barry top Cork Qualifier at Irish Close
Sean Barry (Fota Island) faces Jeff Hopkins in the first matchplay round of the Irish Close at Tramore tomorrow morning. Barry who celebrated the birth of his daughter just over a week ago got back into the swing of things when he added a tidy 74 to yesterday’s 71 to finish the strokeplay in 15th place (tied 12th).
Ian Spillane (Mallow) and Mark Shanahan (Castlemartyr) both finished in the top 30 posting a three over 147 total for the 36 holes. Spillane faces Jordan Hood tomorrow and Shanahan was drawn against Gavin Young. Muskerry’s Ronan Twomey was three shots back on +6 and he also comfortably made it through to the matchplay – he’ll face 2nd placed qualifier Thomas Mulligan tomorrow morning.
Mallow’s Paul McCarthy was one of the unluckiest golfers in the competition, he finished tied for 59th place but on the countback he was 65th and missed the top 64 matchplay placings by one. Paul Tobin (Cork) added a second round 79 to his opening 75 to finish well outside the qualifying mark.
Irish Close Strokeplay Scoring —– Irish Close Matchplay Draw
Barry leads Cork Challenge at Irish Close
Sean Barry (Fota Island) pictured during the AIG Senior Cup, South Munster qualifiers at Fota Island Golf Club, Sunday 12th July 2015.
Picture: Niall O’Shea l Cork Golf News
Fota’s Sean Barry fired a one under par 71 to lead the Cork Challenge at the Irish Close Championship at Tramore. The first strokeplay round took place yesterday and Tramore was in excellent condition and led to some very low scoring. Mark Shanahan and Ian Spillane shot a 72, and Paul Tobin and Ronan Twomey both shot 75 to finish inside the top 64. After today’s second strokeplay round, the top 64 will qualify for the matchplay phase starting tomorrow morning.
Gallery: AIG Junior Cup Final: Douglas v Ballybunion
Pictures from the Douglas win in the AIG Junior Cup final: Continue reading
Gallery: AIG Junior Cup Semi-Final: Douglas v Mitchelstown
Pictures from Douglas v Mitchelstown in the AIG Junior Cup semi-final: Continue reading
Gallery: AIG Barton Shield Munster Semi-Final: Muskerry v Youghal
Pictures from Muskerry’s win over Youghal: Continue reading
Gallery: AIG Senior Cup Munster semi-final: Monkstown v Tramore
Pictures from Monkstown’s 3-2 win over Tramore: Continue reading
Gallery: AIG Barton Shield Munster Final
Action from Muskerry v Shannon: Continue reading
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