Cork’s Gary O’Flaherty shot the low round of the afternoon to take a two stroke lead into the second day of the Munster Strokeplay Championship. Cork Golf Club proved to be at tough test for everyone during the opening day of the Munster Strokeplay Championship. Although there were several under-par rounds not a single golfer got through the day without at least two bogies. Indeed there were plenty of eagles on the par fives, but there were also several triple bogies also as the Continue reading
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Draw for Munster Strokeplay Day 2
Play gets underway at 7.30am
Draw for Munster Strokeplay, Cork Golf Club
There were only a few changes to the entry list for the Munster Strokeplay and the draw that was published on Friday last still stands. Holder Shaun Carter along with 2014 winner Barry Anderson lead the charge from Royal Dublin, along with a host of Leinster golfers. Gary O’Flaherty, John Hickey and Mark Ford lead the charge from the hosts while Peter O’Keeffe, Cathal Butler, Ian Spillane and James Sugrue will be hoping to build on early season form going into the Championship.
Draw for R1 & R2:
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Fred Daly wins for Mallow & Cobh, Country Clubs Results
The last remaining quarter finals of the Fred Daly Trophy took place over the weekend at Douglas and Monkstown. Mallow played their second match and again won on a 4-1 scoreline. The Munster champions beat Youghal on Sunday, and for the second week running they won without losing a match.
Fred Daly Trophy (South Munster) 2016 Draw
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Mallow and Kinsale on track in Fred Daly Trophy
Munster champions Mallow had an impressive 4-1 win over Mahon in their first round match which was played at Monkstown on Sunday. They will go on to face Youghal in the second round.
Munster finalists Kinsale had a busy weekend. They were in Muskerry on Friday and they beat Douglas 4-1. They were back in Muskerry on Continue reading
Gallery: Irish Schools Junior Championship Munster Final
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Rescheduled Fred Daly Trophy matches
RESCHEDULED ROUND 1 FRED DALY MATCHES
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Fred Daly Trophy Round 1 – Rain Stops Play
Today’s four Fred Daly matches fell foul of the weather, and that won’t be too much of a surprise for anyone to hear. Muskerry, Douglas and Monkstown were all due to host matches today.
Cork GC hosted two games yesterday. Fota Island had an impressive 4-1 win over Muskerry in the first match. The second match proved to be a tighter event, it took two tie holes to decide the winner, with Bantry Bay winning Continue reading
Fred Daly first round matches start today
Interest in junior golf is building up as this weekend the first round of the Fred Daly Trophy takes place. Cork, Monkstown, Douglas and Muskerry will all host the matches as Ireland’s premier junior golf competition gets underway. This year the competition format has changed.
The GUI Annual General Meeting voted to reduce the number of players from seven to five. Seven first round matches take place on Saturday and Sunday. Munster holders Mallow are in action in Monkstown on Sunday, where they will face Mahon. Kinsale were Munster finalists in 2015 and they will face Douglas on Sunday. That is without doubt the most interesting match of the first round. Both clubs were also paired early on in the competition last year and Kinsale won only after the match went to playoff holes. Kinsale went on to contest the Munster Final while Douglas won the Fred Daly Plate.
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Mallow’s Sugrue back on Form
Mallow’s James Sugrue got his season off to a solid start last week when he finished in third place in the Munster Youths at Monkstown. Sugrue shot 71,71 over the two days and he was closing in on the lead when play was suspended on Friday, and the third round was eventually abandoned. The 2014 Munster Youths winner was the best of the Cork finishers as 11 local golfers made the cut for the final day. Kinsale were well represented on the final day, Cathal Butler finished in 6th place with Eric Rumley and John Murphy both finishing in 12th place. Rumley too the 2nd net prize while Murphy won the Under 18 prize. Adam McSweeney (Douglas), Alan Riordan (Muskerry) and Brian O’Connell (Bandon) were all in the top 30. Paul Tobin, Greg O’Mahony, Mark Healy and Darragh O’Connor all made it through to the final round. The event was won by Jack McDonnell from Forrest Little. The Maynooth University student shot an opening 66 to lead by two strokes. A second round 73 saw him take a two shot lead into the final round. Unfortunately the rain beat everyone on Friday. All 47 golfers who made the cut for the final round started at 8.30am on Friday. The high winds couldn’t keep th rain from gathering on the greens and after just an hour of play reports were coming in of several flooded greens. The course staff and tournament committee did their best to clear the standing water on several greens but at 10am they were forced to suspend play and abandon the final round. The result was declared on the basis of the scores after 36 holes. Continue reading
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