Seven of the eight qualifiers for the Irish Junior Foursomes took place on Friday, and only one host club made it through to the next round. Most venues had seven clubs battling for the two qualifying spots. In Macroom, Blarney put on a great display of golf to finish five strokes ahead of second placed Muskerry. Mitchelstown edged out North Cork opponents Mallow in Fermoy and in Cobh the form book won out as Continue reading
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South East League Update: East Cork & West Waterford lead
The South East league is underway with 9 clubs taking part in the competition this year. The competition uses a combination of Bruen and Purcell pairings and is an ideal warm-up for the Cups & Shields competitions later in the year. West Waterford have topped their section after three rounds, with Youghal taking second place. Only two rounds have taken place in Section B and East Cork are out in front on 16 points. Mahon are second with 13 points and Mitchelstown are third on 10 points. Cobh and Fermoy have played just one match each and will no doubt be hoping to catch the leaders as the competition continues.
Junior Foursomes Qualifiers, Good Friday
The first round qualifiers for the Junior Foursomes takes place in three Cork venues on Friday next. Cobh, Fermoy and Macroom will host qualifiers with seven clubs competing at each venue. Friday marks the start of a busy eight day run, the Schools Junior Championships take place on Wed 30th and Monkstown will host the Munster Youths.
Round 1 QUALIFYING ROUNDS FOURSOMES STROKE PLAY – reducing to 16 Teams
Round 2 TWO TEAMS QUALIFY FROM EACH VENUE FOR MATCH PLAY AT NEUTRAL VENUE TO BE ARRANGED BY TEAMS AND PLAYED BEFORE 24th April, with office notified of result by Sunday 24th at 9.00pm
Round 3 MATCH PLAY WEEKEND OF 28/29 May VENUES will be the Pierce Purcell Venues
Munster Semi Finals & Final – 5 August Newcastle West GC
Irish Junior Foursomes 2016
Good Friday, 25th March will see the staging of the first round of the Irish Junior Foursomes. There are 21 Cork clubs taking part in three host venues. Cobh, Fermoy and Macroom all host qualifiers with two clubs at each venue qualifying for a matchplay final. Tee times vary, check with host club.
Round 1 QUALIFYING ROUNDS FOURSOMES STROKE PLAY – reducing to 16 Teams
Round 2 TWO TEAMS QUALIFY FROM EACH VENUE FOR MATCH PLAY AT NEUTRAL VENUE TO BE ARRANGED BY TEAMS AND PLAYED BEFORE 24th April, with office notified of result by Sunday 24th at 9.00pm
Round 3 MATCH PLAY WEEKEND OF 28/29 May VENUES will be the Pierce Purcell Venues
Munster Semi Finals & Final – 5 August Newcastle West GC
Charleville are hosts for their North Munster qualifier while Youghal travel to Gold Coast for their East Munster qualifier.
2015 Review of the Year – Part 3
July
There were four Cork golfers in action in the Inter-Provincials which took place in Donegal’s Rossapenna. Gary O’Flaherty, John Hickey, Dave O’Donovan and Ian O’Rourke all played their part in a sprited defence of the title they won in 2014. Munster started well in the first two days with wins over Connacht and Ulster, but they lost out in a winner takes all match with Leinster.
Philip Quinn (Douglas)
Philip Quinn (Douglas) had two dramatic finishing holes in the qualifier final of the AIG Junior Cup. Douglas were looking like losing to Mahon but the experienced 5 handicapper won the 17th and 18th in Cork GC to overturn a deficit and secure the third and Continue reading
2015 Review of the Year – Part 2
April
Adam McSweeney (Douglas)
Easter always see’s the staging of the Ford Muskerry Junior Scratch Trophy, a unique event for golfers with a handicap of 5-11. Two qualifying days sees the top 64 golfers go through to a matchplay phase player over Easter. 19 year old Adam McSweeney from Douglas added his name to the Ford Junior Scratch Trophy after three tough days. Although he was three down after just eight holes in the final, the Junior Cup and Senior Cup golfer fought back to level the match. McSweeney went one up on the 17th and closed out the 18th to become one of the youngest winners of the Continue reading
Douglas Hoping for First Green Pennant in 16 Years
Douglas celebrating after their AIG Junior Cup Munster Final win at Dungarvan Golf Club a few weeks ago
Picture: Niall O’Shea
It has been 16 long years since Douglas Golf Club have won a Mens national title and next week their Junior Cup team will head for Carton House hoping to capture a coveted green pennant at the AIG Cups and Shields Finals. Douglas successfully navigated their way through four matches in the South Munster qualifiers before winning their Munster semi-final and final matches in Dungarvan. Over the Continue reading
Quinn a “Not so Young Gun”
Philip Quinn (Douglas) is enjoying every minute of the busy golfing season.
Picture: Niall O’Shea
Although the Douglas team is earning a name for itself as the young guns, there are one or two “not so young” ones on the squad. Philip Quinn was the only member of the playing team in Dugarvan that was over 21, although he points out that he’s not on his own: “John O’Mahony and myself are the ‘older’ members of the team. Unfortunately for John he injured his back on the Sunday morning in Cork while warming up, so he has missed out on a few rounds. However, the team spirit we have is shown by the fact John then caddied for some of the younger lads to bring his experience to bear. At least we now have John available for the All Irelands. It’s unusual for two guys in their mid-thirties to be “old men” of the team but Continue reading
Muskerry Aiming for Back to Back Barton Shield Titles
Muskerry after winning the AIG Barton Shield Munster Final at Dungarvan Golf Club. Picture: Niall O’Shea
Muskerry make the almost familiar trip back to Carton House next week with high hopes of creating history with their AIG Barton Shield Team. Having beaten four teams in South Munster, they racked up another two wins at the Munster finals stage to book their place in the national finals. Now they are just two matches away from back to back wins in one of golf’s most prestigious national competitions. They head off to Carton House with a settled team featuring just one change from last year. The experienced John Waldron has stepped down and that has given an opportunity to someone else to step up and join the winning team. That opportunity fell to Shane Whooley and the rookie has excelled all year long. Whooley started the year playing off 2, but had several impressive performances in the early Continue reading
Muskerry can rise to finals challenge
The mantle of champions can sometimes place a heavy weight on a side but not so for the Muskerry team. They’ve taken every opportunity on their path to Carton House and while they had some impressive wins they also had a few close calls. As hosts in the South Munster qualifier, they had impressive wins over Blarney, Cork and Bandon but they very nearly came unstuck in their second round match against Monkstown. Monkstown had a put to win the match on the 19th hole and Muskerry were lucky to survive. They went on to win on the 20th hole and from there they went on to have two impressive wins over Cork and Bandon.
Gallery: Barton Shield Munster Final
The same was true in Dungarvan at the Munster finals. Muskerry had a seven hole win over Youghal in the semi-final but it took a dramatic 18th green finish to beat Shannon. With a total of three holes left to play Muskerry were one down and the odds were stacked in favour of Shannon. As it happened Muskerry were to produce another clutch performance as they went on to win all three remaining holes. Niall Gorey and David O’Donovan dove-tailed well on the 18th. O’Donovan had a great drive and Gorey made the par five green with an excellent long range iron over the water. O’Donovan narrowly missed the 9 foot putt but Continue reading
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