They had to travel outside Cork to win, but Douglas and Monkstown both tasted success in boys inter-club events recently. Douglas travelled to Waterford on Saturday to play Faithlegg at home in the Munster East final of the Fred Daly Trophy. Playing the hosts was going to be a tough assignment but with a full panel available, Douglas would have been confident when heading East. They had Continue reading
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Murphy retains Munster Boys title
Jack Murphy (Douglas) pictured during the Irish Boys Close Championship at Monkstown Golf Club. Picture: Niall O’Shea
Douglas golfer Jack Murphy created a little bit of history last week, he became the first person to retain the Munster Boys title in 50 years. The defending champion picked up his first win of the season in Tipperary Golf Club thanks to some impressive play in the 54 hole event.
After an uneventful opening round, Murphy shot the low round of the event with a five under par 67 to take him two shots clear of the field going into the final round. But he didn’t have it all his own way and found himself two behind the local Donnacha Cleary halfway through the front nine. Four birdies took the holder clear of the challenger and Murphy Continue reading
16 Cork Golfers selected on Munster Teams
A total of 16 golfers from Cork were selected on the four Munster Boys and Girls teams announced today.
Munster U18 Boys
Eoghan Cassidy (Kinsale)
Zak Collins (Muskerry)
Charlie Flavin (Youghal)
Louis Galvin (Kinsale)
Lucas Lyons (Limerick)
Ryan Lyons (Blarney)
Eoin Magill (East Clare)
Non-travelling reserve: Iestyn Winn (Ballyneety)
Captain: Tony O’Neill (Faithlegg)
Manager: John Fennessy (Clonmel)
Munster U18 Girls
Sadhbh Bullock (Castletroy)
Alicia Burke (Killarney)
Maisie Breen (Dungarvan)
Lucy Grattan (Tralee)
Ella Moynihan (Tralee)
Michelle Sharkey (Monkstown)
Laura Southern (Castletroy)
Non-travelling reserve: Katie Savage (Kanturk)
Captain: Laura Guest (Lee Valley)
Manager: Edel Randles (Castlegregory)
Munster U16 Boys
Sean Deasy (Douglas)
John Doyle (Fota Island)
Mark Gazi (Tralee)
Matthew Kelleher (Fota Island)
Sean Reddy (Douglas)
Gordan Sillett (Ballykisteen)
Non-travelling reserve: Paddy Quill (Cork)
Captain: Anthony Nash (Lee Valley)
Manager: Seán Barry (Fota Island)
Munster U14 Boys
Oran Barrett (Cork)
Justin Dennehy (Douglas)
Donnacha Halpin (Shannon)
Anthony Hayes (Dungarvan)
Cian McDonnell (Monkstown)
Darragh Nolan (Fermoy)
Non-travelling reserve: Ronan Dawson (Tramore)
Captain: Frank O Mahony (Limerick)
Manager: Des Molyneaux (Ballybunion)
Cain Claims Munster Boys Title
Morgan Cain (Cork Golf Club), Winner of the Munster Boys U18 Amateur Open Championship 2021 at Nenagh Golf Club
Picture Brendan Gleeson/Golffile
Morgan Cain is the 2021 Munster Boys champion after a super display of golf in Nenagh. The Cork golfer finished on -7, three shots clear of Douglas’ Mel Deasy to claim his first major title.
Three under par rounds of 71, 68, 70 saw him come home with plenty to spare. Cain was tied for the lead with Deasy starting today’s final round, and started in the worst possible fashion with a double bogey on the opening hole. But he battled back brilliantly with birdies in three of his next four holes to retake the lead from Deasy on the fifth. It was a lead he wouldn’t surrender, with another two birdies on the back nine. The only other blemish on his card was a bogey on 17, when his lead was five shots on the penultimate Continue reading
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Cassidy goes low in Ballybunion
Kinsale’s Eoghan Cassidy broke 70 in Ballybunion today as he took advantage of better weather conditions. The youngster shot a 69 which included five birdies after a double bogey on the fifth. Cassidy came home in 32 strokes thanks to three birdies in is last five holes. The impressive round, the second lowest of the day, saw him jump from 36th place up to 12th place. The teenager also found a sum of money on the course which he handed in to the tournament committee at the end of his round.
Fionn Hickey carded a second successive 76 to drop back to a tie for third, although the Muskerry golfer is now eight shots off the lead. Seapoint’s Dylan Keating was dialled in today, shooting a very impressive 65 to take the lead. With the wind and rain gone, Ballybunion’s Cashen course was a fair test for the field today, and Keating delivered. He was four under at the halyway stage, thanks to birdies on the first and eight, and an eagle on the 9th to go out in 33 strokes. He dropped a shot on the Continue reading
Hickey leads Munster Boys
Fionn Hickey (Muskerry) holds a share of the lead in Ballybunion after the opening day of the Munster Boys. Testing conditions were in play all day as 68 golfers – including 11 from Cork battled with wind and rain, and there was little in the way of respite as the rain continued into the late afternoon. Hickey had a tough start, he had a double bogey seven on the opening hole. He was four over after four holes but two birdies on the fifth and sixth got him back on track. He turned on +3 and a very steady back nine (+1) saw him card a leading four over par 76. Hickey is tied for the lead with Knock’s Lee Mitchell.
Youghal’s Charlie Flavin shot 81 to finish in the top ten while Stephen Riordan and Ronan Feerick are in the top 20. Robbie Walsh and Alex Dineen are in the top 30 while Eoghan Casidy, Mel Deasy and Keelan McCarthy are all in the top 40.
Round two gets underway tomorrow morning at 7.54am on the Cashen course, and with better conditions forecast the race will be on to post a score in top 45. That’s the cut mark for Friday’s final round. The cut is currently +18, but th Continue reading
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