Junior Golf

Junior Foursomes Qualifiers, Good Friday

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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.

Irish Junior Foursomes 1st Round 2016

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 Team Selection for Sara Byrne (Douglas GC)

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Sara Byrne

Sara Byrne (Douglas) in action for Munster in Wexford GC

14 year old Sara Byrne from Douglas has got a call up to the Irish Girls Under 16 team that will play Wales in Cardigan Golf Club at the end of this month.

The Douglas golfer had a great run last year, claiming a place on the Munster Girls Under 18 team despite being just 13 at the time.  She was a key part of the Douglas Senior Cup team winning five out of six of her matches.  The talented teenager had a good start to the 2016 season, last weekend she finished in the top 15 in the famous Carlow Scratch Cup.

ILGU Coaching Systems Manager Gillian O’Leary, formerly of Cork Golf Club will be one of the three coaches travelling with the teams.  The matches will be played on Tuesday 29th March and the format will include singles and foursomes.

The Under 16 and Under 14 teams were Continue reading →

Patrician Academy win Schools Senior Championship

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The winning Patrician Academy (Mallow) team who won the Munster Final of the Irish Schools Senior Championships at Castlemartyr Links. Picture: Niall O’Shea

Castlemartyr Links was covered in a welcome sunshine yesterday as the Ron Kirby designed links played host for the Munster finals of the Irish Schools Senior Championships.  Castlemartyr was a late replacement venue as the original venue was deemed unplayable due to the recent adverse weather.  The inland links provided a fair challenge for the 20 golfers, mostly single figure handicappers who relished the tight fairways and fast greens.

Gallery: Irish Schools Senior Championships

Patrician Academy Mallow won their second Munster title after a nail-biting finish with Colaiste an Spoiraid Naoimh.  The all Cork-final started Continue reading →

Spioraid Naoimh & Patrician Academy, Irish Schools Senior Championship

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The Munster finals of the Irish Schools Senior Championships take place on Monday next in Castlemartyr Links.  The finals were originally scheduled for the Ring of Kerry, but the event was moved to Castlemartyr owing to weather concerns and the running inland links layout should provide a fine test for the four schools involved.

Colaiste an Spioraid Naoimh and Patrician Academy carry Cork hopes, Spioraid Naoimh face Crescent College Limerick in their semi-final, and Patrician Academy face De la Salle Waterford.  The semi-finals start at 9.00am and the final takes place after lunch.

Kids Golf Camps this Easter

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A few clubs are running kids coaching camps this month as the golfing season finally gets underway.  Monkstown, Frankfield, Fernhill and Fota Island are all holding camps to coincide with the extended school holidays.

Cian McNamara is running three day camp in Monkstown starting on the 22nd March.  Along with Graeme Dunlea, the pair have split the young golfers into three groups – boys 6-9, boys 10-13 and girls 6-13.  Details are available on the Monkstown Golf Club Pro Shop Facebook page.Monkstown Junior Camp Easter 2016

Frankfield Junior Camp Easter 2016Frankfield Golf Academy have all of their 2016 dates available and they also run their Easter camp from 22-24 March.  Camps run from 10.30am to 1.30pm and further camps are scheduled for July and August.  David Whyte and Michael Ryan are running the courses.  Fota Island have a camp in the Academy, starting on Wednesday 23rd and running until Friday 25th, details are available on the Fota Island website.

Wayne O’Callaghan’s Golf Academy is running a camp in Fernhill Golf Club, it takes place on 28th-30th March,  classes run from 10am to 1pm each day.  Wayne is also hosting a Wee Wonders qualifier on 31st March where the winners will qualify for St Andrew’s in August.  The age limit is 12 and full details are available from Wayne.

 

 

UCC lose out on the 19th in Matchplay Final

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UCC came agonisingly close to winning the Irish Colleges Matchplay at Woodbrook today.  A win on the 19th hole saw Ulster University win the title.  the four UCC golfers were unbeaten going into the final.  The had a 3-0 win over holders UCD yesterday and faced Trinity College this morning.  Greg O’Mahony halved his singles match and Ben Murray won 2&1.  Paul Tobin and Bill Murray won their foursomes match 4&3.  In the final they faced Ulster University and Greg O’Mahony won on the 17th again to get a point for UCC.  Ben Murray lost his match on the 17th meaning it all went down to the foursomes match. Tobin and Murray were leading playing the last but lost the 18th Continue reading →

Get your game in shape for the new season

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Ian Stafford from Innishannon Driving Range and Kinsale Golf Club has put together a coaching day aimed at helping youths get their game in shape for the season ahead.  Stafford has teamed up with Mark O’Connell to structure a full day coaching programme aimed at single figure golfers.  Ian is the ILGU Regional c Continue reading →

Irish Call-Up for Desmond and Murphy

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Sean Desmond

Sean Desmond

Both Sean Desmond and John Murphy have been called up to the Irish Boys teams that will play in France and Wales later this month.  Desmond has been selected on the team that will travel to Cardigan GC for the annual challenge match against Wales.  Desmond from Monkstown will see action in both singles series and has a good chance of featuring in the foursomes matches also.  There will be three foursomes matches on the opening day against Wales followed by eight singles matches in the afternoon. There will be eight more singles matches on the second day against Wales at Cardigan.  Desmond had a very strong 2015, he had some notable singles performances and played a key role for his club Monkstown in two Munster finals in the AIG Senior Cup and the Junior Foursomes.  He was named Continue reading →

Irish Junior Foursomes 2016

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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.

Irish Junior Foursomes 1st Round 2016

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.