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2015 Order of Merit

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Gary O'Flaherty, leader of the 2014 Order of Merit

Gary O’Flaherty, leader of the 2014 Order of Merit

After a few queries this week, I’ll get to work on the Senior Scratch Cup Order of Merit after the Munster Strokeplay this weekend.  There were 11 Senior Scratch Cups in Cork last year, and all look like going ahead this year. The same points scheme will apply with points increasing for 36, 54 and 72 hole events.  And just to remind everyone, here’s last years final standings:

https://corkgolfnews.com/2014/09/22/senior-scratch-cup-order-of-merit-2/

O’Callaghan wins in Castlemartyr – PGB Munster PGA Winter Series

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Wayne O’Callaghan bagged his first win of the Munster PGA Winter League this week.  He shot a winning 66 in Castlemartyr on Monday in the fourth event of the Premium Golf Brands Winter League.  The scoring was impressive and the course was in great condition.  Short par 5’s and quick greens helped to set the course up for some low scores and the local pro’s duly obliged with six golfers returning under-par scores.  O’Callaghan opened with a birdie on the first but followed on the par three 4th hole with a bogey.  Continue reading →

South of Ireland Changes

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The South of Ireland will be played in a new format in 2015, a 36 hole strokeplay qualifier has been introduced over the opening two days of the competition.  The top 64 will then progress to the matchplay stages.  Ian Slattery, Captain Lahinch Golf Club, said “over recent years it has been very difficult to attract leading national and international amateur golfers to participate in the South due to a very packed and gruelling schedule of competitions around that time.  Continue reading →

Marymount Benefits from Fota Ladies

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Marymount Benefits from Fota Ladies

Golf_Fota Island Ladies_Nov 2014Fota Island Ladies recently presented a cheque for €3,400 to Marymount Hospice.  The large donation was the proceeds from their annual charity open day which took place a few weeks ago.  Fota Island Lady Captain Caroline Hennessy was delighted with the amount raised: “The semi-open 4 person team event took place in October, we had a great turnout and all proceeds raised on the day went to Marymount Hospice.  Continue reading →

Purcell on the Double in Fota and Cork

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Cobh’s Martin Purcell bagged a rare double when he won two Intermediate scratch cups in succession.  He was victorious in Cork in early August and followed that up with a win in Fota last week, shooting 78 to take the title by one stroke.  Purcell had one shot to spare over Andy Quirke (Cahir Park) and Frankfield’s Tim O’Flynn was third with 83.  Continue reading →

CGN Senior Scratch Cup Order of Merit

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Senior Scratch Cup Order of Merit after 7 Events*

Senior Scratch Cup Order of Merit after 7 Events
Rank Player Total
1 Gary O’Flaherty 150
2 John Hickey 90
3 Keith Crowley 70
4 Sean Barry 70
5 Alan Thomas 65
6 Mark Shanahan 65
7 Eanna Griffin 50
8 Dave O’Donovan 45
9 Alan Moriarty 40
10 Darren O’Donoghue 40
11 Ian O’Flynn 35
12 Pat Murray 35
13 John O’Brien 30
14 Kieran McCarthy 30
15 Niall Gorey 30
16 Ray O’Sullivan 30
17 Kenny McGarry 30
18 Nick Moore 25
19 Brian Kelleher 20
20 Conor Riordan 20
21 Donie O’Donovan 20
22 Mark Collins 20
23 Pat Power 20
24 Seamus Cronin 20
25 Ronan Twomey 15
26 Shane Whooley 15
27 Cathal Butler 10
28 Christopher Murphy 10
29 Eoin Murphy 10
30 Greg O’Mahony 10
31 Pat Lyons 10
32 Ciaran McKenna 5
33 Cillian Moloney 5
34 Davey Barry 5
35 Derek Byrne 5
36 Gavin Young 5
37 John Reynolds 5
38 Padraig Turner 5
39 Paul McCarthy 5
40 Paul Tobin 5

*Slight change to the listing, current listing only includes Cork golfers or golfers who have scored in 2 or more events.

William Dwyer 2014 Finalists

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The qualifiers for the William Dwyer Trophy, Ireland’s oldest society competition took place on Tuesday and holders ESB Wilton are safely through to next week’s final.  The qualifier took place in superb weather at Mahon and ESB Wilton headed the with a great score of 200 from their best three foursomes cards.  Mactoums were second on 207 and Eli Lilly were third on 209.  Lada took the final qualifying spot with 210.  The best socre of the day came from ESB Wilton pairing Sean Mythen and Andy Houlihan who returned a 65.

The first qualifier took place last week and Mahon’s Senior Circle topped the scores with 203.  The other qualifiers on the day were Bluffers, Cork Airport and Mollies.  In all there were 18 societies taking part in the popular competition.  The trophy is a unique as it has the names of each golfer from each of the 71 winning teams to date.All eight will now go through to the final.  I addition to the holders, Mactoums, Eli Lilly and Lada are all previous winners so it promises to be a great final.  Monkstown will play host to the final which takes place on Thursday next.

 

Ian Prendergast on the Irish Open Range in Fota

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Ian Prendergast on the Irish Open Range in Fota

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By Niall O’Shea

It’s all hands on deck this week in Fota, and all of the golf staff have new roles on the course supporting the event.  PGA professional Ian Prendergast normally runs lessons and camps from the Academy in Fota but this week the academy has turned into the busiest range in Europe and Ian’s in charge.  With a team of 14, Ian has to ensure that all 156 professionals are looked after whether it’s warming up before the round, or practising afterwards. Continue reading →