Colin Woodroofe leads the EMC Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup after the first round. The Blainroe member shot a three under par 69 in near perfect conditions at Lee Valley. Woodroofe was one over after two holes, he bogeyed the short par four first hole. He bounced back however with a birdie on the third. Back to back birdies on the 7th and 8th also helped him to top the leaderboard after 18.
Cillian Moloney (Fota Island) is in second place on 70, along with Tiarnan McLarnon and Andrew McCormack. the only others to break par were Colm Campbell and Jack Pierce. Mallow pair Ian Spillane and James Sugrue are among four players on 72 while Greg O’Mahony, John Hickey and Robin Dawson are among those on one over.
Holder Dave O’Donovan is back in the field on 77, he’s tied for 30th place eight shots off the lead
Pictures from today’s action in Lee Valley
- Colin Woodroofe 69
- Cillian Moloney 70
- Tiarnan McLarnan 70
- Andrew McCormack 70
- Jack Pierce 71
- Colm Campbell 71
- James Sugrue 72
- Darragh Coughlan 72
- Alan Thomas 72
- Ian Spillane 72
- Greg O’Mahony 73
- Robin Dawson 73
- John Hickey 73
- Jamie Fletcher 73
- Daniel Hallissey 73
Charleville PGA Professional Frank Holly is involved in a pretty unique and demanding fundraiser at the end of this month. Frank along with a few friends is holding a golf marathon on Saturday 23rd April and he’s planning on playing golf for a full day to raise funds for 2 year old Fionn Barry. Frank reckons that the group will play 100 holes during event: “We will tee off at sunrise, aprox 
James Sugrue backed up his good form at the Munster Youths by winning the Muskerry Senior Scratch Cup today. The 70+ golfers faced very testing conditions with frost
