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Ger Broderick Celebrates 25 Years in Kinsale
Ger Broderick pictured with his wife Caroilne Caroline Broderick pictured at the Pro Shop Challenge in 2019.
For any golfers playing in Kinsale’s Farrangalway course, there’s a good chance you’ve come across club professional Ger Broderick. In fact Ger has been that as long as the course and he celebrated 25 years in Kinsale last week. Having trained in the UK, Ger was working in Royal Tara when the opportunity came to return home as Kinsale opened their new 18 hole championship course in Farrangalway in 1996. The affable PGA Pro has been there since, building his reputation over three decades. He’s seen plenty of change in the club and the course in the last 25 years.
“When i started in 1996 the course was bare, but now the trees have grown and matured” explained Ger. “I left Ringenane in 1989 with 150 members and returned 7 years later with Continue reading
Job Opportunity: Douglas Golf Club Pro-Shop
Stephen Hayes has an opening for a full-time staff member, working in the Douglas Golf Club Pro-Shop. The role is a great opportunity for someone looking to work in the trade, and Douglas is one of the busiest clubs in Cork. The club is nearing the end of a major transformation programme, and the new pro-shop is due to be completed this year. Full details on the job are listed below:
Kinsale Celebrates Murphy’s Selection
John Murphy
There were lots of celebrations in Kinsale last week when news emerged that John Murphy had been selected for the Walker Cup next month. Murphy becomes just the fifth Cork golfer to make it to the Walker Cup. Friends and family bombarded the 22 year old with messages of congratulations, he was one of just two Irish golfers to make the GB&I team which plays the US team in Florida next month.
Among those who were delighted with the news was Ian Stafford who has coached John since he started the game. “I’m absolutely delighted for John, the run of form John has been on lately in a pressurised situation has shown how he has matured as a golfer and there is a great feeling of redemption in getting selected for the team in Seminole” said Stafford who has coached John for close to a decade. “Although this is not the first time John will have represented GB&I it is the final and biggest box ticked in terms of amateur achievements and a testament to the hard and smart work John has put in. The emotions we are feeling now are a million miles from what we felt two years ago driving away from Portmarnock after Continue reading
The work in Lee Valley Continues
Lee Valley Golf Club.
Picture: Niall O’Shea
Off the course, 2021 has been a nightmare for golf courses with no play in the first three months of the year. On the course, the closure given owners and managers a chance to get lots of work done, and that’s certainly been the case in Lee Valley where there have been plenty of changes. With the staff covering the normal tasks of cutting a lot quicker when there’s no golfers on the course, the team have been able to get at some of the jobs that a lower down the priority list, as well as those tricky jobs that mean closing holes for days or weeks. New bunkers, new tee boxes, drainage Continue reading
Major Irish & International wins by Cork Golfers
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Muskerry Senior Scratch Cup Winners
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Walsh Books his place with Tennessee
Kinsale’s Robbie Walsh who will head to Tennessee next year. Pic: Niall O’Shea
Kinsale’s Robbie Walsh is the latest Cork golfer to commit to the US college system, he recently signed with the University of Tennessee in Chattanooga and is set to start with the NCAA Division 1 college in 2022. Walsh was delighted to announce his plans last week, realising a dream to advance his golf with a leading Division One NCAA college. “I always wanted to go on a scholarship to the US but I started thinking seriously about it 18 months ago” explained Walsh. “I have family there and I’ve been there on numerous occasions and I love the country. Originally when it became a strong possibility that I would be going I spoke at length with Aaron O’Callaghan. He gave some great insights regarding programmes, weather, divisions etc. I also spoke with two friends of mine John Murphy and Mark Continue reading
Hickey signs for US College
Fionn Hickey
Muskerry’s Fionn Hickey had some major news last week when he announced that he had signed with a US college for next season. The leaving cert student had spent some time looking at options in the US, and announced that he was joining Loyola Marymount College in Los Angeles. Hickey follows in the footsteps of John Murphy and others, hoping to improve his golf in the NCAA Division programme. Fionn’s decision to join the LMU Lions comes after a few months work of research into the US college system and he was delighted to finally announce his decision last week.
“I started looking actively about a year ago but I guess it was always a dream of mine to play and study in America once it was clear that it could be an option” said Hickey. “I didn’t know a whole lot about the programmes apart from some internet research when I first started looking. To be honest it was a bit overwhelming with the amount of colleges and facilities Continue reading
Cork Golfers selected for Golf Ireland Regional Panels
Barry O’Connell (Douglas)who was selected on the Boys Under 14 Area Development Panel.
Picture: Niall O’Shea
While courses are still closed, the planning for 2021 continues in Golf Ireland. Last week the new governing body announced the area pathway panels with 30 Cork golfers selected for the development programmes. Douglas and Bandon topped the pile, Douglas saw seven of their young golfers selected between the three boys groups and the two girl groups, while Bandon had seven girls selected for the programme.
Douglas youngster Justin Dennehy was selected for the U12 programme, Barry O’Connell made the U14 panel while Shane Collins is on the U16 panel. In the girls panels Hailery Martinez and Julie Kingston are on the U14 panel, and Rhea Itty and Aoife Keating made the U17 panel. Bandon’s Alannah McCarthy, Ellen O’Mullane made the Girls U14 panel while Katie Hannon, Rachel Gaffney, Muireann Continue reading
