So how do you start to build a ranking of Cork’s top men’s golfers over the past 100 years?
Rankings and lists are always subjective, and I’m sure many people will have their own opinions on the list as they work their way through it. Rankings always come down to points, and allocating points for Continue reading
Cork Ladies have been to the fore of Irish golf for close to 100 years, with many leading the way both in Ireland and abroad. Cork has produced major winners since the 1920’s and there’s every chance we’ll be adding a few more titles with the current generation. Due to the difference in the number of men’s events compared with women’s events, it wasn’t possible to Continue reading
Tom McCarthy presenting a portrait of Eddie Hackett to Mahon Captain Denis Kavanagh. Also included are Paul Daly, President and Mary Stapleton, Lady Captain.
Picture: Niall O’Shea
Mahon Golf Club recently honoured course architect Eddie Hackett when they unveiled a portrait of the famous designer in the clubhouse. Tom McCarthy from McCarthy Developments gifted the portrait to the club after he had received it from the Hackett family. Mahon Captain Denis Kavanagh was delighted to accept the portrait on behalf of the club and the club is heading towards their 40th anniversary in 2022. The portrait is now hanging in the Joe McHugh room in the pavilion at the course. The Joe McHugh room itself is another element linking the club to it’s founding back in 1980.
Mahon Golf Club was the first municipal golf course in Ireland when it was constructed in 1980 and it was built for £35,000, close to €200,000 when valued today. It was the brainchild of the City Manager Joe McHugh and took two years to build. The course was built on partly reclaimed land where the Tramore River reaches the Loughmahon estuary. International golfers Tom Egan, George Crosbie, Michael Power and Bill Kelleher played Continue reading
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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