Glen Rovers & St Nicks all set for Classic

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Glen Rovers Classic 2018

Denis Cregan from Dino’s presents a sponsorship cheque for the St Nicks/Glen Rovers Golf Classic to Des Cullinane Chairman St Nicks, along with Noel Lynam President and Mary Newman PRO Glen Rovers. Also present were organisers Joe O’Shea James Galvin Pat Bourke and Finbarr Mc Carthy 

Glen Rovers and St Nicks are all set for their fundraising golf classic on Friday with a full timesheet and host of great prizes.  The event takes place in Monkstown Golf Club and is again sponsored by Dino’s  This is the fourth year that Denis Creegan has sponsored the event, having supported it for many years.  Anyone wishing to support the event should contact any of the organisers.

Irish call up for three Cork golfers

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2017 Irish Boys Under 14 Amateur Open Championship at Ballina Go

Zak Collins

Zak Collins and Eoghan Cassidy have been named on the Irish squads to play in the Reid Trophy (Under 14 English Championship) in Reading next week.  Collins from Douglas and Cassidy from Kinsale have been playing well all season and both golfers featured on the successful Munster team who won the Under 14 interprovincial championship last week.  The event is a great opportunity for the cork duo, it attracts a top quality field of English and international players whose playing handicap is 7.4 or better.  The 54-hole stroke play championship is played over three days.  The full field plays 18 holes on each of the first two days with the leading 70 competitors going on to play the final 18 holes on the third day.  The Cork pair will be joined by two Limerick golfers, Ballyneety’s Morgan O’Sullivan and Iestyn Winn in a strong Munster line-up.  Faithlegg’s Alex King Continue reading →

Castlemartyr all set for Scratch Cup weekend

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golf_munster-pga_castlemartyr_dec-2016Although it’s normally busy spot, Castlemartyr will be fully booked this weekend for their annual scratch cup weekend.  With over 300 golfers already booked in for the three days, this weekend  promises to be as busy as the previous August Bank Holidays for Castlemartyr.  At a time when members competitions might be quieter, Castlemartyr started their scratch cup weekend eight years ago and it has gone on to become a central part of the calendar for many golfers.  There are three competitions in all, Junior (4-11), Intermediate (12-18) and Minor (19+) and all run over the three days.  The event is again sponsored by McCarthy Insurance Group and the entry fee is €35 per person.  It has been a busy year for the golf side of Castlemartyr.  Membership has again grown and they now have over 400 golfers in the three categories of membership.    The mens club saw a big increase at the start of 2017 and they have Continue reading →

Keelan wins in Muskerry

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Keelan McCarthy

Keelan McCarthy added his name to the famous Bruen Youths Trophy on Monday, the Lee Valley golfer beat a strong field in Muskerry to win the title.  The event, commemorating Cork’s greatest ever amateur golfer Jimmy Bruen is one of the biggest prizes in junior golf in Cork and is plated over 36 holes in Muskerry.  Seventeen year old McCarthy shot rounds of 68 and 73, he led by three shots after the opening round and the afternoon’s 73 was enough to hold the lead and win by one.  McCarthy started brightly in the morning with birdies on the second, third and fifth holes, although a double bogey on the tricky sixth threatened to derail his round.  Several pars followed and he traded a birdie with a bogey on the 12th and 14th.  The Lee Valley golfer finished strongly, he birdied the 15th and 16th and came home with two safe pars to build his strong lead.  Muskerry proved to be a Continue reading →