Munster put themselves into a great position to win back to back Senior Inter-provincial titles with a hard fought win over Ulster today. The back nine proved crucial in both sessions as Munster Continue reading
Amateur Golf
Munster Country Clubs (Round 1)
Three Cork clubs came through the Munster Country Clubs first round last weekend,Doneraile, Glengarriff and Lisselan will join Dunmore in the the second round: Continue reading
Jimmy Bruen Shield (Round 1)
It might still be April but the first round of the Jimmy Bruen took place in Blarney & East Cork on Saturday: Continue reading
Pro-Am Chance for Cork’s Junior Golfers
THE European Tour has teamed up with the Confederation of Golf in Ireland (CGI) to launch the first ever Irish Open Golf Skills Challenge which is designed to help young golfers, under the age of 15, focus on the key skills of the game. The winners of the all-Ireland competition will have an opportunity to go to the Pro-Am at this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation at Royal County Down where they can watch the players practice and meet some of the world’s top golfers. Continue reading
Jimmy Bruen Shield South Munster 2015
Pierce Purcell Shield South Munster 2015
Mitchelstown’s Maguire wins in Muskerry
Mitchelstown’s Maguire wins in Muskerry
By Niall O’Shea
Mitchelstown’s John Maguire added his name to the prestigious Ford Junior Scratch Trophy at Muskerry last weekend. As most golfers were sitting down to their Easter Sunday dinner, John was facing his sixth round of golf. He faced Muskerry’s John O’Mahony in the final of the unique matchplay competition, as the pair were the last men standing from the 64 matchplay starters on Good Friday. Continue reading
West of Ireland 2014
There were a large number of Cork entries into the West of Ireland Championship at Co Sligo this week, although only five golfers qualified from the strokeplay stage. Unfortunately none of the qualifiers made it past the first round, ending Cork interest. Lee Valley winner Rory McNamara also made an early exit.
Strokeplay Scores (Q):
144 John Hickey (74,70)
144 Mark Shanahan (69, 75)
146 Eoghan Murphy (74, 72)
147 Kieran McCarthy (72, 75)
148 Keith Crowley (76, 72)
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