Blarney Golf Club

Blarney honour Tom McKibbin

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Blarney’s Paul O’Neill and Ronan O’Riordan presenting Tom McKibbin with a momento of his win in Blarney in the Munster Boys

Officers from Blarney Golf Club travelled to Antrim recently, to mark the exploits of a 14 year old golfer back in 2017.  That golfer was current PGA Tour Card holder Tom McKibbin, and when the Co Down star was 14 he won the Munster Boys Under 16 in Blarney.  McKibbin came from one behind after the opening round to win the event by three shots after a closing 69.  It was one of the first Munster Championships to be hosted by Blarney and the 2017 President Paul O’Neill was delighted to recall the

Led by 2024 Captain Ronan O’Riordan, the club decided to honour the DP World Tour winner, making a presentation to him and with the support of Blarney Golf Club owners, they also made him an Continue reading →

Ciaran McKenna teams up with Blarney Golf Club

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Ciaran McKenna pictured outside his  golf studio in Mourneabbey. Picture: Niall O’Shea

Ciaran McKenna is holding a clinic in Blarney on Saturday to launch his new role as teaching professional at the busy club.  McKenna has been based from his purpose build studio in Mourneabbey for the past two years, and his new appointment with Blarney will be a big addition for the club.  While we’re heading into the winter, Ciaran was delighted to kick off the new partnership with an on-course clinic for members this weekend.

“I’m really excited to host a short game clinic at the club on Saturday.  at 11am. It’ll be 1.5 hours long with a 30 min Q&A afterward – it’s a fantastic way to meet and greet the members and have a good chat about their Continue reading →

McCarthy wins Blarney Scratch Cup

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Keelan McCarthy winner of the Blarney Senior Scratch Cup pictured with members of Blarney Golf Club.

Keelan McCarthy scooped one of the last trophies for 2024 last weekend when he won the Blarney Senior Scratch Cup.  The Lee Valley man led from the start on Saturday to win the inaugural Christy Horgan Cup, named in memory of the Blarney clubman.

McCarthy made all the running in the morning and led the field by four shots after shooting a one under par 69.  David Lane, Ryan Lyons, Robbie Walsh, and Aidan Rowsome were the next best going into the second round with Ben Murray and Padraig O’Connor also chasing.

David Howard shot the round of the day on Saturday afternoon when he carded a three under par 67.  When added to his morning 76 it left him on three over, and with that he secured second place.  McCarthy added a second round 72 to his morning score to finish on +1, and he won by two.  David Lane added a second round 72 to take third place and Ben Murray was third.

McCarthy was delighted to win his first scratch cup.  A previous winner of the Bruen Youths in Muskerry, Keelan has waited a few years to claim another major win.  “I’m absolutely Continue reading →

Neptune Raise the Roof Classic

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Neptune Golf Classic committee members pictured in Barney Golf Club for the launch of their fundraising golf classic.

Neptune Basketball Club will be hitting the golf course next month as they hold the Raise the Roof golf classic to raise funds for essential work on the roof of Neptune Stadium.  Blarney Golf Club is the host venue for the event which takes place over three days in August.  The classic starts on Thursday 12th August and runs through to Saturday.  There’s an early bird offer of €180 on Thursday and teams on Friday and Saturday are €200.

Neptune have been battling to raise money for essential repairs to the roof of the stadium, and they received a boost earlier this year when they were allocated funding under the sports capital programme.  “We received capital funding for the purposes of repairing the roof at the Stadium” explained Paul Barrett, Chairman of Neptune Basketball Club.  “In an Continue reading →

Blarney’s Membership Boost

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Blarney Golf Resort

Blarney Golf Resort is proving to be a great success story, the Cork club has used to the past three months to boost membership and refresh the look and feel of the John Daly signature course.  Since the start of the season the resort has added over 120 new members as well as giving the course a substantial revamp.  Blarney’s PGA Professional Alan O’Meara led the new membership drive but he was also behind the work that has taken place on the course.  With seven weeks of no golf, it was the ideal opportunity to get around to a few jobs that always seemed to be on the long finger.  O’Meara took on the job himself, and picked up some help along the way.

“I feel the first look is important, the c Continue reading →

Mahon & Bandon survive Bruen Battle

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Mahon Jimmy Bruen Monkstown May 2019Mahon and Bandon were the two big winners over the weekend as they came through the first serious weekend of cups and shields action.  Monkstown and Blarney were the host venues for the AIG Jimmy Bruen Shield qualifiers, with fine weather and great conditions adding to the spectacle of matchplay golf.  All Ireland winners Kinsale were not in the shake up this time, they lost out to Skibbereen in a  first round match the previous weekend.  Mahon had also come through a preliminary match the previous week, they had a comprehensive win over Mallow in the first round to set up a meeting with Douglas on Saturday morning.  Similar to their previous form, Mahon had a good win over Douglas but they faced a stiff challenge again Cork in the third round and two matches would need additional holes for Mahon to advance.  Tim O’Mahoney needed to chip out of the water on 18 in order for himself and Gavin Carroll to half the hole.  They went on to win on the Continue reading →