Castlemartyr

Gleeson & Barry book their places in Irish PGA Championship

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Alan Gleeson (Castlemartyr) and Davey Barry (Douglas) both finished in the top 10 in the Irish PGA Championship qualifier at Dundalk Golf Club today.

Barry finished in the top four with a level par 72, while Gleeson was one shot back in a tie for 10th.  Both travelled to Dundalk today in the hope of taking one of the qualifying spots on offer but both Cork golfers must now be delighted with their performances.

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The Irish PGA Championship takes place in Dundalk Golf Club from Thursday 1st October to Sunday 4th Cotober and is the showpiece finale for the Irish Region Calendar.  Several other Cork PGA Professionals have already qualified for the event including David Ryan, Graeme Dunlea and Padraig Dooley.

Top 10 Finish for Dooley & McNamara at PGA Southern Championship

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Drive’s Padraig Dooley and Monkstown’s Cian McNamara both carded second round 70’s to finish in top ten at Powerscourt.  Both players opened with two over par 72’s yesterday and they went around in four shots less today to climb up the leaderboard.

PGA Southern Championship Final Standings

David Higgins (Waterville) carded a five under par round of 67 to win.  Higgins finished the 36-hole event on nine under par, one shot ahead of overnight leader, Richard Kilpatrick (Banbridge) with Mark O’Sullivan (Piltown Driving Range) a shot further back.  “I played nicely today. Continue reading →

Top 4 Finish for Shanahan

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Mark Shanahan pictured after winning the Castlemartyr Senior Scratch Cup last September. Picture: Niall O'Shea

Mark Shanahan pictured after winning the Castlemartyr Senior Scratch Cup last September.
Picture: Niall O’Shea

Castlemartyr’s Mark Shanahan finished tied 4th in the rain affected East of Ireland Championship.  Shanahan was in touch of the lead after the first and second rounds and a final round 73 saw him finish 4th but seven shots behind the winner.  The event took place in Baltry and while they got through Saturday and Sunday, only 18 of the 36 holes scheduled for Monday took place.  The decision to cancel the final 18 holes marks the first occasion in the 75 year history that the title was awarded after 54 holes.  Stuart Grehan (Tullamore) was the runaway leader from the very start with an opening 67 followed by a 68.  Although he shot 76 in his final round he still had a five shot margin of victory over the field.

Full Scoreboard

Cork Scores:
4th: Mark Shanahan (+3),
28th: Paul McCarthy (+11),
34th: John Hickey (+12),
47th: Niall Gorey (+14)
MC Gary O’Flaherty, Conor Coyne, Greg O’Mahony

Muskerry win Barton Shield

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Muskerry captured the Munster Barton Shield title on Saturday when they put together two great wins in Shannon Golf Club.  On Saturday morning they had a narrow one hole win over Ballybunion.  Dave O’Donovan and Niall Gorey won their match by one hole and Daniel Hallissey and John Waldron halved.  In the final they faced Dungarvan who had a big win over Limerick in their semi-final.  O’Donovan and Gorey came out on top again, winning by two holes.  Hallissey and Waldron kept pace with Dungarvan’s Peter Mullaney and Alan Thomas to seal the win for Muskerry. Continue reading →

Castlemartyr Win Senior Cup Area-Final

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Castlemartyr Breakthrough

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By Niall O’Shea

Castlemartyr put aside the disappointment of their Barton Shield loss when they won the South Munster section of the Irish Senior Cup on Sunday. It was a dramatic win for the young club as they won each of their four matches over the two days. Continue reading →

Castlemartyr focuses on Junior Golf

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Castlemartyr focuses on Junior Golf

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By Niall O’Shea

Castlemartyr Golf Club are joining the growing trend of boosting juvenile members and have recently focused on building their numbers of junior golfers.  Over the past 18 months the club has made junior golf a key priority and this year Club Captain JP Twomey is actively developing their juvenile programme.  Continue reading →