Pictures from the Peter Alliss evening in The Pod at Castlemartyr Resort: Continue reading
Castlemartyr Links GC
Two Cups in Two Days – O’Keeffe is the form golfer, Castlemartyr Senior Scratch Cup
Peter O’Keeffe has worked hard all year to win a senior scratch cup, and this weekend he won two. After shooting a winning 68 in Kinsale yesterday, O’Keeffe was back on course this morning in Castlemartyr. Starting early again, the Douglas man plotted his way around the Ron Kirby designed links and carved out a three under par 69.
And O’Keeffe repeated another thing this morning that he did yesterday. He lost a ball on the opening hole and took a double bogey. The Munster golfer’s tee shot found the heavy rough and the ball was lost. Like yesterday he recovered and added three pars before getting his first birdies on the 5th. He also birdied the par five 8th to gt back to level par before parring the 9th. O’Keeffe went under par following a birdie on the 11th but couldn’t do better than that as he parred the next five holes where at least a birdie or two might have been expected. He capitalised on the closing holes however. He chipped in on the 17th after missing the green, and on the last hole he hit a nine iron from 175 yards to ten feet. He made the putt to sign for a winning 69.
Dave O’Donovan (Muskerry) took second place with a 73 and Kinsale’s Cathal Butler was third with a 74. Mallow’s James Sugrue was fourth with 75 and Michael Lenihan won the best nett prize.
Noleen Duffy wins inaugural Castlemartyr Lady Captain’s Prize
Lady Captain’s Kate Heffernan’s Day Results 11th September 2016
1st Noleen Duffy 35pts (24)
2nd Marguerite O’Brien 30 pts (24)
3rd Patricia Kearney 26pts (28)
4th Kay McNamara 26pts (24)
Best Beginner Claire McHugh
Front Nine Jacqui Daly 16 Pts (32)
Back Nine Lesley O’Leary 14 (35)
Nearest the Pin Maeve Troupe Kelly
Last Chance for Senior Scratch Cup Wins
This weekend golfers will have two chances to win a prestigious Senior Scratch Cup as both Kinsale and Castlemartyr host their showpiece Category One events. Kinsale’s 18 hole competition takes place on Saturday and already there is very strong interest. A large field of young golfers have entered, all hoping to make their breakthrough win a big win. There are still some early and mid morning tee times available and entry is just €15. Entries can be made through the link below.
Kinsale Golf Club Senior Scratch Cup Entry
On Sunday, it’s Castlemaryr’s turn with the inland links course retaining it’s season ending position on the golfing calendar. With both Muskerry and Monkstown hoping to be in Cups and Shields action on Saturday there’s a good opportunity for members of both clubs to get out and play on Sunday. The event is again supported by John Mullins from Amarenco Solar who has been a long time supporter of Castlemartyr. Entry for Castlemartyr is €30 and the format has reverted to an 18 hole (timesheet) to allow the maximum number of golfers take part. There’s a generous prize fund in place including nett prizes. Entries for Castlemartyr can be made by calling the pro-shop on 021 Continue reading
Castlemartyr Scratch Cup Weekend
Castlemartyr Golf Club will hold its annual scratch cups weekend from Friday 29th July to Sunday the 31st. This has proven to be a very popular weekend in the past for golfers and the club are expecting large numbers again this year. Last year saw numbers exceeding 400 over the three days. The scratch cup weekend caters for Junior, Intermediate and Minor golfers and there will be a total of €2,500 worth of prizes up for grabs. Once again Castlemartyr Golf Club will be partnering with McCarthy Insurance Group who will be sponsoring this event. The McCarthy Insurance Group have sponsored this event for the past four years and are one of the main reasons why it has been such a success.
Last year the spoils went to Kevin Dorgan of Cork GC, Conor Hayes of Slievnamon GC & Bernard Wallace of Kinsale GC with each respectively winning the Junior, Intermediate and Minor scratch cups. Club Captain Tony Continue reading
Kelly wins inaugural Castlemartyr President’s Prize
Peter Kelly shot a very impressive 40 points to win the inaugural President’s Prize at Castlemartyr. It was the first time that the club held a President’s Prize, that was down to the fact that legendary golfer and commentator Peter Alliss was proposed as club President in January. The 85 year old also holds that title in Old Thorns, Castlemartyr’s parent resort, but unfortunately he was unable to attend. The club were treated to a five minute video however recorded at his home, and he outlined some of the exciting plans that the new owners have for the Ron Kirby designed course.
Over 100 golfers took part in the competition, and on Saturday night the club hosted Peter Allliss’ presidents dinner with over 100 packed into the clubhouse. Peter was represented by his son Henry who presented the Continue reading
Ladies Open Singles at Castlemartyr
Following the successful launch of the ladies club late last year, Castlemartyr have just launched a weekly open singles for ladies. The competition takes place every Tuesday and the competition fee is €25 (€7 for members). There are prizes for the top three every day and Castlemartyr are mirroring the competition for men on Wednesday’s.
Membership is currently open at the ladies club and there is currently no joining fee. The annual subscription for the remainder of 2016 is just €400, normal rates apply from 2017.
It’s been an exciting time for the Ron Kirby designed links and resort. The resort was sold in last 2015 and the Castlemartyr course is now entering a new era as PGA Head Professional Brady Sherwood outlined: “We’ve have quite a bit of investment from the new owners in machinery. Equipment in excess of €100,000 will soon be delivered to Castlemartyr, new fairway and rough mowers and Continue reading
Successful Season opener for Castlemartyr
Castlemartyr Golf Club held its first Open Weekend competition over the Bank Holiday weekend. The club had Halpenny Golf on board as a new sponsor to support this event, with over 200 golfers playing over the weekend. Recent weather had disrupted preparation of the golf course for the weekend, but the course was in great condition on Friday morning as the first golfers headed out. Conditions for the weekend were reasonable if not a little cold for the time of year. This obviously had no effect on scoring as there were some great rounds posted over the weekend. This was especially true on Sunday where there were a number of scores in the high forty’s.
Castlemartyr Captain Tony Loughnane, was Continue reading
Patrician Academy win Schools Senior Championship
The winning Patrician Academy (Mallow) team who won the Munster Final of the Irish Schools Senior Championships at Castlemartyr Links. Picture: Niall O’Shea
Castlemartyr Links was covered in a welcome sunshine yesterday as the Ron Kirby designed links played host for the Munster finals of the Irish Schools Senior Championships. Castlemartyr was a late replacement venue as the original venue was deemed unplayable due to the recent adverse weather. The inland links provided a fair challenge for the 20 golfers, mostly single figure handicappers who relished the tight fairways and fast greens.
Gallery: Irish Schools Senior Championships
Patrician Academy Mallow won their second Munster title after a nail-biting finish with Colaiste an Spoiraid Naoimh. The all Cork-final started Continue reading
Gallery: Irish Schools Senior Championships, Munster Final 2016
Pictures from the Irish Schools Senior Munster Final at Castlemartyr Links:. Continue reading
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