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Play-off Delight for Butler
Cathal Butler (Kinsale) winner of the Munster Strokeplay Championship at Cork Golf Club.
Cathal Butler recorded his second major win of the season when he won a play-off yesterday to scoop the Munster Strokeplay Championship. Butler was seven strokes off the lead going into the final round but jumped up the leaderboard thanks to some great play. Butler birdied the 2nd, 6th and 9th but gave one back on the 7th where the pin had caused several problems for the field. He then went on a burst with three consecutive birdies on 11,12 and 13, and after parring the 14th he was five under and leading the tournament by two shots.
Further back on the course, 54 hole leader Gary O’Flaherty had dropped a few shots and it looked like it would be an all Cork battle between O’Flaherty and John Hickey. A large number of spectators were Continue reading
Gallery: Munster Strokeplay Final Round
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Gallery: Munster Strokeplay Round 3 Pictures
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O’Flaherty leads Munster Strokeplay, Draw for Day 2
Cork’s Gary O’Flaherty shot the low round of the afternoon to take a two stroke lead into the second day of the Munster Strokeplay Championship. Cork Golf Club proved to be at tough test for everyone during the opening day of the Munster Strokeplay Championship. Although there were several under-par rounds not a single golfer got through the day without at least two bogies. Indeed there were plenty of eagles on the par fives, but there were also several triple bogies also as the Continue reading
Draw for Munster Strokeplay Day 2
Play gets underway at 7.30am
Draw for Munster Strokeplay, Cork Golf Club
There were only a few changes to the entry list for the Munster Strokeplay and the draw that was published on Friday last still stands. Holder Shaun Carter along with 2014 winner Barry Anderson lead the charge from Royal Dublin, along with a host of Leinster golfers. Gary O’Flaherty, John Hickey and Mark Ford lead the charge from the hosts while Peter O’Keeffe, Cathal Butler, Ian Spillane and James Sugrue will be hoping to build on early season form going into the Championship.
Draw for R1 & R2:
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Fred Daly Trophy Round 1 – Rain Stops Play
Today’s four Fred Daly matches fell foul of the weather, and that won’t be too much of a surprise for anyone to hear. Muskerry, Douglas and Monkstown were all due to host matches today.
Cork GC hosted two games yesterday. Fota Island had an impressive 4-1 win over Muskerry in the first match. The second match proved to be a tighter event, it took two tie holes to decide the winner, with Bantry Bay winning Continue reading
Fred Daly first round matches start today
Interest in junior golf is building up as this weekend the first round of the Fred Daly Trophy takes place. Cork, Monkstown, Douglas and Muskerry will all host the matches as Ireland’s premier junior golf competition gets underway. This year the competition format has changed.
The GUI Annual General Meeting voted to reduce the number of players from seven to five. Seven first round matches take place on Saturday and Sunday. Munster holders Mallow are in action in Monkstown on Sunday, where they will face Mahon. Kinsale were Munster finalists in 2015 and they will face Douglas on Sunday. That is without doubt the most interesting match of the first round. Both clubs were also paired early on in the competition last year and Kinsale won only after the match went to playoff holes. Kinsale went on to contest the Munster Final while Douglas won the Fred Daly Plate.
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Last Call for Munster Strokeplay entries
Munster Strokeplay Champion Shaun Carter (The Royal Dublin) pictured at Cork Golf Club with Officers Robin Turnbull, President, Lady President Ann Kos, Captain Fergal Deasy, Lady Captain Katherine O’Kelly Lynch and Liam Harkin, GUI Munster Branch. Picture: Niall O’Shea
Entries for the Munster Strokeplay will close on Saturday 2nd April. The 72 hole championship event will be hosted by Cork Golf Club on Saturday 30th April and Sunday 1st May.
Link to Munster Strokeplay online entry
Currently there are 25 entrants playing off plus handicaps with a further 20 golfers playing off scratch. Former winner Pat Murray leads the entrants on +3.8 and the field also includes former three time winner Niall Gorey (+2.0). Former tour pro Peter O’Keeffe (+2.1) makes his championship debut after regaining Continue reading
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