Eoin Murphy

Interest Building in BoyleSports Lee Valley Scratch Cup

/ niall@corkgolfnews.com

Robbie Walsh (Douglas) pictured after winning the 2023 BoyleSports Lee Valley Scratch Cup.
Picture: Niall O’Shea

The field is building for the 2024 BoyleSports Lee Valley Scratch Cup which takes place in less than three week’s time.  Already there are close to 50 entries of scratch or better, with Walker Cupper Caolan Rafferty leading the field with a handicap index of +5.6.  Rafferty leads a number of players from the north east with Eoin Murphy, Evan Farrell and Gavin Tiernan all set to tee it up on the 20th and 21st of April.

Rafferty and Murphy both played last year, and after getting the know the course on the opening day, and they both finished tied for fourth.  Evan Farrell is also in good form at the moment, reaching the quarter finals of the Connolly Motors West of Ireland in Co Sligo on Continue reading →

Walsh stays the course in Lee Valley

/ niall@corkgolfnews.com

BoyleSports Lee Valley Scratch Cup winner Robbie Walsh (Douglas) pictured with Peter Tuite from BoyleSports and Lee Valley officers Jack Noonan and Liam Power. (Pic: Niall O’Shea)

Robbie Walsh produced a great performance to win the BoyleSports Lee Valley Scratch Cup last weekend, winning the 54 hole event after leading from start.  The Douglas member hung in there in the final round, displaying huge determination to stay ahead of a stellar chasing pack.  Walsh led after the opening round, shooting the low round of the tournament with a three under par 69.  He followed that with a level par 72 to hold a three shot lead heading to the final round.

As final rounds go, it proved to be an entertaining contest.  Walsh birdied the first two holes and when nearest challenger Gary O’Flaherty bogied the first the lead was six shots.  Things changed though when Walsh dropped four shots in the next three holes.  With nine holes left his lead was down to two shots, but that’s as close as the field got to him.  He reeled off eight birdies and a single bogey on the way home and although David Reddan and Jack Murphy threatened they never got close enough.  In front of a large gallery Robbie Continue reading →