Fota Island Golf Academy is opening its doors to keen golfers for the week between 9am and 4pm allowing guests to experience the finest and most comprehensive golf training facilities in the country. Always innovating, Fota Island recently launched a new membership package for their Academy which for the first time incorporates playing rights and access to the course. The new package will be unique in Munster, in addition to full access to the extensive practice facilities members will also have access to the nine holes on the Barryscourt course that wraps around the Academy. Ideal for those who want to improve their game, the Fota Island Golf Academy offers a sophisticated analysis of swing, putt and technique, as well as excellent, comfortable and relaxing surroundings and invaluable advice from PGA Professionals along with Continue reading
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Open Week Begins at Fota Island
Open week at Fora Island gets underway tomorrow, and although the week has been heaving booked there may be some late availability or cancellations for anyone hoping to get out on the the 2014 Irish Open Championship course.
Anyone interested in playing should contact the Pro Shop at Fota Island
Fota Island Open Week July 25th to 30th :
Monday 25th – (Senior Over 55’s) Team of 4 – €100 per team
Tuesday 26th – Ladies Team of 3 – €105 per team
Wednesday 27th – Open Fourball – €40 per golfer
Friday 29thand Saturday 30th – Open Singles – €50 per golfer
All competitions will be played on The Deerpark Course.
Foursome Changes for Munster Men, Ladies & Girls matches Day 2
Robin Dawson (Munster) lines up his putt at the 15th green during the second day of the 2016 Interprovincial Championship at Fota Island. Picture by Pat Cashman
After another disappointing day for Munster yesterday, Munster have made several changes to their foursome pairings for the final match against Connacht. Robin Dawson and Cathal Butler pair off in the opening match and Peter O’Keeffe and John Hickey have been paired in the second match. Andrew McCormack and Geoff Lenehan play together in the third pairing while Munster stalwarts Pat Murray and Gary O’Flaherty team up in the back match. Munster had a very Continue reading
Tough day at the office for Munster
Munster endured a tough opening day at the Interprovincial Championships at Fota Island today. Despite having local knowledge they struggled in the foursomes with Peter O’Keeffe and Cathal Butler takings Munster’s only win. Munster’s Gary O’Flaherty and Andrew McCormack scrambled for a very good half in their match, having been down earlier in the game. The singles were very disappointing for Munster with Andrew McCormack winning Munster’s only point. The experienced side will need to bounce back strongly tomorrow to give themselves a chance of winning on Wednesday.
Gallery: Interprovincials Day 1
Munster face Leinster tomorrow in the second day of matches. Leinster had a narrow win over Connacht. Ulster lead the standings with Leinster in second place, Connacht are third with Munster in Continue reading
Fota the perfect venue for tournament golf
Gary O’Flaherty & Geoff Lenehan pictured during practice today at Fota Island
Fota Island has proven itself to be the perfect tournament venue and next week it will host the GUI Senior Interprovincials. The famous Deerpark course has a long-standing association with top level tournament golf, hosting European Tour, Seniors Tour, ILGU PGA and GUI events. It’s a three time host for the Irish Open, in 2001 and 2002 it hosted the Murphy’s Irish Open and attracted record crowds as the Cork headquartered Brewery wrapped up their nine-year sponsorship of the competition. More recently Fota attracted 100,000 spectators during the 2014 Irish Open. As a championship venue, the Deerpark course in Fota has been lengthened but very little else has happened to the Jeff Howes designed course. Tightly cut fairways, strategic bunkering, and receptive true greens are all hallmarks of the Fota golf experience. While the vast majority of competitions held in Fota have been strokeplay, it’s also a wonderful course for matchplay. The signature par five 18th makes Continue reading
Pro-Am Final for Fernhill and Fota Island
Pauline J McKechnie & Anthony O’Connell (Fota Island GC) taking part in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Pro-Am Qualifying Competition at Dooks, Picture: Golffile | Thos Caffrey
Two Cork clubs will be represented at the K Club today for the final of the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Club Challenge. Both Fernhill and Fota Island will play in a fourball qualifier that will see the winning team qualify to play in the Irish Open Pro-Am next week. Pauline J McKechnie and Anthony O’Connell will represent Fota Island while Cathy McGuinness and Tony O’Donovan will head out in Fernhill colours. Killarney and Tipperary were the other successful qualifiers from the competition which was held in Dooks Golf Club two weeks ago.
22 teams from golf clubs across Ireland will do battle this today on the Smurfit Course at The K Club in the final of this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Club Challenge – with a chance to play alongside international golf superstars and world famous celebrities in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Pro–Am at stake.
The qualifying events took place at five of Ireland’s top golf courses, including Powerscourt GC in County Wicklow, Hollystown GC in Dublin, Rockmount GC in Belfast, Dooks GC in County Kerry and Galway Bay Golf Club, all of whom donated their excellent facilities in support of this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open.
Cathy McGuinness and Tony O’Donovan (Fernhill GC) taking part in the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open Pro-Am Qualifying Competition at Dooks, Picture: Golffile | Thos Caffrey
The theme for this year’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open, hosted by the Rory Foundation at The K Club (May 19-22) is ‘History in the Making’ and that will certainly be the case when, for the first time ever, one lucky club team lines up to play alongside a top golfer in the prestigious Pro-Am competition. This initiative is part of Europe’s Race to Dubai Champion Rory McIlroy’s five-point plan to drum up support for the Dubai Duty Free Irish Open from Ireland’s 420 golf clubs, as well as helping to further develop the game of golf in Ireland. For more information on the 2016 Dubai Duty Free Irish Open hosted by the Rory Foundation or to purchase tickets http://www.dubaidutyfreeirishopen.com.
Fota Island ready for 2016 Season
Fota Island will get their competitive golfing season up and running on the 13th March when they host their Senior Scratch Cup. The competition is being held over 18 holes and they have again partnered with Top Golfer, ensuring that there will be some great prizes on offer. The senior scratch cup has generally marked the start of the competitive season in Cork and a full time sheet is expected as golfers travel from all over Munster. In fact golfers could travel from further afield this year, Fota Island are hosting the GUI Senior Interprovincials so you can expect to see golfers from all four provinces playing on the Deerpark course between now and July. The entry fee is €40 and anyone interested in playing Continue reading
Mercy Hospital Golf Classic – 22nd April 2016
The Mercy Hospital will hold their annual fundraising golf classic in Fota Island Resort on Friday 22nd April next. The funds raised will go towards the building of the Mercy Cancer Care Centre
Brian Dunphy & Jack French
Teams of four cost €400. The Mercy Cancer CARE Centre is a community funded cancer centre providing hope and healing close to home. For the one in three of us who will be diagnosed with cancer in our lives, at the Mercy, we want to be sure that that news is told in the most supportive way possible. We are building a specialised Cancer Centre next to the Mercy Hospital that will provide a quiet safe place for patients and their family to help deal with bad news. Volunteer organiser, Jack French is joined by Brian Dunphy (former Board Chairman) in organising our annual Golf Classic. The Golf Classic could not happen without the knowledge, dedication and enthusiasm Jack and Brian so generously give.
2015 Review of the Year – Part 4
October
With most of the inter-club competitions complete, the attention
The prize winners at the Oakley Open Singles Series Final at Lee Valley Golf Club. Monday 21st September 2015 Picture: Niall O’Shea
reverted to opens and singles competitions. Lee Valley held the final of their Oakley Open Singles qualifier which had been running during the summer months. Ger Halligan was the winner, and he won a trip to the Portuguese Masters courtesy of Oakley’s Kieran O’Connor. Stryker won the Corporate Challenge final in Fota Island. The popular competition saw a large number of companies take part in the qualifiers with Cork Airport PJ Hegarty, Stryker and Vistakon all making it to the series final. Stryker came out on top of the four finalists with a grand total of 162 points, and they won a society outing in Fota Island including dinner for 20 people. Castlemartyr held their annual corporate day, and the winners were Leo Spratt, Peter Manning, Bernard Rohan and C Continue reading
Stryker win Fota Island Inter-Company Challenge
Fota Island rounded off another busy golfing year recently when they hosted the final of the Inter-Company Challenge. This is the second year that the novel event has been held and entries were up for the qualifying rounds. The format was based on eight colleagues playing in a singles format with the top five scores counting towards the team total. After a number of busy qualifying dates, Cork Airport PJ Hegarty, Stryker and Vistakon all made it to the series final. Stryker came out on top of the four finalists with a grand total of 162 points, and they won a society outing in Fota Island including dinner for 20 Continue reading
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