Munster PGA Morgan O’Donovan Perpetual Trophy 2015

Forde Wins Monkstown Senior Scratch Cup

Mark Forde won the Monkstown Senior Scratch Cup in style on Saturday last, the Cork Golf Club member carded a three under par 67 as he won the competition by one shot.  It was a 1-2 for Cork as John Hickey was second with a two under par 68.  Continue reading

Cork advance to Fred Daly Area Final

Cork & Douglas set for Fred Daly Final

CGN FD 15th July 2014_05

By Niall O’Shea

 

Douglas and Cork both came through their Fred Daly semi-final matches to book their places in the area final which take place next week.  Cork were in action in Castlemartyr on Tuesday and they faced Monkstown.  Rory Dineen and Leon Foley featured on the Cork Junior Cup team last week and both won their matches this week.  Continue reading

Fred Daly Round 3 Results & Semi-Final fixtures

Round 3 At Fermoy GC 8 July GC
Mallow bt Muskerry 5/2
Douglas bt Blarney 5/2

Round 3 At Castlemartyr GC Tues 8 July
Monkstown bt Fota Island
Cork bt East Cork
South Munster Area Semi Finals
At Fermoy GC 15 July 2.00pm :: Mallow -v- Douglas
At Castlemartyr GC 15 July 3.00pm :: Monkstown -v- Cork

Muskerry Advance in Barton Shield

Muskerry Advance in Barton Shield

By Niall O’Shea

CGN BS 6th July 2014_02

Muskerry Golf Club put their name back in the mix for the Barton Shield when they overcame Castlemartyr in the South Munster in Douglas on Sunday.  Both Castlemartyr and Muskerry stuck with the same pairings from the qualifiers.  Continue reading

William Dwyer 2014 Finalists

The qualifiers for the William Dwyer Trophy, Ireland’s oldest society competition took place on Tuesday and holders ESB Wilton are safely through to next week’s final.  The qualifier took place in superb weather at Mahon and ESB Wilton headed the with a great score of 200 from their best three foursomes cards.  Mactoums were second on 207 and Eli Lilly were third on 209.  Lada took the final qualifying spot with 210.  The best socre of the day came from ESB Wilton pairing Sean Mythen and Andy Houlihan who returned a 65.

The first qualifier took place last week and Mahon’s Senior Circle topped the scores with 203.  The other qualifiers on the day were Bluffers, Cork Airport and Mollies.  In all there were 18 societies taking part in the popular competition.  The trophy is a unique as it has the names of each golfer from each of the 71 winning teams to date.All eight will now go through to the final.  I addition to the holders, Mactoums, Eli Lilly and Lada are all previous winners so it promises to be a great final.  Monkstown will play host to the final which takes place on Thursday next.