Pictures from the Irish Schools Senior Munster Final at Castlemartyr Links:. Continue reading
Munster Golf
Irish Junior Foursomes 2016
Good Friday, 25th March will see the staging of the first round of the Irish Junior Foursomes. There are 21 Cork clubs taking part in three host venues. Cobh, Fermoy and Macroom all host qualifiers with two clubs at each venue qualifying for a matchplay final. Tee times vary, check with host club.
Round 1 QUALIFYING ROUNDS FOURSOMES STROKE PLAY – reducing to 16 Teams
Round 2 TWO TEAMS QUALIFY FROM EACH VENUE FOR MATCH PLAY AT NEUTRAL VENUE TO BE ARRANGED BY TEAMS AND PLAYED BEFORE 24th April, with office notified of result by Sunday 24th at 9.00pm
Round 3 MATCH PLAY WEEKEND OF 28/29 May VENUES will be the Pierce Purcell Venues
Munster Semi Finals & Final – 5 August Newcastle West GC
Charleville are hosts for their North Munster qualifier while Youghal travel to Gold Coast for their East Munster qualifier.
Munster Senior Order of Merit
Munster Senior Inter-provincial Captain Phil Cooney recently got together with over 20 golfers that are all hoping to make the Munster team that will play in Fota Island in July. All told there are up to 30 golfers in with a shout for the eight places on the team. As in previous years, Munster Golf are running an Order or Merit system and the top Continue reading
2016 Munster & National Fixtures
Fixtures 2016
23-Mar – 29-Mar West of Ireland Amateur Open Championship (Co Sligo) [Men’s Am]
30-Mar – 31-Mar Wales Boys v Ireland Boys (Cardigan) [Boys U18]
31-Mar 31-Mar Connacht Under 14 Boys Amateur Open Championship (Strandhill) [Boys U14]
30-Mar 1-Apr Four Nations (Under 16) Development Matches (Hilton Templepatrick) [Boys U16] Continue reading
O’Sullivan leads Mallow to Fred Daly Win
13 year old Daniel O’Sullivan was the hero for Mallow as his win on the 18th sealed a 4-3 win for Mallow against Kinsale in the Fred Daly Trophy final. The final was a titanic affair with one match going to the 21st and another going to the 20th. Kinsale got early wins from James Bohan and Mark Healy and Mallow got an early point from Eoin Ahern.
Galleries: Semi-Finals Final Presentation & Team Pictures
Gary Ward’s match was finally settled on the 20th, when he beat Mallow’s Ed Walsh with a birdie. Eoin Ahern added appoint for Mallow to make the score 3-2. Conor Roche and John Murphy had a Continue reading
Gallery: Fred Daly Trophy Munster Final Presentation & Team Pictures
Team Pictures from the Fred Daly Trophy Munster Finals: Continue reading
O’Connell & O’Riordan win Munster Boys Titles
Bandon’s Brian O’Connell pictured with the Munster Boys Under 17 Cup at Kanturk Golf Club.
Picture: Niall O’Shea
Bandon’s Brian O’Connell shot an impressive two under par 69 to win the Munster Boys Under 17 Close at Kanturk Golf Club. O’Connell, playing off a handicap of 5 returned the only under par score on the day got off to a great start. He was three under at the turn after recording birdies at the 1st, 4th and 7th holes. He added further birdies at the 13th and 15th but three bogies on the back nine saw his sign for a winning 69. Second place went to Conor Slevin (5) from Charliville with a level par 71 and third place went to Andrew Mulhall (4) from Waterford Castle, also with a 71.
Gallery: Pictures from Munster U15 & U17 Close Championships
Jake O’Riordan (Dungarvan) pictured with the Munster Boys Under 15 Cup at Kanturk Golf Club.
Picture: Niall O’Shea
The Munster Boys Under 15 Trophy went to Jake O’Riordan from Dungarvan Golf Club. Jake had a birdie on the second hole but added four successive bogies from the 3rd to the 5th. He recovered with a birdie on the 8th to turn on +2. He had a very tidy back nine, eight pars and one birdie saw him finish on a one over par score of 72. Mallow’s Ed Walsh (2) continued his good form with a 74 to take second place, and third place went to Stephen Ryan (10) from Roscrea who carded the best of three 75’s.
Kanturk Golf Club was in great condition for the prestigious junior golf event, with over 100 golfers from 40 Munster clubs taking part. Kanturk Captain Jerry O’Keeffe thanked the Officers and staff of Munster Golf for allowing Kanturk to host the competition and thanked all of the club volunteers who worked through the long day. Munster Branch Chairman Mr John Moloughney congratulated the winners and thanked everyone who was involved in making the day such a success. He thanked the Officers, members and staff from Kanturk Golf Club who provided the course in great condition, and he also thanked the Munster Golf team of Tournament Director Sean O’Leary, referees Kevin Murray and Brian Hurley, and Junior Administrator Margaret Sugrue who was involved in the preparation of the championship since last October.
Prize winners from the Munster Under 17 and Under 15 Close Championship, pictured with John Moloughney, Chairman Munster Golf, Jerry O’Keeffe, Captain Kanturk Golf Club and Noel Hennessy, Junior Officer Kanturk Golf Club.
Picture: Niall O’Shea
The next junior championship is the Munster Boys Under 13 Close which takes place next week in Waterrock and Adare Manor.
Gallery: Munster Boys U15 & U17 Close
Pictures from Kanturk GC: Continue reading
Monkstown lose out in Junior Foursomes Final
Monkstown came up just short of winning a Munster pennant at the Irish Junior Foursomes yesterday. Woodstock in Co Clare was the venue for the Munster finals and the Cork club beat Newcastlewest in an exciting semi-final match. That led to an afternoon final against Ballbunion. Unfortunately for Monkstown they were well beaten in the final, Sean Desmond and Cillian Desmond lost in the first match and Shane Livesey and Fionn Murray also lost in the second match.
Five Cork Clubs in Munster Finals
he final qualifying match of the Munster Cups & Shields took place last night and Tramore overcame Waterford Castle in Dungarvan.
Muskerry and Youghal are in AIG Barton Continue reading
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