Muskerry and Lisselan carry local hopes
AIG Jimmy Bruen Shield (1st Tee)
8.00am: Ballykisteen –v- Spanish Point
8.40am: Muskerry –v- Killarney
Final: 45 mins after last match
AIG Pierce Purcell Shield (10th Tee)
8.00am: Nenagh –v- Lisselan
8.40am: Thurles –v- Ring of Kerry
Final: 45 mins after last match
Sean Desmond (Monkstown) receiving the Bruen Youths Trophy from David Bruen, also included are David Taylor Captain Muskerry and Richard Cahill Sponsor.
The Bruen Youths will this year mark the start of Muskerry’s Bruen Open week which celebrates the 80th anniversary of Jimmy Bruen’s magnificent victory in the British Boys Championship. It also marks the 70th anniversary of Bruen’s win at the British Amateur in 1946. This year’s competition is a 36 hole strokeplay event and takes place on Monday 15th August.
The Bruen Youths started in 1986 as a boys (under 18) competition but later moved to youths level. There have been many famous winners, Professionals David Higgins, Cian McNamara, Mick Collins, Mark Murphy and Aaron O’Callaghan have all won, and Ronan Twomey and Dave O’Donovan are among very few Muskerry that have won for the home club. Kinsale’s Cathal Butler did a rare double in 2013 and 2014, and Monkstown’s Sean Desmond won Continue reading
Macroom and Muskerry will be busy places this weekend as the first major weekend of the 2016 Cups & Shields campaign starts. The AIG Jimmy Brien Shield will see 22 Cork clubs battle over four matchplay rounds with the hope of qualifying for the Munster finals in Douglas in July.
2015 South Munster winners Lee Valley were beaten last week in one of two preliminary matches in Macroom. Bandon got the better of the Munster semi-finalists and they now go on to face Raffeen Creek in the first match tomorrow morning. Skibbereen beat Bantry Bay in the other preliminary match and they’ll face Lisselan in the first round proper. Hosts Macroom play Fernhill and Dunmore face Kinsale in the other match.
AIG Jimmy Bruen Shield South Munster Draw 2016
Beaten South Munster finalists Mahon are in action in Muskerry, they are Continue reading
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
James Sugrue backed up his good form at the Munster Youths by winning the Muskerry Senior Scratch Cup today. The 70+ golfers faced very testing conditions with frost
Sugrue led going into the afternoon thanks to a three under par 66 this morning. He backed that up with a level par 69 in the afternoon for a winning total of 135 (-3). Cork’s Gary O’Flaherty shot the low round of the afternoon, his 67 saw him jump for tied 7th to second place on -1. Andrew McCormack from Newcastlewest also finished on -1 and took third place with 68,69.
Muskerry’s Conor Riordan took the best nett prize with 134 (-4), he also had the 4th best gross score. Nenagh’s David Reddan Jnr was 4th in the gross standings with 138.
The Mallow man continues the trend of youth winning in Muskerry, Conor Coyne (Youghal) won in 2015 and John Hickey (Cork) won in 2014. More details to follow.
Muskerry Senior Scratch Cup, sponsored by Shane Sadler, final standings: Continue reading
TOP 10 after Round 1:
James Sugrue (Mallow) 66
John O’Brien (Castlemartyr) 67
John Corcoran (Muskerry) 68
Andrew McCormack (Newcastlewest) 69
Pat Murray (Limerick) 69
David Reddan Jnr (Nenagh) 69
Ronan Twomey (Muskerry) 69
Mark Ford (Cork) 70
John Hickey (Cork) 70
Gary O’Flaherty (Cork) 70
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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Round by round results from the matchplay: Continue reading
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