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ProShop Challenge raises €30k
Kinsale’s Pro Shop Challenge takes place today, and the even has raised almost €30,000 for two Cork charities. A large crowd is expected in Kinsale this afternoon for the skins match that will see John Murphy and Rory Best take on Kinsale PGA Professionals Ger Broderick and Ian Stafford.
ARC House and Breakthrough Cancer Research are the beneficiaries of this years event and organiser Ian Stafford is thrilled with the response so far. “We absolutely delighted with the total of €28,000 so far. Our initial hopes going into this was that we could match what me made from the previous four events which was around €15,000 so to nearly double Continue reading
Kinsale’s ProShop Challenge Returns
Kinsale’s ProShop Challenge returns in August and the fourball challenge will have a new golfer, former Irish Rugby hooker and captain Rory Best. The Ulster man is a brand ambassador for Arachas Insurance, and he will team up with Arachas backed golfer John Murphy to take on Ger Broderick and Ian Stafford. This will be the fifth staging of the event with started in 2016, and the event makes a welcome return after missing 2020 due to covid. John Murphy has been on the challenger team each of the four years, his tour schedule in 2021 and 2022 made it difficult to get a date, but the 2023 event is now scheduled for Thursday 10th August.
This year’s event has a poignant link to the first ProShop Challenge from 2016, the 2023 event is in memory of Darragh Ryan. Darragh was a nephew of Continue reading
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