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Senior Scratch Cup
Gallery: Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup 2018 – R3
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O’Flaherty goes low to lead in Lee Valley
Gary O’Flaherty had a super second round of 64 in Lee Valley this afternoon to claim the lead in the Senior Scratch Cup. Nine birdies and a single bogey saw the Cork GC golfer post an 11 shot swing from his morning round. His 75/64 has given him a two shot lead in the competition with the final 18 holes scheduled for tomorrow. Ronan Mullarney (-3, 70/71) leads the chasers with Jack McDonnell and Sean Desmond on -2. James Sugrue is 4th on -1, he’ll be looking for his second scratch cup win after success in Fota Island last week.
Gallery: Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup 2018 (R2)
O’Flaherty went on a roll from the second hole this morning. He birdied the 2nd, 3rd, 4th and the index one 5th hole thanks to a chip in. He parred the 6th and the 7th which was playing into a very strong wind. Another birdie followed on the par five 8th and he turned on 30 strokes after a sixth birdie on the 9th.
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Gallery: Lee Valley Senior Scratch Cup 2018 (R2)
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Ward wins on the Double
Gary Ward had a double win last weekend, the Kinsale man scooped two senior scratch cups over the course of two days. On Saturday he headed to Kanturk and went around the North Cork course in one under par to record his second win of the year. On Sunday it was off to Co Clare for the 36 Dromoland Senior Scratch Cup, and Ward topped the leaderboard again after shooting rounds of 69 and 77. Ward won the Cobh Senior Scratch Cup in May, shooting a course record 66 on the way to his first senior scratch cup title. Ward played Kanturk for the first time on Saturday and it was a winning debut as he described. “It was my first time playing Kanturk and all I knew was that it was tight” said Ward. “I hit the ball where I could see it and played really steady golf the whole way around. The pins were very tough, a few hanging off slopes so it was tough to put it close. I never went over par and never went better than -2, my 3rd birdie on the par 3 16th saved my round and took my pars on 17 and 18 for a 70 to win by 1 from Peter Duane.”
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Ward Wins in Cobh, Cobh Senior & Junior Scratch Cups
Gary Ward shot a very impressive 66 in Cobh today to win the Senior Scratch Cup. The score is a course record at the championship course. Ward had a good start and birdied the 3rd & 4th before he went on to add two more birdies on the 7th & 8th holes. He added another birdie on the par three 10th to get to five under. His only blemish came on the 12th when he dropped a shot after putting a ball in the water. Ward regained the shot on the very next hole and moved to six under when he bogied the last hole.
It was a 1-2 for Kinsale as Keith Fitzpatrick took second place with a 71. Cobh’s Gavin Lynch won the nett prize. Mark McGroarty won the Junior Scratch Cup in style with a level par 72 enough to win the title by two shots. Monkstown’s Ken Treacy was second on 74 and Eoin Wilson was third with a 75. Aaron Ward (Blarney) won the nett prize with a 69, beating Jack Ryan (Monkstown) on the countback.
Desmond claims first Scratch Cup win in Douglas
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Gallery: Dell EMC Lee Valley SSC, Round 3 (2)
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O’Keeffe wins Doneraile Senior Scratch Cup
Peter O’Keeffe notched up his third Senior Scratch Cup win this month with a fine 67 in Doneraile today. O’Keeffe finished with a one under par 67, despite carding two bogeys and a double bogey. The Douglas man did have five birdies which did help the card and he was cruising nicely until the 11th when he had a double after trying to go for the par 4 green.
After wins in Kinsale and Castlymartyr earlier this month, O’Keeffe is definitely on form. He had a two shot winning margin over Irish Seniors International Michael Quirke who finished on 69. Apart from the winner, the home club too the rest of the prizes, David Finn finished on 72 and the nett prize was won by Hugh Dolan with a 68.
Doneraile Senior Scratch Cup, sponsored by Eilys Bar
- Peter O’Keeffe 67
- Michael Quirke 69
- Dave Finn 72
- Hugh Dolan 68 (Best Nett)
Two Cups in Two Days – O’Keeffe is the form golfer, Castlemartyr Senior Scratch Cup
Peter O’Keeffe has worked hard all year to win a senior scratch cup, and this weekend he won two. After shooting a winning 68 in Kinsale yesterday, O’Keeffe was back on course this morning in Castlemartyr. Starting early again, the Douglas man plotted his way around the Ron Kirby designed links and carved out a three under par 69.
And O’Keeffe repeated another thing this morning that he did yesterday. He lost a ball on the opening hole and took a double bogey. The Munster golfer’s tee shot found the heavy rough and the ball was lost. Like yesterday he recovered and added three pars before getting his first birdies on the 5th. He also birdied the par five 8th to gt back to level par before parring the 9th. O’Keeffe went under par following a birdie on the 11th but couldn’t do better than that as he parred the next five holes where at least a birdie or two might have been expected. He capitalised on the closing holes however. He chipped in on the 17th after missing the green, and on the last hole he hit a nine iron from 175 yards to ten feet. He made the putt to sign for a winning 69.
Dave O’Donovan (Muskerry) took second place with a 73 and Kinsale’s Cathal Butler was third with a 74. Mallow’s James Sugrue was fourth with 75 and Michael Lenihan won the best nett prize.
O’Keeffe Wins Kinsale Senior Scratch Cup, Murphy helps Ireland to European Boys Team Title
Peter O’Keeffe (Douglas)
Peter O’Keeffe won the Kinsale Senior Scratch Cup today with a four under pat 68. O’Keeffe recovered after an interesting start, he put a three iron out of bounds on the first tee which meant he walked onto the second hole on +2. He recovered however and started racking up the birdies. He went under par on the 3rd, 6th and 8th before dropping a shot on the 9th. O’Keeffe added four birdies and five pars on the back nine to set the clubhouse lead on -4. The round could have been better, O’Keeffe missed a birdie putt on the 17th and an eagle putt on the 18th. Still it was enough to give the Douglas and Munster golfer his first scratch cup of the year. Kinsale’s Keith Fitzpatrick also finished with a 68 but had to settle for second place with O’Keeffe beating him on the back nine. Cork’s John Hickey finished in third place. Many of the golfers today will be in action again tomorrow in the Continue reading
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