LUMPER’S SOCIETY

THE society held their third outing of the year at Headfort Golf Club (Old Course) on Saturday, May 20th. The format on the day was singles stableford, with the prizes on offer kindly sponsored by our member, Mick Doyle. The golf course was presented in an excellent condition and although the weather on the day was largely dry, a few heavy showers appeared on the horizon during the afternoon.

A number of golfers managed to put together very good scores and in determining the winning score card, the Competition Secretary was required to apply a count back on the back nine holes to separate the winner Tommy Mc Guinness from the runner-up, Peter Murtagh. Tommy also secured the Nearest Pin Prize with the ‘Shot of the Day’ at the par 3 – 10th. Hole. A magnificent 5 iron, hit the flag stick and came to rest 2 feet from the cup. In tapping in for his birdie 2, Tommy took home the Birdie 2 Prize as well.

After the round, the golfers enjoyed a meal and refreshments in the clubhouse. During the presentation of prizes, the Captain, Gerry Malone thanked the committee and staff at Headfort Golf Club for the use of their wonderful facilities and for providing a delicious meal.

The Prize winners were as follows: 1st Tommy Mc Guinness, 2nd Peter Murtagh, 3rd Niall Bree; Visitor Pa O’Dalaigh, Longest Drive: Alan Winters.

In winning the Headfort outing and securing the maximum points on offer, Tommy Mc Guinness has moved to the top of the Leaderboard in the race to be ‘Golfer of the Year’. He is closely followed by Peter Morgan and Peter Murtagh at the half-way stage of the season.

The draw for round two of the Match-play competition was completed at the Headfort outing and resulted in the following pairings: David Williams v Danny Murtagh; Thomas Dullaghan v Donal O’Hagan; Peter Murtagh v Rory O’Hagan; Peter Morgan V Liam Manning; Gerry Malone v Tommy Mc Guinness; Alan Winters

v Niall Breen; Declan Mc Guinness v David Griffin; Philip Crilly v Alan Dullaghan.

All matches are to be concluded by the next outing, Captain Gerry Malone’s Prize which will take place at Ballymascanlon Golf Course on Saturday, June 17th.

A full list of our activities and events are available on the society website www.lumpersgolfsociety. com.