AROUND THE GOLF CLUBS
There will be no penalty if a ball played from the putting green hits an unattended flagstick in the hole and players will be allowed to putt without having the flagstick attended or removed. Spike marks and other damage made by shoes can also be repaired on the putting green and there is no penalty for touching the line of putt.
RELAXED rules for ‘penalty areas’ (currently called ‘water hazards’):
There will be no penalty for moving loose impediments or touching the ground or water in a penalty area.
RELAXED bunker rules:
There will be no penalty for moving loose impediments in a bunker or for generally touching the sand with a hand or club but of course you may not ground the ground in a bunker. An extra relief option is added however for an unplayable ball in a bunker, allowing the ball to be played from outside the bunker with a two-stroke penalty.
RELYING on player integrity:
A player’s ‘reasonable judgment’ when estimating or measuring a spot, point, line, area or distance will be upheld, even if video evidence later shows it to be wrong; and elimination of announcement procedures when lifting a ball to identify it or to see if it is damaged.
The amount of time spent looking for a lost ball is to be reduced from five minutes to three. I would have to say that I like all of these changes and they are for the good of the game and for the pace of the game but the Out of Bounds change is in my opinion open to all sorts of abuse at amateur club level. Time will tell.
PACE of play: BALLYBUNION
Men’s club
Fixtures: Sunday, March 25 Men’s Fourball Stableford Competition – Cashen
Ladies club
Result of Ladies Voucher Competition Tuesday, March 13 – Cashen: 1st Nuala Lynch (31) 34 pts, 2nd Toni Quilter (18) 29pts, 3rd Marjorie Morkan (23) 28 pts, 4th Marian Flannery (26) 27 pts Fixtures:
Saturday 24th March 24 Ladies Spring League Final – Cashen
Saturday 24th March 24 Ladies Voucher Competition – Cashen
Tuesday 27th March 27 Ladies Voucher Competition – Old
Senior Men
Senior Men’s Competition Thursday, March 15 – Cashen: 1st Billy Farrell (14) 35pts 37-2, 2nd Maurice Fahy (13) 30pts 26+4, 3rd John J. O’Keeffe (16) 29pts
Result of Senior Men’s Scotch Foursomes Thursday, March 15 – Cashen Course: 1st Sean C. Kennelly & Tom M. O’Connor 34pts, 2nd Gerry Murray & Vincent O’Kelly 34pts, 3rd John Kinsella & Eddie Moylan 33pts, 4th Gerry Kearney & Maurice O’Connell 33pts Fixtures
Thursday, March 22 Senior Men’s Competition – Cashen
Thursday, March 22 Senior Men’s Scotch Foursomes – Cashen Senior Ladies
Senior Ladies 9 Hole Competition Friday, March 16 – Cashen: 1st Margie Morkan (23) 21pts, 2nd Rosalie O’Neill (36) 14pts, 3rd Peg O’Malley (28) 14pts
Fixtures: Friday, March 23 Senior Ladies 9 Hole Competition – Cashen
BALLYHEIGUE
Result of Sunday’s second round of the Spring League sponsored by Timothy Kenny: 1st Team I 204, 2nd Team J 194, 3rd Team H 193, 4th Team F 189, 5th Team E 187, 6th Team B 185, 7th Team C 182, 8th Team D 176, 9th Team G 173, 10th Team A 172
Full team scores and details can be found at https://www.ballyheiguecastlegolfclub.com/members/2018springleague.
Next Sunday will be the third round of The Spring League. 3 scores out of 5 to count on each of the 4 qualifying rounds on Mar 11th, 18th, 25th & April 1st. After the fourth qualifying round, the top 4 teams will qualify for the semi-finals which will be played on the morning of April 9.
The final will take place in the afternoon. Semi-finals and final will consist of 1 Singles Matchplay, 1 Scotch Foursomes Matchplay & 1 Fourball Matchplay.
DOOKS
Men’s club
Result of Golden’s of Kells Foursomes, Mar 17 & 18: 1. John Cahillane & Peter Fleming 33 Pts, 2nd Jerry Casey & Shane Shanahan 30 Pts, 3rd Ger P O’Connor & Teddy O’Connor 28 Pts
Fixture: March 24 & 25, P & D Cash & Carry Stableford Singles, 15 holes (1 to 13 + 16, 17 & 18 – 4th out of play) Ladies club
Result of Sunday’s 9 Hole Scramble: 1st Eileen Breen(15), Rosemary Browne(36) Eileen O’Hagan (36) 34.4; 2nd Margaret Lucey(23), Bridget Cahillane(27), Mary Gillespie Donovan(36) (on back 2) 36.4; 3rd Marian Daly (26), Elsie Stephens(34), Myra Hickie (36) 36.4
Congratulations to Winter League Winners – Tracy Eakin’s team 4/3
KENMARE
Men’s club
Result of 15 Hole Singles: 1st Padraig O’Shea (10) 32pts. 2nd David O’Dwyer Jnr. (20) 31pts. 3rd John Barry (13) 31pts.
Ladies 15 hole stableford Sunday 18th March sponsored by Leonie Lyons: 1st Delia Long (26) 27pts, 2nd Kerry Healy (32) 25pts Sunday 25th March
Easter Hamper sponsored by Supervalu
KILLARNEY
Ladies club
Result of Sunday’s Mixed team of 4 Stableford sponsored by Keane’s Jewellers, Killarney, Cork & Limerick: 1st