The Kerryman Golf Club Captains Challenge

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CAPTAIN’S prize-winning golfers representing fifteen of the county’s sixteen clubs converged on Castlegregory on Saturday last to compete for the coveted The Kerryman Captain’s Challenge which had been postponed from the previous weekend because of the weather and the magnificent nine-hole links was in magnificent condition for the event which began with a 10.30am Shotgun start.

Castleisland’s Julianne Browne (19) took the Ladies Prize with an excellent 38 points to win by three from Killarney’s Noreen O’Callaghan (18) who had 35 with Tina Moriarty (19) from the host club in third place with 33 points.

The Men’s event went to Tralee’s Verners Tess (4) who shot a magnificent 39 points, representing a round of just one over par, to win comfortably by six shots from Kenmare’s Paul O’Connor (12) who had 33 points with Castleisland’s Liam McCarthy (12) in third place also with 33 points while the Guest Prize went to Hon Sec of the Castlegregory Men’s Club Pat Mulcahy.

The Kerryman Sports Editor Paul Brennan who presented the prize to the winners at the dinner in Tomásins Restaurant at nearby Stradbally, welcomed and thanked all the players and guests for their attendance, especially former Kerryman employee and current Tralee President Des Fitzgerald who was one of the founders of this event back in the early 1990s.

Winners and runners up in the Kerry Man Golf Classic at Castlegregory Golf Club, on Saturday who were presented with their trophies in Thomáis Castlegregory by Paul Brennan (Sport editor Keryman). Front l-r: Paul Brennan, Vernas Tess (1st), Tommy King...