BIG WINS ARE PAR FOR THE COURSE!
A MISSED cut at the English Boys Championship last week was surely a mere blip and Laytown & Bettystown clubman Daniel Mulligan looks destined for great things in amateur golf after his recent Irish Boys triumph.
The 13-year-old St Mary’s DS pupil, who plays off 4, achieved the
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EIGHTEEN-HOLE Monthly Medal/ GOY Stroke sponsored by PGA Pro. Brian Kerley: 1st Tom Tallon 66pts, 2nd David Leggett 67pts, 3rd John O’Flaherty 67pts, Gross Ben Phipps (1st) 73pts & Darren Henry (2nd) 75pts.
Singles Stableford on 4th August: 1st Gary Downes 40pts, 2nd David Byrne 40pts, 3rd Paul Moynagh 39pts back 9, Gross Brendan Healy 34pts.
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LADIES Stableford on 5th August sponsored by Brian Kerley: 1st Linda Shannon 21pts, 2nd Bernadette Ward 19pts, 3rd Nuala Caffrey 19pts. golfing equivalent of lapping the entire field as he won the Under-14 title by a massive 11 shots over 36 holes at Mullingar GC.
Daniel seems to be following in the capable footsteps of his elder brother Thomas (19), who is on scholarship at the Universitiy of Oregon in the United States after
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RESULTS from last week’s Lady President’s Prize: 1st Thomas Nolan nett 64, 2nd Aaron Slater nett 65, 3rd Gary Healy nett 69.
Saturday’s singles stableford: 1st Aaron Slater 39pts, 2nd Nigel Munnelly 36pts, 3rd Johnny Smyth 36pts.
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RESULTS from Sunday’s President’s Prize: 1st Mena Ball nett 66, 2nd Anne Gogarty nett 67, Mary Kennedy nett 68.
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PLAYING a lot better than in representing Ireland on the international stage since the age of 14 and bringing his own handicap down to +3.
‘Mum [Janice] never played golf and I only played years ago,’ said the boys’ dad Shane, but they enjoy it and it’s a bit of fun, and I have to mention their coach Shane O’Grady
recent month’s Paul Owens (14) was surprised that his nett 64 was good enough for him to claim his first ever Murphy’s, Bar & Restaurnat Meigh sponsored Monthly Medal. Given the scores returned in July’s Medal Paul was more than happy with a touch of form returning with Captain’s Day fast approaching on Sunday Aug 26 but was delighted to win the August medal ahead of a brace of nett 65’s produced by Club Treasurer Emmett Fearon (13) and the unlucky Paul Lambert (20) whose mountain visit on hole 10 put paid to his chances of outright victory. Still successive good rounds has enabled Paul achieve his seasons goal a handicap of 18 with more improvement to come. Shane Toale was the winner of the Gross. Next weekend the Lourdes Classic 4 person Scramble (£100 who is also coaching [former world number one women’s amateur player] Leona Maguire. He’s doing a great job.
‘Daniel is in a different league compared to other players his age - it’s certainly looking that way - but he loves golf and that’s the most important bit.
per team, food inc.) occupies all of Saturday aside for a 1 hour members slot from 12 noon to 1pm. With some tremendous prizes on offer in both GUI & Non-GUI categories helping this worthy cause is not a bad idea. The club competition is v Par.
The big event of the year, the Captains Day will take place on Sunday August 26. The timesheet just posted has already seen a lot of activity as members select their preferred hourly time slot in which to be drawn. Popular Captain Paddy will have little difficulty in seeing the timesheet needing extending as members honor his great year of Captaincy. The Captain’s activities will begin on Thursday with his prize for Seniors taking place in the morning and the Juveniles in the afternoon. On Saturday it will be
‘He wants to go to America like his brother, try and reach the top level in amateur golf and then see what happens.’
Daniel, incidentally, is the second Laytown & Bettystown player to win the Irish Boys U-14 title in recent years, following on from clubmate Alex Maguire in 2015.
the turn of the Ladies and Visitors to take to the fairways. A 7am start on Sunday morning as the male members try to qualify for the extra 9 holes (top 10 scores plus ties qualify) in late afternoon to see who will be the 2018 Captain’s Day winner.
Nearly every year Lorcan Rafferty (11) basicallly because he is able to play more golf during july and August lays claim to a Friday Open. Last Friday Lorcan went round in 3 over for a return of 44 points to win the BC ELECTRICS, DUNDALK Sponsored Friday Open. Lorcan was a point clear of Paul Lambert (21) who in turn finished a point ahead of third placed Martin Gill (22). Friday Open Entry is Members £7 & Visitors £12 which includes 2’s.
Following a few near misses getting touched off in a few countbacks
Ruairi Murchan secured his place in the Byrne Monumental Wednesday Cup Final following his win over the Front 9 White markers. The fifth and final round over this particular course saw Ruairi actually win a countback over Duindalk’s Larry O Rourke after both returned 21 points.
So the other four qualifiers for the final off the Front 9 White Markers Section were James Maguire, Raymond Kelly, Benny Tierney & Shane O Neill. As Raymond Kelly won the overall best 3 cards for Section winner and had already qualified for the final by virtue of being a weekly winner section runner-up Daniel Hughes got himself a final berth with 57 points one ahead of Gerard Loye and two ahead of Shane Toale. The final week’s play off the Front 9 Green Markers takes place this