Pitch and putt season starts with adult County Matchplay Championships

A WEEK later than initially intended, the Pitch & Putt season in the county officially kicks off this weekend with the staging of the adult County Matchplay Championships in Deerpark this Sunday, April 21.

In the Senior Men’s event Deerpark’s Damien Fleming is seeking a fifth consecutive title as the Irish Men’s No 1 hopes for another good showing in 2024.

As well as the three Men’s events there is a Ladies event this year also as this year’s winners will go forward to their respective grade at Munster level provided they remain in that grade as a result of that win.

The County Board will make full particulars of the event available prior to this weekend to all clubs.

In terms of the Inter-Club events this year the Tim Scannell Inter-Club Matchplay is our first event this year beginning Tuesday April 30.

Meanwhile, the Bob Casey Memorial Inter-Club Strokeplay begins towards the end of June as the month of June itself sees the first Scratch Cups of the year in Kerry.

On the weekend of June 9 there will be Scratch Cups in the county both days.

On Saturday June 8 Deerpark hold their events while on Sunday June 9 Tralee will have their Scratch Cup.

Listowel has an Open Weekend this year starting with their Scratch Cup event on Saturday June 29 followed by an Open Scotch Foursomes the following day Sunday June 30.

Castleisland has two Scratch Cup dates. They host the County Board Paul O’Sullivan event on Saturday July 27 followed by their own events on Saturday August 17.

The main highlight of the season this year will be the hosting of the Munster Inter-County Championships by Tralee on August 30/September 1 as Kerry are endeavouring to enter Men’s and Ladies teams in all grades this year.

The County Board thanks Pitch & Putt Ireland for the granting of a week’s postponement for the event in order to help with their hosts efforts to get their course ready after the recent spell of weather.