29th March 2026

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Things are moving along nicely here at the golf club, the 18 holes are open each day, bunkers in play and as soon as the weather settles, we will having counting competitions very soon. Our Easter program is packed full of competitions both Open and Club Singles.

Check the timesheet for the Open competitions as they have been opened early. The course improvements are continuing, with footpaths and steps to tee boxes all showing the benefits of the work undertaken by greenkeeper Eddie Ryan and his staff. As the year progresses, the proactive approach by the club will certainly add to the experience of playing golf here. Well done to all involved.

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Results:

The weather was very wet on Tuesday last with 30 players braving the elements. In spite of the inclement weather, Cullen native, Noel Ryan (R ) played brilliantly to record a score of 42 points over the 18 holes. Only recently taking up golf, this augers well for Noel for the coming year. In category 1, local man, Edward Lowry led the way with fine round of 36 points, also the best gross of the day, which held out in a count-back from Ben Carey and Fergal Lonergan. Ignatius Walsh from Cappamore is a man in form, after helping his team to fill the runners up spot the previous Sunday in the spring league, he followed that up with a fine performance in testing conditions to prevail over Fintan Leahy and Frankie Leonard in a countback in category 2.

 

Tuesday 24th March Open Singles (18 Holes)

Category 1 : Edward Lowry (13) 36pts B9

Category 2 : Ignatius Walsh (15) 34pts B3

Category 3 : Noel Ryan (25) 42pts

 

Seniors Results: Thursday 26th March 2026 (15 Hole Scramble)

Played in glorious sunshine, the competition ran with 67 players out in 17 teams, the winning margins were extremely tight with the winning team negotiating the 15 holes in two under par to claim the top prize. The seniors are out every Thursday at 9.30, where there is a champagne scramble each day bar the last Thursday in the month, where a full scramble is played. If you are interested in joining, just turn up in the bar area and you will be set up with a team and an enjoyable few hours.

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1st Place: Alex Ryan, Enda Heffernan, Michael Quirke and Rody Dwan 47.9

2nd Place: Sean Jackson, Noel McGuire, John O'Donovan and Ted O'Sullivan. 48.5

3rd Place : Billy O Reilly, Tommy Landers, Pat Dawson and Vincent Gilligan 49.2

4th Place : John Walsh, Pat Duggan, Eddie Stapleton and Padraig O'Ceallaigh 49.5

5th Place: Brian Devlin, Tom O'Connor and Liam Ryan C 49.9

 

Open Singles - Saturday 28th, Sunday 29th March 2026

A great turn out again this weekend of 162 players including five visitors, played over both days with the weather on Sunday being challenging with wind and rain up until 3pm. Score of the weekend was that of Kilfinane man, Barry O'Shaughnessy with a two under par gross round on Saturday. Barry has showing great form over the winter months which will surely transfer to a great year for him. Annacarthy's George Fahey topped the Sunday scores with another great round continuing the great vein of form that has seen him tumble down in the handicap. A great performance by local resident, Jon Murray secured the category one prize, great to see Jon featuring as he was one of the lowest handicapped players in the category. Galbally's Marcus Browne showed a return to form to secure his category, Marcus has had a few good rounds lately so he received due reward for his consistency. Liam O'Brien from Aherlow also gained reward for a lot of good golf over the winter with a fine win, while in the last category, Waterford native, Brian Deegan was another player showing good form all winter and gaining a well earned prize.

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Best Saturday Barry O Shaughnessy (3) 41 pts

Best Sunday George Fahey (10) 39 pts

Cat 1 Jon Murray (2) 34 pts

Cat 2 Marcus Browne (10) 39 pts

Cat 3 Liam O Brien (17) 38 pts

Cat 4 Brian Deegan (22) 38 pts

 

Upcoming Fixtures:

Our usual Open singles is on again next Tuesday and this weekend sees our traditional Open Four-ball which also serves as the Murray Four-ball Qualifier where 16 pairs will go on to compete in knock out match-play. On Easter Monday, 6th April we have another Open Team of 3, where the available slots are disappearing fast. The following weekend, is Open Singles on Saturday 11th April followed by our first Club Singles of the year on Sunday which is our Masters Tournament and the first competition to gain those valuable Golfer of the Year points, the top 30 members scores with be grouped with a professionals final round score in Augusta to find out who gets to put on the clubs green jacket on Presentation night – Friday 1st of May. Tuesday April 21st sees the start of our highly successful Summer Series with the timesheet now open. The clocks have changed to allow more evening golf so the late timesheet slots are already being booked up.