3rd May 2026

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Summer Series Tuesday 28th April

The weather was great on Tuesday last and a fine crowd of 109 players turned out including 23 visitors to play a course that was in excellent condition. Sponsored by Aherlow's Quinn Perry Construction, also a club member together with our main sponsor Stargas, the Series is really taking off.

Corkman, Jim Noonan is really hitting form at the moment and had the day's best score of 40 points to narrowly defeat another man in form, Doon's David Stapleton in a countback. Conciliation for David in the fact that his score is very likely to qualify him as a leading runner up in the Grand Final on September 11th.

Category one was won by local man James Doocey in the twilight hours as the last man in, narrowly beating another Doon man, Michael P Ryan into second. A strong front nine of level par saw James prevail. Category 2 saw 3 players tied on 36 points with Galbally's Marcus Browne holing out from Peter Murphy, Newcastlewest GC and Bansha's Michael O'Brien. Peter would however have the conciliation of taking the Visitors prize of a box of PROV1s home . Another visitor, Kevin Buckley Castletroy GC, and of the Fire Brigade outing, took the category 4 prize. When contacted afterwards, Kevin kindly donated his winning voucher to the Junior section of the club. A very kind gesture from someone who has only recently taken up golf and was winning for the first time.

 

Senior Golf: Thursday 30th April

Played on a very wet day, 28 brave souls ventured out to play in our weekly seniors. As the last Thursday is always a full scramble, the scoring was very good. Only a half a point separated the top two teams. If you are 59 years young and a member of the club, why not come along on a Thursday morning at 9.30 and you will be greeted by the organising table and set up with a group for a very enjoyable few hours both on the course and in the clubhouse afterwards.

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Result this week:

1st Place: Michael Quirke, Tom Cosgrove, Noel McGuire and Tom O'Dea 39 nett

2nd Place : Seamus Carabine, Gerry Meade, Denis McGrath and Gerry Kelly.

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Summer Series Saturday 2nd May

Last Saturday turned out very wet in the morning and early afternoon, but this didn’t deter the 96 players including 13 visitors from enjoying the course and it certainly didn’t interfere with Tipperary Town's Peter Ryan from having a great round of 7 over par. Playing some excellent golf, Peter finished strong on the back nine to clear the field in style. This will safely see the winner through to the Grand Final in September 11th. Top category winner, Aherlow's, Niall O'Shea also finished very strong and is having a great spell of form. Niall has now entered the grand final standing in the winners section and the runners up section. In the second category, Tipperary towns Orrin Jones is also showing form with a great score of 41 points which ensure he will have to timetable in the Grand Final into his plans. In the final Category, Bansha man Willie Hayes reminded everyone that he is always a threat in competitions. A tidy round of 37 points was the clear winner of this category from Brian Deegan.

As we have a limited timesheet on Bank Holiday Monday 4th May, we are running the Tuesday Summer Series over 2 days, which should help people who wouldn’t normally get a chance to play midweek an opportunity to get an extra crack at qualifying. The weekly Gross winner was local man, Adam Long with a fine round of two over par. Adam will be playing a number of important matches in the club senior matchplay in the next few weeks so this augers well for his current form.

Out daily visitors prize of a box of 12 PROV1s went to Dungarvan Golf Club this time to Craig Susdorf in a countback from Castletroy Golf Clubs Eoin Merrigan.

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T F Ryan Qualifiers Sunday May 3rd.

A fine turn out of 87 players on Sunday even with the clash with the Limerick/Clare hurling game. Scores were consistently high with only two players scoring level 72's getting through to the 16 player knockout stages. Top score of the day was local man, Ben Carey with a standout score of 65 nett. Former Tipp Hurler Clonoulty's Joe Hayes followed him home in second on 68 nett. Kilshane's Tommy Crowe is showing the benefits of having a bit more time to play golf in his retirement by shooting an excellent score of 69 nett. The days best gross was won by Tipperary Town's, Sean Cummins who seems to be the most consistent golfer in the club with the frequency of his wins. This event was our second stroke competition but the first off blue tees which makes all the scores more commendable.

 

 

Club Teams

Our JB Carr team are in action on Monday 4th May in Clonmel GC at 2pm, best of luck to managers Timmy and Declan Walsh and all the panel.

Our Pierce Purcell team face Tramore GC in Tipperary GC on Saturday 9th of May at 2pm, best of luck to Manager Dan McKenna and Pat Creamer and the panel on the day. The Jimmy Bruen team are also in action shortly, Sunday 10th of May at 1.30pm against Thurles GC. Best of luck to manager Patrick Ryan and the panel. Trials are being held this week for the Junior team, Managers Pat Flanagan and Liam Murphy are busy preparing for the upcoming fixture away to Templemore GC in early June.

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26th April 2026

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Results:

The Tipperary Golf Club, Summer Series kicked of on Tuesday last (21st April) and runs until September 11th. Results are updated on the clubs Master Scoreboard and published to the general public on Facebook and Instagram on the evenings of the competition. Updates of the qualifying league places will be posted in the locker room and periodically on social media.

 

We had great turnout on Tuesday with 109 entries, played in dry but breezy conditions, scoring was excellent, Category 1 was extremely tight with two players having exactly the same score and needing to go to the front nine holes to separate them, Ballylanders man, Dylan Noonan finally came out on top from Philip Ryan to claim the prize. Bansha man Paddy Crowe came out on top in the second category also in a count-back from Conor Carroll and Colm Noonan (who almost made it a father and son double on the day). Kilfinane's, Pa McGrath won again for the second week running with a fine score of 38pts in a count-back from four players Eddie Madden, Alex Ryan, James Collins and Shane Leonard. The most popular win of the day was in category 4 where proud Kerry man, Cahersiveen's, Tom H O'Connor now residing in Hospital Co. Limerick came through with flying colours to claim the title. Well done Tom, a great supporter of every event in the club.

To Cap a successful week, Tom also was on the podium in the seniors the following Thursday!

Our winning visitor is no stranger to the club, winning for the second time in as many weeks, our visitors prize of a box of 12 PROV1s went to Liam Cleary of Thurles Golf Club. This great prize for winning visitor is a standing Summer Series prize thanks to the kind sponsorship of our club professional Darragh McComb. We will be awarding a weekly Gross prize until June 1st, thereon it will be a standing Summer Series prize.

We are now “counting” in all competitions.

Summer Series 2026 Tuesday 21st April (Round 1 of 32)

Today's sponsor : Quinlan Bar, Tipperary Town

 

Category 1: Dylan Noonan (9) 37pts (b6 front 9)

Category 2: Paddy Crowe (14) 39pts B9

Category 3 :Pa McGrath (18) 38pts B3

Category 4: Tom H O'Connor (44) 41pts

Best Visitor: Liam Cleary, Thurles GC – Wins box of PROV1s

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Senior Golf:

Another great turnout of 62 players this last Thursday, played 16 holes in glorious weather. Scoring was excellent as usual with the leading two teams separated from the field. Any member aged 60 or more is very welcome to join. Seniors golf every Thursday at 9.30, just turn up at the bar area and you will be set up with a team and a great few hours on and off the course.

Results Seniors Champagne Scramble Thurs 23rd April:

1st Place : Gerry Maher, Pat Dawson, Alex Ryan and Jerry Morrissey 98pts

2nd Place : Eddie Stapleton, Jack O'Dwyer, Noel Ryan and John Deere 95pts

3rd Place : Ignatius Walsh, Dermot O'Dwyer, Pat McCormack and Eugene O Sullivan 92pts

4th Place : Eddie Madden, Denis McGrath and Tom H O'Connor 92pts

5th Place : Liam Farrell, Dan Ryan, John J M O'Dwyer and Gerry Gannon 91pts.

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19th April 2026

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Our Tuesday Singles kindly sponsored by The Vale Star, compliments of club member, Jerry Morrissey, was held in fine weather early in the day with the evening turning wet. We had a good turnout of 77 players who obviously had no petrol/diesel worries in travelling!

Pride of place goes to Curraghpoor's Donnacha Cleary, who had a brilliant round of six under par with the highlight being an eagle on the challenging sixth hole. Great to see Donnacha playing well again and the best of luck in the coming year. Aherlow's Peter Leonard played a really nice, consistent round of golf to secure the second division. Biggest score of the day went to Kilfinane man, Pa McGrath with a huge total of 45 points beating a number of close competitors in Clare's James Collins and fellow Kilfinane man Pat Sheehy. This category is a hard-fought win, any winner needs to be on top of their game to come out on top. Another Kilfinane man, Bernard O Shaughnessy can't be kept out of the winner's enclosure lately, Bernard had a fine round of 40 points to lead the field home.

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Next Tuesday sees the start of our Summer Series, which has been a huge success for the club. It runs every Tuesday and Saturday from here on.

Tuesday Open Singles 14th April 2026

Sponsored by the Vale Star, Jerry Morrissey

Cat 1 : Donnacha Cleary(+1) 41 pts

Cat 2 : Peter Leonard (10) 38 pts

Cat 3: Pa McGrath (17) 45 pts

Cat 4 : Bernard O'Shaughnessy (22) 40 pts

All prizes to be presented on Men's Club Presentation Night Friday 1st May @ 8pm

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Senior Matchplay: Sponsored by Joe McGrath.

We have now entered the round-robin phase of our Senior Matchplay. 20 players entered, where eight of those players played off to reach the last 16. Four great matches were held with each being very competitive. The winners were Niall O'Shea, Ted Lowry, Philip Ryan and Thomas Crosse. All the fixtures are on Master Scoreboard.

Club Matchplay:

Members have until Sunday 26th of April to enter this year's Major competition.

The draw is being held on Sunday evening. As this is a great competition, a large entry is expected, thanks to our sponsors, James and Lorla Collins for their continued support.

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Pierce Purcell:

Close neighbours, Tipperary GC and Co. Tipperary GC battled it out on Saturday 18th of April. Tipperary managers, Dan McKenna and Pat Creamer selected a very experienced team from a large panel. It’s great to see an upsurge in interest in club team participation. In good weather conditions together with a course in fantastic condition, the two teams had a great battle. Limericks Noel Hennessy and Cullen native, Denis O Sullivan went out first and had a comprehensive victory. The second match featured Limerick men Simon Earlie and Mike McCarthy. This was a great match and cometh the hour, cometh the man, Simon had a fifteen-foot putt to win the match on the eighteenth green. This was duly sunk and capped a great win for Tipperary Golf Club. The remaining pairs of Gerard Ryan and Pat Sheehy, Patrick Kennedy and Bernard Murphy all won their matches to set up a second-round fixture with Tramore Golf Club before May 9th.

Moloney Foursomes : Sponsored by ITW Polymers (Denis Ryan )

On Saturday and Sunday last we held a two-day qualifier for the Moloney Foursomes. 75 pairs played over the two days with the course playing very challenging with quick greens and tough pin placements. This didn’t deter the weekend winners of Patrick Ryan G and his brother Philip of Murroe, shooting a great score of 67 nett. Close on their heels were Cappamore's Dan McKenna (who had a busy day as the Pierce Purcell manager) and new member Craig Toomey who were one shot behind. 16 pairs go through to the knockout stages which is on Master Scoreboard to view. This concludes a three-week period of team events, and judging by the high level of participation, having this format after an absence of a number of years can be viewed as a success.

1st Place : Patrick Ryan/Philip Ryan 67 nett

2nd Place : Dan McKenna/ Craig Toomey 68 nett

Prizes to be presented on Presentation Night 1st May @8.00pm

Further prizes for winners and runners up.

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Upcoming Fixtures:

Tuesday 21st April, Summer Series, Open Singles, Sponsored by Quinlan's Bar, Tipperary Town.

Saturday 25th April, Summer Series, Sponsors Bennett's SuperValu, Tipperary Town.

Sunday 26th April, Club Singles, Sponsored by Glen Veterinary, Bansha Road, Tipperary Town

Tuesday 28th April, Summer Series, Open Singles, sponsored by Quinn Perry Construction.

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12th April 2026

Easter Monday 6th April- Open Team of 3:

On a day of mainly dry but blustery conditions we had a great turnout of 41 teams including 28 visitors, playing in the popular format. Scoring was excellent, with the birdies in plentiful supply. The holes against the wind proved to be decisive as par was always going to be a great score. The greens are now rolling close to perfection, thanks to Eddie Ryan and his greenkeeping staff. We are truly spoiled with the high standard of the course, even at this early stage of the year. Our winning team was led by Club Secretary, Richard Ryan with James Hayes and Aherlow's Patrick Hennessy combining to get nine birdies to claim the title in a countback from a team containing one of our great sponsors Liam Murphy, his brother Martin, who got the all important birdie on the first together with George Fahey who is in great form recently. With a great turnout of visitors, it's not surprising that these teams were competitive. Only one shot outside winning the full competition were a group of players from Lismore Golf Club. Well done to Maurice, Conor and Owen on a great score and they were able to collect their prize before they left, thanks to games secretary Michael O'Brien's efficiency.

Results: Team of 3

1st : James Hayes, Patrick Hennessy, Richard Ryan (2) 61 net B9

2nd : Martin Murphy, Liam Murphy. George Fahey (2) 61 net B9

Mixed Team winners : Renagh Murphy. Bernard Murphy. Peter Ryan (3) 61 net

Winning Visitors Team : Maurice Terry, Conor O'Mahoney, Owen O'Mahoney (4) 62 net

Winning Ladies Team : Barbara Leahy, Josephine O'Donnell, Liz Higgins (8) 72 net

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Open Singles Tuesday 7th April:

On Tuesday last we had another great turnout of 77 players with 7 visitors for our open singles. Scoring was hot with the round of the day going to Ballylanders man, Colm Noonan with a level par round of flawless golf. Well done Colm, hopefully this is the start of a big year for him. Monard resident, Sean Jackson took the accolades in the second category with a fine score of 42 points, while Kilfinane's Ger Heelan had another great round to claim the third category. Cappamore's Paddy Mulcahy was in the winners enclosure again with a great score of 48 points in the last category. Our winning visitor, Colm O'Meara from Shannon Golf Club shot a great round of seven over par to claim his prize.

Results Open Singles Tuesday 7th April

Cat 1: Colm Noonan (9) 45 pts

Cat 2 : Sean Jackson (13) 42 pts

Cat 3 : Ger Heelan (17) 44 pts

Cat 4 : Paddy Mulcahy (24) 44 pts

Junior Prize : Jack Marnane (32) 46 pts

Visitor Prize : Colm O'Meara (7) 36 pts Shannon Golf Club

Friday 3rd April - 10 Hole Sweep

On Good Friday, we held a 9 hole sweep where Galbally's Joe McGrath again came out on top in a tie from Declan Keaty and Liam O'Brien.

Winner : Joe McGrath (7) 22pts B6

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Seniors Golf :

Played in wet conditions, we had 49 golfers out on Thursday last. Scoring was again high for a reduced course on the day of 13 holes. A great scoring performance by the winners who had a 3 shot breathing space over their rivals won the day. Senior golf every Thursday from 9.30 til 11.30. All welcome to join.

1st Place - Connie Hayes, Nicholas Cooke, Tommy Landers, Tom O Donnell. 81pts. 2nd Place - Alex Ryan, Conor Ryan (H), John Heneghan, John Walsh. 78pts. 3rd Place - Denis McGrath, Padraig O'Ceallaigh, Eddie Stapleton, Billy O'Reilly.

78pts. 4th Place - Sean Jackson, Dan Ryan, Michael Quirke, Dave Fitzgerald. 78pts.

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Open Singles Saturday 11th April

Due to heavy rain on Friday, we decided to reduce the course to 15 holes for this competition. Despite the cold temperatures and wet afternoon, we had a great turn out of 67 players including 2 visitors. Well done to Seamus O'Halloran on securing another fine win in the top category, Tough conditions meant scoring was difficult, but Seamus played very consistent golf throughout to lead the field. A great score too from local man, Ben Carey in the second category containing a birdie on the 9th hole which was a great boost to the card. Kilfinane's deadly duo of Fintan Leahy and Bernard O'Shaughnessy tied up the last two categories, both players having very consistent cards with little or no mistakes on any hole. Our Junior prize went to Eamon Kelly who will be playing in the Post Primary Schools All Ireland Finals in Lucan Golf Club next week. Best of luck Eamon in that venture.

Results : Saturday 11th April Open Singles

Category 1: Seamus O'Halloran (2) 28 pts

Category 2 : Ben Carey (10) 32 pts

Category 3 : Fintan Leahy (14) 36 pts

Category 4: Bernard O'Shaughnessy (18) 31 pts

Junior Prize : Eamon Kelly

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The Masters 2026:

A great turnout on Sunday last, we 103 players in good weather conditions. The scoring was excellent, with a strong showing from the parish of Aherlow. In first place was Brian Leonard with a fine score of 65 nett. In second place was Patrick Hennessy continuing a fine run of late. The gross was an outstanding four under par from Tipperary town man, Sean Cummins, who had seven birdies on the way to a brilliant 68. Third place then went to another man in form, Doon's David Stapleton with a fine score of 66. The winner of the green jacket is being decide in Augusta at the time of writing so the competition isn’t over yet.

Overall Result:

1st Place: Brian Leonard (20) 65

2nd Place : Patrick Hennessy (16) 66 B9

Gross Prize : Sean Cummins 68

3rd Place : David Stapleton (18) 66

Summer Series:

We are fast approaching the opening round of our 2026 Summer Series starts Tuesday 21st of April and every Tuesday and Saturday thereafter. This year we are giving a great visitor's prize of a box of PROV1s each day (subject to numbers) so hopefully we will see plenty of visitors who can play on a course which is in fantastic condition and visitors can also avail of a 10% discount in the restaurant on competition days thanks to O'Rawe Catering. Each day there will be four category prizes, a gross prize and a visitor's prize. All winning scores will be eligible to qualify for the Grand Final on Friday September 11th.

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Club Singles 26th April

Kindly sponsored by Glen Veterinary, Tipperary Town, we had a great entry of 99 players who again had a fine day and great course conditions. A stroke event, it brought out the best of our Club President, Michael Keaty from Kilfeakle, who posted the days best score of 65 nett. Having played well for the last few months, this win was due and congrats to Michael on his win. In second place was a Corkman, Jim Noonan with a fine score of 68 nett. Playing well recently, this was well deserved. Third place went to Kilfinane's, Vinny Herbert with a good score of 69 nett. After being pipped for the gross the previous day, Sean Cummins made no mistake this time with a one over par 73, which included three birdies on the par fives. This was the first golfer of the year event, which covers all club singles and major competitions

 

Club Singles 26th April sponsored by Glen Veterinary Clinic

1st Mike Keaty (25) 65

2nd Jim Noonan (20) 68

Gross Sean Cummins 73

3rd Vinny Herbert (15) 69

 

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Upcoming Fixtures:

Friday 1st May – Men's Presentation Night @ 8pm

Saturday 2nd May : Summer Series – sponsored by Just Like Home Languages.

Sunday 3rd May : T F Ryan Cup, club singles match-play qualifier (16 players)

Monday/Tuesday 4th/5th May – Summer Series sponsored by Colorworx Ltd / Ryan Tree Care

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Club Teams:

Our Interclub teams are very busy at the moment, with the Pierce Purcell into the second round of the East Munster competition. They now host Tramore GC on Saturday 9th of May @2pm. Best of luck to Manager, Dan McKenna and his panel.

Our J B Carr team travel to Clonmel on Monday 4th of May to play the host club in the second round. Best of Luck to Managers Timmy and Declan Walsh and the panel.

Our Junior Cup team, Managers Pat Flanagan and Liam Murphy will be holding trials soon, their first match is away to Templemore GC to be played before June 6th.

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5th April 2026

Results:

On Tuesday last we had good weather and a great turn out of 66 players including 12 visitors. Best score of the day went to Corkman Jim Noonan with a whopping 43 points which was the result of a very consistent round of golf with no mistakes along the way. Last weeks winner, Noel Ryan R, also had a great score this week but unfortunately it wasn't enough to overtake the winner. With the greens in magnificant order, the trueness of the lines suited Jim McGlynn whose putting and chipping was of the highest order, claiming him the top category prize with 37 points. Another player who has been playing well recently, Clonmel native, Fergal Lonergan went around the 18 holes in 6 over par secured the category 2 prize with a super score of 42 points. Eddie Madden from Tipperary Town continued his good form to pip Joe Fitzgerald by one shot in the third category, both men playing very well at the moment. Our winning visitor Liam Cleary from Thurles Golf Club just held off Patrick Johnson of Carrick an Suir Golf Club on a countback on the last nine holes. Our Junior winner, Mark Cunningham, continues to impress with another fine showing.

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Open Singles - Tuesday 31st March 2026

Category 1: Jim McGlynn (07) 37 points

Category 2: Fergal Lonergan (12) 42 points

Category 3 : Eddie Madden (15) 38 points

Category 4 : Jim Noonan (19) 43 points

Best Visitor : Liam Cleary Thurles Golf Club (05) 37 points B9

Junior Prize : Mark Cunningham

Seniors Results : Thursday 2nd April.

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Another large turn out of senior men this week, with 14 teams compromising of 56 players with a few new additions playing for the first time. It was another day of great scoring in fine weather, where the winning teams scoring average was over 3 points per score! The 2nd and 3rd scores would normally be good enough to win every other week, so its getting tougher to win senior golf as the numbers increase and as players seem to produce their best golf in a team event. Senior golf each Thursday at 9.30, new members are always welcome.

1st Place: Gerry Maher, Michael Kinahan, Rody Dwan and John Walsh, 106 pts

2nd Place: Denis McGrath, Dick Walsh, Tom Ellard and Nicholas Cookke 103 pts B9

3rd Place: John O'Donavan, Billy O'Reilly, Joseph B Ryan and Donal Noonan 103pts

4th Place: Dermot O'Dwyer, Eddie Stapleton, Enda Heffernan and John Heneghan 100pts

5th Place: Pat Walsh (B), Mike Maher, Pat Dawson and Ray Kennedy 99pts

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Results: Murray Fourball qualifiers Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th April

Kindly sponsored by the McCormack Family

A great turn out at the weekend saw 65 pairs go out in this prestigious competition to make the final 16 knockout places. Even though we had a weather warning on Saturday, 62 pairs braved the elements and indeed the two highest scores of the weekend came on Saturday despite the difficult conditions. Top score was that father and son combination again of Brian and Eamon Kelly who succeeded in a count-back over Denis McGrath and Fergal Lonergan. Both teams were very consistent in their scoring, where the winners played steady all the way through. The runners up were boosted by two birdies from Denis. Not to be out done, Fergal produced a vital birdie on the 17th hole to give the team a huge boost. The team event proved very enjoyable for players and it is hoped that a renewed interest in playing for the club teams will be a positive outcome. Our first team out this year is the Purcell team who play County Tipperary GC before 19th of April. Best of luck to their manger Dan McKenna in this fixture.

Weekend prize winners

1st Brian Kelly / Eamon Kelly 44 pts B9

2nd Denis McGrath / Fergal Lonergan 44 pts

Prizes to be presented on Presentation night Friday 1st of May at 8 pm

Top 16 scores have qualified for match play . Draw is on master scoreboard.

Further prizes will be given to matchplay winners and runners up.

Upcoming Events:

We have a very busy Easter schedule with the |Open Team of 3 on Easter Monday, Open Singles on Tuesday and Saturday. On Sunday in conjunction with the Masters in Augusta, we run our fir Club Singles of the year. The top 30 finishers will we paired up with a professionals final round in a draw with the prize of putting on the Green Jacket (kindly sponsored by Vincent Gilligan) on Presentation Night on Friday May 1st at 8pm. Our usual prizes of first, second, third and gross will given also. Following on from last weekends team event, Saturday 11th and Sunday 12th of April see our qualifiers for the Moloney Foursomes (kindly sponsored by Denis Ryan G) (16 Qualifiers) will take place. As many of the interclub teams play foursomes, this is an opportunity for players to improve their chances of selection. Sign on sheets are on the noticeboard for all teams. The Summer Series starts on Tuesday 21st of April and continues on every Tuesday and Saturday where possible until the Grand Final on Friday 11th of September.

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Tipperary Golf Club Juniors Update:
Munster 9-Hole Post Primary Competition:
Congratulations to Shane Leonard on his fantastic 3rd place finish in the Munster 9-hole Post Primary Schools competition held recently in Cahir Park.  Well done also to our other participants on the day: Michael Collins, Brían Sexton, John Rea, Eoghan Gleeson, Tomás Leahy and Scott Perry.  

Irish Kids Golf Tour:
Best of luck to Ben O'Connor who participates in the Leinster Trophy of the Irish Kids Golf Tour on Wednesday, April 8th in Headfort Golf Club in Co. Meath.  

Boys Junior Foursomes:
We hosted Thurles in the first round of this competition on Good Friday last.  It was a classic matchplay encounter, with the result in the balance up to the final holes.  We were delighted to come out on top by the narrowest of margins.  Congratulations to our team of Sean Kinane, Thomas Crosse, Ben O'Connor and Mark Cunningham, (and their fellow panellists Brian Sexton, Michael Collins, Gearoid Kinane and Scott Perry) on the great win.  Our thanks to Thurles for a great game.  We now play West Waterford in the next round.  

Fred Daly:
Tipperary Golf Club Juniors play Cahir Park in the first round (away) next Friday, April 10th.  Best of luck to all involved.

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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.

22nd March 2026

Captains ‘Drive In’ 17th March 2026

A huge attendance of 157 players (40 Teams) played in good weather, with the Captains all safely negotiating their drives to kick start the season.

Front 9:

1st Place : Eddie Madden, Timmy Walsh, Patricia O'Dwyer and Paddy Mulcahy ( 3 Under par) (9.95 Handicap) score 24.05

2nd Place: Alex Ryan, David Mulcahy and Aoife Lowry ( 6 under par) (6.78 Handicap) score 24.22

Back 9:

1st Place: Eamon Mulcahy, Barbara Leahy, Aodha O'Keefe and Ciaran Gannon

(5 under par) (7.81 Handicap) Score 22.19

2nd Place: Patrick Kennedy, Scott Perry, Mary Whelan and Gerry Gannon

(3 under par) (7.2 Handicap) Score 24.8

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Spring League Final: Sunday 22nd March 2026

We started our Spring League on January 12th where we had 114 players in 19 teams of six. This years competition couldn’t have been tighter, where six teams qualified for the nine hole playoff. Until seven o clock the previous night the lineup was in doubt. The last placed team to qualify were Team ‘S’ and were the underdogs in most people’s books! This made no difference to James Collins and his men as they came home convincing winners by two shots and the team in second led by Sean Cummins held on to the second spot, thanks to the last card in from Billy O Reilly.

This competition has been a great success and has generated a lot of banter over the last few months. Next year’s Winter league will commence next November, so hopefully

anyone who missed out this time will get in on the next league. A spring league will follow again in January 2027.

Winners: Team ‘S’ – Martin Ryan, 15, Nicholas Cooke 20, Eugene O'Sullivan 18,

Pat Dawson, James Collins 21 and Joey O'Dwyer 19 - Total 78

Runners Up- Team ‘N’ Sean Cummins 17, Eric O'Connor 17, Billy O'Reilly 20,

Pat Sheehy 21 and Ignatius Walsh 18. - Total 76

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Individual Winners :

Category 1 : Michael P Ryan, Category 2 : Sean Jackson, Category 3 : Maurice Power

and Category 4 : Paddy Mulcahy

 

Open Singles – Saturday 21st/Sunday 22nd March.

We were back to 18 holes last weekend with the bunkers in play with the ball being dropped in the rough. This made things more difficult for most except our winners who displayed tremendous talent. Top of the pile was Galbally man, Joe McGrath with a huge score of 42 points which included two birdies on the front nine. Pat Flanagan from Waterford, similarly had a great round with three birdies on the front nine. Birdies were the order of the day for Murroe's Patrick Ryan who had six of them to win Category 1. Aherlow was represented again by Patrick Kennedy who also had a crucial birdie on the 17th to sweep past the opposition in Category 2. Jack O'Halloran is keeping up the family tradition of success in golf with another crucial birdie on the 18th hole. Timmy Walsh from Ballylanders got the job done in Category 4 with a score to match the days best, to show that he is still a golfer of note.

Sat 21st /Sun 22nd Open Singles 18 hole

Best Sat : Pat Flanagan (7) 39 pts

Best Sun : Joe McGrath (13) 42 pts

Cat 1 : Patrick Ryan G (+1) 39 pts

Cat 2 : Patrick Kennedy (11) 38 pts b9

Cat 3: Jack O Halloran (17) 39 pts

Cat 4 : Tim Walsh (21) 39 pts

 

 

Upcoming Fixtures:

Our weekend competition will hopefully be counting as we had drop in the rough only last weekend with the bunkers in play. Great credit to Eddie Ryan and his team for the fantastic condition of the course. If the weather holds out, we should be on schedule for the coming weekend.

We are running an open singles on Saturday and Sunday followed by Tuesday Open singles. On Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th of April (Easter weekend) we are holding our Murray Fourball qualifiers which also doubles up as an Open Fourball. Any player who has ambitions of playing on our club teams will have an opportunity to to impress the various managers, where the top 16 qualifying pairs will go through to the knockout stages. There will be separate prizes for the weekend winners as well as the normal prizes for the matchplay winners.

From April 1st, all prizes will be kept for our first Presentation Night on Friday 1st of May, where we will be officially launching our Summer Series which starts on Tuesday 21st of April (the timesheet is open for booking).

Easter Monday Open Team of 3, the timesheet is also open for this event on April 6th. Book early to avoid disappointment.

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Results:

Again we held all our competitions this week except for the Seniors on Thursday, this just happened to be the worst day of the week for the second week in a row, hopefully next Thursday will be a kinder to this large group of players.

On Tuesday we had nice weather and a fine turnout of 56 players in our 12-hole sweep. In category 1, Conor Carroll from Ferbane, County Offaly played super golf with the day's best gross score to hold off all competition to secure the top title on the day. Cappamore's, Ignatius Walsh shot a similar score to secure the category 2 prize, while Pallasgreen man Paddy Mulcahy won the category 3 title on top of the Team of Three he won on St. Brigids Day together with his son. Our next Tuesday competition will be an 18-hole Open Singles on March 24th as the Captains Drive In takes place on St. Patrick's Day.

Our weekend Open Singles was held in good weather on Saturday with less favourable conditions on Sunday. Great credit to Greenkeeper Eddie Ryan and his team having the course in such an advanced condition for this time of year. The 18 holes are in play every day from now on, with the bunkers in play. With 130 members and 9 visitors over the two days, scoring was very competitive. On Saturday the score of the day was provided by Annacarthy man Kieran Aherne, who is alphabetically the first name we all see when looking at club records, but this time Kieran was first on the list because of his fine score on Saturday of 37 points. This score was actually eclipsed on Sunday by Limerick man Shane Moloney with a great score of 38 points.. Shane and his father-in-law and playing partner, Eamon Mulcahy have been in great form this winter, with a number of prizes in the bag. The score of the week would have to be Seamus O'Hallorans four under par on Sunday to secure the top spot in category 1. Well done Seamus, as a great supporter of all competitions in the club, it was well deserved. Another fine score from Bansha man, Paddy Crowe secured the category 2 prize, Paddy was following up on a team win earlier in the year, so it looks like a good year is in store from this multiple major winner. Another golfer having a great winter, Doons David Stapleton was also winning his second prize of the winter with a fine score of 34 points. In category four, there was a return to form of another Bansha man, Willie Hayes with a tidy sore of 33 points. This is a very competitive category with a dozen or so players within a shot or two, so well done to Willie in securing the win. Our visitors prize on the day went to Abbeyleix Golf Club, where Eoin Phelan made the journey worthwhile with a close win over Newcastlewest's Jimmy O Connell.

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Winter sweep Tuesday 10th March 2026 (12 Holes)

Cat 1 : Conor Carroll(9) 27 Points

Cat 2 : Ignatius Walsh (10) 27 points

Cat 3 : Paddy Mulcahy (16) 31 Points

Saturday/ Sunday Sweep 14th /15th March 2026 (15 Holes)

Best Sat : Kieran Aherne (12) 37pts

Best Sun : Shane Moloney (8) 36pts

Cat 1 : Seamus O Halloran (0) 34 pts

Cat 2 : Paddy Crowe (10) 34

Cat 3 : David Stapleton (14) 34 pts

Cat 4 : Willie Hayes (19) 33

Best Visitor :Eoin Phelan Abbeyleix Golf Club (10) 33 pts

Junior prize : David Wilkinson (32) 34 pt

Upcoming Fixtures:

As we go to print, a big crowd is on the timesheet for Tuesdays Captains Drive In.

Next Sunday sees the playoff final of the very popular Spring League. The final round for qualifying is this Saturday, and with the last few spaces in the final still to be decided, the timesheet will be filled in on Saturday evening to give the qualifiers their tee time. Prizes will be presented on Sunday evening at 5pm approximately in the clubhouse.

Our weekend Open Singles will be over 18 holes once again this weekend.

On Easter Monday 6th of April , we are holding an Open Team Event where the timesheet is open for booking for members and visitors. The month of April sees the qualifying stages for the Moloney Foursomes (sponsor Denis Ryan) and the Murray Fourball (sponsored by the McCormack Family). The Masters weekend (sponsored by Vincent Gilligan) coincides with the first major of the year in Augusta, where the top 20 players will be paired with a leading professional after the 3rd round, for the honour of putting on the Green Jacket.

Summer Series:

This year sees the third running of this very successful competition. There will be a few changes to this year's format, but the majority of the structure will remain the same. More details will follow. The first day of the summer series is Tuesday 21st of April and every Saturday and Tuesday from there on, where competition days allow.

Clubhouse and Course Update:

The newly renovated extended kitchen is up and running, just in time for the large numbers who dined on Mother's Day, so well done to all concerned. The opening hours of the clubhouse will be changing soon as the clocks change on Sunday 29th of March. The great work on the course lately has seen the greens aerated and sanded so the coming weeks will see them in top condition. Members are glad to be back to the old timesheet format of three balls and four balls, where the groupings were temporarily disrupted. As the course is extremely busy, we hope that everyone takes good care of it as a lot of sacrifices were made by all over the winter to protect it.

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8th March 2026​

As the weather has continued to improve, we almost had a full week of fixtures, except for Thursday when the heavens opened early that morning and continued to rain until late afternoon. Our Seniors will hopefully get to play next Thursday where the starting time is now nine thirty for the remainder of the year until late autumn. As the course has dried out well recently, the Thursday programme will be extended to beyond the ten holes which has been the norm recently.

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On Tuesday last we had 65 players in our Sweep where Tipperary towns Eddie Madden made most of a recent sun break to win Category 1 with a fine score of 26 points over 12 holes. Another player just back from warmer climates, Bernard Tobin from Bansha, collected the Category 2 prize while Corks finest, Eddie Fitzgerald had the days best score of 27 points in Category 3. All three players are regulars in the Seniors, so the younger players were left in the shade on the day.

At the weekend we had another great turn out of 160 players for our 15-hole sweep. Next weekend sees the start of 18-hole competitions. Top of the Saturday's scorers was Hospitals, Jimmy O Neill, who returned to form with a fine score of 37 points. Aherlow's, Shane Leonard was Sunday's top scorer with 34 points, which was closely contested with Eddie Fitzgerald and Tom O Donnell. In Category 1, we had another Aherlow man, Niall O Shea on top with a brilliant round of two under par gross to show that the younger members are continuing to improve. In Category two, Limericks Christy Devine showed his class with a fine score of 33 points, the birdies are flowing so far this year for Christy so a great year is in store if the current form is maintained. Category 3 went to Golden/Kilfeakle as Philly Keaty had a fine score of 34 points. Category 4 was kept in the same parish as Goldens Tom O Donnell claimed his second win of the Spring with another fine score. As we now move to more favourable weather, our competitions will run over the full 18 holes or less on occasions, the same conditions will apply to winning scores until counting competitions resume, that is reductions will apply for prior wins.

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Upcoming Fixtures

We commence our Open Singles from next Saturday 14th of March where all visitors are welcome. There is a lot of pressure on the timesheet, so try to book well in advance, call Darragh in the pro-shop for details.
On Saint Patrick's Day we have our annual Captains Drive In, at 12 noon. The timesheet is open so put your name down and arrive early to meet your team and cheer on Deirdre, Daniel and Sean as they hit their tee shots to symbolically start the years golf. If you haven’t paid your annual subscription and insurance (€26) please do so as soon as possible. This can be done in person or over the phone. Later on we also have an Open Team of Three on Easter Bank Holiday 6th April. The time sheet is open for booking.

 

Clubhouse Updates:

The major change in the clubhouse of extending the kitchen into the committee room will be completed this week, with the official opening on Thursday next, 12th of March. Best of luck to O'Rawe Catering in the new venture which will hopefully help bring the club into a new era of hospitality.

 

Spring League:

We are now in the final stages of the above competition, with a number of teams tightly contesting the six qualifying spots for the final on Sunday 22nd of March. When the final date for qualifying is reached, (21st March ) the finalists look in doubt until the last scores are counted. The eagerly awaited last few results will decide all. Finally, please give consideration to participating in our club teams this year, the lists are on the notice board in the locker room.

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1st March 2026​

The weather improved this week with the course open everyday except Thursday, so unfortunately the Seniors lost out to very heavy rain on that morning.

52 players went out for our Tuesday sweep which went to Annacarthy , Eire Og clubman, Kevin Fox who showed that his hurling skills from his playing days have transferred to the golf course! Kevin credits his playing companion, Fr. Tony Ryan P.P. in Rearcross, with divine inspiration to guide him along to a fantastic score of 28 points for 11 holes. In second place was Bansha man Tom Cosgrove with a great score of 25 points, while multiple winner this winter, Kilfinnane man, Pat Sheehy, was just pipped into third in a countback.

 

Over the two days, we had 161 players in our weekend sweep. The overall best score went to Kilcommon man, Liam Farrell with a great total of 28 points. The very recent purchase of a new driver from Darragh in the pro-shop seems to have done the trick for this most popular of winners. The other big winner over the weekend was Bernard O Shaughnessy, who cleared all hurdles to take Saturdays best score.

 

Another frequent winner, Doon man, Michael P Ryan squeezed home in a countback from Norman Jones in category 1. Both players had the same score or 24 points. Our Category 2 winner, Limerick man Noel Hennessy had a great score of 25 points. Noel was taking his second win of the season, well deserved as he is a great supporter of our competitions and will be a prime candidate for the various club teams this year.

In Category 3, we welcome back former Captain, Larry Creamer back to the fairways and promptly to the winner's enclosure. This was the tightest finish of the four categories, with four players (Liam O Brien, Mark Jordan and Aidan Keating) all having the same score, but Larry was the victor in a countback by a hairs thickness.

Kerry man, Michael Fuller popped up again as a winner in Category 4. Having purchased a brand new set of irons in the pro-shop recently, Mike clawed back some of the expense  with a great win by 1 point from Hospital's William O'Connell.

 

Winter Sweep Tuesday 26th February 2026 (11 Holes)

1st Place : Kevin Fox (10) 28 points

2nd Place : Tom Cosgrove  (15) 25 points B9

3rd Place : Pat Sheehy (07) 25 points

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Winter Sweep Sat 28th Feb/Sun 01 March 2026 (11 Holes)

Overall winner Saturday : Bernard O Shaughnessy (11) 25 points

Overall winner Sunday : Liam Farrell (12) 28 points

Category 1: Michael P Ryan (01) 25 points B9

Category 2 : Noel Hennessy (07) 25 points

Category 3 : Larry Creamer (10) 24 points

Category 4 : Michael Fuller (14) 25 points

 

Upcoming Fixtures:

Captains Drive In: Having been postponed last January due to bad weather, this great Club event will take place on St. Patricks Day at 12 noon. Keep an eye out for further notices, as the timesheet will be set up for members, a week in advance to put their name down. Best of luck to Daniel, Deirdre and Sean on the day.

Easter Bank Holiday 3 Person Open Team Event. We will be holding this popular competition on Monday 6th of April. The timesheet is open and the evenings will be longer when the clocks change.

We will have 18 holes open from Saturday 14th of March, which will see a return to our open singles on Tuesdays and Saturdays, (Our Summer Series will kick off in mid- April), Sundays will see a resumption of our club singles. Thanks to all our members who patiently adjusted to three ball groups for the last few weeks, the old format returns from Tuesday 10th March.

Club Teams: The list of fixtures, Managers and signup sheets are up on the notice board in the locker room for the past few weeks. If you are interested in trying out for any of the teams, just sign your details on the relevant team sheet and you will be contacted by the  team management.

As we approach the month of April, we would hope to have counting competitions set up as soon as possible together with the qualifying rounds of the Moloney Foursomes, Murray Fourball and the T F Ryan cup.

 

Clubhouse Update:

This week see the construction work take place in the kitchen. Apologies for the inconvenience, it will be completed in approximately 10 days, so the best of luck to O'Rawe Catering in this new venture. If any members wish to rent out single/triple lockers- get in touch with Eddie Fitzgerald or Darragh to book your spot. It is possible to keep your Trolly, golf bag and golf shoes in the triple lockers, so don’t delay as there will only be nine of these available.

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22nd February 2026​

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In a week that continued the pattern of broken weather, we succeeded in holding all of our competitions this week. We have been planning for the bad weather so that our members can get out and play by setting up the timesheet in three balls so that we can revert to a scramble if the conditions are poor. It has been unfortunate that players have had to adapt to groups of three, but we urge our members to be patient as the alternative of not having golf is far worse. It is hoped to revert to our normal timesheet bookings from next week (two weeks in advance).

Results:

On Tuesday last we had a novel podium finish when father and son were first and second, however this time Askeaton man, Brian Kelly had to play second fiddle to his son Eamon in a close finish. This is a great sign of form from Eamon who plays in the All-Ireland Post Primary Golf Finals in April at Lucan Golf Course, representing The Abbey School, Tipperary Town. Brian I’m sure will not mind being the runner up on this occasion and when he gets used to his new driver he won in Darragh McCombs Draw a while back, there will be a chance to turn the tables on Eamon.

Our weekend Sweep was very competitive, with very little separating the top scores.

Ger Heelan from Kilfinane was Saturday's top scorer while Ballyneety dual member Niall McKeown was top scorer on Sunday. Both players shot 27 points for 11 holes. Ger is becoming a regular on the winner's circle and will be a force to reckon with in the months ahead. Our categories were also hotly contested with a couple of club officials taking the laurels. In category one , Vice-Captain, John Traynor shot a great round of one over par to demonstrate that he is playing well and hasn’t let his golf slip. In category two, Club Chairman, Morgan Mooney reminded everyone that as a former Major winner, he too is not letting his busy workload get in the way of his golf. Both men assure us that this is not the last we will see of them on the results pages this year! In category three, Aherlow's Frankie Leonard was victorious in probably the toughest group to win, Cappamore man, Mike Carberry came out on top of category four shooting a fine score of 26 points. All of these scores were doubled up for their Spring League teams so, a great few days work by these players.

Our Spring League concludes on Saturday 21st of March, with the top 6 teams battling it out the following day Sunday 22nd of March from 11.30 approximately. The highest scorers this weekend were resident chef at the club, Joe Kent and Vinny Herbert with 23 points for 9 holes. The majority of players are either completed or nearing completion of their rounds. It is crucial that all players complete all their rounds, as when the scores are totalled, there is normally very little in it. The individual category leaders of the qualifying stages are currently being occupied by Michael P Ryan (Cat 1), Sean Jackson (Cat 2), Mike McCarthy (Cat 3) and Paddy Mulcahy (Cat 4). While it is still possible for them to be overtaken, it will be a difficult task!

Results:

Winter Sweep Tuesday 17th February 2026 (10 Holes)

1st Place : Eamon Kelly (Juv) : (7) 27pts

2nd Place : Brian Kelly (9) 26 pt

Winter Sweep Saturday 21st / Sunday 22nd February 2026 (11 Holes)

Best Saturday Ger Heelan (11) 27 pts

Best Sunday Niall McKeown (8) 27 pts

Cat 1 John Traynor (5) 26 pts

Cat 2 Morgan Mooney (8) 27 pts

Cat 3 Frankie Leonard (9) 25 pts

Cat 4 Mike Carberry (15) 26 pts b9

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Upcoming Fixtures:

Our Captains Drive In was postponed last January, but now will hopefully take place on Saint Patrick's Day, 17th of March. Members will be receiving more information on this soon.

On April 6th, Easter Monday, we will be holding an Open Team of Three Scramble. The timesheet is now open for booking, this will be held over 18 holes and with the clocks changing the week before, there should be plenty of time slots for members to book in.

Clubhouse Improvements:

The initial stages of the expansion of our kitchen into the committee room have begun. Great credit to pavilion manager, Eddie Fitzgerald on his work so far this year, the recent work in the Men's Locker Room is proving very popular and a number of other improvements have been appreciated. We must also thank O'Rawe Catering and club staff for all the work they put in on a daily basis to keep the clubhouse running smooth.

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