25th January 2026​

Tipperary Golf Club celebrates it's 130 Year Anniversary:

Our Captain Daniel Connery & Lady Captain Deirdre Hayes outlined that the first lady to hit a golf ball, up in the hills of Tipperary was Mrs Moore, from Mooresfort in Lattin, and that happened just before Christmas in 1895.  

The 25th January 1896, the record show's Tipperary Golf Club was officially launched. Captain TE Willington was the first to captain the club & they golfed in the Hills of Tipperary until around 1916, when it moved to Scallagheen, then by mid 1920's moved to Garranacanty, and into Carrog for a while, moved into Rathanny into 1939 as a 9-hole course.  In 1993 the club moved from being 9 holes to 18 holes, and the journey has just grown from there. 

 

We have had a number of great golfers to hail from the club, including none other than the great Arthur Pearse & Pat Murray, Marian Riordan & Sarah Crowe, as well as Donnacha Cleary to reach Ireland golfer status, just to mention a few. 

 

Thanks to all of our members and locals, we're still going strong.

Men's Club Notes: 

We have just endured a week of very wet weather which caused us to lose out on a whole week of fixtures. Most notably, our annual Captains Drive In (scheduled for Sunday 25th January) was deferred until a later date. We will advertise well in advance of the new date. With the immediate forecast looking unsettled, we hope for an easing in the rainfall so that the course can drain successfully without being compounded by further rain.

Men's Spring League:

Following a high participation in the first week of the competition, the teams are all still competitive. As it is being played over five rounds of nine holes, any teams that didn’t have the greatest of starts can still make the final six qualifiers as all teams can falter along the way. Don’t forget that there is an individual prize for each category during the qualifying rounds. The final will be played on Sunday 1st of March (weather permitting) where qualifying scores won’t carry over.

Winter Sweeps:

We hopefully will be able to continue with our usual competitions this week, the scores recently have been very high, with players shooting scores very close to level par in top two categories. Players are deducted shots for various wins and the perseverance of some players has paid off, when they continued in a good vein of form.

Upcoming events:

Our Open team event on St. Brigids bank holiday Monday, February 2nd is almost fully booked up. There is still some availability for afternoon slots. This champagne scramble with two scores to count proved very popular on New Years Day, so hopefully we get a good day for it.

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18th January 2026​

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Upcoming TGC Fixtures

Captains Drive In. This big event takes place on Sunday next 25th of January, hopefully the weather will hold, and we can have all 18 holes in play. The competition on the day is a nine-hole full Scramble (front nine and back nine). If you would like to play, please put your name on Sunday's timesheet (anywhere) and the games committee will arrange teams on Saturday evening which will be available to see when you arrive. Shotgun start at 12 noon, so be there in plenty of time to wish the Captains well and meet your team. Best wishes to Deirdre, Daniel and Sean on their year ahead.

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Open Team of 3 on February 2nd (Bank Holiday): The timesheet is open for this popular team event; the timesheet is filling fast. Played over 15 holes (weather permitting) this event always proves popular, open to visitors also.

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Men's Club Notes:

Thankfully, we had a full week of competitions without interruption this week. 

The Spring League is going well with nineteen teams, scores are coming in thick and fast with the bar being set very high for nine holes, the best score in to date is 25 points from Noel Hennessy. The top six teams play off on Sunday 1st of March, (scores don’t carry through), so get your five rounds played as soon as possible. There is an individual prize for the qualifying stage in each category, so if your team is struggling, there is still something to play for.

Men's Results:

Our winter sweeps continue to be supported by our members and as the year progresses, the scores are still very impressive. On Tuesday Kilfinane's Fintan Leahy had huge score to lead the field home, followed by the in form Mike Maher and Joe Fitzgerald who both had impressive scores.

Winter Sweep Tues 13th January 2026

1st : Fintan Leahy (10) 33pts

2nd : Mike Maher (15) 31pts

3rd : Joe Fitzgerald (11) 30pts

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Our Saturday and Sunday competitions were combined, where we had twelve holes in play and scoring was hot! Out in front was Doons David Stapleton with 32points, a fantastic score that also transferred into his Spring League teams account. Thurles native, Michael H McGrath also came home with an equally impressive 31points. Top score in category one went to Bansha man Pat Fanning, while his neighbour from Aherlow Patrick Hennessy took the honours in category 3. After two occasions of losing out in countbacks, Martin Murphy finally came out in front with a brilliant round of one over par. Cappawhite's Martin Ryan continue to find form and filled the final winning slot.

Saturday 17th January & Sunday 18th January: Winter Sweep 

Best Saturday Michael H McGrath(12) 31 pts

Best Sunday David Stapleton (13) 32 pts

Div 1 Pat Fanning (5) 27 pts

Div 2 Martin Murphy (8) 31pts

Div 3 Paddy Hennessey (11) 29 pts

Div 4 Martin Ryan (16) 30 pts (b9)

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11th January 2026​

Spring League 2026

We are now up and running for this years Spring League. The competition starts straight away on Monday 12th January. You can play your five rounds any day from now to Saturday 28th of February. Check updates on Master Scoreboard for your teams results.

The top six teams will playoff in a final on Sunday March 1st. There will also be individual category prizes for the five qualifying rounds.

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Results:

We lost our Tuesday Sweep to the frost, but we were able to open later on in the week for the Seniors on Thursday. There was great scoring once more in the weekend competitions. Best score of the weekend was achieved by Kilfinane's Pat Sheehy, who once again showed his class with a great score of one over par for eleven holes. Top score in category one was Liam Murphy who went around in one under par to narrowly pip veteran John O'Donoghue by one shot. Mike Maher got on the winners podium also this week, moving from the airwaves to the fairways proved easy for the well known local broadcaster. On Sunday Cappamore's Davy Charles had a great round of three over par for ten holes. Sean Cummins won category one with great one over par round, while Pallasgreen's Joe Franklin returned to form to pick up the category two prize.

 

Saturday Sweep 10th January 2026

Cat 1: Liam Murphy (02) 25pts

Cat 2: Trevor Flynn (06) 27pts B6

Cat 3 : Pat Sheehy (08) 28pts

Cat 4: Michael Maher (13)25pts B9

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Sunday 11/1/26 Sweep

Cat 1 Sean Cummins (2) 21 pts

Cat 2 Joe Franklin (6) 24 pts

Cat 3 David Charles (9) 26 pts

Cat 4 Seamus Ryan (10) 20 pts

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Senior Men's Club Notes: 

Thursday 8th January 2026 

1st  Eamon Mulcahy, Alex Ryan, Joe b Ryan, Tom O Connor 61

2nd Tony O Donnell Ger Dineen, Billy O Reilly  58

3rd Denis McGrath, Jimmy Fanning, Jerry Morrissey  57

 

Seniors Table rota for January 17th: 

Ger Dineen, Ignatius Walsh, Peter Harty 

Card checking Ignatius Walsh 

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Upcoming fixtures

Our next big event in the club is the annual Captains Drive In on Sunday 25th of January, the teams on the day will be chosen on the morning of the Drive in, so come early and allow time to get sorted. Run in similar fashion to the Club Day scramble on December 28th, there will be a nine hole competition spread over both the front nine and back nine. Always an enjoyable day and a big occasion for our Captains Daniel, Deirdre and Sean.

Our sweeps continue as normal with the Senior men having their day on Thursday mornings. If you are over 59 and would like to join in the Seniors on Thursdays, just show up before 10.30 and you will be assigned to a team and a great few hours on the golf course and in the clubhouse afterwards.

 

Course Updates:

Eddie and his team have just completed the upgrading of the greenside bunker on the eighteenth last week. This adds to the challenge of the hole as well as creating a greater contour on the green. The course will hopefully receive a current rating this year, which will reflect all the improvements we have seen in recent times. Work on bunkers and tee boxes have really enhanced the course and should be seen as significant when the rating is completed.

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4th January 2026​

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The Christmas season has passed and proved to be a busy and successful two weeks. Highlights were the Club scramble on Sunday 28th and the champagne scramble on New year Day. It was great to see the crowds out and the timesheet was extremely busy each day over the holiday period. We have just entered a cold snap but we hope to be open later in the week.
Spring League:
Don’t forget to enter the Spring League, deadline is Sunday afternoon 11th January with the draw being made at 4pm that day and teams being published shortly afterwards on the master scoreboard. These leagues always generate a lot of excitement and banter as the scores come in.

Course Information.
It was great to see the 12th , 13th and 14th holes open during the holidays, the full challenge of Tipperary Golf Course is best illustrated by these holes. We are hoping to continue to vary the course holes in the next few weeks to help with the large traffic the course is experiencing. The rough has been cut recently and has further enhanced the quality of the course. It is great to see the winter colours of the various evergreens on the course and of course the wildlife of squirrels and water hens on the 4th hole. The environmentally friendly approach used by the greenkeepers is reaping its rewards in terms of the wildlife and plant species on view.
 

Results:
A lot of great golf was played over the last week, none more so than Kilfinane's, Bernard O Shaughnessy with the fantastic score of 34 points over 13 holes. Bernard has been playing great golf over the last few months, he will be a force to be reckoned with in the coming year. A great score too from Donal Noonan, going around 13 holes in one under par.
Don’t forget that you can play both Winter Sweeps and Spring Leagues at the same time from Monday 12th of January.
The first sweep of 2026 saw a big win for young Jack Marnane who had a great score of 31 points over 12 holes. Well done Jack, a just reward for one of the most dedicated golfers in the club.
 

Winter Sweep Tuesday 30th /Wednesday 31st December 2025
Overall Tuesday winner : Bernard O Shaughnessy (16) 34pts

Overall Tuesday winner : Fintan Leahy (12) 31pts
Cat 1 Michael P Ryan (03) 28pts B6
Cat 2 Donal Noonan (06) 33pts
Cat 3 Pat Sheehy (10) 31pts
Cat 4 Jerry Morrissey (19) 29pts

Tuesday Sweep 2nd January 2026
1st place Jack Marnane (21) 31pts
2 nd place Michael Morrissey (3) 29pts

 

New Years Day 3 Person Scramble:
1st Place : David Charles, Gerard Ryan and Seamus Ryan 69pts
2nd Place : Shane Moloney, Eamon Mulcahy and David Mulcahy 69pts
3rd Place : Norman Jones, J J Fogarty and Kevin Crowe 68pts
Mixed : Patricia O Dwyer, Pat Creamer and Michael P Ryan 66 pts
Ladies Team : Brigid Shearman, Sharon Fahy and Rochelle O Sullivan Keane 59pts

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28th December 2025

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28th December 2025 The Club Scramble: 

The Club Scramble was a big success with approximately 100 players enjoying the day.  Overall winning Team included John Traynor (Vice Captain), David Charles, David Stapleton and Catherine Kelly O'Dwyer (Who was celebrating her birthday too),.

Runners up were a team of George Fahey, Colm Murphy, Liam Farrell & Marigold Spicer. 

Third placed team was a combination of Jim McGlynn, Michael Hayes, Aodha O'Keeffe & Lady President Josie Dunne. 

Well done to everyone involved in organising it, and those who came out and participated, the soup & Sandwiches were welcomed, thank you to Shauna and the team that ensured everyone warmed up quickly.

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Even with some cold and wet weather recently, the course is holding up well. We had just a few days interrupted, so hopefully the weather will remain mild.

The Club Scramble was a big success with approximately 100 players enjoying the day.
We currently have a full timesheet for our Open Team of Three on New Years Day, where any combination can compete.
Our Spring League is about to start soon, get your entry in before Saturday 10th of January.
Our Winter Sweeps continue to produce great scores, Eugene O Sullivan was top performer with 26pts for ten holes on Tuesday last. Our weekend winners had close competition with Eric O Connor winning with 29pts on Friday from Joe McGrath, also 29pts and the evergreen Joseph B Ryan holding off close competition from Martin Murphy and despite his leg injury, Jobie played excellent golf all through the twelve holes with an impressive 29pts.
As the evenings start to lengthen, hopefully this will give a bit of relief to an extremely busy timesheet. Our members are to be complimented on the care they take on the course, especially the greens. The condition of the course later in the year is dependent on how we look after it during the spring and winter months.

Finally, we wish all of our members, staff and sponsors a happy New Year and thatTipperary Golf Club continues to provide enjoyment for all those who use the facility.

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21st December 2025 Men's Club Notes

It was the week before Christmas week and the golf club was busy! There were Christmas lunches, Christmas Prizes presentation night for the ladies Club and the weather wreaked havoc with our opportunities to golf. But indoors was warm and welcoming.

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Our Senior Men didn't get out for golf either on Thursday due to the rain, but our gentlemen were more than happy to sit and have their weekly catch up in the clubhouse, cosy and in the form for devilment. Like all of us, they are looking forward to brighter days out on the course.

 

Upcoming Events: 28th Dec is our club members scramble,  get your names into Sunday's timesheet before Saturday 27th, so games can line up the teams ahead of the shotgun start. Teams draw will be done on Saturday evening based on the names in Sunday's timesheet.

We hope to see a large crowd on the day where new members will take the opportunity to meet existing members from the men's and ladies clubs in what will be a very sociable event.

The entry fee is €15 which includes the competition entry fee and Soup and Sandwiches afterwards .

Please come in early (from 10 to 10.30) so that you register your arrival and meet your team members before the start.

There will be a prize giving immediately afterwards, so why not come along and join in the fun!

 

New Year's Day,  January 1 2026, is an Open 3 person scramble, and timesheet is filling up, so check out the website, we put a button on the home page for you to get straight to the booking sheet.

There will be main prizes plus a mixed team and Ladies Team prize. Entry Fee is €6 for members and €20 for Visitors. All participants must have a current GUI Handicap Index. The timesheet runs until 2pm approximately and contact Darragh in the Pro shop if you are interested in playing but don't have a team. Prizes for this competition will be presented at a later date.

 

4th January 2026 will be our Senior Citizens party. This is always a wonderful day for the senior citizens of the area. Bus will be collecting attendees from the following locations, Dundrum Drive 12:30, Fire station 12:40 & The Plan, Limerick road at 12:50, just make sure names are in to the community centre. There is a fundraising Raffle for the day - Buy a line for €5 at the clubhouse bar/restaurant.

 

Men's club Spring League.

A draw will take place on Saturday 11th of January at 5pm for the 2026 Spring League.

Please put your name & label it "Spring League" in an envelope with €10 and place it in the scorecard entry box before this date. All are welcome to join and hopefully it will help members to get to know new members and existing members who they didn't know already.

Teams will be selected and posted on the Master Scoreboard on the Sunday 11th of January with the competition starting on Monday 12th January in tandem with the Winter Sweeps. The competition will be run over the first 9 holes in play on each given day. You must sign in with Darragh in the Proshop before your round and daily results will be posted on the Master Scoreboard together with updated Tables. Teams will have six players and four scores will count in each round.

A final between the top six teams will be played off on Sunday March 1st from 11am on the Timesheet.

 

Men's Club Interclub Teams:

In order to help with the Team selection for our various Interclub teams, we hope to run qualifiers over separate weekends in April for the Murray Fourball and the Moloney Foursomes. Thirty two pairings will qualify for the knockout stages of each competition with prizes for the leading qualifiers and the usual prizes for the outright winners and runners up. There are valuable Golfer of the Year points available for these Matchplay competitions also.

Men's Club results: 

Due to stormy weather, we had no golf on Sunday 14th of December.

We had a sharp frost on Tuesday but were able to open at 11.30. Winner on the day was Pallasgreen's Maurice Power with a great score of 33 points for thirteen holes. 

There were a number of players chasing down the leader. Last week's winner, Pat Sheehy was second with 32 points, Ger Heelan continues on a great vein of form with 32 points also. The domination of Limerick players continues!

Tuesday Sweep 16th Dec 2025

1st : Maurice Power Snr (14) 33pts

2nd : Pat Sheehy (10) 32pts

3rd : Ger Heelan (12) 32pts

 

Saturday 29th December sweep finished with wind and very heavy rain, but Martin O'Connor braving the elements got all holes completed to bring in 27 points, with Brian Shiels & Tom Cosgrove finishing their round also. 

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14th December 2025 Men's Club Notes

 

Men's Club AGM 2025

The 2025 Men's AGM was held in the clubhouse on Tuesday 9th of November. A large crowd was in attendance where the outgoing Captain Mr Patrick Ryan handed the reins to incoming Captain Mr Daniel Connery. The new committee was elected with the following positions being allocated:

Games Secretary- Michael O Brien,

Secretary – Michael O Halloran,

Assistant Secretary – Sean Cummins,

Handicap Secretary – Joey O Dwyer,

Treasurer – John Traynor and

PRO – Gerry Kelly.

We wish Captain Daniel and Vice Captain John Traynor the best of luck for the year.

 

Best of luck to our Captain For 2026, Daniel Connery, who has been a member of the club for over twenty years and has been to the forefront of Junior golf and a member of various committees,  it is a fitting tribute to his dedication that he was chosen to be Captain, following on the family tradition where his mother Evelyn Connery recently held the office of Lady President.

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Upcoming events: Christmas Golf 2025

Sunday 28th December: 4 Person Scramble for members.
Our main event over the Christmas period is a Club Scramble on Sunday 28th of December. We hope to see a large crowd on the day where new members will take the opportunity to meet existing members from the men's and ladies clubs in what will be a very sociable event. The entry fee is €15 which includes the competition entry fee and Soup and Sandwiches afterwards (prepared by our Caterers, the O'Rawe family). It will be a shotgun start at 11am. Please come in early (from 10 to 10.30 for registration) so that you are assigned to a team of four, and meet your team members before the start. There will be a prize presentation immediately afterwards, so why not come along and join in the fun!

 

New Year's Day Thurs 1st January2026: Open 3 Person Team competition. There will be main prizes plus a mixed team and Ladies Team Prize. Entry Fee is €6 for members and €20 for Visitors. All participants must have a current GUI Handicap Index. The timesheet runs until 2pm approximately and contact Darragh in the Pro shop if you are interested in playing but don't have a team. Prizes for this competition will be presented at a later date.

 

Senior Citizens’ Party - Sunday January 4th at 1pm, bus will be collecting attendees from the following locations, Dundrum Drive 12:30, Fire station 12:40 & The Plan, Limerick road at 12:50, just make sure names are in to the community centre.

There is a fundraising Raffle for the day - Buy a line for €5 at the clubhouse bar/restaurant.

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As the year comes to a close, we are continuing with our Winter Sweeps.

Our most recent winner was Kilfinane man, Mike McCarthy showing a return to the form that brought him two Captains Prizes in recent years with a fine score of 32 points for thirteen holes.The four category winners were also Limerick men so well done all.

Our Tuesday Sweep was also a Kilfinane triumph where Pat Sheehy followed his Club Matchplay title this year with an amazing 35 points. Pat was chased home by a duo of Kilfinane men, so on this occasion Pat can claim the bragging rights!

 

Saturday 13th December: Overall winner Mike McCarthy 32 pts (11)

Cat 1 James O Brien 28pts (03)

Cat 2 Christy Devine 29 pts (07)

Cat 3 Pa McGrath 30 (16)

Cat 4 Brian Deegan 28 (16) 

 

Tuesday 2nd December : Winter Sweep 13 Hole competition

1st. Pat Sheehy (11) 35 pts

2nd. Bernard O' Shaughnessy (16) 31 pts 

3rd. Pat O'Shaughnessy (14) 31 pts

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Men's club Golfer Of The Year 2025: This competition was kindly sponsored by Matt Ryan of Ryan Auctioneers, Tipperary Town. Congratulations to Philip Ryan who won this year's title, having had a great year, reaching the club match play final and having numerous victories during the year. He represented the club on various teams and of course had the distinction of having a hole in one on the 15th.

 

Course Information: The course is withstanding the wet weather brilliantly thanks to the great work done by Eddie Ryan and his team, we hope to have fifteen holes open during the Christmas period with either 10 or 13 holes assigned for competitions, this will be weather dependent. Members are reminded to take care of the course with regard to the 3 Rs, especially the greens. [For those of us not in the know, the 3 R's align to Replace divots, Repair pitch marks and Rake bunkers] The course has been incredibly busy over the last few months so let's all take the time to keep it in the condition we have become accustomed to.

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Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th November 2025 : Winter Sweep 13 Hole competition

Overall Winner Shane Moloney (9) 33 pts

Cat 1. James O 'Brien (4) 30 pts

Cat 2. Sean Jackson (10) 32 pts

Cat 3. David Charles (11) 32 pts

Cat 4. Seamus Ryan (15) 32 pts 

 

 Tuesday 24th November : Winter Sweep 13 hole competition

1st. Pa McGrath (12) 36 pts

2nd. Fergal Lonergan (9) 34 pts

3rd. Eugene O'Sullivan (18) 33 pts

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