Dundalk Golf Notes: Local golfers performing on the International stage

Congratulations to Greg McCaughey who made history when he won Ireland’s first ever individual gold medal at the European Deaf Golf Senior Championship in Finland. His performance also helped Ireland to secure a silver medal in the team competition.

Grego has been a regular on the Irish Deaf Golf team for several years and helped Ireland to a silver medal at the 2018 World Deaf Championships which were held at Carton House.

Caolan Rafferty was part of the Ireland team that finished second to England in the Home Internationals in Wales. The Irish team lost out by 0.5 of a point after both teams finished level on two points.

On Day One, Caolan partnered Enniscorthy’s Paul Conroy to a 4&3 victory in the foursomes against Wales and then won his singles match against Tom Matthews on the 18th as Ireland got off to a perfect start.

They followed that up with a win over Scotland, with Caolan only playing in the morning foursomes, where he and Conroy halved their match.

Rafferty was partnered with Alex Maguire in the foursomes against England, but the pair were beaten 2&1.  Caolan then lost on the 18th in the final singles match.  

Boys Captain Ben Cahill was the winner of the recent Wednesday Open Singles Stableford competition, with an excellent score of 43pts which was four clear of a group of players on 39pts.

Cahill, who played off two, also recorded the best gross score with 41pts. Category prizes were won by Eoin Purton (2), Sean Matthews (17) and visitor Ruairí McComish (26) from Greenore.

This week’s competition, the Knights of Malta Cup, will be the tenth and final Golfer of the Year competition.

The Golfer of the Year will be awarded to the member with the best seven scores from the 10 competitions and the top four in each handicap index category will go on to play for the IJM Scratch Matchplay Cups.

The finals of the IJM Scratch matchplays are scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 16. The GOY award and the Scratch Matchplay competitions are Kindly sponsored by IJM and Peter McCaughey.

The Junior Scratch Cup will take place on Sunday, August 27 and the Senior Scratch Cup is fixed for Sunday, September 10. Both will be played over 36 holes. Please contact the Pro Shop for further details and entries.

The Centenary Dinner to mark 100 years since the Club moved to its present home in Blackrock will take place later this evening, Saturday August 19th. Tickets cost €50 and are available from the Bar.

Wednesday, August 9, - McKenna Man Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Ben Cahill (2) 43pts. Division 1: Eoin Purton (2) 39pts. Division 2: Sean Matthews (17) 39pts. Division 3: Ruairí McComish (26, Greenore) 39pts. Gross: Ben Cahill 41pts.

Friday, August 11 - Social Mixed Foursomes - Mags and Micky Coburn, 23pts.

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DUNDALK LADIES

Lady Captain, Briege Renaghan’s Charity Team Competition was played in glorious conditions on Tuesday, August 8th.

The competition was very generously sponsored by One Finance, and was played in aid of SOSAD, who work tirelessly to raise awareness and help prevent suicide in Ireland.

They offer care and support to those in need in our community and their free professional services include counselling, crisis support and a 24-hour helpline.

The scoring was high, with 92 points required to take first place. Very well done to the winning team of Mary Meegan, Angie O’Hara, Joanne Lynch and Aine Kirk.

They were three points ahead of the runners up Elaine Ward, Grainne Mullins, Mary Dooley and Siobhan Kearney. In third place, a point further behind, was Teresa Oakes, Geraldine Hoare, Paula McKeown and Catherine Connolly.

A nine-hole gents competition was held in the evening and, along with numerous raffles, in excess of €7,000 was raised for this most worthy of causes.

Carol Murphy, Director of SOSAD, spoke of the trojan work they do, and thanked the members of Dundalk Golf Club and the sponsors, One Finance, for making this event such a success.

Tuesday, August 8 - Lady Captain’s Charity - Winners: Mary Meegan, Angie O’Hara, Joanne Lynch & Aine Kirk 92pts. Second: Elaine Ward, Grainne Mullins, Mary Dooley & Siobhan Kearney 89pts. Third: Paula McKeown, Geraldine Hoare, Teresa Oakes & Catherine Connolly 88pts.

9 Hole Competition: June Desmond, Rita Kelly, Barbara McCourt & Joan Sexton 38pts.