Golf notes

Mannan Castle Golf Club

Mannan Castle Seniors

Seniors Captain, Denis Murphy, held his Captains’ Drive-In on Tuesday last on a beautiful dry day. Denis had a very successful drive witnessed by a large gathering of his fellow seniors accompanied by much slagging and craic.

In the following 4-man scramble over 10 holes there was a very tight finish with only one shot separating the first six teams.

The winning team by a margin of 0.1 points was Paul Hollywood (7), Graeme Woodcock(9), Arthur Mulholland (10) and Brian Flanagan (15).

The second placed team of Con Hanneffy (6), Joe O’Hara (8), Seán Harvey (11) and Gerry Cumiskey (15) were in turn only 0.5 points ahead of the team comprising Philip McGovern (6), Tony Rooney (8), Declan Govern (9) and Philip McEntee (12).

During the presentation, the large turnout was thanked by Denis for supporting his Drive-In and he hoped to see them all enjoy a friendly round of golf during the coming months.

Everyone relaxed in a friendly atmosphere after the golf, enjoying the tea, coffee and baked goods provided by Evelyn Brady.

Dundalk Credit Union Ladies Spring League

This year’s Spring League was generously sponsored by the Dundalk Credit Union. The weather

didn’t cooperate with so much precipitation this Spring, it would have been easy to get disillusioned, but ladies managed to get out most weeks and play for their team.

A huge thanks to our sponsor for coming on board and thank you to Frances Molloy for coming out to make the prize presentation on Easter Saturday.

Easter Bank Holiday Open

A wet bank holiday Monday saw a decent turnout for our 2-person team. Taking first place was Paul Shannon and Terry Kiernan with a score of 46pts.

The pair dove-tailed perfectly, shooting 23pts front nine and coming home with 23pts. In second place was Vice Captain Joe O’Hara and Paddy Byrne, who shot 44pts.

Paddy played some outstanding golf throughout but had Joe to fall back on chipping in when needed.

Easter Monday Open - 2 Person Team - 1st April 

1st: P Shann

on & T Keirnan - 46pts

2nd: J O’Hara & P Byrne – 44pts

Easter Saturday Fun Scramble

1st Place Team: Pauline Byrne, Aine Fitzmaurice, Colette Kelly, Marie Finnegan

2nd Place Team: Brianne Kingham, Angela Evers, Lady Captain Carol McMahon, and Deanna MacGuinness.

Ladies Weekly Competition

After more rain fell on Tuesday night, our 18-hole competition was reduced to 11 holes! Some great scores for 11 holes with two ladies on 25pts.

Marie Finnegan this week's winner, didn’t score on the first hole but turned her card around with 6 pars and a superb birdie on the 4th hole.

In second place was Margaret Bourke continuing the season with solid golf, an excellent birdie on the 3rd hole. Loraine Delkos had two birdies on her card this week, to claim third place with 23pts.

11 Hole Ladies Competition – Wednesday 3rd April 2024

1st Marie Finnegan (13) 25pts c/b

2nd Margaret Bourke (27) 25pts

3rd Loraine Delkos (15) 23pts

Dundalk Golf Club

18 Holds Singles Stableford Competition

A storming front nine kicked off with a birdie on the par-four first hole for four points, saw Peter Cunningham (18) with 48 points claiming the overall winner’s prize in the weekend 18 holes Singles Stableford competition.

Peter followed his impressive start with a string of three-pointers from the second to the fifth holes and added another three points on the par three ninth hole to turn on 25 points.

On the back nine Peter parred the first three holes for a succession of three pointers and pars at the par four 14th and par tree 17th added two more three pointers to see him complete the back nine on 23 points.

Runner-up was last year’s Captain, Noel Reid (21), on 44 points after a solid round that included a birdie three at the eighth hole for four points.

Dennis Cunningham (10), with a one point better back nine, edged out Kevin Redmond (11) for the Division 1 prize as both finished on 40 points. The other divisional honours went to Stephen Murphy (15) and Larry Curtin (22).

The Bank Holiday Open Singles Stableford competition was won by Mark Cumiskey (10) with 42 points.

His round included three-pointers with pars at the first and third holes and a birdie at the par-five sixth hole to turn on 20 points followed by a birdie.

His back nine included a birdie at par five 10th hole for three points birdies at par five 12th and par four 15th for four pointers and a closing par for three points at the last to finish strongly on 22 points.

A super second round of 65 saw Caolan Rafferty emerge victorious for the second time at the recent Laytown and Bettystown Senior Scratch Cup, adding to his previous win in 2022.

Caolan had 10 birdies and an eagle over the 36 holes of the tournament and only one bogey, he played the last 27 holes in a remarkable 11 under par.

Saturday, 30 March and Sunday, 31 March - Singles Stableford Competition

Overall: Peter Cunningham (18) 48pts, Noel Reid (21) 44pts.

Division 1: Dennis Cunningham (10) 40pts, Kevin Redmond (11) 40pts.

Division 2: Stephen Murphy (15) 42pts, Cameron Kilcoyne (14) 41pts.

Division 3: Larry Curtin (22) 42pts, Daniel Woods (21) 40pts.

Gross Recognition: Connor McCaughey (3) 39pts.

Bank Holiday Monday 1 April - Open Singles Stableford Competition

Overall: Mark Cumiskey (10) 42pts.

Division 1: Desmond McKeown (9) 39pts.

Division 2: Jack McCaughey (11) 39pts.

Division 3: Seán McCreesh (22) 39pts.