Mannan Castle Golf Club news

Mannan Castle Seniors gathered on Tuesday for the Jimmy Courtney Memorial competition. Jimmy was a stalwart of the seniors and a constant presence around the course carrying out various tasks in support of the greenkeeping staff.

During the presentation of prizes his good friend Jimmy McMahon recounted many anecdotes about him which were greatly appreciated and enjoyed by the large gathering of seniors.

The weather cooperated in the best possible way for the occasion and the course looked great in the autumnal sunshine. Some of the pin positions made scoring very challenging and a good touch with the putter was needed.

Con Hanneffy (15) however made light of the challenge and recorded a brilliant score of 22 points for the nine holes and victory. His card included 5 pars and he managed to keep double bogey off it.

In his victory speech he recalled meeting Jimmy when he first joined the club and how welcoming and encouraging he was. It helped him settle into the club immediately. He said it was a great honour for him to win this competition.

Second place was taken by Philip McEntee (17) on 20 points whose card had four pars but a double bogey on the 11th hole proved costly.

Third position saw five golfers finish on 18 points with a countback of the last five holes needed to separate them. Liam Morrissey (13) was the best of the five and took third place

Jimmy Courtney Memorial Tuesday 1st October - 1st: Con Hanneffy (15) 22pts; 2nd: Philip McEntee (17) 20pts; 3rd: Liam Morrissey (13) 18pts c/b (4 others).

Mannan Castle Ladies

Have you noticed that most of our single digit golfers carry a pencil bag, and a half set of clubs and the rest of us carry fourteen clubs, we have to ask ourselves, do we actually use every club in the bag?

Well, the winners of the 3 club and putter Competition this week must have chosen their clubs wisely indeed! Coming out on top, Mary MacNamee scored a solid 35 points, captured a birdie on the twelfth hole, even parred the 18th hole, 20 points on the back nine, excellent golf.

In second place, consistent as ever, also on 35 points, Kitty Sharkey carded four pars, with 19 points on the front nine. Rita O’Loughlin finished third with a solid round of 33 points, again carding four pars.

There were only two par 3 birdies recorded in this competition, a shout out to Marie Finnegan who went one under on the par 4 11th, not an easy hole to birdie.

3 Club and a Putter Competition - 2nd October 2024 - 1st Mary MacNamee (18) 35pts; 2nd Kitty Sharkey (21) 35pts; 3rd Rita O’Loughlin (22) 35pts.