Mount Juliet Golf Notes

The fourth round of the Waterford Crystal sponsored Winter Series was played last Thursday and it produced a win for the locally based team of John O’ Dwyer, Nigel O’ Donovan and Tom Duggan, all from the Callan area of Kilkenny. The competition was a three person scramble and they had a remarkable round of 63 shots gross which was nine under par. This score, together with their handicap allowance of just over one shot, brought down their score to a winning 61.8. They won by one shot from the New Ross team of Andrew Ryan, Andrew Ronan and Emmett Ronan who also had an excellent score of 64 gross shots and with a similar handicap allowance brought their score to 62.8 shots. The only difference in both scores was at the first hole where the winners had a birdie to the runners-up par. This resulted in the winners going out in 31 shots to the Wexford boys 32 shots. Both teams then finished the back nine in 32 shots and the winning team had to get up and down from sand on the 18th for a par otherwise victory would have gone the other way. Both teams are to be commended as they had very little handicap allowance. The winners now go forward to the Grand Final in April along with the other qualifiers.

There are now only two more competitions in the series before the Christmas break and these are scheduled for 6th and 18th December.

Results

Winners:
John O’Dwyer (5) Callan Golf Club
Tom Duggan (2) Clonmel Golf Club
Nigel O’Donovan (5) Callan Golf Club 61.8 shots

Second:
Andrew Ryan (3) New Ross Golf Club
Andrew Ronan (5) New Ross Golf Club
Emmett Ronan (4) New Ross Golf Club 62.8 shots

Third:
Sean Kiely (10) Gowran Park Golf Club
Ger Treacy (7) Gowran Park Golf Club
Martin Donnelly (10) Gowran Park Golf Club 63.2 shots

Last Sunday saw the last of the Member/Guest series for 2007 draw to a conclusion with the running of a 16 holes fourball betterball hamper. This resulted in a win for the mother and son combination of Sally and David Gleeson with a fine score of 39 points. With a large turnout on a fine November day they beat off some stiff opposition and got home by a shot from the Alan Byrne/Paul Curran partnership with the Joe Hyland/Joe Teehan combination in third position. The winners posted a fine 23 points for the first nine holes and added a further 16 points for the last 7 holes. The first nine holes score was matched by the third pairing but they faltered by having a bogie on the 10th hole. All three pairings will receive some Christmas fare for their endeavours.

Results

Winners:
Sally Gleeson (12)
David Gleeson (15) (Dooks Golf Club) 39 points

Second:
Alan Byrne (11)
Paul Curran (12) (Tulfarris Golf Club) 38 points (last

Third:
Joe Hyland (10)
Joe Teehan (7) (Kilkenny Golf Club) 38 points

Next Sunday sees the new Captain and Lady Captain drive into office and as usual there will be two nine hole competitions played in conjunction with the “Drive In” followed by a social get-together in the Hunter’s Yard afterwards.

This Thursday sees the next round in the Waterford Crystal sponsored Winter Series down for decision with the running of the 3 Person Scramble. There are two more competitions in the series before the Christmas break and they are the 3 Person Team Event on Thursday 6th December and an 18 holes Singles Stableford on Tuesday 18th December.
The timesheet is open for all three of these competition and bookings can be made on line or by phoning 056/7773064 or 7773071.

The ladies had their “End of Year” get together last week and on a fine day there was a great turnout for the three person scramble over 14 holes. The Lady Captain went out with a flourish by leading her team to a narrow victory over Sally Gleeson’s team on a countback and they in turn finished 4 shots ahead of Adrienne Walsh’s team. A great day was followed by a very enjoyable dinner and social evening in the Hunter’s Yard.

Results Ladies End of Year Get Together

Winners
Brona Reidy (15)
Betty Hendrick (28)
Margaret Twomey (36) 39 points

Second
Sally Gleeson (12)
Sarah Newman (26)
Pauline McEnery (36) 39 points

Third
Adrienne Walsh (19)
Myra Phelan (22)
Ann Murphy (36) 35 points

The new Captains’ will “drive in” on Sunday week and in between there is a Member/Guest Fourball scheduled next Sunday. These two events finish the competitions for members for 2007. The “Drive In” will consist of two competitions over each nine holes for seasonal hampers.

The third round of the Waterford Crystal sponsored Winter Series was played for last Thursday and in testing conditions which saw the course play its full length. The West Waterford pairing of James Cooney and David Morrissey just prevailed on the day. They got the better of Owen Phelan and his son, Alan, by virtue of a better back nine holes. Both pairings scored 40 points to edge out three more pairings who had 39 points. David had a great round of golf and he was the definite mainstay of the pairing featuring on 14 holes in the overall round. Their back nine of 22 points was just a point too good for Owen and Alan who had nines of 19 and 21 points respectively against the winners 18 and 22 points. The Waterford lads now qualify for the Grand Final to be played in April. The next round of the Series will be played on Thursday 22nd November and this is a 3 Person Scramble and this competition is proving to be very popular with the timesheet filling up rapidly. Tee reservations can be made by phoning 056/7773071 or 7773064.
Mount Juliet are pleased to announce that the course has been given a slope rating of 148 from the white tees and 136 from the green tees. This will be of great interest to our visitors whose handicaps are controlled by slope ratings. The ratings are indicative of the difficulty for all golfers to score on the course and this adds to the challenge for all players to raise their game accordingly.

Results Winter Series:

Winners
James Cooney (14) West Waterford Golf Club
David Morrissey (6) 40 points (last nine)

Runners Up
Owen Phelan (10) Kilkenny Golf Club
Alan Phelan (9) Rathdowney Golf Club 40 points