The postponed Captains’ Prizes were played for last Saturday on one of the few nice days – weatherwise – we have been able to enjoy this year. A full timesheet was the order of the day and the scoring complimented the weather.
Pride of place in the men’s section went to John Carr, who won the Captain’s (Peter Quigley) prize, but only just, and the Lady Captain’s (Rita Garvey) prize was won by the captain’s wife, Mary, who had a fabulous 42 points to win convincingly. Mary, a relative newcomer to the game, has now lost eight shots off her handicap in the past month and continues to progress.
As is usual, there were plenty of hard luck stories on the day and none more so than in the men’s section where the winner just beat Robert Nolan on a countback. Billy Murphy had 38 points standing on the 18th tee where a bogie would have won for him but unfortunately he took an eight on the hole and Robert Nolan failed to score on the 1st and 14th only to lose out on the last six holes countback. Added to his tale of woe, he three putted the 17th from less than 15 feet.
The winner, John Carr, must be complimented on his round of two under gross 70 off a handicap of two. John had bogies on the 7th, 8th and 18th but birdied the 5th, 6th, 10th,14th and 17th to offset the three dropped shots. A truly remarkable round on the day and he has to be congratulated on his achievement off a low handicap.
The Ladies winner, Mary Quigley, was a far more convincing victor as she had three shots to spare over her nearest rival, Rebecca Nixon, and a massive seven shots clear of the third placed competitor, Sandra Carr, who incidentally is the wife of John. Mary had nines of 21 points and apart from not registering a score on the first hole she was a model of consistency for the remainder of her round. As a result of this competition, Mary, who was leading the Golfer of the Year, has drawn right away from her nearest pursuer Rebecca and looks like she will add this trophy to her impressive display of prizes this year.
To finalise a good day for the Carr family John’s daughter, Darcey, returned 41 points to win the Junior prize.
A very enjoyable dinner was followed by a social evening which lasted into the early hours.
Results
Men
Winner … … … … John Carr (2) … … … … 40 points (last nine)
Second … … … …Robert Nolan (15) ... ….. 40 points
Category 1 ……….John Keane (9) … … …. .39 points
Category 2 … … ..Michael Costello (17) ….. 38 points
Category 3 … … ..Billy Murphy (19) … …. ..38 points
Best Gross … … .David Kelly (5) … … …. ..32 points
Past Captain … ..Gerard Magee (19) … ….. 35 points
Visitor … … … …Brian Murphy (11) … .. ….36 points
First Nine … … ..Andrew Nixon (12) … … …23 points
Second Nine … ..Tony Hoyne (20) … … … .20 points
Par 3’s … … … ..Geoff Meagher (17) … … .11 points
Par 5’s … … … ..Pat O’Neill (19) … … … …12 points
Ladies
Winner … … … .Mary Quigley (25) … … …. .42 points
Second … … … Rebecca Nixon (18) … … …39 points
Third … … … … Sandra Carr (21) … … … … 35 points
Past Captain … Brona Reidy (15) … … … … 32 points
Visitor … … … .Anne Gavagan (15) … … … .31 points
Junior … … … ..Darcey Carr (22) … … … … 41 points
First Nine … … Jan Hyland (20) … … … … ..21 points
Second Nine … Sheila MacDonald (29) .. …. 18 points
Par 3’s … … … Sarah Jane Costello (25) … ..9 points
Par 5’s … … … Catherine O’Halloran (26) … 12 points
CSS 36 points