Bryan makes it to 45 ?
The much coveted Residential Trophy was the prize last Saturday and Bryan Phelan made a procession of the competition by returning a fabulous 45 points off the green markers to spreadeagle a good field of both ladies and men for this special event in Mount Juliet. Bryan had nines of 23 and 22 points respectively for his round which was comprised of 11 pars, 5 bogies and two double bogies. He dropped shots on the 8th, 9th, 10th 11th and 12th and had a double bogie on the 7th and finished with another on the 18th hole. But he had set up his score by starting with six pars and after his lapse in the next six holes he steadied himself again by scoring a further five pars before a final lapse on the last hole. In second place was Cliff Beirne with 41 points and he scored 22 and 19 points for his respective nine holes. Normally his score would have been good enough to win this annual competition but Bryan obviously had other ideas. In third place scoring 37 points came Conor Lynch. The ladies section was won by lady in form, Ruth Skehan, returning a score of 34 points with 17 points on each nine holes. The best junior was Flora Stevenson who returned an impressive 38 points. Flora scored 19 points for each nine holes played. The C.S.S. for both the ladies and men’s sections was 36 points, which meant a number of handicap reductions for a select group of players.
The finalists in the McCalmont Cup match play competition are now known with victories in both semi-finals having been achieved by Michael Brennan and John O’Connor. Michael Brennan beat Kathyrn O’Connor and John O’Connor got the better of Chris McHugh. Both players will do battle in the final at a date to be agreed in the coming weeks.
Next week sees the “Vice Versa” competitions take place on Sunday 15th August. These are the Lady Captain’s Prize to Men and the Captain’s Prize to Ladies with a shotgun start at 11am for all participants.
Results of Residential Trophy
Winner Bryan Phelan (18) 45 points
Second Cliff Beirne (10) 41 points
Third Conor Lynch (14) 37 points
Ladies Ruth Skehan (27) 34 points
Junior Flora Stevenson (36) 38 points