Mount Juliet Golf Notes

The first round of the Waterford Crystal sponsored Winter Series for 2008 got off the ground last Wednesday and this was won by the Gowran Park pairing of Thos. Farrell and Mattie Byrne who were clear winners on the day. An unusually mild day for this time of year, 13 degrees temperature for the better part of a day that deteriorated in the latter part to a drop in temperature and some heavy rain, but most of the field of competitors had finished by that time. Certainly the winners, who were first out at 10am, played most of their round in casual wear and obviously relished the conditions. The competition format was a fourball betterball stableford, play as usual was off the white and red tees and the course was in great condition despite the recent falls of rain. The winning partnership played very consistently with nines of 20 and 21 points respectively and their score of 41 points was two points clear of their nearest opponents. This qualifies them for the Grand Final in April and with only four more qualifying events down for decision places in the final are rapidly taking shape. The next competition in the series takes place on Wednesday 13th February and this is a 3 Person Scramble. Tee times may be booked by telephoning 056/7773064 or 7773071 for this and the remaining competitions.

Last Sunday saw the first of the Member/Guest competitions for 2008 commence as well, with a fourball betterball stableford starting the year rolling. The winners were Stephen Price and his guest James Moran with 42 points and they just pipped the Kilkenny pairing of Michael Whelan and his guest Tom Hickey by virtue of a better back nine holes. The next competition in the Member/Guest series takes place on Sunday 17th February and again it is a Fourball Betterball Stableford with the timesheet opening on Monday 4th February.