Mount Juliet Golf Notes

The April Monthly Medal was decided last week and this was also the qualifier for the McCalmont Cup Matchplay as well.

As usual there were four categories and on a dry day but with a testing breeze blowing from the southeast scoring was difficult.  Best score of the day came from the ladies section with Liz Beatty scoring 38 points to easily win her section from Lynda Hickey who recorded 35 points.  Tom Duggan had the best score in the men’s section with 36 points just beating John Brennan on a countback.  The other categories were won by David Moore and Dermot Divilly.

The early leaders in the Golfer of the Year categories are Liz Beatty and Dorothy Doyle in the ladies section with 12 points each while the men’s section has another tie with Tom Duggan and Anthony Gore-Grimes locked together on 12 points as well.

The sixteen qualifiers who will contest the McCalmont matchplay are Tom Duggan, Alan Hoyne, Lynda Hickey, David Moore, Dermot Divilly, Gerry Conlon, Ruth Skehan, John O’ Malley, Sally Gleeson, Noel Murphy, Betty Hendrick, Liam Collins, Ruth Mulholland, Kevin McCartan, James J. Brett and Myra Phelan.  The McCalmont Cup matchplay is unique in so far as the ladies and men qualify to play each other in this competition unlike other clubs where the matchplay is confined to each gender.

On the inter club matchplay front the men played Waterford in the Leinster  Fourball and they recorded a fine victory by a margain of 3 matches to 2 and now progress to the third round where their opponents are not known as yet.

The other team, who were to be in action, was the Duggan Cup team whose match against Castlecomer last Saturday had to be postponed due to flooding at Castlecomer and this match will be arranged for later this week.

The ladies played Callan in the Intermediate Cup and duly won while the Minor Cup team went down to The Heritage.  In the Miele All Ireland fourball the home team just got the better of Kilkenny on the 19^th after both teams had drawn.  Ruth Mulholland and Margaret Clandillon getting the vital win.  This team will now play Cahir Park in the next round.  The Intermediate team will play Woodlands in the next round.

Results April Monthly Medal:

Category 1        Tom Duggan (8)          36 points

Category 2        David Moore (14)         34 points

Category 3        Dermot Divilly (21)       34 points

Ladies              Liz Beatty (15)            38 points

The first round of the new Summer Series was played last week. This series will be played once a month for the next six months and each competition will stand alone with valuable prizes for each day. The format will be a four person team event with a shotgun start at 2pm. each day.

Last Wednesday a team from Galway were runaway winners with a score of 90 points. They were seven shots clear of a team from Carrick on Suir, who in turn were a point clear of their nearest rivals. The magnificent prizes for the day were sponsored by Callaway Golf and all four teams involved in the prizes walked away with Drivers, Golf Bags, Putters and Watches.

The day itself was dry but a very chill wind blew from the east and this made scoring quite difficult but it proved to be no deterrent to the winners. The series continues on Tuesday 13^th May and reservations can be made by phoning 056/7773071 or 7773064.

Mark Wyse, Kevin Greely, Derek Keane, Paul Keane, Michael Keane, Mark Swan,
Winners Cregmore Park and Loughrea Golf Clubs

Results

Winners

Paul Keane (12)
Kevin Greely (12)
(Cregmore Park Golf Club)

Derek Keane (15)
Michael Keane (18)
(Loughrea Golf Club) 90 points

Second

John Mahon (11)
John O’Reilly (12)
Jim Kirwan (17)
Nicky Long (17)
(Carrick-on-Suir Golf Club) 83 points

Third

Dominic Carolan (10)
Cathal MacCanna (15)
(Luttrellstown Golf Club)

Alan McKnight (17)
Donnacadh Casey (7)
(Cork Golf Club) 82 points

Fourth

Anthony Kenny (13)
Paddy Naughton (17)
Tom Kenny (14)
(Mallow Golf Club)

Denis O’Brien (6)
(Lee Valley Golf Club) 78 points

On the Inter Club front, Mount Juliet teams had mixed fortunes with the Duggan Cup team just edging past Castlecomer on a tie hole. Unfortunately the Leinster Fourball Trophy team were just pipped by the final putt on the 18^th hole to lose to neighbours Mountain View. The Ladies Junior Foursomes team have a mountain to climb in the second leg of their match against The Curragh having lost all three matches in the first leg. The second leg takes place next Sunday at Mount Juliet.

The April Monthly Medal was decided last Sunday and because of the present dry spell some good scoring was the order of the day. The four category winners were Richie Guilfoyle, Norman Kilroy, Michael Meagher and Lynda Hickey.

In Category 1, Richie had a fine score of one over par gross to just pip Denis Treacy on the back nine countback. Denis failed to score on the par three 14^th hole and this proved to be the crucial difference. In Category 2 Norman beat Pat Doyle by a shot to claim his medal whilst Michael Meagher had three shots to spare in Category 3. Lynda Hickey hit a rich vein of form with 39 points to beat Mary Quigley by two shots to claim the ladies section. Thirty two players have now qualified for the matchplay stages of the McCalmont Cup as a result of this April Medal and the full draw will be made this week.

Results – April Monthly Medal

Category 1 Richard Guilfoyle (3) 38 points
Category 2 Norman Kilroy (15) 37 points
Category 3 Michael Meagher (20) 35 points

Ladies Lynda Hickey (28) 39 points

Men’ CSS – 36 points, Ladies CSS – 36 points

Next week the course closes for three days for the Spring maintenance.