Mount Juliet Golf Notes

July Monthly Medal / Golfer of the Year Update

Last Sunday saw the July Monthly Medal decided and as usual there were 3 categories for the men and then the ladies category.  The best score of the day was returned by Mary Quigley who had 46 points in the Ladies category and needless to say she won this category by the proverbial mile from her nearest competitor Brenda O’Sullivan who had a very creditable 37 points.

In the men’s division, the scoring also matched the warm day with David Kelly winning category 1 with 37 points on a countback from Pat Price Jr., and categories 2 and 3 were won by Colm Hyland and Tim Kavanagh both returning 41 points in their respective divisions.

As a result of this competition there was a slight change in the Golfer of the Year for both the Ladies and the Men.  The men’s section is still being led by Stephen Price but his brother Pat has now jumped into second place with Pat Doyle now relegated to third place.  In the ladies section the overall leader last month, Mary Quigley, has extended her lead over Rebecca Nixon.

Results

Category 1 — David Kelly (6) — 37 points

Category 2 — Colm Hyland (13)–41 points

Category 3 — Tim Kavanagh (20)- 41 points

Ladies — — Mary Quigley (30) – 46 points

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The July Summer Series Team Event kindly sponsored by Coca Cola Ltd., took place on 8th July and this competition proved to be a runaway success for the Dublin based team of Philip Wardick, Shay Doherty, his son Paul and Cathy McCormack who won with the proverbial “ton in hand”.  With a fabulous score of 97 points, they had eight points to spare over their nearest rivals.  They had nines of 45 and 52 points respectively and on the one hole (18th) where three scores counted they only scored 6 points.
In second place came the Clare based team of single figure golfers led by Nicky Duggan who pipped Jack O’Keeffe’s team by virtue of a better back nine holes.  The Ballyragget quartet of Martin Devlin, Brendan Melody, Michael Dowling and Justin Ring were fourth.

Philip Wardick, Kathy McCormack, Shay Doherty,
Eamonn Nolan (Coca Cola – sponsor) and Paul Doherty

Results

Winners

Shay Doherty (10)

Paul Doherty (15)

(South County Golf Club)

Philip Wardick (10)

Cathy McCormack (21)

(Boystown Golf Club)    97 points

Second

Nicky Duggan (4)

Alan Neville (6)

David Casey (9)

(Dromoland Castle)

Pat Cosgrove (8)

(Woodstock Golf Club)    89 points

Third

Jack O’Keeffe (14)

Vincent O’Keeffe (15)

(Thurles Golf Club)

Ken Naughton (20)

(Ballinasloe Golf Club)

John Grogan (9)

(Naas Golf Club)    87 Points

Fourth

Martin Devlin (13)

Michael Dowling (21)

Brendan Melody (13)

(Rathdowney Golf Club)

Justin Ring (16)

(Castlecomer Golf Club)    87 points

The only team surviving in the inter club competitions, The Ladies Challenge Cup team, played Killerig in the quarter final on Monday last with Mount Juliet hosting three of the 5 matches at home. Unfortunately for the home team there was no joy to be related at the end of the day with Killerig coming out victors on a 3/2 scoreline. The vital win was secured on the 18th at Mount Juliet by Miriam Farrell of Killerig as Mount Juliet had lost their two matches at Killerig. All the team and their manager, Helen Comerford, are to be commended for the committment and dedication given during the earlier rounds and with a small bit of luck could have gone on to reach the Semi-Final. So that ends that chapter for another year and we will look forward to better things in 2009.

The July Summer Series was played last Wednesday and a full turnout of teams participated with the honours for the day going to the team comprising of members of Craddockstown and Black Bush golf clubs. Conditions were ideal for scoring but again most of the players found the course playing to it’s full length. The winning score of 92 points just beat the combination of Boystown, South County and The Heath players by a shot with a team from the Rebel County a further point behind. The winners had nines of 47 and 45 points respectively whereas the runner-up had nines of 46 and 45 points. The crucial hole was the long par five ,17th, where the winners scored an eagle and a birdie to record seven points whereas the runners-up had a total of 5 points with two pars. Special mention has to be made to our sponsors for the competition, Golf Andalucia, who provided magnificent prizes for the day to the lucky players who won.

Results July Summer Series:

Winners:

Frank Byrne(8) – Craddockstown G.C.
Alan Kavanagh(12)
Barry Mc Carthy(12)
Nicky Power(6)- Black Bush G.C
92 points.

Second:

Pamela Harrington(32) – Boystown G.C.
Philip Wardick(10)
Shay Doherty(9) – South County G.C.
Michael Whelan(16) – The Heath G.C
91 points

Third:

Mathew Geaney(17) – Kanturk G.C.
Derek O’ Donovan(14) – Fermoy G.C.
Eamon O’ Sullivan(14) – East Cork G.C.
Peter Gibney(20) – Kanturk G.C
90 points.

Fourth:

Jim Walsh(10) – Gowran Park G.C.
Mick Walsh(10) – St. Helens Bay G.C.
Ger Walsh(9)
Les Walsh(7)
88 points.
Our Next Summer Series competition is Tuesday 8th July sponsored by Coca Cola.
The 8th of July event is now full, but a wait list is in operation. Places are still available for the 12th August and 1st September events and as usual tee times can be booked by phoning 056/7773064 or 7773071