Mount Juliet Golf Notes

The J. B. Carr Trophy, which was played for last Sunday, proved to be a triumph for the ladies of Mount Juliet with the best three scores of the day registered by the lady members. Pride of place went to Helen Scully who returned a great score of 38 stableford points for the 18 holes. Helen scored 18 and 20 points respectively for each nine holes and just got home from the lady in form, Sally Gleeson, who scored 37 points who in turn just pipped Mary Divilly for second prize on a countback.

On a difficult day for scoring, with some wind and rain to contend with, the men were not able to reach the target of 37 points set by the ladies and their best score returned was 36 points. This was scored by Stephen Skehan with nines of 20 and 16 points respectively. He had a shot to spare over Pat Garvey who in turn had a shot to spare over Alan Hearne.

The trophy, which was presented by the Carr family to commemorate their illustrious father who was president of the club for a number of years, is a replica of the West of Ireland silver salver which the great golfer won many years ago. This trophy will be held by the winner, Helen, for the next 12 months. She had only one real mistake on her card and this was on the long par four, 4th, where she failed to register a point. Mary Divilly had the distinction of scoring an eagle two on the long ninth when she holed out her second shot with a 5 wood and scored 6 points which contributed to her overall score as a result.

The first round of the McCalmont Cup match play has been completed and the eight players through to the quarter finals are Michael Brennan, Alan Hearne, Amelia Drumm, Sandra Carr, Jeff Howes, Paul Barrett, Kevin McCartan and Ruth Mulholland. The quarter finals have to be completed by the end of June.

Members are reminded that the nine hole singles stableford competition continues each Friday evening from 5pm onwards and the player with the best 7 cards returned by the end of September will be declared the winner. There will also be prizes for the runner-up and third overall as well.

Results J. B. Carr Trophy

Overall Winner Helen Scully (18) 38 points

Men

Winner Stephen Skehan (18) 36 points

Second Pat Garvey (12) 35 points

Third Alan Hearne (11) 34 points

First Nine Dave Wyer (12) 18 points

Second Nine Tim Kavanagh (16) 18 points

Ladies

Winner Sally Gleeson (12) 37 points (last nine)

Second Mary Divilly (25) 37 points

Last week there was a bag of mixed luck on the Inter Club front with two ladies teams in action. The Challenge Cup team were pitted against Kilkenny Golf Club at the neutral venue of Callan and they came out on top by a margin of 3½ matches to 1½ matches. The format of the competition was 5 singles and Mary Cotter, Ann Murphy and Wendy Beirne all won their respective matches with Dorothy Kilroy securing a half in her match. While on the course. Brenda O’Sullivan lost narrowly to her opponent.

The All Ireland Fourball team lost narrowly to the ladies of Carrick-on-Suir Golf Club but only on a countback. In this competition two pairs play at home and two pairs play away. While our two home pairs achieved victory, the away players lost and on a countback of holes won and lost, Mount Juliet came out on the wrong end. The pairings were Helen Scully/Ruth Skehan and Helen Hedigan/Mary Fulton, both of these pairings played at Mount Juliet. At Carrick-on-Suir, the pairings were Sally Gleeson/Jon Hegarty and Myra Phelan/Rita Garvey. It is interesting to note that Helen and Ruth were 5 down after nine holes but recovered for a great victory on the 18th.

Next Sunday sees the running of the J.B. Carr Trophy in memory of our former illustrious President Joe, and this is a Golfer of the Year competition with extra points available.

On Tuesday next the open Summer Series for teams of four players continues and reservations for tee times can be made by phoning 056 7773071.

The Ladies Invitation Day for June took place last Wednesday and with the weatherman smiling kindly on all participants, a good day was had by all competitors. Scoring was very close with only a shot separating the three prizewinning partnerships. The format was a fourball betterball stableford with the winners returning a score of 38 points. Sandra Carr and her partner Pauline Ann Murray just got the better of the pairing of Lady Captain, Sally Gleeson, and her partner Jeanie Ronan who in turn beat Brenda O’Sullivan and her partner Pauline McEnery on a countback.

In the McCalmont Cup Matchplay, the competition has reached the quarter-final stage. Match pairings are as follows; Kathyrn O’Connor v Paul Barrett, Michael Brennan v Pat Price Jr., Helen Scully v John O’ Connor, Chris McHugh v Ruth Skehan with all four matches to be played by the 30th June.

Next Sunday sees the J. B. Carr Trophy down for decision with sections for both the ladies and men with Golfer of the Year points on offer to both sections. Preparations are in full flow for the Captains Prizes which will take place on Saturday 26th June. A limited number of tee times will be available on the Friday evening prior to the event for Juniors and to accommodate members who cannot play on the Saturday.

Results June Ladies Invitation Day

The next round in the popular Summer Series for teams of four competitors takes place on Wednesday 16th June and reservations can be made by phoning the golf shop or golf reservations at 056/7773071 or 7773064.

Mount Juliet have introduced a new Summer offer to players who wish to visit “a little bit of heaven“ for a day of recreation.

For €90 (Sunday-Thursday) and €100 (Friday and Saturday), interested golfers can avail of:

- a basket of range golf balls
- a round on the unique 18 hole putting course designed by Jeff Howes
- a snack on the 10th tee
- 18 holes of golf on the Jack Nicklaus designed championship golf course