Last Thursday saw the last of the “majors” competed for with the running of the Lady President’s (Mrs Mary Jones) Prize. The winner, with a great score of 39 points, was Ruth Mulholland off a handicap of 12. Playing some superb golf, especially on the front nine holes which she covered in one over par gross, she won by a clear three shots from the Lady Captain, Rita Garvey. Ruth faltered on the back nine with 16 points, having failed to score on the par three 11th after bogeying the long 10th, but she steadied herself on the remaining seven holes to register a further 14 points. Rita played steady throughout her round of 36 points with nines of 17 and 19 points respectively and she was three points clear of Sandra Carr. The day held up reasonably well weather wise and a great social evening was had by all in Mount Juliet House afterwards.
Results of Lady President’s (Mrs. Mary Jones) Prize
Winner … Ruth Mulholland (12) … 39 points
Second .. Rita Garvey (25) … … … 36 points
Third ….. Sandra Carr (21) … … … 33 points
Fourth … Mary Divilly (27) … … …31 points
1st Nine . Lynda Hickey (26) … … 20 points
2nd Nine .Mary Quigley (23) … … 18 points
Par 3’s … Una O’ Sullivan
Par 5’s … Margaret O’ Shea
The first round of the Winter Series was played last Wednesday and with the introduction of a new sponsor, Marble City Travel, Kilkenny, there was a large turnout of teams for the competition which was a 4 Person Team Event. In ideal conditions for golf, the scoring reflected the weather with the Gowran Park team of Mattie Byrne, Kevin Fennelly, Thos Farrell and P. J. Dreeling winning with a very good score of 91 points. With the course playing its full length off the white tees, the Gowran Park quartet had 2 points to spare from their nearest rivals and a further 2 points back to third and fourth places. The Gowran Park men had nines of 46 and 45 points respectively and had the added distinction of having three birdies on the short par three 3rd and having to discard one of the scores for recording purposes. The format of the day was that two scores would count on the first seventeen holes and three scores to count on the last. In second place came the Co. Tipperary team of Trevor Melbourne, Anthony Daly, Dave Lawton and Vincent Woodlock who in turn beat Kilkenny men Billy Walsh and his brothers Ollie and Michael with Ollie Hickey. The next competition in the Winter Series will be held on Thursday 23rd October and the format is a fourball betterball stableford. Tee times for this event and future events in the series can be booked by phoning golf reservations at 056/7773064 or 7773071.
Results of Winter Series
Winners
… Mattie Byrne (14)
… Kevin Fennelly (8)
… Thos. Farrell (5)
… P. J. Dreeling (13)
… (Gowran Park)… … .… … ..… … … … … 91 points
Second
… Trevor Melbourne (11)
… Anthony Daly (13)
… Dave Lawton (10) (Cahir Park)
… Vincent Woodlock (16) (Clonmel)… 89 points
Third
… Billy Walsh (5)
… Ollie Walsh (14) (Castlecomer)
… Michael Walsh (6) (Rathdowney)
… Ollie Hickey (15) (Kilkenny)… … … ..87 points
Last Sunday there was an 18 holes singles stableford for members and their guests with play off the green tees. The winner was Paul O’ Shea, Kilkenny, with a great score of 42 points. Paul went around the first nine holes in one over par gross 37 to register 23 points and added a further 19 points on the back nine. In second place came local member Tim Kavanagh with 38 points followed by Frank Furey with 37 points and visitor, Glenn Miller, with 36 points.
Results of Member & Guest Competition
Winner … … Paul O’Shea (13)… … (Kilkenny).… .. 42 points
Second… … Tim Kavanagh (17)… … … … … … … 38 points
Third… … …Frank Furey (14)… … … … … …… …. 37 points
Fourth… …. Glenn Miller (8)… (Westmanstown)… 36 points