Mount Juliet Golf Notes

Last Sunday saw the commencement of the Summer League and this resulted in a good win for Hugh O’Connor who continued his early season form by returning a solid 38 points in tricky conditions with the northerly wind continuing to make scoring difficult. Hugh, playing very solidly, had two nines of 19 points and just held off the challenge of Dermot Fennelly by a shot. Dermot scored only 15 points for his first nine holes but then turned on the style on his last nine holes by returning a further 22 points. In third place came Ted Hoyne with another 37 points only to lose second place to Dermot on a countback. The next round of the Summer League will take place next Sunday.

On the Inter Club scene, the ladies are doing battle with Borris this weekend in the Miele Fourball with two pairings at home and two pairings away. The result will be decided on matches won and holes won. The Pierce Purcell team are at Wexford in three weeks time to compete in the regional qualifying round and the panel are preparing for this important date. The Duggan Cup team will do battle against Callan on Wednesday next in the second round with the draw advantage favouring Callan.

On Wednesday next 8th May the May Ladies Invitation Day will take place and the format will be a four person team event. The following Sunday will see the May Monthly Medal down for decision and this is a Golfer of the Year event.

Results Summer League Sunday 28th April

Winner Hugh O’Connor (6) 38 points
Second Dermot Fennelly (11) 37 points.(last nine)
Third Ted Hoyne (8) 37 points

Mount Juliet Golf Notes Monday 29th April 2013

Summer Series on the Way

The Summer Series for 2009 starts on May 26th and continues on for the months of June, July, August and September with a competition each month.  The series will be a 4 person team event (any combination) with a shotgun start each day at 2.30pm.  The series has an individual sponsor for each competition and will have very attractive prizes on offer.  Last year’s series proved to be very popular with some fine scoring from both the ladies and the men who partook.  This year will prove to be no different with play off the white tees and red tees and all that is required that the weather improves sufficiently and we have not a repeat of last year’s “Summer”.  Tee times can be reserved for any of the series by phoning golf reservations at 056 7773071 or 7773064.

Unfortunately on the inter club scene the news has not been so good with the Pierce Purcell team failing to qualify for the play-off stages and the Duggan Cup team meeting defeat at the hands of Castlecomer.

The Ladies teams did not fare any better with the defeat of the Miele Fourball team to Cahir Park and the Junior Foursomes team facing an uphill battle in their second leg of their match against Courtown ladies having been well beaten in the first leg.

Last weekend saw the May Monthly medal decided and as usual there were four categories. The best score of the day was returned by John Carr, playing off a handicap of 1, he had 37 points which was level par.

John had three birdies to compensate for his three bogies in an otherwise faultless round.  He bogied the 9th, 11th and 14th holes but replied with birdies on the 5th, 16th and 17th to complete his level par round.  Unfortunately this round does not get him to scratch again but he is almost there.  Other winners were Terry Sullivan who had a score of 35 points to win category 2 and Paul Carty won category 3 with 31 points.

On a pleasant but breezy day the course standard scratch score of 32 points reflected the difficulty of the course for the men off the white tees.

The ladies section was won by Ruth Mulholland with 36 points and she just pipped Lynda Hickey on the back nine.  Ruth had only 16 points on the first nine holes by virtue of the fact that she failed to score on the 6th and 8th holes, but she quickly rectified this lapse by scoring 20 points on the back nine and just getting home on a countback as Lynda scored 19 points on her last nine holes.  The ladies coped with the conditions better as their course standard scratch was 36 points.

In the Golfer of the Year competitions, there is a tie in the men’s division with Anthony Gore-Grimes, Tom Duggan and John Carr all on 12 points.

The ladies section has Lynda Hickey as leader with 20 points followed closely by Dorothy Doyle on 19 points with Amelia Drumm and Liz Beatty both on 18 points.

Results May Monthly Medal:

Category 1        John Carr (1)               37 points

Category 2        Terry Sullivan (17)       35 points

Category 2        Paul Carty (21)           31 points

Ladies              Ruth Mulholland (11)   36 points (last nine)

The May Monthly Medal was decided last Sunday and after some early fog, the day turned out to be a pleasant and sunny one. The best score of the day was returned by Michael Brennan with 38 points and he duly won category 2 for his troubles. Michael had nines of 18 and 20 points, having failed to score on the second but he more than made up for it on the last sixteen holes by adding 36 points to the two points he scored on the first hole.

In category 1, Stephen Price was the narrow winner with 36 points from John Keane and again, like Michael, Stephen had a slow start by dropping seven shots on the first nine holes and only scoring 16 points. But again, like Michael Brennan, made up for his early lapses by scoring 20 points on the back nine. Category 3 was won by Tony Hoyne, on a countback, with 31 points whilst Rebecca Nixon won the Ladies section with a fine score of 37 points. Rebecca showed a fine return to form by scorching home on the last nine holes with 22 points and just finished a point clear of Mary Quigley. The C.S.S. for both the men and the ladies was 35 points.

In the Golfer of the Year competitions, Stephen Price is the clear leader in the men’s section whilst Mary Quigley leads the ladies section convincingly.

Last Wednesday saw a large turnout for the May Ladies Invitation Day which was an 18 holes singles stableford. Helen Comerford spreadeagled the field with a winning score of 39 points and she was four points clear of her nearest pursuers, Mary Power, Powerscourt and Jeannie Ronan, Clonmel. Deirdre Farrell, Castleknock, was in fourth place and the “nines” were won by Ann Marie Wilsden, Gowran Park, and Winifred O’ Connor, Glencullen.

On the Inter Club scene the Duggan Cup team will play neighbours Callan in the next round with the Pierce Purcell team playing at Wexford next weekend in the regional qualifying round. The Ladies Junior Foursomes team have reached the quarter final and will play Moate next weekend in the first leg. Finally, the Ladies All Ireland Miele Fourball team played Borris in the first round of that competition and having lost both matches at Borris they won the first match at Mount Juliet and the second pairing were called in “all square” after the 15^th hole. At that stage, it was not possible for Mount Juliet to win as overall they were down a total of four holes in the previous three matches and as a consequence with only three holes to play in the last match the result was already decided.

Back row: Brona Reidy, Mary Quigley, Myra Phelan – Team Manager.
Front row: Helen Hedigan and Sally Gleeson

Results May Monthly Medal:

Category 1. Stephen Price(10)……………36 points.

Category 2. Michael Brennan(13)………..38 points.

Category 3. Tony Hoyne(20)………………31 points.

Ladies: Rebecca Nixon(19)…………..37 points.