Mount Juliet Golf Notes

Tony Sparkles in Monthly Medal

The July Monthly Medal was played for last Sunday and competitors were lucky with the weather, as almost an inch of rain had fallen in the previous 24 hours, but Sunday remained nice and dry for a good turnout of golfers.

Best score of the day was recorded by Tony Frew who scored a very impressive 44 points which equated to a round of level par off his handicap of 8. Tony had nines of 22 points on each nine holes with bogies on the 7th and 14th holes, but he countered these dropped shots with birdies on the 2nd and 10th holes. He had no other dropped shots but completed his round with 14 pars for a very fine score indeed. Tony easily won his category and was an impressive six shots clear of his nearest rival.

In category 2, Alan Hearne just beat the present Captain, Jim Cusack, on a countback to claim the spoils with another fine round of 40 points. Alan had a rather sluggish start to his round by only recording 11 points for his first seven holes which included two double bogies and four bogies, but he really came to life from thereon as he scored 29 points for the last eleven holes and only dropping two shots to par on the 14th and 18th holes.

Category 3 was won by Paul Carty, who is having a very successful year on the golf course. Paul recorded 32 points for his round.

The ladies division also had a decisive winner in Margaret Clandillon who had three shots to spare from her nearest rivals. Margaret scored a fine 38 points with nines of 20 and 18 points respectively and had only one blip in her round, on the 16th where she failed to register a point. Margaret had three shots to spare from Paula Moore and Lady Captain, Sally Gleeson.

In the Golfer of the Year competitions, Stephen Price leads Alan Hearne with Andrew Nixon holding third place. Ruth Skehan holds sway over Amelia Drumm by four points. Ruth has scored in six competitions whereas Amelia holds a slight advantage by only scoring in five competitions, and can overtake her rival over the next few weeks. The C.S.S. for the men was 36 points and for the ladies was 37 points.

Last week also saw the running of the July Ladies Invitation competition and this proved to be a triumph for Ursula Mason who returned the winning score. The competition for July was an 18 holes singles stableford and Ursula hit top form by scoring 39 points and won by a shot from Brenda O’Sullivan with Sheila MacDonald a shot further behind. Ursula had nines of 21 and 18 points respectively and after a shaky start to her second nine holes, where she only scored two points in total on the 10th and 11th holes, she settled down again to record an impressive win. Brenda had a very indifferent start to her round by scoring 16 points on the first nine holes but came to life on the second nine by scoring a further 22 points.

The popular Summer Series continued last Thursday and the July competition proved to be a triumph for a team led by two New Ross members who returned the winning score of 90 points. They just held on by a shot from a team led by Stephen Price and three friends based in Dublin clubs. The next round in this series will continue in August with a similar four person team event.

The Friday evening competition, which is a social occasion for members and their guests, continues over the next few months and the next competition in the Member/Guest series will be on Sunday 25th July and this will be a Mixed Scotch Foursomes over 18 holes.

RESULTS

Ladies Invitation Day, 7th July 2010

Winner Ursula Mason (30) 39 points

Second Brenda O’Sullivan (33) 38 points

Third Sheila MacDonald (30) 37 points

First Nine Ruth Skehan (27) 19 points

Second Nine Helen Comerford (20) 21 points

Summer Series, 8th July 2010

Winners

Richard Murphy (14) (New Ross)

P.J. O’Connor (7) (New Ross)

James Nelson (20) (Corrstown)

Michael Murphy (14) (San Jose) 90 points

Runners Up

Stephen Price (7) (Mount Juliet)

Darren Kelly (18) (Malahide)

Ciaran Maher (20) (Balcarrick)

Brendan Feeney (7) (Balcarrick) 89 points

July Monthly Medal, 11th July 2010

Category 1 Tony Frew (8) 44 points

Category 2 Alan Hearn (15) 40 points

Category 3 Paul Carty (19) 32 points

Ladies Margaret Clandillon (26) 38 points

After what seemed an interminable layoff from competitive golf, last week saw two competitions run for the first time in 2009. The third last round of the popular Marble City Travel sponsored Winter Series eventually got off the ground with the running of the 3 person scramble and although players had a big break from golf over the last weeks it certainly did not seem to put a dent in their ability.
This was proved by the winners of the competition last week by returning a fantastic score of 60 grosss which was 12 shots under par. This remarkable score was returned by three low handicappers from New Ross who had nines of 29 and 31 respectively. They had a total of 12 birdies and the easier way of explaining their score is that they only recorded pars on the 2nd, 3rd, 11th, 12th, 16th and 18th. Their handicap allowance of 1.2 shots meant that they had a net score of 58.8 shots. They now qualify for the Grand Final on March 31st.
In second place came three players from Carrick on Suir Golf Club who were two shots behind with a score of 60.9 shots and third place was filled by a trio from Rathdowney Golf Club who were a further ½ shot behind second place. With only two more rounds of the Series left to play the next one is scheduled for next Wednesday 10th March and the format is a Three Person Rumble with tee reservations available by phoning 056/7773071 or 7773064.
The first Member/Guest competition of the year got underway last week as well and the format for this event was a fourball betterball stable ford. The winners of this event, Paul Barrett and Tim Kavanagh had a very good score of 44 points and  had two shots to spare over their nearest pursuers Frank Furey and Dave Martin who in turn were three shots clear of the third pairing comprised of the father and son pairing of Tadhg and Richard Gleeson. The winners had nines of 23 and 21 points respectively.

There is another member/guest competition taking place next Sunday 8th March and the format is a 3 Person Rumble.

Results Winter Series 3 Person Scramble

Winners

Andrew Ryan(4) New Ross G.C.
Andrew Ronan(5)
Emmett Ronan(3) ……………………58.8 shots.

Second

John Broxon(6) Carrick on Suir G.C.
Brian Waters(10)

Robert Barry(5)………………..………60.9 shots

Third

Mick Scales(18) Rathdowney G.C.
Mark Kelly(18)
Anthony Phelan(10)…………….……61.4 shots.

Member/Guest Fourball Betterball Stableford.

Winners

Paul Barrett(9)
Tim Kavanagh(17)……………………44 points.

Second

Frank Furey(14)
Dave Martin(23)…………………….…42 points.

Third

Tadhg Gleeson(15)
Richard Gleeson(15)…………………39 points..

Winners

Andrew Ryan (4)
Andrew Ronan (5)
Emmet Ronan (3)
(New Ross Golf Club)                58.8

Runners Up

John Broxan (6)
Brian Waters (10)
Robert Barry (5)
(Carrick-on-Suir Golf Club)         60.9

Third

Mick Scales (18)
Mark Kelly (18)
Anthony Phelan (10)
(Rathdowney Golf Club)             61.4

Winners qualify for the Grand Final to be played on Tuesday 31st March 2009.