Mount Juliet Golf Notes

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)

Doom and gloom on the Inter Club front in the past week with the elimination of the Ladies Junior Foursomes team by Moate and the demise of the Duggan Cup men’s team at the hands of neighbours Callan.

The Ladies Junior Foursomes team just failed in the second leg of their match against Moate ladies again on a 2/1 result. Hopes were high after the first leg but unfortunately Moate just proved too strong and so the last representatives left standing in any competition is the Ladies Challenge Cup team who meet Killerig next week in the quarter final.

The Duggan Cup team lost by a 3/2 margin winning one match at Callan but unfortunately losing the vital match of two played at Mount Juliet on the 18^th green. So our hopes lie with Helen Comerford’s charges to bring back a trophy in 2008.

Last week saw the June Ladies Invitation Day take place and the format was a 3 person team event. Unfortunately the weather proved to be a spoilsport with incessant rain falling for most of the day. However as the day improved towards late evening an enjoyable event was concluded with some good scores returned despite the conditions. Mary Fulton’s Team just pipped Rebecca Nixon’s team on a countback with Laura Mahony’s team bringing up third place.

Results:

Winners

Mary Fulton (18)

Viv Johnston (10)

(Castle Golf Club)

Sylvia Henning (19)

(Warrenpoint Golf Club) 77 points

Second

Rebecca Nixon (18)

Margaret Geoghegan (18)

(Borris Golf Club)

Mary Morrissey (25)

(Borris Golf Club) 77 points

Third

Laura Mahony (18)

Helen Close (10)

(Luttrellstown Golf Club)

Ciara Smith (23)

(Malahide Golf Club) 73 points

The J. B. Carr Memorial Trophy was decided last Sunday and again some very good scores were recorded on a very warm sultry Summer’s day. The best score of the day was recorded by Ruth Mulholland with 39 points and she beat Pat Price Jr. on a countback to decide who is the holder of the trophy for 2008. Ruth had nines of 19 and 20 points against Pat’s 21 and 18 points. Great scoring indeed for both players in the difficult and warm conditions.

In the ladies section Rebecca Nixon was second with 38 points and Sheila Williams recorded 37 points for third place. Runner-up in the men’s section was Paul Barrett with 37 points and Gavin Pierce was third with 36 points. The nines were won by John Thompson and Michael Doyle.

Results:

Ladies:

Winner Ruth Mulholland (13) 39 points.

Second Rebecca Nixon (18) 38 points

Third Sheila Williams (28) 37 points

Men

Winner Pat Price Jr. (14) 39 points

Second Paul Barrett (10) 37 points

Third Gavin Pierce (4) 36 points

1^st Nine John Thompson (14) 20 points

2^nd Nine Michael Doyle (16) 19 points

After the results on the week-end the Golfer of the Year competitions have not altered significantly with Mary Quigley and Stephen Price still maintaining their overall leads in their respective sections.

The Captains’ Prizes take place on 27^th and 28^th of this month with the timesheet opening at noon next Monday.