Mount Juliet Golf Notes

Last Sunday saw the last of the Member/Guest competitions over the full course before the daylight hours are shortened this week. The competition was an 18 holes singles stableford and the scoring matched the nice Autumnal weather we are experiencing over the past few weeks.

The best score of the day was returned by a County Tipperary guest, Ronan Spain, who had a magnificent 44 points off his handicap of 13. Ronan played very consistently throughout his round with nines of 21 and 23 points respectively. He covered the first nine holes in 39 shots and his back nine in 38 shots for a gross of 77 shots which is only five over par. He dropped shots to par on the back nine at the par three, 14th and the par five, 17th with pars on the other seven holes. He registered a double bogie five at the par three, 6th hole. For the remainder of his round he was consistency personified. Ronan had three shots to spare over Ted Hoyne from Gowran Park, who must have thought that he was in with a real chance of first prize by returning 41 points. Local member John Enright scored 37 points for third place with a number of similar scores failing to reach the winners rostrum.

The Ladies section was won by Powerscourt member, Ursula Dowling, with 36 points. This is Ursula’s first prize at Mount Juliet. Ursula played steady throughout her round and recorded nines of 18 points for her total.

The next competition will be a hamper competition over 16 holes for members only and the format will be a singles stableford.

Results Member/Guest 18 Holes Singles Stableford 18th October:

Winner Ronan Spain (13) (Thurles G.C.) 44 points

Second Ted Hoyne (9) (Gowran Park G.C.) 41 points

Third John Enright (17) 37 points

Ladies Ursula Dowling (21) (Powerscourt G.C.) 36 points

Sunday 18^th October 2009

The final round of the monthly medals for 2009 was played on Sunday last and some very good scores were returned on another pleasant September day. The best score of the day was returned by Colm Dennehy with 39 points and he duly won category 3 with a little to spare. It was nice to see Colm in the winners enclosure as his incursions to this area are all too infrequent. Category 2 was won by Kevin McCartan with 38 points and Category 1 was won by Killian Pierce with 35 points. In the ladies section Sandra Carr was a clear cut winner with an excellent score of 38 points. Sandra has been steadily reducing her handicap this year.

As this was the final medal competition for 2009 it was also the final competition in both of the Golfer of the Year  trophy competitions. The ladies winner is Lynda Hickey who ran away with her section. The men’s section hinged on results of the September medal. The two people concerned in the outcome, Alan Hoyne and Andrew Nixon, did not score any points in the medal. Alan, who was also involved in the McCalmont Cup Matchplay final, came out on top by virtue of the fact that he won the matchplay over the weekend and passed out Andrew who was marginally in front. Alan scored 8 points for winning the matchplay and scored 40 points in total in the G.O.Y. and Andrew had a total of 38
points.

Alan beat James Brett in the final of the matchplay which went to the 18th hole before a decision was reached. Alan, although conceding shots to his opponent, was dormie 3 up after the 15th hole but was made to fight to the last when James won both the 16th and 17th holes. So a very rewarding weekend for Alan by taking the two titles.

Congratulations are in order for both Lynda and Alan on their achievements. As we are giving out plaudits,  congratulations must be extended to our neighbours Kilkenny and Gowran Park on their achievements in winning the Barton Shield and All Ireland Ladies Senior Cup while Gowran Park have to be commended also for their fine victory in the Barton Cup.

Last week the last round of the Summer Series was played and this resulted in a win for a team consisting of four  members of Gowran Park who beat a team from Rathdowney by a clear 5 points.

Results September Medal

Results Summer Series Team of Four.