EILIS NEVILLE emerged as the winner of the ladies masters final in Woodstock while David Considine claimed the men’s masters final in Ennis.
Woodstock Golf Club:
The ladies Masters final, sponsored by Heaslips on O’Connell Street, Ennis, took place at Woodstock at the weekend when Eilis Neville emerged as the winner with 40 points.
She was followed by Mary McNamara with 37 points, Mags Nash with 29 points, Kathleen McEnery with 29, Patsy Nugent with 29, Siobhan Maher with 29, Mary Morgan with 28, Mary Gleeson with 27 and Chaye Kelly with 24.
In the men’s masters final the winner was Cathal O’Sullivan (8) with 42 points while the gross was won by Kieran Cunnane (0) with 35 points
Category 1 (+ to 10) was won by Johnny Clune (6) with 40 points from
Noel Mulcahy (10) with 38 points.
Category 2 (11 to 18) was won by Pat O’Brien (14) with 40 points from Ken O’Shaughnessy (12) with a similar score while category 3 was won by Mark O’Dwyer (23) with 34 points.
Winners in the 2’s competition were Tony Coote (6th hole), Paul Sherlock (6th hole) and Cathal O’Neill (14th hole).
The overall winner of Woodstock masters order of merit is Frank Landy.
In the Michael Cashman cup Woodstock lost out 2/3 to Kanturk in Nenagh on Sunday. The team was managed by Johnny Clune and Brendan Neylon and the panel included Colin Higgins & Jarlath Fahy; Gerdie Griffey & Kieran Patton, Brian Kilker & Oisin Kelly; Frank Mc Enery & Liam McInerney; Michael O’Brien & Barry Keane; Tony Coote & Jack Duffy; Kieran Browne & Cathal Kelly.
The Christmas hampers, sponsored by AMR golf, will be played for this Saturday and Sunday.
The season’s final outing in the Holly’s Haven Pharmacy mixed scramble took place on Thursday last when the winners were Johnny Clune, Marie McNamara and Vinny McInerney with 24.5. They won from Paul Sherlock, Patsy Nugent and Neilus Butler with 27.5. In third place with 28.4 were Ross Kenny, Edel Clune and Liam O’Connor.
Dromoland Golf Club:
The weekend competition at Dromoland was the Fred O’Flanagan memorial, a v par competition which was won by David McNamara with 3up from Billy O’Mahony who had a similar score. Brian Hickey with 2 up was third.
Brian Shally with 2 up won the gross while the winner in the 20 and over handicap category was Michael O’Shea who was level.
In the ladies 18 hole stableford competition the winner was Mairéad Bergin with 37 points from Mairead Toomey with 35 with Joan Ryan in third place with 33 points.
Linda Kochhar with 18 points won the 9 hole competition from Katrina O’Neill with 17 points.
East Clare Golf Club:
The ladies Wednesday competition at East Clare was won by Brid Hayes, Mary Collins and Teresa Bradley from Evelyn Skehan, Marie A. Kelly and Mary Stritch with third place filled by Breda O’Loghlin, Connie McKenna and Mary Hogan.
Winners of the mixed scramble were Flannan McMahon, Connie McKenna and Jim Lynch.
Ennis Golf Club:
The men’s masters final at Ennis, a golfer of the year event, was won by Michael Kearney (13) with 66, one ahead of Cian O’Nolan (19). John Considine (15), also with 67 was third followed by Ollie Kennelly (25) with 68.
The gofer of the year competition was played over 10 competitions throughout the summer and the race for the title was as competitive as ever.
The 2025 winner is David Considine who showed outstanding consistency and performance over the summer.
The ladies masters competition, sponsored by County Boutique, an 18 hole stroke event, was won by Peggy Costello (24) with 71 nett and she was two ahead of Rose Enright (19) with Joan Murphy (31) in third place with 75. The gross was won by Ann A Gallery (10) with 89.
The masters ladies 9 hole competition was won by Margaret Flanagan (19) with 21 points from Carmel Verling (12) with 20 points with third place filled by Celia Reilly (18) with 18 points.
Last week’s men’s singles stableford competition at Ennis was won by Enda Burns (21) with 39 points.
The senior ladies competition last week was won by Carmel Verling, Mary Kearns and Eileen Holly from Brid Cunningham, Eileen Daly, Ann McMahon and Judith Brassil.
In the weekly ladies competition, an 18 hole singles strokeplay event for the September medal, the winner in the silver division was Mary Lenihan (16) with 77 nett, one better than Ann A Gallery (10).
In the bronze division the winner was Sinéad O’Sullivan (40) with 75 nett from Nuala Corry (25) with 77 nett
The overall winner in the 9 hole singles stableford competition was Mary Curley (28) with 20 points while the divisions were won by Carmel Verling (12) with 17 points, Patricia O’Reilly (16) with 17 points and Bernadette Morrissey (22) also with 17 points.
Last week’s senior men’s competition was a 3 ball scramble which was won by Noel Connellan, Paul Higgins and Padraic Larkin with 44.1 from Tony Lawler, Gerry Fitzmaurice and Tim Kelly with 47.3. In third place, also with 47.3 were J.K Considine, Fintan McEvoy and Joe Dilleen followed by John McNamara, Ger O Brien and Paul Kenny with 48. Fifth place was filled by Kieran O Loughlin, Pat P McInerney and Frank Sheedy with 48.2 followed by Brendan Pyne, Ollie Kennelly and Mike Irwin with 48.6 with seventh position filled by Pat Murphy, Sean Ryan and Jimmy Kearns with 48.9.
Ennis recorded a well-deserved victory in the Burren Cup semi-final, defeating Dromoland, 3.5 to 0.5. The final will take place at Oughterard Golf Club on Saturday, October 4, where Ennis will face the winners of the Galway Bay v Oughterard semi final.
Gort Golf Club:
Friday’s open 18 hole singles stableford competition at Gort, sponsored by Ward & Burke, was won by Danny Losty (16) with 38 points.
The weekend 18 hole singles stableford competition, sponsored by Eddie Lynch Electrical was won by Sam Kinsella (40) with 43 points.
Category 1 was won by Eamon Higgins (7) with 41 points, category 2 by Derek Kinsella (14) with 35 points and category 3 by Pat Fogarty (25) with 34 points. The gross was won by Joe Moran (0) with 34 points.
Fanny O’Deas society:
The Fanny O Deas society had their annual two-day golf trip to Westport at the weekend where they played both Ballinrobe and Castlebar golf Clubs.
The weather was excellent for the outing to Ballinrobe which is celebrating being open 130 years this year and considered to be one of the finest championship parkland courses in Ireland.
Winner on the day was Pat Delap from Mark Cottam with third place filled by Brendie McMahon. They were followed by Paddy Cororan, Noel O Shea and Jim Carmody in fourth, fifth and sixth places.
In Castlebar the members had to contend with more difficult weather conditions Winners of the scramble here were Declan Kelly, Alan Carmody, Brendie McMahon and Pat Delap from Gerry Lernihan, Peter O’Leary, Daniel Delap and Paddy Corcoran.
The society’s next outing will be on Saturday week, October 4, to Shannon at 1.30p.m.
Kildysart Golf Society:
Kildysart golf society captain Cyril Kelly held a very successful and enjoyable captain’s day event in Westport on Saturday where Mark Cottam was the winner with 34 points from Tony McMahon with 31. In third place, also with 31 points was Mike Hogan followed by Liam Browne with 30.
Colin Garry with 18 points won the front 9 while David Clancy won the back 9 with 17 points.
Noel Garry won the longest drive while the guests category was won by Tony Mannion with 32 points.
The player of the year standings have changed again, with at least five players in with a shout of winning the title. It will be all to play for in Killarney in October.
