INCLEMENT weather conditions at the weekend saw golf courses closed for periods leading to a scaled back competition schedule.
Heavy frost on Friday night and early on Saturday disrupted Saturday’s schedule while heavy rain later in the weekend resulted in further disruption of schedules.
Some competitions did go ahead and these resulted in big entries and impressive scoring.
Ennis Golf Club:
The men’s modified fourball at Ennis last week was won by Kieran (17) and Senan Ryan (7) with 44 points and they were one ahead of Alfred Jones (6) and Fergal Croke (12) with third place filled by Dermot Doheny (3) and Jim Griffin (10) with 42 points.
In week one of the ladies 13 hole singles sponsored by Michael and Fiona McMahon MMEL, Kilmaley the winner was Martina Corbett (33) with 28 points.
The overall winner of the ladies 8 hole singles was Anne Kelly (12) with 15 points. Division 1 was won by Elaine Kelly (8) with 14 points, Dvision 2 by Maueen Lynch (17) with 15 points and division 3 by Sarah Connolly Byrnes (24) with 14 points.
Fifty members took part in the senior men’s outing on Thursday when the winners were Tony McInerney, Peter Quinn, Matt Flynn and Jimmy Kearns with 70 points.
In second place with 64 points were Pat G McInerney, Noel Connellan, Gerry Kelly and Declan Hanley followed by John McEntee, Kevin Murray, Pat Garry and James Corcoran with a similar score.
Fourth spot was filled by Johnny Kearse, Michael Kerin, Fintan McEvoy and Ferdie O Donoghue with 63 points one more than the score returned by Ger Donohue, Michael Sharkey and Willie Donnellan. In sixth place with 60 points were Noel Pyne, John Gavin, Ronnie Guinnane and Paul Kenny.
Martin Coffey had a hole in one on Thursday at the seventh hole.
Kilrush Golf Club:
In the Johnson’s Bar Spring series qualifier last week at Kilrush the winner was Dominic Enright (6) with 27 points from Fergal O’ Connor (11) with 26 points with third place filled by Cyril Kelly (11) with 25 points.
Jim Young Jnr won the gross.
Spanish Point Golf Club:
Eileen Murrihy with 28 points was the winner of the ladies singles stableford competition at Spanish Point last week. Yvonne O’Keeffe with 25 points was second.
Woodstock Golf Club:
Round 3 in the Ozone Health and Fitness Spring league took place a Woodstock at the weekend when the format was Texas scamble.
The winners were Pat and Joe Barry with 43, three ahead of Colin Higgins and Pa O’Brien. Paul and Tony Coote were third with 47 followed by Mike Kelly and Jack Duffy with 49, Brian Kilker and Eugene Conroy with a similar score, John McGrath and Tommy Flynn with 50, Oisin and Cathal Kelly with 50, Colm O’Callaghan and Kieran Frawley with 50, Michael Guerin and David Quinn with 50, Aaron Lavery and John Baker with 50. Fifty teams played.
Round 4 takes place this weekend when the format will be modified fourball.
The weekend club singles was won by Denis Ryan (14) with 32 points from Jonathan Clohessy (8) with 31 points and Mark Sweeney (6) with 30 points.
In the 2’s competition, Ken Horgan was a winner at the 4th hole. Thirty four played in the singles. There will be another singles competition this week.
East Clare Golf Club:
Last week’s ladies Wednesday competition at East Clare was won by
Noreen Skehan, Marie A. Kelly and Deirdre Tuohy from Brid Hayes, Mary Stritch and Pauline Nugent with third spot filled by Connie McKenna, Margaret. O’ Brien and Phil Burke.
In the ladies 9 hole re-entry competition the winner was Trish Nash with 21 points on a countback while the winning team with 55 points comprised Kathleen O’Brien, Maureen Clune and Siobhan Shanahan.
The club mixed foursomes concluded recently with victory going to Deirdre Tuohy and Kieran Quinn.
