*Alan Neville. Photograph: Burren Eye Photography
EX Clare hurler Alan Neville, Colin Higgins, Pat O’Brien, Barry Lee, Phil Butler, Martin Shanahan, Yvonne O’Keeffe and Paul Madden were among the winners on the fairways of Clare over the past week.
Dromoland Golf Club:
Alan Neville with 41 points won the men’s 18 hole stableford competition at Dromoland at the weekend. He had two to spare over Evan O’Mara with Noel O’Brien also with 39 points in third place followed by Padraic Cotter with 38 points. The gross was won by Seamus Cusack with 36 points.
The men’s 9 hole grand final was won by Paul O’Brien with 19 points from Eamon Power with a similar score. Billy O’Mahony, also with 19 points was third.
Liz Skehan with 26 points was the winner of the ladies 9 hole turkey/wine competition. Leslie O’Flynn with 21 points was second followed by Linda Kochhar with 19 points and Geraldine Ryan, also with 19 points.
Woodstock Golf Club:
Colin Higgins (10) and Pat O’Brien (10) were the winners in round 3 in the Ozone Health and Fitness Winter league at Woodstock at the weekend with 58 points. They won by two from Aidan (6) and Noel Mulcahy (9) .
The competition continues with round 4 this weekend over 15 holes when it will be two to score at the first six holes, one to score at the next six and two to score on the last three holes.
In the club singles the winner was Brian Mulcahy (14) with 40 points from Neil McCarthy (11) with 34 points with third place filled by John Dreelan (10), also with 34 points.
While playing in the club singles on Sunday Ruairi Breen had a hole in 1 on the 4th hole.
In the 2’s competition Joe Barry was a winner at the 7th hole.
There will be another club singles this weekend, over 15 holes.
This week’s seniors competition at Woodstock was won by Paddy Meehan, Ollie McNamara and Luke Duffy with 65 points
Ennis Golf Club:
The men’s competition at Ennis at the weekend was a 2 ball scramble which was won by Barry Lee and Gerard O’Brien with 63 . They won by one from Darren McGill and Senan Ryan.
The next three pairings also had 64 and they finished with John A. Byrne and Jim Griffin in third place, Ronan Herbert and Diarmuid Meere in fourth, Michael Kearney and Peter Morris in fifth spot.
Last week’s senior ladies scramble was won by Phil Butler, Maureen Moloney and Margaret McEnery from Martina Corbett, Brid Cunningham and Judith Brassil with third place filled by Mary Gardner, Margaret Flanagan and Maeve O’Grady.
Killrush Golf Club:
Kilrush Golf club’s 12 hole men’s singles stableford competition at the weekend was won by Mark Cottam (10) with 31 points and he was one point ahead of Pat J Shannon (10). In third place with 28 points was Noel Thornton (12) while the gross was won by Brian Conway
Spanish Point Golf Club:
Last weekend’s men’s 18 hole singles at Spanish Ponit was won by Martin Shanahan with 34 points from Mike Carty with 33 points.
A similar competition the previous week was won by Noel Skerritt with 37 points from Stephen Quigley with 35 points.
The senior men’s open competition last week was won by Martin Byrnes with 38 points and he was one ahead of Martin Shanahan.
The winner of the ladies 13 hole competition was Yvonne O’Keeffe with 18 points and she won on a countback from Mairead Bergin
East Clare Golf Club:
The men’s Christmas turkey strokeplay competition at East Clare last week was won by Paul Madden,(14) with a nett 64 while the gross was won by William O’Brien (4) with 77.
Last week’s senior mens competition was won by Steve Lynch, Tom Larkin and Seamus O’ Dwyer from Ailbe McDonnell, Terry Coughlan, John Nihill and Steve Symes with third place filled by Nick Obolowicz, Colm Kelly and Seamus Whelan.
Meanwhile the Winter league and 9 hole re-entry competitions are continuing.
