The men’s competition at Dromoland at the weekend was for the Fred O’Flanagan memorial trophy.
Robert Bailey emerged as the winner with 5 up which was one better than Eoghan Smyth with Thomas Halpin a stroke further back on plus 3.
Diarmuid O’Connor won the gross while the category for handicaps 22 and over was won by Mervyn Frazer with 3 up.
Sean Hayes won the men’s 9 hole mid week stableford competition with 19 points.
The ladies Autumn major was played on Sunday when Deirdre Cooney emerged as the winner with 40 points, three better than second placed Karina Doyle. Dorothy Brennan, also with 37 points was third followed by Sandra Moylan who also had 37 points.
Mairead Bergin won the gross with 23 points while Maria Colfer won the front 9 with 18 points with the back 9 sward going to Mairead Toomey with 20 points. Joan Dunne was nearest the pin while Dorothy Brennan had the longest drive, the 9 hole competition was won by Mary Galvin.
Kilrush Golf Club:
Michael F Ryan (9) won the men’s singles competition at Kilrush at the weekend with 36 points. David Keane (9) won category 1 with 36 points while the category 2 section was won by Fergal O’Connor (15) with 33 points with category 3 honours going to Aeneas O’Connor (21) with 30 points.
John Robinson (26) won the front 9 with 19 points while the back 9 was won by Malcolm McCarthy (8) with 17 points.
Ennis Golf Club:
The ladies Masters at Ennis sponsored by the County Boutique was won by Ann A. Gallery with 74 nett. Una O’Reilly was second with 75 nett with Mary Nagle in third spot with 76 nett. Suzanne Deane won the gross with 95 while the best qualifier was Sinead Hegarty.
In the 9 hole stableford competition the overall winner was Aoife Cahill (17) with 17 points. Rose Enright (11) won division 1 with 14 points, Mary Woulfe (15) won division 2, also with 14 points while the division 3 winner was Sinead O’Sullivan (24) with 16 points.
The Get into golf category was won by Rose Sharkey (20) with 17 points.
Last week’s senior ladies competition was won by Marie Dilleen, Kathleen Pyne and Una O’Reilly with 60 from Mary Glynn, Mary Kearns and Alice D’Arcy with 55 while third place was filled by Eileen Daly, Jacintha Nicholas and Bernie Brooks with 47.
This week’s winners were Therese Lillis, Carmel Verling and Ann White with 53.64 from Mary McMahon, Claire Pyne and Anne McMahon with 54.74.
East Clare Golf Club:
The senior men’s competition at East Clare last week was won by Danny Minogue, Denis Corcoran and Jimmy Nagle from Tom Larkin, Steve Symes and Noel Earley with third spot filled by Brendan Moloney, Sean Jones and Paddy O’Brien.
Friday morning mixed scramble commences October 6 at 10am.
Woodstock Golf Club:
The men’s club singles at Woodstock at the weekend was won by Gerry Hayes (13) with 39 points from Ian Birchall (16) with 38 and Kevin Toner (10), also with 38. Michael Reen (3) won the gross with 33 points.
There will be another club singles this weekend.
This year the club has devised a new format to replace the traditional Winter and Spring leagues. The new format will begin on the weekend of November 3 and run until the weekend of March 1, 2024. Entries and fees should be dropped in to the pro shop.
Gort Golf Club:
The men’s 18 hole stroke golfer of the year competition at Gort at the weekend, sponsored by Adrian Quinn Car sales, was won by Noel Ruane (22) with 66.
David Quirke (2), also with 66 won category 1 while Shane Kavanagh (19) won category 2 with 68 with the category 3 honours going to Conor Helebert (21) with 67.
Friday’s 18 hole open singles stableford, sponsored by Ward & Burke was won by Pat McNamara (25) with 43 points with the gross prize going to Enda Cradock (3) with 32 point. gross B6.
The winner of the ladies 18 hole stableford competition, sponsored by Miss Designer Golf was Roisin Walsh (20) with 35 points from Ann Jordan (18) with 34 points with third spot filled by Joan Fogarty (18) with 33 points.
The category winners were Siobhan Forde (11) with 32 points, Anne Kerins (22) with 27 points, Regina Malone (38) with 26 points and Bernadette Forde (47) with 29 points.
Friday’s 18 hole singles stableford was won by Teresa Helebert (41) with 40 points from Anne Connolly (20) with 38 points while the 9 hole singles winner was Geraldine Quinn (18) with 17 points.
Fanny O’Deas society:
Thirty members of the Fanny O’Deas golf society travelled to Belmullet in Mayo last weekend where they were based on Friday and Saturday. They played the challenging Carne course in difficult conditions with members having to contend with wind and rain.
The winner of the Martin Meaney sponsored outing was Brian Conway with 39 points from the society captain Tony McMahon who had a similar score. Paddy Corcoran was third with 38 points followed by Declan Conway with 35 points and Tom Monahan with 33 points. Tim Shanahan won the front 9 while Francie O’Halloran won the back 9. Robert McMahon was nearest the pin while Mark Cottam had the longest drive. The scramble winner was Marty Meaney.
