Wednesday 10th October
9 Hole Singles
1st Mark Crowley (7) 20 pts
Two’s – €9 per Two
5th Craig Hazelton, Gavin Nolan
Gents Competition Results
Sunday October 8th – Singles Stableford
Sunday the 8th of October
Singles Stableford
1st Evan Dalton (12) 42 pts
2nd Dylan Holmes (+1) 39 pts (back 9)
3rd Toby Murphy (2) 39 pts
4th Des Malone (10) 38 pts (back 9)
Gross Dylan Holmes (+1) 40 pts
Two’s Results – €7 per 2
1st Toby Murphy
5th Alan Henley, George Hughes, Kenny Lewis, Toby Murphy
11th Brian Hickey, Des Malone, Greg Pollard, Ray Houlden
14th Padraig Croke, Des Malone, Dylan Holmes
16th Evan Dalton, Gerry Kilfeather
Under 15 Boys in dramatic Leinster final win
After two successive losses in the Leinster final of the Under 15 Boys, Greystones won the pennant yesterday ( Saturday 7th October ) after a brilliant performance from the team.
Heading into the second leg of the final with a 2-1 deficit our lads made home advantage count as they beat a very good Blainroe team in a playoff.
Ben Crowley managed the team until he turned Pro last month and since then George O’Brien has been the man on the course with the team, both overseen by Head Professional, David Lewis.
There was just one change made after the first leg, the in form, Dylan Cavazza coming in for Conor Dignam, who had contributed throughout the campaign . Ruadhán Murray and Toby Murphy retained their places on the team for the home leg. Conor and Tom Murphy were subs on the day.
Dylan, who was getting four shots in his match, was out first on Saturday and got off to a great start, two up through three. He lost the fourth but from there he played fantastic golf and it was clear from early on that there was only going to be one winner of this particular match. Five up through nine became six up through eleven, before the match closed with a 7&5 victory for Dylan on the thirteenth. An excellent performance.
Out third was Toby Murphy. Toby had been a member of the team who lost out to Roganstown in the final last year and it was obvious that he was going to do his damndest not to loose his match this year. He was giving four shots but was on fire. Toby turned three up and was three under on his own card when he closed his match 6&5 on thirteen, after an almost flawless performance.
Our second match on Saturday had Ruadhán Murray matched up against the same Blainroe player that he had beaten on the eighteenth two weeks ago to win the all important away point in the first leg. The Greystones leg was just as tight in this flat match. Ruadhán got to two ahead with an excellent par on the sixth but losses on eight and nine had the game all square heading to the back nine. The back nine started in the same vein with ten and eleven halved before Ruadhán got his nose ahead once again with a good win on twelve. A narrowlly missed four foot, par putt on thirteen squared the match once more before an excellent par putt on fourteen had Ruadhán ahead again. Fifteen and sixteen went to Blainroe and the golfing Gods were obviously looking down on the Blainroe player as his ball skipped across the water on seventeen, finding the bunker behind the green. Ruadhán had been in trouble off the tee and when his opponent played an excellent bunker shot for a tap in par the game was done 2&1 and the overall tie was 3-3.
Toby, who had been hitting balls since his early finish was ready to go on the first tee for the three hole playoff. Josh, his opponent, missed the green right while Toby hit his iron to twelve feet and had a picky up par to go one up. On the second Toby split the fairway with a great drive leaving himself not much more than a hundred yards to the pin. Josh, meanwhile was in the left rough and was only able to find the right rough with his recovery shot. Toby hit a beautiful iron to ten feet and, with two for the win it was game over – a brilliant performance.
This pennant win means that our Junior Boys have won the three major Leinster titles this year, Under 15, Junior Foursomes and Fred Daly and in addition our underage Sixes girls & boys team also won a Leinster pennant – outstanding. Congratulations to all those involved, a fantastic achievement.
Saturday 7th October – Singles Stableford
Saturday the 7th of October
Singles Stableford
1st Michael Dempsey (12) 41 pts
2nd Mark Connaughton (21) 40 pts (Back9)
3rd Neil Lawless (16) 40 pts
Class 1 Adam Packman (1) 39 pts
Class 2 Paul Keane (11) 37 pts
Class 3 Charles Tarter (18) 38 pts
Class 4 Peter Fry (26) 39 pts
Front 9 Thomas O’Sullivan (30) 21 pts (last 6)
Back 9 John Coffey (16) 23 pts
Best Gross Adam Packman (1) 38 pts
Two’s Results – €19 per 2
1st Niall Stokes
5th Pat Gormley
14th Adam Packman, Marc Hamilton, Alan O’Sullivan,
Rod O’Shea,
16th Jonathan Kirwan, Darren McCormack, Robert Clarke
Wednesday 4th October – 9 Hole Singles
Wednesday 4th October
9 Hole Singles
1st John Forde (6) 20 pts (Last 6)
2nd Des Cullen (5) 20 pts
Two’s – €33 per Two
1st Martin Nolan
Wednesday 4th October – Invitation Singles
Wednesday 4th October
Invitation Singles
1st Alvin Gunning (32) 39 pts (Back 9)
2nd Sean O’Gorman (15) 39 pts (Back 9)
3rd Derek O’Regan (9) 39 pts
Class 1 Barry D O’Leary (5) 38 pts
Class 2 Stephen Aherne (11) 38 pts
Class 3 Jerry Teehan (17) 37 pts
Class 4 Mark Creedon (23) 38 pts
Front 9 Mark Byrne (10) 20 pts (Last 3)
Back 9 Thomas Kealy (6) 21 pts (Last 6)
Gross Barry D O’Leary (5) 33 pts
Two’s – €16 per Two
1st Pat Tracey
5th Derek O’Regan
11th Kieran Dowdall
14th Pat Gormley
16th Thomas Kealy, Kieran Russell, Niall Stokes, Derek O’Regan, Pat Gormley, Murtagh Davis
Ryder Cup Sunday at Greystones Golf Club
What a great win for team Europe this afternoon and those lucky enough to get to watch it on the giant screen in the club got to witness the success of Luke Donald’s team in all it’s glory.
The nine hole scramble event held early this morning ahead of the Ryder Cup pitted team Europe ( captained by Lady Captain Celine with Junior Girls’ Captain, Isabella as team vice captain ) against Team USA ( captained by Captain John with Junior Boy’s Captain, Jamie as his vice-captain ). As it turned out, thankfully, this was the only success that Team USA had today with a USA win by a 356 to 351 scoreline.
The front nine two person team event was won by Brian Burke with his guest, Siobhan Whelan (Delgany) who beat Evan Dalton and his guest from Dun Laoghaire, Alexander Flynn into second place.
The back nine competition was won by Phillip and Aoife Dempsey with Finbarr Fay and Tommy Kealy in runner up spot.
Many thanks to Ali, Olivia and the catering team and to Paul Lee and the bar crew for serving up a great brunch to the players.
Saturday 30th of September – Singles Stableford
Saturday 30th September
Singles Stableford
1st Michael Dempsey (13) 40 pts
2nd Daniel Ryan (22) 39 pts
Two’s – €8 per Two
5th Diarmuid MacGabhann
14th Michael Smullen
16th Michael Dempsey
Sunday the 24th of September – Canon Fennelly
Sunday, 24th of September
Canon Fennelly
1st Paul P Byrne (15) 43 pts (Back 9)
Richard Taylor (10)
Two’s – €6 per 2
5th Derek McCormack, Ashton McCormack
11th Darren McCormack
14th Trudy Bolton, Des O’Hanlon
16th Patrick Hennessy
David O’Toole wins Gold
Congratulations to David O’Toole who won the 2023 Gold Medal with a 71 today, beating Barry Massey by a single shot.
Also on contention today for the Gold Medal were, Rob Hurley, Denis Cromie, Mark Connaughton, Conor Lucey and Antti Happonen.
David’s win moves him to fourteenth in the GOTY but this is not settled yet, with two Class Cup finals outstanding. David Fagan holds a slender lead but M<ark Connaughton can win if he wins his Class Cup final.
Updated GOTY sheet is now on website in the Matchplay section or by clicking here.
