Monday 15th May
Open Mixed Singles Stableford
1st Eddie Lonergan (1) 39 pts
2nd Gavin Nolan (10) 37 pts (Back 9)
Two’s – €4 per two
5th Eddie Lonergan
11th Eddie Lonergan
14th Alan Condren
Monday 15th May
Open Mixed Singles Stableford
1st Eddie Lonergan (1) 39 pts
2nd Gavin Nolan (10) 37 pts (Back 9)
Two’s – €4 per two
5th Eddie Lonergan
11th Eddie Lonergan
14th Alan Condren
Sunday 14th May
Singles Stableford
1st Darren McCormack (2) 42 pts
2nd Alan Hughes (14) 41 pts
3rd George O’Brien (6) 39 pts (Back 9)
4th Alan Keane (6) 39 pts
Gross Darren McCormack (2) 40 pts
Hole In One Des Cullen on 14th
Two’s – €6 per two
1st Neil Lawless, Alan Keane, Derek McCormack
5th Adam Packman, Derek F Byrne, John Doyle, Eddie Lonergan, Alan Hughes
11th Chris Boylan, Rob Tierney, Ray Houlden, Philip Pratt
14th Tom Sheehy, John Brophy, Ken Hall, Ray Houlden
16th George O’Brien, Mark Connaughton
We had two club matches being played out today.
First out, this morning were our Irish Boys Foursomes team who took on Edmonstown Golf Club. This competition is played as two foursomes matches with the cumulative result deciding the tie. Both matches are played in the one venue and today, Pete Anderson and Karl Holmes headed for Edmonstown with the boys.
Our first pair out were Dylan Holmes & Milo Doyle who were giving four shots in their match. Dylan & Milo won the first two holes but even so had not quite hit their rhythm and lost the next three holes to go one down.
Jamie Anderson & Toby Murphy were out second and, at this same point, five holes in, were two down in their match. Jamie & Toby had given two of the six shots they had to give at this point but, in truth, were not playing their best golf. The two boys stuck to their task however and won the sixth, seventh and eighth holes to take a one shot lead. A loss on the tenth however brought the match back to all square at the halfway point. Home advantage played a part as the match moved onto the back nine and the Greystones pair found themselves three down as they stood on the fifteenth, not having won a hole since the eighth. The fifteenth was halved before a birdie win on the sixteenth looked like a momentum shift. This change was short lived however as Jamie saw his tee shot to the par three seventeenth spin back off the front of the green just before the Edmonstown hit their tee shot pin high to the back pin. Milo’s chip came up short, and the hole was lost to a par. Three Down ….
Meanwhile in the first match Dylan & Milo had found their mojo from the sixth and were two under from there to the thirteenth and were three up in the match. A bogey four from nowhere on the par three, thirteenth was soon forgotten as they won the next three holes to go five up with two to play. As with Jamie & Toby the seventeenth was lost to a par and the boys headed to the difficult par four finishing hole where they had to give a shot. The Edmonstown pair hit the green in two after a great second shot while Dylan’s approach shot flew the green leaving a tricky chip back. The hole was ultimately lost and the match finished with Greystones three up.
All eyes now turned to the second match on the eighteenth tee with Greystones three down and, crucially, giving a shot, and with the overall match all square. Edmonstown’s drive went down the inside of the tree line on the left of the hole while Toby split the fairway with an excellent drive; advantage Greystones. From this point the hole became a mini drama in itself. Edmonstown’s recovery shot found bushes and they had to take an unplayable whereas Jamie hit a good shot to just off the right hand side of the green. Edmonstown played to near enough the same spot with their fourth shot and while it looked for all the world that it would be Greystones’ hole a three putt saw the hole halved and the match moved to the nineteenth. Both teams hit excellent drives albeit that Jamie found the rough on the left. Toby hit a fantastic shot to ten feet and when the Edmonstown played a poor approach it looked, once again that Greystones were very much in the driving seat. Edmonstown’s third shot still hadn’t found the putting surface but they held the chip to make an un-likely four while Jamie’s putt to win the match just slipped by the hole. On to the twentieth and once again both teams played excellent drives with Greystones closer to the green but with an awkward, downhill lie and a bunker protecting the pin which Jamie would have to play over. Edmonstown had a much better approach angle and, playing first, hit the green but ran just off into the fringe at the back of the green. Jamie played a fantastic chip, just clearing the bunker and rolling to six feet. The Edmonstown pair failed to get up and down and Toby & Jamie were not going to let another opportunity slip away, making four and closing their match out at 2 down and the overall tie at 1Up to Greystones.
Perhaps not a vintage performance but a gutsy one. Well done to Pete, Karl and all the team.
If this wasn’t enough drama for one day, our Irish Mixed foursomes took to the fairways in the afternoon against a strong Grange Golf Club team. The tee times were staggered with our two home games teeing off at 15.00 while the three away matches teed off at 16.10.
At home, Adam Packman & Aine O’Rourke were out first and up against formidable opponents including a particularity strong +4 handicapper. A loss on the first is never a nice way to begin a match but Adam & Aine played really well to be all square at the turn.
Our second pairing was Diarmaid MacGabhann & Amanda Lawless who were solid today, beginning two up after two and winning the ninth to go down the lane with a healthy three hole advantage. This lead quickly became a five hole lead after wins on the tenth & eleventh.
Just ahead, Adam & Aine had a very different start to the back nine, losing the first two holes to go two down. So, with the away matches in their early stages we were two down in one home match and five up in the other.
As early reports came in from Grange it became clear that to have a chance of winning the tie we almost certainly needed to win both home matches.
First out in Grange, Murt Davis, playing alongside Sandra Cotter, were one down through six, second out, Ben Crowley & Geraldine O’Shea were also one down at this same point while our final pair of Ray Nolan & Anne Costello were one up. By the halfway stage Murt & Sandra were three down and in a tough match, Ben & Geraldine were still one down and fighting hard. The only bit of red on the scoring board away remained Ray & Anne who were holding on to their single hole advantage.
Back in Greystones, Amanda & Diarmaid lost the twelfth but halves on the thirteenth and fourteenth saw them go to dormie 4up and in control while Aine & Adam were staging a bit of a comeback, winning fourteen with a par to get to just one down.
A good half for Adam & Aine on fifteen was followed with a par win on the sixteenth after an excellent tee shot from Aine to eight feet – all square for the first time since the eleventh tee. The match might have been settled on the seventeenth with Grange finding the water however a combination of three putts from us and an excellent Grange up and down saw the hole halved.
Both ladies found the eighteenth fairway and, with Adam first to play, he hit a rescue from 235 yards to ten feet. His Grange opponent followed this shot with a 230 yard four iron which caught the rough just in front of the green, and stopped perhaps twenty feet from the pin. Grange’s elected to putt from off the green, a tough shot which ran eight feet passed the hole. Aine then calmly rolled her putt to the hole side for a four. Grange missed their putt to give us our first point of the tie. A fantastic comeback by Aine & Adam.
Behind, Diarmaid & Amanda were still playing. Grange had won fifteen and sixteen and the Greystones pair needed a half to close the match. On seventeen, Diarmaid hit a lovely pitch to ten feet and with two putts to win the hole Amanda duly obliged, rolling the ball to six inches for a 3&1 win.
Two nil to Greystones and at this point the home team and supporters switched to the live scoring app for updates as to what was happening in The Grange.
Sandra & Murt had turned three down but won the first three holes on the back nine to square the match, a loss on the fifteenth was followed by two wins on the next two holes – dormie 1up.
Ben & Geraldine were one down at the halfway point, got it back to friendly with an excellent win on the fifteenth only to loose the sixteenth after going out of bounds – 1 down with two to play.
Ray & Anne stood on the tenth tee with a one hole advantage which they doubled with a win on the fifteenth. They followed this up with a half on the sixteenth – dormie 2up.
So, dormie 1up, dormie 2up and one down with two to play with two points already on the bag – what could possibly go wrong 🙂
Murt & Sandra lost eighteen and were unlucky to lose their first playoff hole to give Grange their first point. Almost simultaneously, Ben & Geraldine lost the seventeenth to lose their match 2&1 and to square the overall tie at two all.
As so often happens in these matches, having lost the eighteenth to par, the final match with Ray & Anne headed back to the first hole for a playoff to decide the tie. The Greystones duo played the hole to perfection and secured the win, and the tie – 3:2 to Greystones.
Well done to managers, Paul and Amanda and to Frances Twomey who looked after the home team today.
Saturday 13th May
Scotch Foursomes
1st Anthony Holohan (22) 42 pts (last 2)
Robert O’Reilly
2nd Vincent Prendergast (22) 42 pts
Dermot Barry
3rd Ronan Nicholson (9) 41 pts (Back Nine)
Brian Murray
4th Peter Fry (18) 41 Pts
Peter Burke
Two’s – €10 per 2 (€5 pp)
1st Peter Fry/Peter Burke
5th Jimmy Hackman/Shane Ralph
11th Stefan Florin/Trevor Phillips, Ronan Nicholson/Brian Murray, Brendan Sweeney/Sean Brolly, Gerry Browner/John Browner
14th Julian Keown/Daniel Ryan, Liam Moulton/Gerry Kenny, Michael Whelan/Walter Gilbert, John Commons/Paul Doyle, Philip Pratt/John Doyle, Ronnie Cotter/Jim Ryan, Pete Murray/Keith Lewis, Martin McNulty/Thomas O’Sullivan
16th David O’Brien/Robert Hennessy, John Commons/Paul Doyle, George Hughes/Pat Barry, Mark Byrne/Fergal Duffy
Wednesday 10th May
Fourball
1st Robert Clarke (13) 45 pts
Ray Houlden (9)
2nd Derek O’Regan (5) 44 pts (Back 9)
Fergal Duffy (9)
3rd Robert Mitchell (V)(7) 44 pts
Stephen Collier (14)
4th Adam Packman (0) 43 pts (Back 9)
Michael Smullen (9)
Two’s – €11 per Two
1st Tommy Kealy, Pat O’Regan, Fergal Duffy
5th Michael Keating, Keith Stewart, Quentin Teggin, Ronan Willis
11th Robert Clarke
14th Pat Gormley, Tom Sheehy, Trevor Philips, Murtagh Davis
16th Julian Polard, Ray Houlden, Robert Hurley, Seanan O’Duchon
Wednesday 10th May
9 Hole Singles
1st Ronan O’Farrell (8) 23 pts
2nd Stephen Holland (10) 22 pts
3rd Oliver Nolan (4) 19 pts
Two’s – €8 per Two
1st Des Cullen
5th Shane Nolan, Oliver Nolan, Ronan O’Farrell, Paul McKnight
Monday 8th May
Open Singles
1st Andy Nolan (V) (11) 38 pts
2nd Rob Hurley (7) 36 pts (Back 9)
Two’s – €8 per Two
5th Harry Curley
14th Barry Davis, Rob Hurley
16th Inesa O’Gallagher
We had two teams in action this afternoon (6th May). First out were our Junior Cup team, managed by Collie Dunne, Brian Frawley and Ray Crotty. The lads put out a strong team today to play Woodenbridge. With three home matches this was a tie for the taking on paper but, of course there are no guarantees in the game of golf.
Away from home, Cian Gilmore teed it up in the first match and, to be honest, apart from a loss on the first, had it his own way for the day, turning three up and giving a fine account of himself as far as the fourteenth when he closed the match 5&4.
An early 1-0 lead for Greystones.
Our second away match had Chris Lawless pulling on the yellow shirt but as it turned out, Chris had a much tougher day ahead of him. His match was back and forth for the first six holes with Woodenbridge moving ahead by the odd hole and Chris pegging them back to level but never getting his nose in front. Losses on the eighth and ninth however gave Woodenbridge a three hole lead and the upper hand in the match. Chris has a lot of experience however and nobody on the Greystones side were giving up this particular fight.
William O’Riordan was first out at home and was in a very tight match also but playing some excellent golf. He turned all square and a win on the tenth nudged him ahead by the slimmest of margins. The pair played some scintillating golf for the next four holes before an errand tree shot on the fifteenth had William on the thirteenth green while his opponent was on the fifteenth fairway. William elected to play back up the thirteenth and hit a fantastic three wood to put himself back in prime position. Matchplay golf can be strange and William actually ended up winning the hole with a par to go two up.
Out last today was Chris Boylan. Chris played top quality golf today, going two up through two. His drive up the third caught a tree on the right and was never seen again. This culminated in a loss but was the last hole Chris was to loose today. He turned five up and closed his game out on the thirteenth 7&5.
2-0 to Greystones.
Second out in Greystones was Harry Kirk who, like Chris, was in fine form today and from the off never looked like he was going to loose his match. Harry turned three up and went to four up with a win on the tenth. A loss on the twelfth turned out to be just a blip and his birdie on the fourteenth got him to dormie four up. The fifteenth was playing into a strong wind and both Harry and his opponent came up just short of the green in three. While neither approach shot was of the standard of the rest of the match, Harry’s chip to stone dead was enough to win the hole and close out the match and the tie.
Meanwhile, William was two up playing into the seventeenth and Chris had battled back to all square through seventeen down in Woodenbridge. Neither were told that he tie was done and William followed his opponent in for birdie on the seventh to win his match while Chris got ahead in his match for the first time – just at the right time – on the eighteenth to complete a comprehensive win.
Congratulations to Ray, Brian, Collie and the whole team.
Our Metropolitan team were on the course straight after the Junior cup in Greystones but this match had already been in progress in Milltown for an hour at this stage.
As with our Junior Cup team, our Metro lads had home advantage today with four at home and three away. Given the staggered start, by the time our home matches were approaching the back nine two of the away games had already been decided. Craig Hazleton overawed his opponent with a dazzling display of golf to win 5&3 while Mark A. Byrne was on the receiving end of a masterclass going down 5&4.
1 all early doors.
Our third match away however was much tighter with John Egan trailing by one hole after nine and by two through thirteen.
Walter Gilbert was first out at home and in fine form. Walty was two up after three and four up walking down the lane to the tenth tee. Despite a loss on the tenth he was relentless from there on and even a poor approach to the thirteenth was made up for with a great up and down for a half. He won the fourteenth with a par, and played the fifteenth to perfection to win the hole and close his game 5&3.
2-1 to Greystones.
Second out at home was David O’Toole who was also on his game today, turning three up even after loosing the ninth to a birdie. David wasn’t having it all his own way however and found himself back to two up after a loss on the fourteenth. He was most unfortunate on the fifteenth when his drive finished tight to the trunk on a tree on the left of the fairway while his recovery efforts only compounded the problem. He was still one up however, standing on the sixteenth tee.
Number three on the Greystones home card was Gavin Nolan. Gavin started slowly, finding himself one down after three but from there he played lovely golf, turning two up before powering to to a 6&5 victory.
3-1 to Greystones.
Last out was a late call up this morning to the team. Trevor Phillips replaced Milo Doyle, who had to cry off this morning, and did so with some aplomb. Trevor played great, doing nothing wrong and turned four up. A loss on the tenth (his first of the day) was negated by a win on the twelfth and he stood on the thirteenth tee knowing that another win would see him dormie.
Meanwhile however word was filtering back from Milltown that John Egan was staging a bit of a comeback. Two down after thirteen, John won fourteen and fifteen to level the match. A half on sixteen was followed by a win for John on the seventeenth to go one up for the first time and with just one hole to play.
Just needing one more match the Greystones management of Ed Davis and Anthony Byrne were slightly more relaxed but still anxious to get over the line. As it panned out it was John who, with a half on the eighteenth in Milltown, secured the crucial point and a great win for the team.
When called in, Trevor was dormie five up and David was one up with three to play.
Well done to Ed, Anthony and the whole team.
Sunday 5th May 2023
Singles Stableford
1st Quentin Teggin (26) 38 pts (back 9)
2nd Stephen R Aherne (20) 38 pts (back 9)
3rd John Doyle (14) 38 pts
4th Ronan McLaughlin (25) 37 pts
Gross Eddie Lonergan (2) 31 pts
Hole in One- Fergal Duffy on the 5th
Two’s Results – €6 per Two
1st Martin Commons, Alan Mooney, Seamus Clancy
5th Donal O’Gallagher, Brian Frawley, James Hoey, Seamus Clancy, Stephen R Aherne
14th Brian Frawley, Derek F Byrne, Malcolm Heron, Conor Lucey, Ray Houlden, Eddie Lonergan, Ray Crotty
16th Ally Taylor