Greystones Golf Club
Co.Wicklow, Ireland
Wednesday 22nd February
13 Hole Singles
1st DJ Kelly (21) 33 pts
2nd Frank Looby (14) 31 pts (Last 7)
3rd Derek O’Regan (5) 31 pts
4th Conor Woods (15) 30 pts (Last 7)
5th Keith Stewart (12) 30 pts (Last 7)
6th Jerry Teehan (14) 30 pts (Last 3)
7th William Byrne (14) 30 pts (Last 3)
Two’s – €30 per Two
5th William Byrne, Stephen Aherne, Derek O’Regan
16th Gerry Kenny, Stephen Aherne
9 Hole Mixed Singles
1st Cyril Vickers (5) 21 pts (back 9)
2nd Graham Kennedy (10) 21 pts
Two’s Results – €15 per 2
1st Hayley Mulcahy
5th Cyril Vickers
Sunday 19th February
18 Holes Singles Stableford
1st Keith O’Donnell (28) 47 pts
2nd Michael Smullen (9) 43 pts (back 9)
3rd Ronan McLaughlin (26) 43 pts
4th Stephen R Aherne (21) 42 pts
5th Derek McCormack (9) 41 pts (back 9)
Gross Adam Packman (0) 39 pts
Two’s – €8 per 2
1st Richard Bevan
5th Thomas O’Sullivan
11th Stefan Florin, Michael Smullen, Alan Condren
14th Shane O’Connor, Tom O’Mahony Jnr, Derek McCormack, Colm O’Neill, Neil Lawless, Michael Keating
16th Richard Bevan, Eddie Lonergan, Adam Packman
Saturday 18th February
13 Holes Singles Stableford
1st Colm Drew (12) 33 pts
2nd Pat O’Regan (11) 31 pts
3rd Anthony Byrne (11) 29 pts (last 3)
4th John Carroll (14) 29 pts (last 7)
5th Stephen Aherne (7) 29 pts (last 7)
6th Ray Nolan (5) 29 pts (last 6)
7th Michael Keating (10) 29 pts (last 7)
8th Pete Murray (12) 29 pts (last 6)
9th Patrick Raftery (14) 29 pts
Two’s – €37 per 2
1st Finbarr Fay, Collie Dunne
11th Cormac O’Byrne, Antti Happonen, Ray Houlden
Saturday 18th February
Back 9 Singles
1st Shane Nolan (4) 21 pts
2nd John Kilmartin (7) 19 pts (last 6)
3rd Denis McGrane (9) 19 pts
Two’s Results – €37 per 2
16th Niall Kavanagh
Wednesday 15th February
13 Hole Fourball
1st Conor Fleetwood (16) 33 pts (Last 7)
Joe Aherne (9)
2nd Cathal Cooney (7) 33 pts
Jerry Teehan (12)
3rd Barry Massey (4) 32 pts (Last 3)
Brian Murray (4)
4th Jim Campion (11) 32 pts (Last 1)
Eddie Joynt (12)
Two’s – €34 per Two
5th Alan Condren
14th Eddie Joynt
16th Clive Woollam, Brian Murray
Sunday February 12th
18 Holes Singles
1st Derek McCormack (9) 42 pts
2nd Stephen O’Brien (16) 39 pts (back 9)
3rd Eddie Lonergan (2) 39 pts (back 9)
4th Tom O’Mahony (21) 39 pts (back 9)
5th Trevor Phillips (10) 39 pts (back 9)
Best Gross Eddie Lonergan (2) 37 pts
Two’s Results – €8 per 2
1st Brian Frawley, David Kirk, Phillip Pratt
5th Derek McCormack
14th Tom Sheehy, Neil Lawless, Trevor Phillips, Murtagh Davis
16th Maurice Phelan, Stefan Florin, Eoin Mullen, Derek McCormack, Eddie Lonergan
Sunday February 12th
Mixed 9 Singles
1st Danny Carey (10) 19 pts (last 3)
2nd John Smith (10) 19 pts (last 6)
3rd Robert Nolan (10) 19 pts (last 2)
Two’s Draw – €10 per 2
Phil Dempsey, Trisha Moore, Sinead Fagan
Karl Holmes’ Darcy Trophy team put in a great shift early this morning (12th Feb) away to Woodbrook.
This was the team’s fourth outing and they travelled to Woodbrook unbeaten and knowing that a win would almost certainly secure a semi final place.
Leading the team out today was Shane O’Connor who started with a half at the par five first. Shane found the bunker off the tee and his bunker shot hit a tree with the ricochet finding the water. Shane’s drop left him with 150 yards to the pin but he hit his approach shot to two feet which was enough for an unlikely half. After that the next few holes didn’t go according plan for the Greystones man and he found himself three down after seven holes. Wins on eight and nine however, reduced the deficit to just one as they headed to the tenth tee. An excellent tee shot to the par three eleventh afforded Shane another win and it was nip and tuck from there on in with Shane getting his nose in front after thirteen by the a single hole.
Second out today was David Byrne who played his normal solid golf on the front nine to turn comfortably three up. From there it was a case of managing the match, something which David is very experienced at and his win on the fourteenth earned the team it’s first point today with a 5&4 victory. One point on the board for Greystones.
Number three out today in the singles was Niall Gaffney. Niall lost the fourth to go two down after playing a poor bunker shot by his standards from the green side bunker. He got it back to all square after eleven however, but a loss on the thirteenth put him behind once again.
Our foursomes pairings today were Adam Packman and Dave Martin, who was making his club debut, and Dylan Holmes who played alongside Jamie Anderson.
Adam and Dave made a strong start and turned in full control of the match at three up and then won three on the bounce from the eleventh to win the match 6&5. One from one for Dave and a second point on the board !
Dylan and Jamie were also playing excellent golf and had turned three up after the first nine but they were up against a very experienced opposition who fought back strongly on the back nine.
Meanwhile, Shane got a very unlucky break after a good tee shot on sixteen with his ball ending up on a downhill lie on the back of a fairway mound. This undoubtedly contributed to Shane losing the hole and going back to all square which is how the match finished after the pair halved the remaining holes. This half point brought the team tally to 2 1/2 points.
As this unfolded, Niall was chipping in on the par five sixteenth from off just the green to win the hole and square his match. Both players hit excellent tee shots on the short par three, seventeenth with the hole being halved in birdies. Two pars on the eighteenth halved the match and secured the Greystones win.
In Dylan and Jamie’s match, the Woodbrook pair had won the tenth to reduce the margin to two holes and an excellent tee shot to the eleventh for Woodbrook heaped the pressure on Dylan as he stood on the tee. The eleventh today was playing extremely difficult into a strong wind but Dylan hit a fantastic shot over the pin to also find the green. Woodbrook shaved the hole for birdie and Jamie was left with a very difficult downhill putt – he hit a magnificent putt which dropped for birdie and restored the Greystones advantage. Woodbrook then stepped up their game and won the next two holes to bring the match to just one up and it took cool heads from Dylan and Jamie to half the fourteenth and fifteenth and stay in front. Woodbrook were in trouble all the way up the par five sixteenth and Dylan’s birdie putt ensured the pair wouldn’t loose the match at dormie two up. Both pairs hit shots to eight feet on the seventeenth and both shaved the hole for birdie to complete the days golf with a 2&1 Greystones win, and an overall team victory by a margin of 4-1.
Congratulations to all involved today.
Saturday February 11th
13 Holes Singles
1st Mark A Byrne (10) 32 pts (last 7)
2nd David Fagan (16) 32 pts
3rd Derek McCormack (6) 31 pts
4th Robert O’Reilly (18) 31 Pts
5th Barry D O’Leary (3) 30 pts (last 6)
6th Derek O’Regan (5) 30 pts (last 7)
7th Derek Cowley (18) 30 pts (last 7)
Two’s Results – €12 per 2
4th Ashton McCormack
5th Derek McCormack, Charles Tarter, Peter Burke, Colm Mulcahy, Michaels Earls, Ed Murtagh
14th Rod O’Shea, Ronnie Cotter, Barry D O’Leary
16th Kieran Dowdall, Stephen Aherne
