Greystones Golf Club

Co.Wicklow, Ireland

Interclub News

Ladies outfox Foxrock…

Another great win for Greystones Ladies and team manager Lisa Croke in their second round Revive Active match today.  With three home and two away and a very strong squad to pick from a good performance was hoped for but in the event the ladies really put up a show.

Mary Lockhart & Regina Barry led off at home and were 1 up through 6 and hit the pro button from there in winning the  7th, 10th, 11th and 14th without losing a hole to win their match 5&4. Jacinta Dean & Aine O’Rourke got off to a flyer, winning the first four holes before a spirited fightback from their Foxrock opposition pegged them back to 1 up after 11.  The Greystones pair took control from there however, winning the 12th and halving the 13th before closing out their match with wins on 14 & 15.

Two nil to Greystones and it was another away match that sealed the deal.

After another good start Mary Hutch & Nicky Brooks were 2 up after three holes but in an extremely tight match from there and were just 1 up with four holes remaining.  Wins on the 16th and 17th were enough to win their match and secure the tie for Greystones.  Both remaining matches, Hayleigh Mulcahy & Sandra Cotter at home and Marquerite Hamill & Orla Delaney in Foxrock were 1 up through 15 when called in.

Congratulations to Lisa and all involved.

Hard luck today for Barton Cup team

All good things must come to an end and so it was as Greystones Golf Club’s run of form in the 2021 season was halted this afternoon when Gerry Kenny’s Barton Cup team came up against an exceptional Blainroe team.

In awful conditions and with three matches away Gerry, Martin and the lads were up against it.  Unfortunately George O’Brien & Ben Crowley, both who have been standout players in previous matches ( and will be next time out also no doubt ) met their match today losing 6&5 in Blainroe.  Three down with four to play was a bridge too far for Harry Kirk & Sean O’Gorman who lost 4&2 in the end. Meanwhile in Greystones Michael Smullen & Eddie Davis were 1 up through 13 as were Paul Keane & Ian Mullally after 12.  In Blainroe, Alan Keane & Jody Keown fought back to all square after 15 but losses on 16 & 17 sealed their fate and the tie. Three wins at home for Blainroe with our two home matches up when called in resulted in a 4:1 scoreline.

Hard luck to Gerry, Martin & the squad.

 

 

Barton Cup Round 1 today

Gerry Kenny and his Barton Cup team tee off in round 1 this afternoon against Blainroe.  Tee off is 13.30 and all support is welcome.

This will be a tough fixture with three matches away but Gerry has a good team out today so hopefully Greystones can win out.

For those who can’t make it you can follow the matches live on the scoring webpage which can be found on the first page of this website or here.

Best of luck to all involved today.

Best Cup move on to round 2

Pat O’Dowd’s Best cup played Ashbourne in the second match this afternoon in Greystones.  This was a home and away tie with Greystones having home advantage.

Our first away pairing Paul Cahill & Maurice Bracken made easy work of their match winning 8&7 and the second pair away in Ashbourne of Jimmy Hempenstall & Brian O’Connor were 1 up on the turn and kept the pressure up to win on 17.  Two points from two for the away squad.

At home Dermot Whiston & John Cogavin went through 6 with a 2 hole advantage eventually running out 3& 2 winners.  Dermot’s & John’s point secured the tie with Chris Corrigan & George Hughes and John Carroll & Michael Caughran still on the course 1 up and 3 up respectively.

Another great result for Greystones G.C.

Super Seniors win round 1

Congratulations to Liam O’Shea and his Super Senior team who played Blainroe this afternoon.  All 5 matches were played in Greystones which can sometimes add some additional pressure and this afternoons match went to the wire.

Our first pair, Ray Hogan & Julian Pollard found themselves all square after 6 and the match stayed tight to the 17th where we lost 2&1 to a strong pair from Blainroe.  Our second pairing of Cathal Cooney & Jerry Teehan came up against two fine players and despite also playing extremely well lost on the 17th.

Liam’s middle pair of Eddie Joynt & Pat Raftery got off to a blistering start, 5 up after 6 and stayed in command to win out 4&3.  Frank Coleman & Alan O’Sullivan went through 6 at 1 up and ended up with a great win 4&2.

It all came down to Larry Darcy and Denis ” Killer” Cromie in the last match.  All square through 16, the Greystones pair won 17 & 18 to win their match and secure the tie.

Congratulations to all involved. Pressure is for tyres Liam !

 

Super Seniors & Best Cup playing this afternoon…

Best of luck to Super Seniors manager Liam O’Shea and his team who begin their campaign versus Blainroe this afternoon.  This is a scotch foursomes competition, always a pleasant format.  First tee time in Greystones is 15:40 and all five matches are to be played in Greystones.

Straight after our Super Seniors Pat O’Dowd’s Best Cup will play their round 1 match against Ashboure at 16:30. Greystones have home advantage with 3 matches at home and 2 away.

Best of luck to all involved.  All supporters are welcome however members can follow the matches remotely using the live scoring webpage which can be loaded from the front page of this website or by clicking here.

Under 15s get off to a good start

Our Under 15s began their campaign with a 5 nil win away to Blainroe in the first leg of their first round tie.  This is a handicapped competition and inevitably shots are given when you field a team of low men which was the case today.

Mark Lawless got off to a blistering start and opened the Greystones account with an excellent 8&7 win, followed by Jamie Anderson who finished his match on the 14th.  Not to be outdone, Dylan Holmes also finished his match on the 14th.  With Jack McGovern and William O’Riordan left on the course, things got a bit tighter.  William won 15 & 16 to go dormie and on the signature 17th par 3 missed out on a hole in one by what looked to be less than an inch after hitting a glorious shot and finished his match there.  Jack teed it up on the par 5 18th at 1 up.  His opponent hit a monster drive and Jack had to hit ( an excellent ) lay up to 30 yards from the rough.  Blainroe’s man hit a great second shot but caught the green-side bunker.  Jack pitched to 10 feet and his opponent hit a bunker shot to 20 feet. Typically, as happens in matchplay,  Blainroe holed the putt for birdie.  Jack showed tremendous character to follow him in for birdie also to win the match and give Greystones clean sweep.  Milo Doyle was our reserve player today and also won out 5&4 in the reserve match. A note of thanks to the very young Blainroe team for the sporting manner in which all the matches were played and to the club for their hospitality.

 

Greystones Teams – The gift that keeps on giving – Pierce Purcell win out

Mark Byrne’s Pierce Purcell team took on Delgany this afternoon and it turned into the clichéd game of two halves…

With two matches away and three at home our first home pairing of Rob Tierney & Stefan Florin got off to a flier 3 up after 3 and kept their feet on the gas to win 6&5.  Our second home pair of Martin Commons & Conor Whelan came up against a very strong Delgany pair and lost by a similar margin on the 13th.  Meanwhile up in Delgany, Alan Byrne & Gerry Browner played steady golf to win 6&4, while the unfortunate pairing of Denis Duff & John Comer came up against a Delgany pairing who both played the games of their lives to run out comfortable winners.

So two big wins for each side and honors even…

Our last pair at home, Stephen O’Brien & Eoin Mullen didn’t have the best of starts losing the 1st, 2nd and 3rd.  As the saying goes, the best place to be 3 down is after 3 and they fought back to bring it to 1 down through 6 and got it to 2 up after 11.  At this stage it was clear that this was going to be the deciding match and Delgany played good golf to bring the match to all square after 16.  The 17th was halved in fives so it was, as is so often the case, off to the 18th tee to decide the tie winners.

Both tee shots on the 18th found trouble, Greystones on the left and Delgany on the right but Stephen played the better lay up and Delgany played their third shot into the green first.  They found the bunker to the left of the green and Rob played a nice chip to the left edge.  A decent bunker shot just caught the downslope past the pin and ran to the bottom of the green.  Still Delgany to play first.  A fantastic putt from the bottom tier to the flag on the top tier left them 3 feet for a six.  Stephen rolled his putt to 18″ and when Delgany missed theirs it was handshakes all round.

Another great win.  Congratulations to all involved.

Next up will be the Under 15s who play Blainroe on Tuesday.