Many congratulations to Marguerite Hamill for her fabulous hole-in-one on Lady Captain Iris’ prize day two. A great start to the round for Marguerite.
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Frank Talbot 2021 decided….
The 2021 Frank Talbot trophy competition was settled yesterday afternoon when D.J. Kelly & Malcolm Herron took on Robert Hennessy & David O’Brien in the final.
Yesterday’s final was a closely fought affair and and was only decided on the quickly darkening 18th where Robert & David ran out the winners.
Congratulations to both pairings for getting to the final and particularly to the winners of the 2021 Frank Talbot Trophy – Robert Hennessy & David O’Brien
Class Cups Update
Congratulations to the winners of the Class Cup semi-finals. An updated draw can be found in the Matchplay section of this website or by clicking here
Carrinson Cup Draw
Congratulations to the top four finishers in the Carrinson Cup Qualifier yesterday. These pairings will now play off for the 2021 Carrinson Cup.
You can find the draw in the Matchplay section of this website or by clicking here.
President Pat O’Neill’s prize to Junior boys
Saturday saw the final Major of the year for the Junior Boys section with the running of President Pat O’Neill’s prize. There was a great turnout for this event and congratulations to all the participants and in particular to the overall winner Jamie Anderson. Jamie’s winning score of 40 points was only just enough to beat Hugh Gilmore into second ( 39 points ). Kallum McCormack, who also shot 39 points was beaten into third place on the back nine. Jack McGovern won the gross prize.
In the Red ( 14 hole ) section, Ruadhan Murray was the winner with a great score of 32 points beating Toby Lennon (26 points) into second place with Leo Murphy coming third with 26 points.
Noah O’Neill won first prize in the 9 hole, Whites section. Noah shot 19 points while Matthew Gormley came second with 12 points and Matt Smullen third with 11 points.
Once again many congratulations to all.
Under 15s book place in Semi Finals
Congratulations to Peter Anderson, Karl Holmes and their Under 15’s team who had an early start when they faced Elm Park at eight o’clock this morning in the quarter finals of the Leinster Under 15 Interclub competition.
This competition is handicapped and our team had to give 26 shots in total this morning to a young Elm Park team but on the upside we had three matches at home.
Our away pair of Dylan Holmes & Jack McGovern were up against two excellent players in Elm Park and both found themselves down early doors. Jack was two down through two holes while Dylan was three down after six. Jack held on, halving every hole from the third to the tenth but some very solid golf from his opponent coupled with the six shots Jack had to give proved too much and Jack lost his match 5&4.
At one stage Dylan must have though he was playing Jordan Spieth. His opponent had just ten puts on the front nine holes. Some fine golf from Dylan kept him in touch and he turned just one down but was facing an uphill battle having to give shots on the way in.
Meanwhile, at home we had William O’Riordan, Jamie Anderson and Marc Lawless representing the club. William and Jamie were each giving 7 shots while Marc was giving just one and it was Marc who got out of the blocks fastest and a string of wins on six, seven and eight had him two up after the front nine. From there holes were swapped but good wins on the fifteenth and sixteenth for Marc closed the match – a great 4&2 win.
Jamie started great and was two up after two but his opponent wasn’t going to roll over and, at the turn Jamie was just one hole to the good. A loss on ten had the match back to all square.
William and his opponent traded holes on the front nine with William turning one down but a great win on the tenth while giving a shot got the match back to all square.
Things started to come clearer around the 12th hole for both Dylan and Jamie. A loss for Dylan took him to two down and with more shots to give, while a win for Jamie took him to one up. Jamie followed with another great win on twelve ( giving a shot ) to move to two up and looking like he might be gaining some control of the match. Unfortunately for Dylan a loss on the fourteenth left him with an uphill battle. Halves on fifteen and sixteen were enough for Elm Park to seal their second point and move to a 2 – 1 lead in the tie.
Jamie, playing some really solid golf won the thirteenth and halved fourteen before holing a great par save put on the fifteenth to win the hole and go dormie 3 up. It was important to try to close the match before the seventeenth when he would be giving a shot. The pin on sixteen was the back right and Jamie’s tee shot was straight over the pin but unfortunately rolled off the back of the green leaving him a very difficult up & down. His opponent found the bunker on the right. Neither were able to get up & down and the hole was halved in fours. A second win for Greystones and the tie was now 2 – 2.
All eyes turned to William who was on the seventeenth tee box . He hit a great drive to beside the fairway bunker, he was lucky not to go into the bunker but unlucky to end up with the ball above his feet for his second shot. His Elm Park opponent hit a poor tee shot and followed this up with a poor second . William’s experience came to bear and he hit a lovely second shot to the left hand side of the green leaving himself a tricky 40 foot putt. In the end William’s lag to three feet was enough to win the hole and his match and seal the tie for Greystones.
Next up is a semi final match against either Esker Hills or Casltecomer.
Congratulations to all involved.
At this stage it all looked decidedly tight, the away matches looked to be in difficulty,
Under 15s V Elm Park Friday 27th
Best of luck to Peter Anderson & Karl Holmes and their team who play Elm Park in the quarter finals of the Under 15 Interclub tomorrow ( Friday 27th ).
Tee off in Greystones and Elm Park is 08.00 so an early start for all.
Match-Play Draw Updates
Men’s match-play draws have been updated on the website here .
A big THANK YOU from the committee to all players who once again completed their rounds on time. We would ask those remaining in the competitions to please take note of the next round deadline.
One match-play result so far for 2021 – Shane O’Connor won the Club Championship, beating Eddie Lonergan in the final.
In the Frank Talbot, D.J. Kelly & Malcolm Herron take on Robert Hennessy & David O’Brien in the final.
We are down to the last eight in President Pat O’Neill’s prize with some tasty matches in prospect….
Lady Captain’s to Junior Girls
Congratulations to Laura Haugh who won Lady Captain Iris’ prize to the junior girls yesterday. Mia Walsh won the 9 hole prize. Thirty six girls teed it up on beautiful afternoon.
Club Champion 2021 – Shane O’Connor
Eddie Lonergan and Shane O’Connor teed it up this afternoon in the final of the 2021 Club Championship to decide who would lift the Stephen Cahill Trophy for the first time. In previous years there had never been a trophy for the Club Championship but it was unanimously agreed by the 2021 Men’s committee that a new trophy, in memory of a great club-man, Stephen Cahill should be introduced for this event. Stephen sadly passed away in 2020 after many years of service to the club and Men’s Section in particular. It is fitting that Shane got to contend for this as it was his initial suggestion to the men’s committee that something be done to mark Stephen’s passing.
Both players hit the first with Eddie getting in close. First birdie and first blood to Eddie – 1 up.
TEE SHOTS TO THE FIRST
This lead was short lived however as Shane won two and three to reverse the lead to his favour. He followed this with birdies on five and six to go three up. A par on seven was enough for Shane to move to 4 up and be very much in the driving seat.
A birdie for Eddie on the eight pegged it back to 3 and he followed this with another birdie on nine. Unfortunately in a game of this quality a birdie isn’t always enough to win a hole as Shane held a great putt for eagle to move back to 4 up in the match after nine holes.
A par was enough for Eddie to win the tenth but yet again Shane hit back immediately with a win on eleven – he didn’t look like he was going to relinquish his lead easily no matter what Eddie threw at him. Twelve was halved in pars and on thirteen, Eddie who was having to attack at this stage, found himself in trouble off the tee but his excellent short game allowed him to scramble a half.
Two pars on fourteen had Eddie dormie four down and with no sign of any let up from Shane. A perfect drive from Shane split the fairway while Eddie, having to force the issue found the heavy rough on the right of the fairway. Eddie had no choice but the lay up and Shane dormie 4up elected to do the same. A great up and down from Shane sealed the match for him 5&3, his second Club Championship win. He was a very worthy winner having shot 4 under for the fifteen holes played today. Hard luck to Eddie who had a tough battle to get to the final but wasn’t quite able to match Shane’s performance today. As Eddie said after the match, quoting the great Stephen Cahill himself, ” it was a lot of things, but hard luck wasn’t one of them, Shane played awsome today ”
