Spanish Point seniors open day attracts big numbers

Spanish Point hosts a senior open each Tuesday for male and female golfers and this is particularly popular during the winter months, as the course stays dry. Scoring has been very good in the past few weeks, with the leading players regularly returning 38 points and over and last week’s competition was no exception when Patrick O’Boyle won with 42 points in tough conditions.

His score was further distinguished by the fact that when converted to gross shots (80), it equalled his age and this is as rare in a golfer’s career as holes in one or eagles, so Patrick is one of that small group who can now claim to “have shot his age” over 18 holes.

Last weekend, the annual turkey season for men got under way with a Stableford singles competition, which was well supported. The winner was Noel Connellan (17) with 42 points from Brian O’Loughlin (11) with 40 points and Martin Glenny (16) with 39 points.

There will be a team of three or four scramble this weekend and timesheets are available in the clubhouse.

Lahinch
Last week’s ladies’ singles v par competition at Lahinch was won by Maire Hanrahan (23) with three up from Miriam Abernethy (9), with one down.

In the men’s open singles on Thursday Seamus Clinton (5) from Coolattin was the winner with 32 points from Eamon Feeley (20) from Castleisland with a similar score.

In the monthly medal on Saturday Gerry Buckley (10) won with 67 nett from Duncan Cusack (8), with a similar score. Greg Young(6), was third  and he also had 67 nett.

On Sunday, there was a men’s singles Stableford turkey competition  and the winner was Darragh McDermott (12) with 42 points from Ronan Murphy (6) with 39, Ray Hennessy (3) with 36, Frank Keane (9) with 34, John Leyden (13) with 34, Derek O’Neill (6) with 33 points and Ger Shanahan (12) with 33 points.

Open singles will continue this Thursday on the Championship Course.

Shannon
Sunday’s 18-hole singles Stableford at Shannon was won by James Fleming with 42 points from Derek Sweeney with 40, Vincent O’Brien with 39 and Denis Duggan with 39. The gross was won by Ed Hickey with 33 points.

In the four-person modified scramble, the winners were John Burns, Ger Flanagan, Peter McLaughlin and Liam Heffernan with 52 nett from Mike O’Connor, Cian Treacy, Declan Treacy and Alan Power with  53 nett.

Last Wednesday’s open singles competition was won by Matthew Corridan, Tralee, with 42 points from Alan Power, Shannon, with 39 points and Denis O’Brien, Limerick, while 39 Jamie O’Shea won the gross with 35 points.

East Clare
In the ladies’ singles at East Clare last week, Sheenagh Sullivan was the winner with 38 points from Siobhán Shanahan on 37 and Fiona Kinsella on 36.

The winners of the senior ladies’ competition were Noreen Ryan, Margaret O’Grady, Mary Collins and Mary Bugler from Pauline Nugent, Georgina Wright and Connie McKenna.

The winner of the men’s three-club competition was Teddy O’Hanlon with 35 points.

The winner of the men’s golfer-of-the-year award is Barry Hurley.

There will be an 18-hole singles competition for men this week while the ladies’ club will also have a competition.

The captain’s dinner will take place in the clubhouse on Saturday, November 3 and tickets are available from committee members or from the office.

Dromoland
Dromoland lady members’ weekend competition on Saturday was won by Julie Fitzgerald and Ann O’Toole from Mary Arthur and Adrienne Brannock, with third place filled by Mary O’Donnell and Ann O’Mahoney.

Clare-Galway senior league
Sixty-five people played in the Clare Galway Seniors Winter Alliance at Lahinch (Castle Course) last week.

In category A (0-12) Ollie McNamara from Kilrush won the nett with 33 points while Noel Pyne (Ennis) won the gross on 31 points.

In category B (13 to 18) Aidan Guilfoyle, Ennis, was the winner of the nett category with 36 points from John Daly (Gort) on 35 and Tommy Kelly (Gort) on 34.

Pat Cradock (Gort) won the nett in category C (19 and over) with 35 points from Paddy Fahey (Gort) on 34 and Tom Purcell (Ennis) on 33.

Kilrush
Michael Coghlan was the winner of the men’s singles at Kilrush on Sunday.

The winter league will commence this Sunday and will run for four weeks, ending on Saturday, November 10. Teams consist of five players with a minimum of one lady.

Woodstock
In the men’s singles at Woodstock at the weekend, Daniel Dillon (20) won with 42 points from Tom Malone (18) with a similar score. The competition this weekend will be the October medal and this will be an 18-hole stroke play event.

The club masters will be played on the weekend of October 20 and 21 and this involves the top 25 in the golfer of the year.

Ennis
In the men’s hampers competition at Ennis at the weekend the winner was Tony Flynn with 40 points from Martin O’Neill with a similar score and Pat Lucey was third with 39 points.

In the Friday open singles, Paul Enright was the winner with 39 points from Ronan Nalty with 38 points with Diarmuid McMahon in third spot with 37 points. Jason Considine won the gross with 31 points. The winner of the ladies’ section was Michelle Hughes with 34 points. 

Seventy-two golfers played in the three-ball scramble hosted by Ennis seniors last Thursday when the winners were John Keane, Michael Kenny and Luke Coote with 74. In second place were Sean Fitzpatrick, Ned Ryan and Richard O’Connell with 72 followed by Sean O’Gorman, Michael Dempsey and Pascal Russell with 72, Ollie Kenneally, Aidan Guilfoyle and John Joe Keane with 70, Michael Kerin, Pat Rutherford and Tom Pilkington with 70, with sixth spot filled by Tom Fox, Tony Blake and Michael Neylon with 69.

Portumna
The 18-hole men’s singles at Portumna at the weekend was won by Michael Donnellan (18) with 38 points from Joe Forde (15) with 34 points, Michael Corrigan (6) with 37 points and Tiernan McKeogh (19) with 36 points. The gross was won by JP McLoughlin (scr) with 34 points.

In the Monday open Dermot Murphy (7) won with 37 points from Brian Hayes (17) with a similar score. Ronnie Coyne, Curra West (17) was third with 34 points, while John Cleary (4) won the gross with 31 points. The annual three-ball team open is running again for the winter months and it is proving very popular with members and visitors alike.

Gort
The men’s 18-hole singles Stableford was won by Bernard Byrne  (17) with 41 points from Ignatius Cahill (20) with 40 points, Patrick Earley (20) with 40 points and James Moran (25) with 40 points. The gross was won by David Quirke (4) with 30 points. In the Monday open, the winner was John Greer with 34 points. There will be an 18-hole singles this weekend while the ladies will have a Christmas hampers competition.

Clarecastle
Peter Cosgrove produced an excellent round of golf to win the Clarecastle Society’s recent outing at Nenagh. Joe Green (captain) was second with Noel Connellan third. Bernard Hanrahan was the winner of the front nine and Johnny Meere won the back nine. The society’s next outing is to Galway Bay Golf Club on Saturday, November 24.

Sixmilebridge
Sixmilebridge Society will have an outing to Castletroy this Saturday when the tee will be available from 9.40am.

Clare Teachers
The Clare Teachers Society will have an outing to Portumna this Saturday, October 13, when the tee will be available from 9.45am.

Haven Arms Society
The Haven Arms Golf Society in Kilrush will have its inaugural outing on Saturday, October 20 to Kilrush Golf Club. New members are invited to join.

Pitch and putt
This Sunday, the Cill Na Móna Pitch and Putt Club will hold the gents’ and ladies’ captain’s (Ger Hanrahan and May Murphy) prizes.  Tee off time will be at 1pm and there will also be a visitor’s prize.