IPGC golf from The Tara Court Golf Group
Sunday, Jan. 26, Green Valley – Stableford
Because we had an extra large group out today, Green Valley was unable to give us enough tee times so we decided to move over to Silky Oak for a change. This seems to be a course where you either love it or hate and today most of our golfers loved it and were very pleased with both the layout and the condition of the course.
Most of us played the white tees as we didn’t know the course very well and a few hardy souls took on the longer yellow tees with the scores reflecting the extra difficulty of the longer course.
Donal Lyne.
Off the white tees in the A Flight, Donal Lyne was the winner with 36pts ahead of Jack Behan in second and Alec Hoare third. Also off the whites but in B Flight, Tony Cowe had his first win with us with the best score of the day, 39pts, while in second place was Brian Lalor with 36 and Sean Hallahan third with 33.
Playing off the longer yellow tees, Tony Pike had 35pts to win and Declan Kelly was second with 33.
A Flight (white)
1st Donal Lyne (17) 36pts
2nd Jack Behan (15) 35pts
3rd Alec Hoare (18) 34pts
B Flight (white)
1st Tony Cowe (21) 39pts
2nd Brian Lalor (22) 36pts
3rd Sean Hallahan (21) 33pts
Yellow Tees
1st Tony Pike (8) 34pts
2nd Declan Kelly (14) 33pts
Tuesday, Jan. 28, Greenwood – Stableford
Another very large group out here today to play in Greenwood, so again we gave a choice of tees white or yellow tees with most deciding to play off the whites in two divisions while the yellows were combined with the ladies in one flight.
In A Flight, Jack Behan moved up from second on Sunday to first place today with an excellent 39pts, one ahead of Jack Fetherston in second. After a bit of a lean spell, Teddy Lodge returned to the podium in third place with 34 and George Cullen took fourth on his first day back this year.
Frank McGowan.
In B Flight, Jim Kelly had the best score of the day with 40pts and Donal Lyne had to settle for second today after his win on Sunday with 37. Frank McGowan came third with 36, beating Brian Finn on a count back.
Andrew Galvin won the yellow and red flight on 37pts, with Pauline Byrne coming three behind in second and Mary Kelly taking third.
The large ‘2’s pot was shared by Jack Fetherston, Frank McGowan and Sean Connolly.
A Flight (white)
1st Jack Behan (15) 39pts
2nd Jack Fetherston (12) 38pts
3rd Teddy Lodge (10) 34pts
4th George Cullen (12) 32pts
B Flight (white)
1st Jim Kelly (21) 40pts
2nd Donal Lyne (17) 37pts
3rd Frank McGowan (16) 36pts
4th Brian Finn (17) 36pts
Yellow/Red Tees
1st Andrew Galvin (24) 37pts
2nd Pauline Byrne (29) 34pts
3rd Mary Kelly (25) 31pts
Thursday, Jan. 30, Crystal Bay – Stableford
Frank McGowan was back in form again today to win the A flight with 37pts, beating Teddy Lodge into second place on a count back. Des Griffith made a welcome return and came third will a level par 36 while Rob Smith took fourth with 35.
In B flight Mary Kelly won with 35pts, one ahead of second placed Joe Peters and another member of the Kelly family, Liz, came third with 32, just edging friend Elsa Lalor into fourth.
The Kelly family are having a very successful year with us, especially Mary who also had a ‘2’ today but had to share the pot with John Walshe, Alan Costello and Ritchie Martin.
A Flight
1st Frank McGowan (16) 37pts
2nd Teddy Lodge (10) 37pts
3rd Des Griffith (10) 36pts
4th Rob Smith (9) 35pts
B Flight
1st Mary Kelly (25) 35pts
2nd Joe Peters (23) 34pts
3rd Liz Kelly (36) 32pts
4th Elsa Lalor (28) 31pts
Note: The Tara Court Golf Group play every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, leaving O’Gara’s Bar and Restaurant in the Tara Court on Pratamnak Rd. around 10.00 a.m. Sign up either in O’Gara’s or ring Joe on 089 249 1364.
