The Tara Court Golf Society
Sunday, Jan. 14, Pleasant Valley – Stableford
A Flight
1st Stuart Brown (10) net 68
2nd Paul Bray (8) net 71
3rd Andy Featherstone (4) net 71
4th Jerry Sweetnam (10) net 74
5th Paddy Naughton (15) net 75
B Flight
1st Ian Corica (32) net 63
2nd Pat Carty (25) net 69
3rd Larry Eden (21) net 73
4th Joe Peters (25) net 74
5th Evelyn McNamara (23) net 75
It was time for our first monthly medal of 2018 and also for our gold medal for 2017 where the players who had won monthly medals competed for the big one. We had seven of the winners out and for the first time ever we had it here in Pleasant Valley. We found the course in excellent condition with fast greens and excellent fairways. It was also very busy so we had a slow round.
In the A flight the winner was Stuart Brown with a net sixty eight and this also made Stuart the winner of the Gold Medal. In second place was Paul Bray with a net seventy one and Paul beat Andy Featherstone in to third place on a count back.
In the B flight we had what was by far the best score of the day and also what I think was our best ever net score to win the monthly medal. Ian Corica had what he said was his best ever round to come in with a net sixty three and make him a very clear winner. Pat Carty also had a very good score of net sixty nine to come second and Larry Eden was third with a net seventy three.
We had three twos today, coming from Andy Featherstone, Stuart Brown and Ian Corica.
Tuesday, Jan. 16, Pattavia – Stableford
A Flight (9-17)
1st Craig Hitchens (14) 36pts
2nd Michael Williams (14) 35pts
3rd Mark Kobrin (10) 34pts
4th Joe McArdle (16) 33pts
B Flight (19-24)
1st Glenn Armitstead (19) 37pts
2nd Michael Seery (21) 33pts
3rd Sean Hallahan (24) 30pts
4th Evelyn McNamara (23) 29pts
C Flight (25+)
1st Peters (25) 33pts
2nd John Kelly (28) 33pts
3rd Derrick Kane (26) 32pts
4th Brian Lalor (25) 29pts
2’s: Joe McArdle, Donal Lyne, Sean Hallahan & Brain Lalor.
35 players today for the trip up the 331 & some still confused about how to get there from the motorway. The course was busy but the 1st of 9 groups teed off right on time. The course is in great condition & the greens as usually beat most players into submission. The only rule here is to keep your ball below the pin.
Thursday, Jan. 18, Bangpra – Stableford
A Flight
1st Andy Featherstone (4) 35pts
2nd Jack Featherston (12) 32pts
3rd Jerry Sweetnam (10) 32pts
4th Russell Gilroy (17) 31pts
B Flight
1st Glen Armitstead (19) 39pts
2nd Larry Eden (21) 31pts
3rd Ted Murphy (24) 28pts
4th Evelyn McNamara (23) 28pts
C Flight
1st Pauline Byrne (31) 31pts
2nd Elsa Lalor (29) 29pts
3rd Brian Lalor (25) 26pts
4th Joe Peters (25) 26pts
The course was in very good condition and the greens while fast they were not as fast as before and more fair. Although we had a large group out with three divisions today the scoring wasn’t as good as you would expect as with dry fairways and a good run on the ball. We had only one player who bettered his handicap and that was Glen Armitstead who won the B flight with thirty nine points, eight clear of Larry Eden in second.
In the A flight Andy Featherstone was again the winner, this time with thirty five points while Jack Featherston came second with thirty two.
Pauline Byrne who was playing her first game for this year was the winner in the C flight with thirty one points and finished two clear of Elsa Lalor in second, but Elsa was by far the biggest winner of the day as she had the only ‘2’.
