IPGC Golf from The Tara Court Golf Group
Sunday, May 17, Green Valley – Stableford
It was another hot day at our regular Sunday golf game at Green Valley. We had a small group out today but at least we had one good golfer with us: Ricky Hurley was with us for the first time and proceeded to score forty points to win the day.
Ricky was the only one to break his handicap and his friend Rod Torrie came in second with thirty-four points while Joe McArdle took third a further point back.
We had no ‘2’s today.
1st Ricky Hurley (8) 40pts
2nd Rod Torrie (15) 34pts
3rd Joe McArdle (13) 33pts.
Tuesday, May 19, Crystal Bay – Stableford
This was our first visit to Crystal Bay in a very long time. We found the course to be in reasonable condition but the greens were very slow, which made putting difficult. It was very quiet and we had the course to ourselves with not a soul in sight anywhere.
John Fenwick & Joe McArdle.
We played off the longer white tees and although we had a small group we had some good scores on what was another extremely hot day for golf. Both John Fenwick and Joe McArdle had thirty-seven points but John beat Joe on a count back which went to the last six holes. Tony Ashton came third with thirty-two.
Again today we had no ‘2’s.
1st John Fenwick (20) 37pts
2nd Joe McArdle (13) 37pts
3rd Tony Ashton (28) 32pts
Thursday, May 21, Burapha – Stableford
Back at Burapha today in what has now become our regular Thursday venue while the Sport Days last as it is excellent value for money at this time of year. We had a much larger group out and again they all opted to play off the long blue tees. The temperature was much cooler and made for a very enjoyable round.
Again there were some very good scores and after losing out on the count back on Tuesday, Joe McArdle’s bounced back to win today, edging another count back over Russell Gilroy on the back nine, both on thirty-eight points. Mark Lang came third with thirty-six and for the third day this week we had no ‘2’s.
1st Joe McArdle (13) 38pts
2nd Russell Gilroy (18) 38pts
3rd Mark Lang (5) 36pts
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 call Joe on 089 249 1364.
