The Tara Court Golf Society
Sunday, Feb. 17, Green Valley – Stableford
We had our largest group of the year out today here at Green Valley and with three flights we had good scoring in all.
Joe McArdle (H/cap 18) had a shaky start with only sixteen points on the front nine but he really turned it on through the inward half to score an excellent twenty four points for forty points overall and B flight victory. Donal McGuigan (18) also played very well and came second in the B flight with thirty-eight points, Paul Butler (18) was third on thirty-four and Russell Gilroy (16) fourth with thirty-three.
In the A flight two players were tied with thirty-seven points and Craig Hitchens (11) won the countback to come first ahead of Jerry Sweetnam (11) in second. Nick Caulfield (7) came in third with thirty-six and Kevyn Wright (9) placed fourth on thirty-five.
Ken Hole (21) was the winner in the C flight with thirty-four points, Terry Mangan (21) was in the prizes again and came second on thirty-three, Peter Henshaw (27) took third with thirty-two and John McGarry (23) got fourth place on thirty.
We had three 2s today, from Craig Hitchens, Teddy Lodge and Ian Spiers.
Tuesday, Feb. 19, Mt. Shadow – Stableford
Mountain Shadow did not charge extra today for the Buddhist holiday so a good size group turned out for today’s round. We had 4 divisions with 10 players off the longer blue tees, 4 ladies off the reds & 2 divisions (0-20 & 21+) off the whites.
Another fine round by Richard Fearby (2) with 37 points (gross 73) gave him top spot off the blue tees ahead of Nick Caulfield (7) in second on 34. A three-way countback on 30 points was needed to decide third place with Michael Williams (12) taking it.
In the white tee up to 20 handicap division it took some good scoring to be in the money. Francis McGuigan (14) took the honours with a great 40 points, Wayne Antlitz’s (13) was close behind in second with a fine round of 39 and Joe McArdle(18) took third with 35.
A countback was needed to decide the winner in the white tees (21+) and Fred O’Conner (30) won it with 38 points (17-21), relegating John McGarry (23) to second (23-15) while third place went to Frank McGowan (25) with 36.
The ladies had a great day out but the scoring was not as good with Theresa Connolly (17) winning with 27 points & Paulka Koppatz (21) coming second on 26.
Only two 2s today and both came off the blue tees, from Michael Williams & Nick Caulfield.
Thursday, Feb. 21, Pleasant Valley – Stableford
Because the group was smaller we had only two flights today with the cut for the A flight coming out at seventeen.
We had what was our best score in a very long time, coming in the B flight. Joe McArdle (18) really turned it on in style to win by a clear six points with an excellent forty-five points. Fred O’Connor (30) is another man in form at the moment and despite playing with a set of borrowed clubs today, he posted thirty-nine points for second place. We had a countback for third with two players on thirty-six points and here Frank McGowan (14) came out on top ahead of Ken Hole.
We also had an excellent score in the A flight as Bernie Stafford (17) returned with forty-one points on his card to also win by a clear six points. Both Paddy Naughton (16) and Francis McGuigan (14) had thirty-five points and Paddy won the countback to come second.
We had only one 2 today, from John Connolly.
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