The Tara Court Golf Society
Sunday, Jan. 13, Green Valley – Stableford
We had our most important competition of the year here at Green Valley today when we had both our first monthly medal of 2019 and also the one everyone wants to win, our gold medal competition for all the winners of the monthly medals in 2018.
Out of the ten who qualified there were eight of them playing and Kevyn Wright (H/cap 10) came out the winner with a very good net 71, which also got him the third place in the A flight in the overall competition.
We had three flights today with the cut for the A flight coming out at thirteen, the B flight at twenty one and the C flight at twenty two up. In the A flight the winner and also the winner of our first monthly medal for the year was Michael Williams with a net 70. Shaun Merriman (12) came second with a net 71, beating Kevyn on the count back.
In the B flight Paul Butler (17) was the winner with a net 73. Paddy Naughton (16) came second with a net 75 and Donal McGuigan (18) third with a net 76.
Larry Eden (22) was the winner In the C flight with a net 71, beating Avril Wildsmith (27) on countback. Joe Peters (23) came third with a net 76.
We had two ‘2’s today, coming from Avril Wildsmith and Paul Pavloff.
Tuesday, Jan. 15,
Mt. Shadow – Stableford
Our regular monthly visit today and 26 players in 2 divisions found a busy course but we were still away about 5 minutes early for a 4 hour 10 minute round. The course needs some minor attention to bring it back to good condition.
In the “A” division first place went to Shaun Merriman (12) with 36 points, second to Donal Lyne (17) on 35 and third to Russell Gilroy (17) with 34, beating Craig Hitchens (11) on countback.
“B” flight saw the only player to break handicap and it was Donal McGuigan (18) with a fine 37 points. In his first game this trip Michael Seery (22) came second on 33 points, Joe Peters (23) was third with 32 and Pat Carty (23) took fourth on countback over Larry Eden, both with 29 points.
There were three ‘2’s from Jerry Sweetnam, Ted Morris & Donal Lyne.
Thursday, Jan. 17,
Pattana – Stableford
We decided to make a visit here to Pattana to play the B and C nines and as usual the course was in magnificent condition. We had three flights with some good scores coming in all of them.
Our best score of the day came in the B flight where John Kelly (31) had a brilliant 39 points to come out a very clear winner. Here Bernie Stafford (18) came second with 34, Brian Lalor (26) was third with 31 and Pat Carty (23) took fourth with 30.
In the Red flight Larry Eden (22) was again the winner with 33 points and Avril Wildsmith (27) came second with 31.
In the A flight Shaun Merriman (12) kept up his good form and he won again with an excellent 38 points. Craig Hitchens (11) also played very good golf and came second with 36. Kevyn Wright (10) took third with 34 and Kevin Blake (7) was fourth with 33.
We had two ‘2’s today, coming from Shaun Merriman and Barney Sheedy.
