Men: Open Friday sponsored by GoTo Finance: Overall winner Peter Farrell 37pts, 2nd JP O’Gara 37pts. Weekly 18h sponsored by Dermot Hughes Cars: Overall winner Aaron Fullard 42pts, Cat 1 Pauric Conlon 41pts, Cat 2 George Bannon 41pts, Cat 3 Oisin Hynes 39pts, Gross Liam Casey 34pts.
Senior Men: Winner Padraig Walsh 41pts, Cat 1 Michael Sharkey 37pts, Cat 2 Dennis O’Brien 35pts, Cat 3 Richie Browne 35pts, Cat 4 Tom Costello 34pts. Deuces: Michael Sharkey (2), Sean McGahon, Richie Browne, Padraig Walsh, Tony McManus, John Donahue, Dennis O’Brien.
Senior Women: Winner: Marie Keane 25pts, 2nd Tresina Smyth 23pts, 3rd Pat Lyons 22pts, 4th Martina Brennan 21pts, 5th Joan Moran 21pts.
Competitions: The Men’s Fourball and Mixed Foursomes sheets are in the clubhouse and those competitions are ongoing.
Other News: Olivia Costello played in the KPMG Irish Women’s Open last week and although she didn’t make the cut, she played alongside Leona Maguire and Shannon Tan on Friday and her performance drew very high praise from the pundits on Sky Sports. Thomas Higgins is through to the next phase of the DP World Tour qualifying School after he finished 10th in phase one in Bristol last week. The final qualifying round is in Spain at the end of October. He next plays in the Irish Open at Doonbeg next week. Cian O’Connor finished in the top 15 at the French Amateur Open in Paris last week well done to him.
Fund Raiser: A very successful day of golf, auctions, and fund-raising was held at the club last Saturday in aid of the Mayo-Roscommon Hospice. Organised by the Hession family, the Stephen Hession Memorial fund raiser, now in it’s third year, was a resounding success and well done to everyone involved.