Ben Walsh (8) shot 43pts to win the latest edition of the McKenna Man Open Singles Stableford yesterday.
He got a great start with two birdies in the opening three holes and added another at the 14th. A double bogey five at the fifth and a bogey six at the 12th were the only blemishes on a card that saw him got out in 22pts and come home in 21pts.
Dean King (7) won his second Division 1 category in four days as he shot 42pts to win the low category while Michael Flynn (12), having been pipped for overall victory on countback after also shooting 43pts, took Division 2. Tim Jewell (28) with 37pts won Division 3 while Joseph Laverty with 38pts was the gross winner.
​Wednesday, August 27 - McKenna Man Open Singles Stableford – Overall: Ben Walsh (8) 43pts Division 1: Dean King (7) 42pts. Division 2: Michael Flynn (12) 43pts. Division 3: Timothy Jewell (28) 37pts. Gross Recognition: Joseph Laverty 38pts

Congratulations to Caolan Rafferty who has been named on the Ireland team for the Eisenhower Trophy which will take place between October 8 and 11 on The Tampines Course in Tanah Merah Country Club in Singapore.
This will be Caolan’s first appearance in the competition and follows his recent selection as the reserve on the Great Britain & Ireland team for the 2025 Walker Cup match against the USA in Cypress Point, California on September 6 and 7.
Joining Caolan on the Ireland team for this international 36 team strokeplay competition will  be John Doyle (Fota Island) and Stuart Grehan (Co. Louth).
In addition to finishing runner-up in the South of Ireland Championship at the beginning of this month, Caolan was also part of the Ireland team which finished fourth at the European Amateur Team Championship in Killarney in July.

​Cathal O’Neill won his first major when he won Eddie Rogers’ President Prize over the weekend of August 23 and 24.
Playing off 19 he produced an exception round in which he managed to keep a double bogey off his card and had nine pars and nine bogeys as he went out in 41 gross and came home in 40 gross for a nett score of 62.
That was enough to give him a two shot victory over the reigning Golfer of the Year Frank Byrne who shot a nett 64 off 13.
  O’Neill parred the first, fourth, sixth and eight on the way out to turn in 31 nett and after pars at the 10th and 11th he had further pars at the 14th, 15th and 17th to come home in 31 nett and take overall victory.
Byrne, playing off 13, also produced a round with no double bogeys, as he shot a gross score of 77. His round included a birdie four at the 10th and a birdie three at the 18th as well as pars at the second, third, fifth, sixth, seventh and ninth as he went out in 33 nett. Pars at the 12th, 15th and 16th as well as those two birdies saw him come home in 31 nett.
Dean King (8) shot 67 nett to win Division 1 on countback from the President’s son, Brendan, while Padraig Fallon (16) also needed countback to win Division 2 after both he and Chris Connolly (13) shot 66 nett. Countback was also need in Division 3 where James Rogers (24) pipped Robert Lynch (19) after both had shot 65 nett.
Chris Clarke marked his 21st birthday by winning the gross prize with a level par 72 while Brian Crombie (24) won the Veteran’s Prize with a 67 nett and that score also propelled him him to the top of the Golfer of the Year standings with just one round to go.
Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24 - Eddie Rogers’ Presidents Prize GOY 9 - Overall: Cathal O'Neill (19) 62, Frank P Byrne (13) 64. Division 1: Dean King (8) 67, Brendan Rogers (10) 67, Mark Cumiskey (10) 68. Division 2: Padraig Fallon (16) 66, Chris Connolly (13) 66, Cormac Malone (12) 68. Division 3: James Rogers (24) 65, Robert Lynch (19) 65, Charles Sheppard (24) 67. Gross: Chris Clarke 72. Veteran: Brian Crombie (25) 67

David Lynch (14) shot 42pts on his way to winning Wednesday’s McKenna Man Open Singles Stableford. He shot 21pts on each nine and his round included 13 pars.
Gerard Carroll (6) won Division 1 with 40pts while Dave Dorr (20) shot 41pts to take Division 2. Tonny Hanna (24) with 37pts won Divisoon 3 and Joseph Laverty with 38pts had the best gross score from a round that featured six birdies. They came at the first, fifth, sixth, 10th, 12th and 13th.
Wednesday 20 August - McKenna Man Open Singles Stableford - Overall: David Lynch (14) 42pts (14). Division 1: Gerard Carroll (6) 40pts. Division 2: Dave Dorr (20) 41pts. Division 3: Tony Hanna (24) 37pts. Gross Recognition: Joseph Laverty 38pts.
ENDS 

Derek Murdock won the Jubilee Cup and also the right to represent the club in the 3Ts national final at The K Club in October.
Playing off 12, Murdock went out in 32 nett and came home in 34 nett for a six par total of 66 nett which was enough to give him a one shot victory over Benny O’Shaughessy (26) who an eagle and two birdies during his round of 67 nett.
Murdock opened with pars at the opening two holes and more followed at the fifth, seventh and eighth along with a birdie four at the par five sixth as he went out in 38 gross.
His back nine began with three consecutive pars and he had another at the 16th before finishing with a flourish on the last with a birdie three to come home in 40 gross.
Ciaran Daly (12) shot 69 nett to win Division 1 while Fearghal Duffy (14) had 68 nett to take Division 2. O’Shaughnessy’s 67 nett saw him win Division 3 while Caolan Rafferty 67 to win the Gross prize included an eagle at the 10th and birdies at the sixth, 12th 14th and 18th.  
Saturday, August 16 and Sunday, August 17- Jubilee Cup & 3T's Singles Stroke Competition GOY8 - Overall  - Derek Murdock (12) 66. Division 1: Ciaran Daly (12) 69, Ciaran Johnston (+1) 70. Division 2: Fearghal Duffy (14) 68, Brendan Reilly (17) 69. Division 3: Brendan O'Shaughnessy (26) 67, Frank O'Hagan (22) 68. Gross: Caolan Rafferty 67.

 Jack Lynch (20) shot 43pts to win the latest edition of the McKenna Man Open Singles by one point from Johan Steenvoorden (23).
His round included a four-point birdie at the 14th and three-point pars at the first, sixth, 12th, 15th and 18th.   
​Neal MacKell shot 37pts to record the best gross score while the divisional honours went to visitors from Spa and Corballis Links Golf Clubs.Saturday, August 9 and Sunday, August 10 - House Committee Cup – Overall - Patrick Davis (21) 46pts. Division 1 - Neil Mullooly (9) 41pts, Conor Murray (11) 40pts. Division 2 - Fionn Duffy (15) 43pts, Michael Gill (13) 42pts. Division 3 - Thomas Lanigan (27) 45pts, Conor Marron (21) 40pts. Gross: Graeme Smith 36pts.
Wednesday, August 13 - McKenna Man Open Singles – Overall: Jack Lynch (20) 43pts, Johannes Steenvoorden (23) 42pts. Division 1: Jack McCarron (8, Rossmore) 41pts, Shaun Callan (11) 40pts. Division 2: D Bittle (16, Spa) 41pts, David Foley 40 pts (17 Corballis Links). Division 3: Graham Mills (42, Spa) 41pts, E J Canavan (29, Spa) 40pts. Goss Recognition: Neal Mackell 37pts.

Pat Davis won the House Committee Cup with a superb score of 46pts after being pushed hard by Tom Lanigan.
Playing off 21, Davis’s impressive return to the winner’s circle began with a three-point par at the first and he was in blistering form down the front nine as he added a four-point par at the index three seventh, three-point pars at the fifth and eighth and a three-point bogey at the index one fourth.  
That saw him turn on 24pts and he picked up three points at each of the next three holes to move to 33pts after 12 holes. After a two-point bogey at the par three 13ths he recorded his only double bogey of the round at the short par four 14th.
He more than made up for that blemish with a strong finish that yielded another 10 points as he picked up three points at the 16th and 17th and two points at the 15th and 18th to come home in 22pts and finish on a score of 46pts that none of the other 236 players in the field were able to better.
Lanigan, playing off 27, came closest after a brilliant back nine of 25pts that saw him score four points at the 12th and 16th and three points at the 10th, 11th and 15th. His front nine score of 20pts included a four-point birdie two at the fifth but four double bogeys on the opening nine cost him overall victory.
Lanigan had to settle for winning Division 3 by five points from Conor Marron (21) while Neil Mullolly (9) showed a welcome return to form by shooting 41pts to take Division 1. Fionn Duffy (15) shot 43pts to edge out the evergreen Mickey Gill (13) by one point.
Graeme Smith won the gross prize with a level par 36pts.
Saturday, August 9 and Sunday, August 10 - House Committee Cup – Overall - Patrick Davis (21) 46pts. Division 1 - Neil Mullooly (9) 41pts, Conor Murray (11) 40pts. Division 2 - Fionn Duffy (15) 43pts, Michael Gill (13) 42pts. Division 3 - Thomas Lanigan (27) 45pts, Conor Marron (21) 40pts. Gross: Graeme Smith 36pts.

​It was a day of double celebration for Oliver McGinnity when he captured Gerry McDermott’s Captain’s Prize on the same day as his latest grandchild was born. His dash to see the newest addition to the family had to be delayed as he waited to be presented with the MJ Spillane Cup by the Captain before sharing his good news with the large crowd assembled in the Clubhouse.
McGinnity had started the second round lying two shots off the lead having shot a five under par nett 67 in the opening round which was played over the previous weekend.
Playing off 29, he recorded pars on the first, eight and ninth as he went out in 46 gross for 31 nett and came home in 50 gross which was 36 nett.
The pace after round one was set by John Mulligan (15), Graeme Smith (5) and Sam Malone (13) who all shot 65 nett. Smith had three birdies, 14 pars, and solitary bogey at the index one fourth on his way to an impressive 70 gross while Malone had two birdies and nine pars and Mulligan shot 12 pars on a testing blue course.
The second round was just as tough with a westerly wind that swept over the course adding to the difficulty.
McGinnity was in the second last grouping when the leaders teed off on Sunday afternoon and pars at the fifth and eighth helped him to an opening nine of 48 gross which was 33 nett and left him in a great position heading for home.
However, his hopes of victory looked to have been dashed by the time he walked on to the 12th tee having taken nine shots on both the par five 10th and par four 11th.
Double-bogeys followed at the 12th and 13th but a birdie three at the short par four 14th sparked new life into his round and over the challenging final four holes he went bogey-par-bogey-double bogey to come home in 52 gross which was 38 nett.
That gave him a round two total of 71 nett and an overall total of 138 and he ended up pipping John McKeever (15) for the overall prize by one shot with McKeever, who shot nett rounds of 69 and 70, left to rue a triple bogey at the eighth and a double bogey at the 12th in his second round. 
Andrew Carroll, the recent winner of the Professional’s Prize, continued his good form into the Captain’s Prize and playing off 15 he shot rounds of 67 and 69 for 136. However, because of a prior commitment, he forfeited his chance of  winning the overall prize by electing to play his second round  in the morning rather than at his designated tee time of 14:52 when, ironically, he would have been in the same group as McGinnity.  He finished second overall.
Sam Browne (13), who followed up a brilliant 65 in the first round with a gritty 72, finished on 137 but was also ineligible to win the overall prize as he is still an intermediate member. He finished third overall leaving McKeever to take fourth overall with Niall Boyle (12) adding a 69 to his opening 72 to claim fifth overall.
Eoin Murphy won the Gross Prize on 140. His opening round of 69 included three birdies while his second round 71 featured eight birdies. The Veteran’s Prize was keenly contested with Terry Conlon (7), after rounds of 75 and 69, coming through to win on 144.
Dennis Cunningham (12), Andrew Cumiskey (18) and Barry Rafferty (25) took the overall divisional honours while John Mulligan (15), Graeme Smith (5) and Brian Whately (25) were the winners of each of the three days.
A total of 341 players teed it up in Round 1 with 39 shooting under par and 181 making at the cut for the second round which fell at 78. Round 2 was much more testing with only 13 players under par including, the man of the moment, Oliver McGinnity. 
Saturday, July 26, Sunday, July 27, and Sunday, August 3 -  Gerry McDermott’s Captain’s Prize – Overall Results - Winner: Oliver McGinnity (29) 138 (67/71). Runner-Up: Andrew Carroll (15) 136* (67/69), Gross: Eoin Murphy 144 (71,73). Veteran: Terry Conlon (7) 144 (75, 69). Third: Sam Malone (13) 137* (65/72). Fourth: John McKeever (15) 139 (69, 70). Fifth: Niall Boyle (12) 141 (72, 69). Division 1: Dennis Cunningham (12) 141 (70, 71). Division 2: Andrew Cumiskey (18) 143 (74, 69). Division 3: Barry Rafferty (25) 143 (70, 73). Day 1 – Overall: John Mulligan (15) 65. Division 1: Ciaran Cooney (7) 71. Division 2: Tiernan O’Brien (19) 68. Division 3: Oisin Cairns (24) 69. Gross: Neal MacKell 72.  Day 2 – Graeme Smith (5) 65. Division 1: Gerry Mulligan (12) 71. Division 2: Brian Mernagh (16) 70. Division 3: Austin Carroll (20) 67. Gross: Shane Hession 74. Day 3 – Overall: Brian Whately (25) 67, Aidan Lawless (1) 70. Division 1: Garrett Duffy (2) 71, Ronan Farrelly (7) 72. Division 2: Robert McCaughey (16) 71, Pat McEntegart (17) 71. Division 3: Brendan Tinnelly (21) 71, Paul Mellon (19) 72.  *Ineligible to win overall prize.

PHOTO: ​Oliver McGinnity (seated) receives the MJ Spillane Cup after winning Gerry McDermott’s Captain’s Prize. Back Row (from left) Sam Malone (third overall), Niall Boyle (fifth overall), Barry Rafferty (Division 3 winner), Andrew Cumiskey (Division 2 winner), John McKeever (fourth overall) and Dennis Cunningham (Division 1 winner). 

​Jarlaith Purcell (22) had a four-point par at the 16th and three-point pars at first, second, 10th and 15th as he shot 40pts to win Saturday’s Singles Stableford competition. 
​Ciaran Johnston (+1), Thomas Rice (10) and Cathal O'Neill (20) were the category winners while Johnston also shooting 38pts to record the best gross score.
Saturday, August 2 - Singles Stableford – Overall: Jarlaith Purcell (22) 40pts. Division 1:  Ciaran Johnston (+1) 37pts. Division 2: Thomas Rice (10) 36pts. Division 3: Cathal O'Neill (20) 38pts. Gross: Ciaran Johnston 38pts.