grennan leads home carolan cup qualifiers

Barry Grennan led home the qualifiers in the Carolan Cup over the Easter weekend which was the first Golfer of the Year competition of the season.
Playing off 16, Grennan went out in 44 gross which was a nett 36 as pars at the third, fifth and seventh were balanced by dropped shots at the fourth, sixth and ninth.
But there were no mistakes down the back nine as he parred the 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 17th and 18th to come home in 39 gross for a nett 31.
That left him on 67 nett which was one ahead of Ned Lawrence (18) who shot a 68 nett and had to settle for winning Division 3 ahead of Pat Davis (21). Shaun Callan (12) won Division1  on countback from Jack McCaughey (11) after both shot 70 nett while Division 2 saw Matthew McCaughey (13) win by one shot from Laurence O’Hanlon (16).
Ben Cahill is very much the in-form player in the club at present and he claimed another gross prize thanks to a super round of 67 which featured seven birdies. He went out in 36 with birdies at the seventh and ninth being cancelled out by bogeys at the third and eighth.  However, he was magnificent down the home straight where a birdie at the 10th was followed by four successive birdies from the 15th to the 18th as he came home in 31.
Greenan’s reward for leading home the qualifiers is a first round tie against Larence O’Hanlon while Lawrence will start his campaign against Peter McCaughey and Cahill will take on Conor Curran. The cut for matchplay stages of the Carolan Cup was 71/35.
Saturday, 19 April and Sunday, 20 April - Carolan Cup Qualifier Singles Stroke - GOY 1 -  Overall: Barry Grennan (16) 67. Gross: Ben Cahill 67. Division 1: Shaun Callan (12) 70 70/32.0. Jack McCaughey (11) 70/32.5. Division 2: Matthew McCaughey (13) 69, Laurence O'Hanlon (16) 70. Division 3: Edward Lawrence (18) 68. Patrick Davis (21) 69.
Carolan Cup Matchplay 2025 – First Round Draw – Ben Cahill v Conor Curran, Stephen English v Paul Murphy, Derek Cahill v Neal Mackell, Jack McCaughey v Shaun Callan, Laurence O’Hanlon v Barry Grennan, Brian Crombie v Niall Rafferty, Edward Lawrence v Peter McCaughey, Matthew McCaughey v Pat Davis. First Round to be completed by June 9. White Tees/Handicap on the Day.