Limerick golf notes - weekly round-up from clubs across the Mid-West region

ADARE MANOR

RESULTS: Easter Lamb Scotch Foursomes, Sponsored By Brian Costello, Butchers , Adare.

Saturday and Sunday, March 28-29 - 1st  - Alan Carey and Damien Moloney - 58nett; 2nd - Laurance Considine and Michael A. Noonan - 64 nett; 3rd - Joey Hickey and Joe Flynn - 65 nett.

LADIES: Sunday, March 22 - Ladies Full Members 18 Hole S/F Competition Non-Qualifying; 1st Mary Marks, 2nd Theresa Hereward Ryan (21)

Ladies 18th Hole S/F Non-Qualifying Competition on Thursday, March 26 - 1st: Kay Hanley (38) 35pts, 2nd Bernie O'Dea (17) 35pts (CB), 3rd: Bernadette O'Connor (36) 35pts.

Ladies 9 Hole S/f competition Non-Qualifying on Thursday, March 26 - 1st Marie O'Sullivan (13) 18pts and 2nd Mary O'Connor (20) 13pts.

BALLYNEETY

JUNIORS:  The Ishka Cup Final Junior Golf Final was held at Ballyneety Golf Club, Sunday, March 20 where Ballyneety Juniors were victorious. The Ishka Cup is a competition in its second year between junior golf club members from Castletroy, Adare, Limerick and Ballyneety Golf club.

Many thanks to the sponsors of this event, Mike and Hilary Sutton of Ishka, also for their tireless support of not only Ballyneety juniors but also including other clubs in this very successful juniors tournament.

Team Ballyneety was led by Junior Captain Jessica Sutton, JVC Leah Twomey, with Emma Hickey, Mary, Brean, Charlie Taylor, Ciaran, Ryan, Jack Sheehan, Meghann Hayes, Michael Keating, Lainey Campbell, and Sean Cahill. who played like legends over five rounds of golf, hosted in turn by all participating clubs.

Jessica Sutton crushed it on the 12th hole par 4, reaching the green in one and Charlie Taylor almost snagged an eagle on the 9th.

Ballyneety Club Captain Pat Wade, LC Aine Feeney, President Dolores Curtin and the Club General Manager John Leamy were all in attendance cheering on our victorious Ballyneety Junior Team.  

Vines restaurant put on a magnificent spread for all the teams, also sponsored by Hilary and Mike of Ishka. A big thank you to all the clubs for participating, hosting and encouraging junior golf events. 

LADIES: A 16 hole High Low foursomes competition had 23 pairings compete. The competition was  kindly sponsored by Caroline Martin. 

1st Place Mary O'Grady  and Audrey Lyons 37 points, Back nine score  (17); 2nd Place   Fiona Hennessey and Samantha Larkin 37 points, Back nine score (13); 3rd Place    Caroline Martin and  Emma Quin  35 points.

BALLYKISTEEN

Sunday, March 15 - 18 hole V par - 1. Elaine Bermingham 2, 2. Paula Carroll -7, 3.     Catherine English -9, 4. Olive Quinlan -9 

Tuesday, March 17 - 18 hole stableford competition - 1. Elaine Bermingham 34pts, 2. Kitty Sheehan 30pts, 3. Mary Lynch Kavanagh 29pts 

Thursday, March 19,  9 hole stableford Senior Ladies - 1. Siobhan Condon 19pts, 2. Elaine Bermingham  16pts, 3. Orla O'Donovan 15pts 

Thursday, March 26 Senior Ladies 9 hole stableford competition - 1. Siobhan Condon 16pts, 2. Helena Nugent 15pts, 3. Mary Keane 14pts

Sunday, March 29 Ladies 18 holes stableford - 1. Claire Griffin 30pts, 2. Orla O'Donovan 29pts, 3. Colette Fitzgerald 26pts.

DROMOLAND

RESULTS: Weekend 9-hole men’s competition - 1st Michael Browne 21 pts, 2nd Cillian O’Connor 19pts, 3rd David N O’Brien 19pts, Gross Fergus Cooney  18pts, 20+  Ronan O’Sullivan 17pts.

Mens Winter League Grand Final Results 2026 - 1st Niall Geraghty, Ronan O’Sullivan, Ruairi Price and Sean G McMahon; 2nd Brian Aherne, Cathal Kilmartin, Ben Rittweger and Christy Farrell; 3rd Daragh McCoy, Fergal Croke, Fergus Cooney and Jimmy Neville; 4th Gavin O’Reilly, John O’Dwyer, Declan Cusack and Fintan Lahiffe; 5th Ryan Enright, Sean Conway, Patrick Vaughan and Shane Mowat      

Ladies’ 18 Holes Easter Eggs - 1st Julie Fitzgerald 37pts, 2nd Mary Arthur 36pts, 3rd Dorothy Brennan 35pts

Ladies’ 9 Hole Easter Eggs - 1st Joan Dunne 19pts, 2nd Mairéad Toomey 19pts, 3rd Ann Nix 18pts.

SENIORS: Results 1st John Murphy and Billy O’Mahony; 2nd Don Barrett and Martin Fitzgerald; 3rd John O’Shaugnessy and Brenden Lennon.

NEWCASTLE WEST

Results: Monday, March 30 – 1st Gerard O’Connor and Liam Mackessy; 2nd Mossie O’Connor and Richard Naughton.

Fixtures: Tuesday, April 7 – 2-Ball scramble, 14 holes; 1st draw at 10am, 2nd draw at 10.30am.

Please note change of day and times.

KILRUSH

RESULTS: Kilrush Golf Club Johnson's Bar Spring Series Qualifier (Week 7), March 23-29 - 1st Noel Thornton (12) 28pts and 2nd Eoin Fitzgerald (8) 27pts

BALLYBUNION

Mens Competitions: Men’s Singles Stableford Sponsored by Gearoid & Brian Whelan – Sunday, March 209 - Old Course 1st John Hickie(14) 37 Pts 2nd Kevin O'Callaghan(10) 34 Pts 3rd Michael Lawlor(23) 33 Pts Best Gross: Brendan Gildea 29 Pts 4th Thomas Buckley(22) 33 Pts Category 1 1st Pat Harnett(6) 31Pts Category 2 1st Des O'Donnell(11) 32 Pts 2nd Daniel Spring(12) 31 Pts Gross: Kevin W Barry(10) Category 3 1st Colin Byrne(15) 32 Pts (B9 17 B6 11 B3 6 B1 3 F9 15 F6 12) 2nd Alan Grimes(16) 32 Pts (B9 17 B6 11 B3 6 B1 3 F9 15 F6 9) Gross: Ian Hayes(14) Category 4 1st David Walsh(23) 31 Pts 2nd Brian Mulvihill(22) 30 Pts Gross: Richard O'Reilly(20) (B9 10)

Ladies Competitions: Ladies Foursomes Competition 18 Holes Sponsored by Murphy New Homes – Saturday, March 28 - Old Course 1st Margaret M McAuliffe & Geraldie William 2nd Marion Kennedy Hogan & Elaine Molyneaux 3rd Maeve Barrett & Siobhan Walsh

Senior Men’s Competition – Thursday, March 26 - Old Course 1st. Brendan Nolan (40) 41-5 36pts. 2nd. Maurice O’Connell (27) 35pts. 3rd. Columba O’Connor (21) 33-1 32pts. Gross. John Corridan 21pts. B5-8. 4th. Brendan Slattery (20) 33-3 30pts. B5-12. 5th. Thomas Griffin (19) 33-3 30pts. B5-11 6th. John J Nash (27) 30pts. B5-8. 7th. Nicholas Hayeas (26) 32-3 29pts. 8th. Pat Lucid (18) 28pts. B5-12. 9th. Nelius O’Sullivan (25) 30-2 28pts. B5-9 10th. Leo Allman (27) 29-2 27pts. B5-11. V. Tom O’Connor (26) 29-2 27pts. B5-10. S.V. Michael Jones (24) 29-2 27pts. B5-10. S.S.V. Tim O’Malley (22) 28-1 27pts. B5-11. 

Senior Ladies Competition – Thursday, March 27 - Cashen Course 1st Stephanie O'Reilly(20) 23 2nd Anne Marie Sexton(10) 22 3rd Toni Quilter(10) 20 Fixtures: Senior Ladies 9 Hole Competition – Friday 3rd April 2026 Cashen Course

TIPPERARY​

The Ladies club held a prizes presentation in the clubhouse on Wednesday 25th March, with some long-standing faces, but also lots of new faces collecting prizes. It was a lovely evening, loads of laughs and chats, with the winners and runners up enjoying the atmosphere, where winners of the Spring League were presented with their prizes, after 5 weeks of battling the elements, to get their rounds played for their team. Well done everyone. ​

​Monday mornings the senior ladies meet for a social game of golf at 10:30am so please come along and join them. 

Wednesday 1st April 18/9 hole Single Stableford competition kindly sponsored by Joe Whelan's of Tipperary Town.

Sunday 5th of April 18/9 hole Single Stableford kindly sponsored by O'Rahelly's sports of Tipperary Town. 

Easter Monday Open Team of 3, the timesheet is also open for this event on April 6th. Book early to avoid disappointment.

​Wednesday 25th March 2026 was a 15-hole Stableford competition: In first place Brigid Shearman won with 30 points (30). In second place was Mary Crowe with 28 points (18)

​Sunday 29th March 2026 was an 18-hole Stableford competition: In first place was Renagh Murphy with 34 points (07). There were two 2's recorded by the one and only Renagh Murphy, one on the 7th hole and one on the 15th.

Things are moving along nicely here at the golf club, the 18 holes are open each day, bunkers in play and as soon as the weather settles, we will be having counting competitions very soon. Our Easter program is packed full of competitions both Open and Club Singles.

Check the timesheet for the Open competitions as they have been opened early. The course improvements are continuing, with footpaths and steps to tee boxes all showing the benefits of the work undertaken by greenkeeper Eddie Ryan and his staff. As the year progresses, the proactive approach by the club will certainly add to the experience of playing golf here. Well done to all involved.

​Results: The weather was very wet on Tuesday last with 30 players braving the elements. In spite of the inclement weather, Cullen native, Noel Ryan (R ) played brilliantly to record a score of 42 points over the 18 holes. Only recently taking up golf, this bodes well for Noel for the coming year. In category 1, local man, Edward Lowry led the way with fine round of 36 points, also the best gross of the day, which held out in a count-back from Ben Carey and Fergal Lonergan. Ignatius Walsh from Cappamore is a man in form, after helping his team to fill the runners up spot the previous Sunday in the spring league, he followed that up with a fine performance in testing conditions to prevail over Fintan Leahy and Frankie Leonard in a countback in category 2.

Tuesday 24th March Open Singles (18 Holes) - Category 1: Edward Lowry (13) 36pts B9, Category 2: Ignatius Walsh (15) 34pts B3, Category 3: Noel Ryan (25) 42pts

Seniors Results: Thursday 26th March 2026 (15 Hole Scramble)

Played in glorious sunshine, the competition ran with 67 players out in 17 teams, the winning margins were extremely tight with the winning team negotiating the 15 holes in two under par to claim the top prize. The seniors are out every Thursday at 9.30, where there is a champagne scramble each day bar the last Thursday in the month, where a full scramble is played. If you are interested in joining, just turn up in the bar area and you will be set up with a team and an enjoyable few hours.

​1st Place: Alex Ryan, Enda Heffernan, Michael Quirke and Rody Dwan 47.9, 2nd Place: Sean Jackson, Noel McGuire, John O'Donovan and Ted O'Sullivan. 48.5, 3rd Place : Billy O Reilly, Tommy Landers, Pat Dawson and Vincent Gilligan 49.2, 4th Place : John Walsh, Pat Duggan, Eddie Stapleton and Padraig O'Ceallaigh 49.5, 5th Place: Brian Devlin, Tom O'Connor and Liam Ryan C 49.9

Open Singles - Saturday 28th, Sunday 29th March 2026

A great turn out again this weekend of 162 players including five visitors, played over both days with the weather on Sunday being challenging with wind and rain up until 3pm. Score of the weekend was that of Kilfinane man, Barry O'Shaughnessy with a two under par gross round on Saturday. Barry has showing great form over the winter months which will surely transfer to a great year for him. Annacarthy's George Fahey topped the Sunday scores with another great round continuing the great vein of form that has seen him tumble down in the handicap. A great performance by local resident, Jon Murray secured the category one prize, great to see Jon featuring as he was one of the lowest handicapped players in the category. Galbally's Marcus Browne showed a return to form to secure his category, Marcus has had a few good rounds lately so he received due reward for his consistency. Liam O'Brien from Aherlow also gained reward for a lot of good golf over the winter with a fine win, while in the last category, Waterford native, Brian Deegan was another player showing good form all winter and gaining a well earned prize.

​Best Saturday Barry O Shaughnessy (3) 41 pts, Best Sunday George Fahey (10) 39 pts, Cat 1 Jon Murray (2) 34 pts, Cat 2 Marcus Browne (10) 39 pts, Cat 3 Liam O Brien (17) 38 pts, Cat 4 Brian Deegan (22) 38 pts

COUNTY TIPPERARY

Men’s Golf: The result of the weekend singles competition March 21st – 22nd. In 1st place Danny O’Dwyer (12) with 41 points, In 2nd place Tony Farrell (24) with 39 points, Best Gross Adam Buckley (2) with 32 points, In 3rd place Oliver Murray (18) with 38 points.

Result of the 9-hole singles 16th - 20th March - In 1st place David Hickey (13) with 22 points, In 2nd place Paudie Carr (4) with 21pts (back count), Best Gross - Oliver Carr (2) with 18 points. 

18 Hole Open Singles Result - Overall winner: William O’Dwyer (17) 42pts, Cat 1, Winner: Andrew Burke (0) 35pts, Cat 2, Winner: Peter Hayes (16) 41pts, Cat 3, Winner: PJ Flanagan (19) 37pts, Cat 1, Second: David Quirke (8) 34pts, Cat 2, Second: Ian Condon (10) 38pts, Cat 3, Second: Donal Doughan (22) 33pts B9

Ladies Golf: From Monday March 30th the ladies are running an Easter 11-hole competition, Hole 1 to 10 and 18. Sign in on the computer and in the book. €5 entry, no re-entry.

Interclub details are now on the board in the clubhouse. Please put your name down for any team you are eligible to play with. Thursday evening social golf returns this Thursday evening April 2nd and every week thereafter. 

Seniors Golf: Result of last week’s 15h full scramble. In 1st place Michael Perdue, John Grogan, John O'Donoghue, Phil Ryan with 46.8. in 2nd place John Ryan (Con), Noel McGuire, Pat Keating with 48.8 (52.6+4).